Virginia Tech looks like a competent and deep basketball team against a Duke train wreck.

They just said Duke is dead last (75th) in major conference teams with points allowed.

approxinfinity said:

They just said Duke is dead last (75th) in major conference teams with points allowed.

Are they playing tonight?

@jayballer73 yeah right now.

Maryland is getting it handed to them by Illinois down 14 at the half @ Maryland

Lol Turg

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=401169456 ↗

As of this post, Missouri with 6 points in 8 minutes to start the second half. Now trailing Temple.

KSU playing some insane defense and coming back on Marquette.

WSU downs Oklahoma State, 80-61...

Gorilla72 said:

WSU downs Oklahoma State, 80-61...

WAIT - - -Whaa? - -Marsha? - -I thought OSU was suppose to be a little salty this year. = THAT'S a bad loss for the big 12

UVA demolishing Carolina at home. ACC looks pretty down this year.

@jayballer73 think their pt is still sick?

Crimsonorblue22 said:

@jayballer73 think their pt is still sick?

OH , Ok - well then if that's right then no wonder - -big void with him out. - - Thanks

Grimes had 24 and 7 turnovers but pasted South Carolina

FarmerJayhawk said:

UVA demolishing Carolina at home. ACC looks pretty down this year.

Dont tell ESPN, Vitale, Greenberg, Williams or Reese that. They will shut you down

@jayballer73 I think!

UNC has some injuries, right?

@HighEliteMajor Just Bacot I think

HighEliteMajor said:

UNC has some injuries, right?

Everyone played today but Manley, who’s likely retiring.

Washington giving Gonzaga a run for their money. Zags up by 2 with under 4 minutes to go.

Surprised to see a full house for the game in Seattle, considering it's up against the Seahawks game on TV.

Gonzaga pulls away late for the win.

(Had to mute the sound...Walton was calling the game.)

nwhawkfan said:

Gonzaga pulls away late for the win.

(Had to mute the sound...Walton was calling the game.)

OH LORD - - sorry you had to go through that buddy

@FarmerJayhawk I was at the uva-unc game. UNC never looked comfortable. Bennett had his boys playing tight d from buzzer to buzzer and UNC was completely rattled. 18 points at the half. Cole Anthony was legitimately bad in this game.

approxinfinity said:

@FarmerJayhawk I was at the uva-unc game. UNC never looked comfortable. Bennett had his boys playing tight d from buzzer to buzzer and UNC was completely rattled. 18 points at the half. Cole Anthony was legitimately bad in this game.

UNC is in trouble.

FarmerJayhawk said:

HighEliteMajor said:

UNC has some injuries, right?

Everyone played today but Manley, who’s likely retiring.

What's wrong with Manley?

@BShark

One day after they said he'd be "out a while" he played. Hmm

approxinfinity said:

@FarmerJayhawk I was at the uva-unc game. UNC never looked comfortable. Bennett had his boys playing tight d from buzzer to buzzer and UNC was completely rattled. 18 points at the half. Cole Anthony was legitimately bad in this game.

I’d like to see unc play at their place some time (Roy says it’s not as good as Allen, but I’d still like to see it as nothing is) Cameron would be cool too. How’s Virginia’s home court @approxinfinity ?

BeddieKU23 said:

FarmerJayhawk said:

HighEliteMajor said:

UNC has some injuries, right?

Everyone played today but Manley, who’s likely retiring.

What's wrong with Manley?

Chronic knee issues

dylans said:

approxinfinity said:

@FarmerJayhawk I was at the uva-unc game. UNC never looked comfortable. Bennett had his boys playing tight d from buzzer to buzzer and UNC was completely rattled. 18 points at the half. Cole Anthony was legitimately bad in this game.

I’d like to see unc play at their place some time (Roy says it’s not as good as Allen, but I’d still like to see it as nothing is) Cameron would be cool too. How’s Virginia’s home court @approxinfinity ?

The Dean Dome kind of blows. It's waaaaay too big both as far as capacity and footprint. Allen is a small 16,300, Dean is a massive 21,750. Since it's so huge it's never that loud except for huge ACC games. Doubt a home and home ever happens as long as Roy is there. K will never do a home and home with KU either.

Cameron is just a different experience. It's basically a HS gym. The baskets come down from the ceiling and there aren't any seats in the student sections. Ushers are there to squeeze everyone in as tight as possible, shoulder to shoulder and front to back, on what are essentially risers.

This is a little late commenting, but did any of you look at Auburn's overtime home win against Furman a few days ago? Check this out:

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The call was out-of-bounds off of Auburn initially. It was overturned during review to give Auburn the ball back.

@BeddieKU23 Good for him. His leaving was good for both sides and I hope he does well.

@FarmerJayhawk I’ve only been to a few games outside of Allen Fieldhouse, but not one has been near the atmosphere in Lawrence. I’d just like to experience other “great” college b-ball arenas to baseline the experience. I’d like the perspective.

jhawk7782 said:

@BeddieKU23 Good for him. His leaving was good for both sides and I hope he does well.

So far having a good season for Houston at least offensively.

@dylans John Paul Jones is a nice venue. It was packed and loud, and there's not a bad seat in the house (I know, bc I was second to last row in a corner!).

I've been to Cameron and Dean Dome. Cameron was old school, small and loud. UNC felt big and soulless.

Texas Tech beating #1 Louisville at the half.

@approxinfinity Without a guy who averages 17 and 6.

Colorado was down 9-3 to UNI but is now up 18-14.

Down by 1 at halftime... Glad to see Bey is playing, though.

@KirkIsMyHinrich at co?

@Crimsonorblue22 Ya

Colorado not looking good at all here early in the second, would be a bad loss at home. UNI is 8-1 but only played WV and South Carolina, losing to WV.

UNI 14/26 from 3 against Colorado. Shot better from 3 than from 2.

Colorado goes down. There defense wasn't there and if they can't limit teams we all saw how limited they are offensively

K state is playing Mississippi state on the U right now in New York and IDK if there is 20 people there lol.

kjayhawks said:

K state is playing Mississippi state on the U right now in New York and IDK if there is 20 people there lol.

TBF where is this game on the list of things you can do in NY today? Probably near last.

Sorry , but K-State is just horrible plain and simple

KSU shot 32.6%, including 6/18 3 pointers. However, refs gave them 36 free throws, of which they made 27, meaning 44% of KSU points were from free throws. 😳

It would require laying a very large egg to lose to the purps this year. But...it's been done before.... They will be majorly up for the KU games too of course.

BShark said:

It would require laying a very large egg to lose to the purps this year. But...it's been done before.... They will be majorly up for the KU games too of course.

They always are aren't they - -playing 10X's over their heads against us, then again doesn't just about everybody on our Schedule? - game of the year for a lot of these schools

Villanova struggling with Delaware. Setting it all up for next weekend...

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=401166115 ↗

EXCUSE ME?

Rutgers leads Seton Hall 19-3 8 minutes into the game.

Anyone watching Memphis/Tennessee? Terrible shooting on not bad shots. Lotsa “hero ball”.

@Gorilla72 Yeah.

I wouldn't want to play Memphis. I think we'd win but it would be a very ugly game due to their defensive length.

@BShark wiseman coming back or what?

Huge win for Danny and Wake today - -beating # 23 Xavier.

Doesn't look like we can say the same for atta boy Lonnie , as Marsha and WSU beats Oklahoma

Heard cole Anthony was out indefinitely w/knee injury

Crimsonorblue22 said:

Heard cole Anthony was out indefinitely w/knee injury

No Cole, no Leaky, no Manley for UNC. Kenny Smith’s kid starting at PG. Not ideal. The game at Carmichael is cool though.

What does leaky, okie st, right? have ?

Crimsonorblue22 said:

Heard cole Anthony was out indefinitely w/knee injury

Oh dam- THAT'S not goo for them - -where they gonna get their points now ?

Crimsonorblue22 said:

What does leaky, okie st, right? have ?

The drips?

So now with ALL my most favorite ( just joking guys ) - not hardly - - but with all three of these bad boys now bein beaten on their home/home turf. - - -Duke lost to Stephen F Austin - - Kentucky loses to Evansville - & Now North Carolina losing to Wofford - -mercy what shall the Basketball world ever do? - -Say it isn't so Ethel - - to late. I know NC lost at their old place - -but it was a HOME game - - NC is in some Serious trouble - -they can't score.

Wofford @ Duke next Saturday. Duke hasn’t played since a week ago Friday.

jayballer73 said:

So now with ALL my most favorite ( just joking guys ) - not hardly - - but with all three of these bad boys now bein beaten on their home/home turf. - - -Duke lost to Stephen F Austin - - Kentucky loses to Evansville - & Now North Carolina losing to Wofford - -mercy what shall the Basketball world ever do? - -Say it isn't so Ethel - - to late. I know NC lost at their old place - -but it was a HOME game - - NC is in some Serious trouble - -they can't score.

Yep. My adopted 2nd team is in deep dog turds. Doesn’t get any easier either. Have Gonzaga Wednesday at Spokane then UCLA Saturday in Vegas.

This might be Roy’s worse team at UNC. Even with Anthony they were probably a 4-6 seed.

Ohio State loses to Minnesota, I’d guess we are headed for #1

Woodrow said:

This might be Roy’s worse team at UNC. Even with Anthony they were probably a 4-6 seed.

Not even close. This UNC team is still very good defensively, but this is definitely his worst offensive team. Overall, this team isn't even close to being as bad as his 2009-10 team was after he won his second title.

@kjayhawks Ya, no way we aren't now. Teams ranked 1, 3, 4, and 5 all lost since the last poll came out. God help us.

KirkIsMyHinrich said:

@kjayhawks Ya, no way we aren't now. Teams ranked 1, 3, 4, and 5 all lost since the last poll came out. God help us.

Well there is the kiss of Death.- - We will be tested these next 2 weeks for sure. - -Villanova , Then Stanford. - we just don't do well the game before Christmas break & both these games on the Road AND being ranked # 1 - - -those are bad signs

@jayballer73 stop guys! We need these tests! We are healthy for a change! And, save the neck for me, Clark🦃

Crimsonorblue22 said:

@jayballer73 stop guys! We need these tests! We are healthy for a change! And, save the neck for me, Clark🦃

We are healthy, but there's a long history of Bill Self KU teams struggling and/or losing the road game before Christmas break.

@Texas-Hawk-10 I wonder what his record is in these games, I bet it’s over .500 but not by a lot.

@Texas-Hawk-10 I know, but I don't believe in that.

@FarmerJayhawk so what did the pt guard from okie state have? Must have been really sick!

Crimsonorblue22 said:

@FarmerJayhawk so what did the pt guard from okie state have? Must have been really sick!

I have no clue what you’re talking about

The guard that’s missed 3 or 4 games

@FarmerJayhawk Likekele

@BShark thx, I thought he was saying that earlier, leaky, close?

@BShark do u know? Heard he was in street clothes on the bench. Can u get out of your place? I’m off 😎

@Crimsonorblue22 It's not being disclosed. Not sure what the scuttlebutt is.

Checked their forum and their mods are aggressively editing/deleting posts that mention anything about what it might be. Very odd.

Just read a sad story about what Cassius Winston’s been going thru. Well written, but tough! https://www.freep.com/story/sports/columnists/shawn-windsor/2019/12/15/michigan-state-basketballcassius-winston-grief-brother-death/4410636002/ ↗

@BShark so what r u thinking, shady?

@Crimsonorblue22 Don't know. If I see something solid I'll post it.

Texas Hawk 10 said:

Crimsonorblue22 said:

@jayballer73 stop guys! We need these tests! We are healthy for a change! And, save the neck for me, Clark🦃

We are healthy, but there's a long history of Bill Self KU teams struggling and/or losing the road game before Christmas break.

for sure history doesn't lie. - - We just don't play well right before the break Healthy or not , still not sure why. Think a lot is the kids are just not focused more focused o getting home to family - going to be a real test Saturday for sure.

Crimsonorblue22 said:

@BShark thx, I thought he was saying that earlier, leaky, close?

Ah! I was talking about Leaky Black at Carolina.

UNC drops out of the Top 25 for the first time in 106 weeks.

Kansas has the longest active streak at 207 weeks. The 2nd longest active streak is Duke at 70 weeks.

@KirkIsMyHinrich - wow...

KirkIsMyHinrich said:

UNC drops out of the Top 25 for the first time in 106 weeks.

Kansas has the longest active streak at 207 weeks. The 2nd longest active streak is Duke at 70 weeks.

ya I knew we had the longest streak for the top 25 - - and I think we have the longest streak for the top 10. - -If not for the top ten then it was just broken in the last couple of years - - have we fell out of the top 10 in the last couple of years? - - I think we hold that streak too

@jayballer73 The wonderful healing of painful memories over time!

Last year we were number 1 for several weeks in the fall, but by mid-March we were at #17 in the AP poll, and a couple weeks earlier we actually fell to #18 in the UPI/Coaches poll.

mayjay said:

@jayballer73 The wonderful healing of painful memories over time!

Last year we were number 1 for several weeks in the fall, but by mid-March we were at #17 in the AP poll, and a couple weeks earlier we actually fell to #18 in the UPI/Coaches poll.

Ahh ok , thanks for helping out. -- I'm telling you my memory is getting really bad lol. That's what happens when you get old. Kinda of remember that now that you reminded me, I was actually kind of worrying about if we lost again falling completely out of the top 25 and ending that streak. - -Good looking out my friend. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

KirkIsMyHinrich said:

UNC drops out of the Top 25 for the first time in 106 weeks.

Kansas has the longest active streak at 207 weeks. The 2nd longest active streak is Duke at 70 weeks.

Pretty easy to see why North Carolina has dropped out of the top 25.

The numbers don't lie - -pretty ugly: - - Only scoring 68.4 per game - - - 39.8 fg % - - - 63.2 ft % - -& - - 28.7 % - -three point shooting. - - Not going to win to many games with those kind of numbers - - lost 4 out of there last 5

Anyone else find it funny that VCU is ranked higher than Texas? 😂

Who here thinks that Utah has a shot at beating Kentucky tonight?

@rockchalkwyo I think Kentucky will drill them. Utah is ranked 107th in KenPom. Kentucky oddly enough has kind of flown under the radar this year after losing to Evansville. They play Ohio St. on Saturday which should be a good game.

@Woodrow man I didn’t know they were that low. Thanks Woodrow

Utah is SUPER young. Almost all freshman and sophomores playing. But they have beaten Minnesota and BYU so far this year.

I'd imagine it ends up a tight game, UK struggles to score, but pulls it out at the end.

Ohio St will paste Kentucky.

@Kcmatt7

BYU with Childs back beat a good Utah St squad. That could be a team that makes the tourney down the line

@BeddieKU23 I think so too if Duane Washington plays. If not could be a good game. He was out against Minnesota and we know what happened there.

The "Pearl"????

@Woodrow

Good point about Washington. He's their best perimeter shooter (53%) and without them they have to lean a little bit more on the freshman- who's really good but I think it throws the balance of their nucleus off. That would even the game out a bit if he doesn't play. The Minnesota game seems like one of those days- like KU had against Duke. They shot 38% and Marcus Carr had 35, 20 above his average

rockchalkwyo said:

Who here thinks that Utah has a shot at beating Kentucky tonight?

I DO

North Carolina getting drilled AGAIN. - -down 22 to Gonzaga at the 8 minute mark of the 2nd half.

Do have to give them a little credit though they tried hard , just ran out of gas - -but horrible defense and can't shot worth a dam - this will make 5-6 losing. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

Tried hard award?

The WCC leaders delivered a butt-kicking tonight
Zags over Carolina by 13, and St. Mary's clobbers a pretty good Arizona State team by 40.
Even San Francisco kept up with Stanford last night until the last couple of minutes.

Man Utah was in control of this entire 1st half. had everything rolling their way , and then just folded in the last 2 1/2 minutes of the half. - -They had just went up by 12 and then turn right around and let Kentucky end the 1st half on a 8-0 run - -Utah up 35-31 at the half now.

It was awesome watching the Kentucky fans just seating their in their seats arms folded and silent. This is a Utah Team that got beat by Coastal caroling by 22 points and have led Kentucky the entire 1st half.

The way they let Kentucky back in at the end of the 1st half I think will be a total different story 2nd half - -dam shame - -they had these guys right where Kentucky needs to be - sucking butt and blew it - -new ball game now. -DAM - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

Well Utah came out on fire again starting 2nd half. - -Now up on Kentucky by 14 with like 14:30 to go - -this would be a sweet way to end my day - Utah lost to coastal Carolina by 22 - - lost to Tulane geez

Utah playing to lose - - -not to win , playing scared. - then again the officials decided to step in. - - Utah stopped being aggressive - -now only up by 3 with 3:42 left to go

Utah gonna mess around and lose

HUGE 3

My goodness. Utah choking bad

That was a charge.

Wait they missed the restricted area call? He was like 2 feet out. Glad it got fixed.

Mercy Utah tried everything in it's power to lose that game. - - -I couldn't believe they called a block before they got it right. - - wasn't even close to being in the restricted area. - - Ahhh that's so sad Kentucky loses to Evansville at home - -not loses to a team that got beat by COASTAL CAROLINA by 22 and Tulane - - ahh good night to sleep on. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

I’m glad I don’t have to hear Bill Walton any more.

@jayballer73 - great prognostication!

FarmerJayhawk said:

Wait they missed the restricted area call? He was like 2 feet out. Glad it got fixed.

aT LEAST 2 FEET AND THEY WERE GOING TO CALL THAT A BLOCK

rockchalkwyo said:

I’m glad I don’t have to hear Bill Walton any more.

Let me quote a famous Walton Quote - -( PLEASE ) - -- LMAO. - - have a great night my friend. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

Man UNC has hit tough times. 4 of their starters combined for 12 points. Yikes. I'm sure the UNC boards right now are salty

Kentucky losing is a glorious thing.

Baylor won at home by 28

Cincinnati pulled away from Tennessee. KU plays them in January

East Tennessee St went on the road and beat LSU pretty handily. ETSU should make the tourney

UNC Greensboro beat Vermont by 1 on the road. Vermont almost beat Virginia earlier in the year.

Gives me a bad feeling for Saturday. - -Teams being ranked # 1 in the Nation haven't fared well this year.

N Carolina is just sad right now - - - Duke getting beat on their home floor by SFA - - -Kentucky - well nuff said.

With this being KU'S 1st road game of the year , playing a pretty good team that have given us fits at different times , and I'm telling you from things I'm seeing Villanova is looking forward to this game. We've always seem to not play our best right before Christmas. -Lot of things going against us for this game, Just don't get a good feel , it's a crazy year this year in College Basketball.

Bottom line is Nobody is really separating themselves from everyone else. There really is NOT that a true dominant team this year. I think if we could come out of there with a win , I think you could very easily make a case for Us to be that team. Let's hope we come out focused and ready to go against these guys. -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

Good call @jayballer73 !!

I can not remember a year where so many top 10 teams have lost to unranked teams as double digit favorites. This year is crazy and the tournament is going to be bonkers.

I have a good feeling!

I have a good feeling too @Crimsonorblue22

Who's guarding Doke? Who's guarding Dave? JRE is their biggest player. LOL.

Kenpom has Nova #86 defense. Their fans say their defense is no good. This isn't Wright's typical team that can defend.

They have length at the wings and their best player Saddiq Bey is the kind of guy that can give KU fits. Swider off the bench shoots the 3 well too. Gillespie will chuck a bunch but his %'s are down.

The road game obviously changes things. Nova gets a few points playing in a home environment. It's not their home gym though, they are playing in the Sixers gym. If Nova shoots lights out from 3 well we've seen what can happen. Not sure this group can do that though.

This is a young Nova team. I think they will keep it close early but as long as KU doesn't turn the ball over 20+ times and lose the rebounding margin I'm calling a W. KU is going to wear this team down in the post and their defense is much better then Nova's. This is a KU team that can just wear you out which we haven't had in a while. I have some confidence we go in there and just take care of business

Can I do it again this year @BShark ?

UK sucks.

There’s your answer @Crimsonorblue22 Wiseman is done with college b-ball. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/28335497/james-wiseman-leaves-memphis-enter-nba-draft ↗

Hard to blame the dude. He's a surefire Top 10 pick.

@BeddieKU23 Listened to the Villanova podcast. - they were talking about how to attack Ku on the offensive end. - - Talking/asking about do they attack it the way they have the last couple of times ? - taking Doke completely out of the game not being able to defend the perimeter - - Talking about the best chance is to attack and the Pace.

Said they don't think they wanted to get into a up and down with Devon and KU - they feel they want to pressure on Defense force our bigs to get up and down the floor - on our offensive end they think they want us or force us to execute. - they rather have us in the half court instead of up and down - - pick their spots.

They talked about Devon being a fantastic guard and hard to stay in front of him - these are the type of Guards they have had trouble with this year -They think they can neutralize our bigs with their 5 out. - -only one problem with that - -we don't run with a 3-2 very long it seems - more of a 4-1 -I thin k Moss could play a big role in this game - -us playing more of Garrett- -- Dotson - - Obaji - - Moss - & Doke -Or Dave - -little different from teams past

Bottom line is they think JRE HAS to have a big game - -make Doke come out and defend him - -has to hit shots. - - I think it is going to be a tight game -- They think Gillispie gonna have a huge game - Think Garett plays a huge part in this too shutting down probably the Dude that comes off the Bench and also spenda a lot of time on Gillispie

@jayballer73

Interesting thoughts from them. I just don't see it. KU is going to have to play at the level they played in the Duke game to lose. It's possible but they are overreaching on some things they think they can do.

I see Garrett guarding Bey most of the game. He's their best scorer and that would be huge to limit him quality looks. If Marcus gets in foul trouble which has plagued him that could change some things.

They have no choice but to double the post. Nobody on their roster can handle Doke or Dave for that matter. I think if Agbaji and Moss can stretch them out with a few made 3's there is a good chance we control this game in the 2nd half. Nova is a year away IMO

This team gives KU fits. I’m glad for this series and hope it continues. It’s great to get this experience before March to try and figure stuff out.

@dylans could the two big lineup adequately defending Villanova be inverse "fools gold"?

@approxinfinity Just say no to 2 bigs against a 5 out team.

@dylans hope so!

@approxinfinity @dylans Well, unless we play zone. But we know that is naughty word around AFH.

@HighEliteMajor which two bigs in a zone though? Do you think Dave can do it?

@HighEliteMajor 3-2 zone would be nice, but zone is a naughty word simply because it’s a system that can be schemed against easier than good man to man.

approxinfinity said:

@HighEliteMajor which two bigs in a zone though? Do you think Dave can do it?

Yes and it would be intimidating. I just wonder about the guards being able to apply the proper pressure. Dotson is relied upon too heavily on offense to exhaust him on D. Garrett would be good. Ochai would be ok. Moss 🤷‍♂️ Enaruna could be good in a zone with his length.

dylans said:

@HighEliteMajor 3-2 zone would be nice, but zone is a naughty word simply because it’s a system that can be schemed against easier than good man to man.

Zone defense gets unfairly defamed. What makes it worse is when we see man coaches try to coach zone. They see it as a gimmick.

But we need to consider our team. This team, what we are dealing with. Can't ignore our personnel. Can't ignore the need to guard the line while playing two bigs. Can't ignore that our bigs get exposed out on the floor. I can promise this -- a properly executed 3-2 with our personnel would be better bet than our man, and would be more effective than how we guard the three point line presently. To be used in specific situations, against specific teams.

For example, how do we guard an Auburn type team with our two bigs on floor?

The Dayton situation scares me. That's a March nightmare.

If we are best with two bigs, then we need to play a defense that fits.

That's if we are actually better with two bigs. Not sure that we are now.

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Everyone see Love get T-bagged? 😂 so close to epic

CU making us look good right now. I hope they can finish it.

Oh lordie - - -it is a Walton sighting uggggh

CU knocks off #4 Oregon.

Well , here you goes. -- Ohio State goes down again at home. - Wisconsin 61-57. - -Back to back losses to West Virginia & Wisconsin

Texas Tech up 6 - - 36- 30 over Oklahoma State at the half at Tech. - - Holyfield has 11. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

jayballer73 said:

Texas Tech up 6 - - 36- 30 over Oklahoma State at the half at Tech. - - Holyfield has 11. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

I swear half the players in this game were seniors last year. Is Waters doing a PhD or something??

Can someone fix Memphis’s court? I feel like my tv is broken

@FarmerJayhawk ugly!

FarmerJayhawk said:

jayballer73 said:

Texas Tech up 6 - - 36- 30 over Oklahoma State at the half at Tech. - - Holyfield has 11. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

I swear half the players in this game were seniors last year. Is Waters doing a PhD or something??

Tech really unloaded on them in the 2nd half. -I heard the announcers say that at one point in the 2nd half - -Oklahoma state has mainly Freshmen and players that don't start in - - looked totally lost - - up 37points with a minute 11 seconds to go.

Tech isn't THAT good and Oklahoma State isn't THAT bad just snowballed bad shooting today. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

Oklahoma and K-State BOTH just look really bad. - -These are the type of teams that KU if we want to be a serious National Contener can just plain flat out can not lose to. - - -I mean guys they just flat ass look ugly.

K-State just goes at a snails pace , poor shooting turnover - - Oklahoma Ditto - -33-30 at the half - -really bad ball. - - - of Course watching a basketball game at Lloyd Noble is as about exciting as watching you watch your grass grow. - -if it's half full be really lucky - -it's as quiet as a church house mouse in there - -just sad. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

Precious Achiwua would sure look good in crimson and blue. Really excelling as a big for Memphis.

Villanova getting drilled at Marquette. Almost being outscored by Markus Howard.

Nova was a bad loss. Jay just has Bill's number period.

Down goes Memphis at home to UGA. Also, our friends to the west blew a 7 point lead at the U4 and lost to Oklahoma. Lolz.

K-State manages to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. - - 66-61 Oklahoma. - Neither of these teams look like umm let's say much. Reeves got hot at the end brought OU back K-State just wet all over themselves. - -Gonna be a long year for the kitties

FarmerJayhawk said:

Down goes Memphis at home to UGA. Also, our friends to the west blew a 7 point lead at the U4 and lost to Oklahoma. Lolz.

they look like a warm pile of Dog doo

@BShark if we get another chance this yr, we prove that wrong!

FarmerJayhawk said:

Down goes Memphis at home to UGA. Also, our friends to the west blew a 7 point lead at the U4 and lost to Oklahoma. Lolz.

Holy shit I thought that game was over. BRUUUUUUCE.

Crimsonorblue22 said:

@BShark if we get another chance this yr, we prove that wrong!

Yessir!

Not sure how you can think that. Jay dominates Bill. Would slaughter again, coaching mismatch.

BShark said:

Not sure how you can think that. Jay dominates Bill. Would slaughter again, coaching mismatch.

We would’ve won that game with Garrett. KU is just better. Is losing by a point getting slaughtered?

When Howard goes supernova there’s nobody in America that can slow him down. Dude is just ice.

FarmerJayhawk said:

BShark said:

Not sure how you can think that. Jay dominates Bill. Would slaughter again, coaching mismatch.

We would’ve won that game with Garrett. KU is just better. Is losing by a point getting slaughtered?

In a game KU should have won by double digits? Kinda.

BShark said:

FarmerJayhawk said:

BShark said:

Not sure how you can think that. Jay dominates Bill. Would slaughter again, coaching mismatch.

We would’ve won that game with Garrett. KU is just better. Is losing by a point getting slaughtered?

In a game KU should have won by double digits? Kinda.

Self can’t make us hit front ends of one and ones or prevent Dotson’s brain fart. Been reading too much Rock Chalk Blog my dude

Dam , Louisville down 8 - - - -67-59 to Florida State with 4:18 minutes to go at Louisville. - -Just a crazy Basketball Season. - -This is a wide open CRAP SHOOT this year. -- ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

@FarmerJayhawk reading what?

What a wild year. Can’t remember a year where so many top 10 teams lose at home. Florida St dominated this whole game at Louisville.

BShark said:

@FarmerJayhawk reading what?

Rock Chalk Blog. You follow them on the twitters lolz

FarmerJayhawk said:

BShark said:

@FarmerJayhawk reading what?

Rock Chalk Blog. You follow them on the twitters lolz

I follow a ton of Twitter accounts. Rarely go to profiles, assuming they have a website now.

BShark said:

FarmerJayhawk said:

BShark said:

@FarmerJayhawk reading what?

Rock Chalk Blog. You follow them on the twitters lolz

I follow a ton of Twitter accounts. Rarely go to profiles, assuming they have a website now.

Always have.

Carolina down 19-2 early to.. uhhh... Georgia Tech...

@FarmerJayhawk they hardly have any players left huh?

Crimsonorblue22 said:

@FarmerJayhawk they hardly have any players left huh?

Down 4 scholarship players I can think of: Platek, Anthony, Harris, Manley

Still haven’t made a FG 12 minutes in

FarmerJayhawk said:

Precious Achiwua would sure look good in crimson and blue. Really excelling as a big for Memphis.

Without Wiseman is key

They were missing another guy today too?

West Virginia up 28-19 over Oklahoma State at the half - - BUT yet they're fans more likely then not bitching about the difference in the fouls called - - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

Seth makes another good point they were talking about how ugly some of these games are. What he says makes sense. - -he talks about what is happening is that they moved the 3 point line back and what you have is shooters that did not shoot the ball that well last year and now you move the line back guys that were shooting 332-33 % last year shooting 30 % this year so shooting is down making ugly games.

He said Coach's are understanding this , players instead of going over the top of screens are now going under and they are clogging the middle more making guys hit these outside shots. He was ask does he think the offense will catch up? - -he says they will catch up - - BUT not this year , that's why you are seeing so many ugly games makes sense to me - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

Boynton does not instill me with confidence in his coaching tonight.

You can mark it down I do believe. - - Gonzaga will be the next to take a hit while being number 1. - - League not really stiff challenge - BUT they really struggled with Portland , they struggled against Pepperdine - -somebody gonna jump up and bite them - watch

Same story every year with Gonzaga imo.

@jayballer73

Zags defense is terrible this year.

They are also playing at least 3 big men and I'm sure most of the league they are in has gone small.

Pretty good night of college hoops action this evening.
Ohio St @ Maryland,
Kentucky @ UGA ( UK first road game),
Nova @ Creighton,
TCU @ KSU,
Baylor @ Texas Tech

Should be some good action.

My desire to watch non-ku games is close to zero this year. Maryland tOSU might be fun.

Woodrow said:

Pretty good night of college hoops action this evening.
Ohio St @ Maryland,
Kentucky @ UGA ( UK first road game),
Nova @ Creighton,
TCU @ KSU,
Baylor @ Texas Tech

Should be some good action.

oh ya for sure. - - Wanting to catch both Big 12 games BUT would like to watch Kentucky Georgia too. Baylor Texas Tech should be interesting.

@Woodrow

Baylor also going on the road for the first time. Tech just blew out Ok Lite by 35 but that doesn't hold as much water after seeing Huggy Bear win by double digits in Stillwater as well.

@BShark that surprises me, not even Baylor tt?

BShark said:

My desire to watch non-ku games is close to zero this year. Maryland tOSU might be fun.

Feel the same way but I've been trying to slug through some games for tourney time. Duke/Miami was hard to watch the other night. Gonzaga couldn't defend my grandma. Florida St/Louisville was interesting. Kentucky isn't fun to watch (not that they were anyway). Watched ISU lose in OT to TCU just to catch up on why the cryclones want Prohm gone. Saw the Baylor/Texas and Shaka still can't coach. Fran was laying into him.

BeddieKU23 said:

BShark said:

My desire to watch non-ku games is close to zero this year. Maryland tOSU might be fun.

Feel the same way but I've been trying to slug through some games for tourney time. Duke/Miami was hard to watch the other night. Gonzaga couldn't defend my grandma. Florida St/Louisville was interesting. Kentucky isn't fun to watch (not that they were anyway). Watched ISU lose in OT to TCU just to catch up on why the cryclones want Prohm gone. Saw the Baylor/Texas and Shaka still can't coach. Fran was laying into him.

cryclones - - - I like that

jayballer73 said:

You can mark it down I do believe. - - Gonzaga will be the next to take a hit while being number 1. - - League not really stiff challenge - BUT they really struggled with Portland , they struggled against Pepperdine - -somebody gonna jump up and bite them - watch

Gonzaga is way overrated. People can say what they want about this year's KU team, I say this, we can win the national championship. We have great pieces, some that are nowhere near their ceilings.

Ohio State has now lost 3 straight

And Virginia lost to Boston College. Yikes

...... Now,,,, things are working themselves out.

Good game between baylor and Tech. The refs as always though are making it hard to enjoy. Baylor just had a layup negated on a charge that should never be called in the game. Just further promotes camping in the lane and jacking up 3s

Again a basket negated for home town referees

BeddieKU23 said:

Good game between baylor and Tech. The refs as always though are making it hard to enjoy. Baylor just had a layup negated on a charge that should never be called in the game. Just further promotes camping in the lane and jacking up 3s

Baylor is going to be a tough out.

Marco said:

BeddieKU23 said:

Good game between baylor and Tech. The refs as always though are making it hard to enjoy. Baylor just had a layup negated on a charge that should never be called in the game. Just further promotes camping in the lane and jacking up 3s

Baylor is going to be a tough out.

We better be ready Saturday , Baylor is legit. - -not playing nearly as much Zone , their guards are Good - -really good , especially Butler. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

21-18 at the half. Woof.

Our friends to the west getting worked at home by noted power TCU. Nova throwing up a stinker in Omaha. Shooting a sterling 4-20 from 3

@FarmerJayhawk if we couldn't beat Nova this year it may never happen again sheeeesh

Fran don't need a stop watch to figure that out!🤔

Crowd has been neutered, fran!

Did they move the free throw line back too?

@Crimsonorblue22 lol what game are you watching?

HEARTBREAK IN THE OCTAGON OF ROOM

@dylans tt Baylor, fran cracks me up. They're in a zone, no they're not!

FarmerJayhawk said:

HEARTBREAK IN THE OCTAGON OF ROOM

Sooooo empty woof.

Bruceketball now 7-7 on the year. Brutal.

We will see the return of the Bruce Weber Sub .500 this year, book it.

2 fake flops?

Damn. I’m in Mancrappen for meetings. I should’ve went down to root for TCU. Lol. I’ve been stuck with a bucha kstaters the past couple days. I’m ready to head home!

dylans said:

Damn. I’m in Mancrappen for meetings. I should’ve went down to root for TCU. Lol. I’ve been stuck with a bucha kstaters the past couple days. I’m ready to head home!

So sorry to hear that! So Long Saloon and Taco Lucha are about the only places worth going in that town

Funny how fran kept saying Chris beard has them prepared for the end of game scenarios. Then one guy gets tech for reaching over the line on the throw in and 2 others fake flop at the same time. Don't believe I've ever seen that.
By the way did u see huggs got fined🤑

FarmerJayhawk said:

HEARTBREAK IN THE OCTAGON OF ROOM

That is ONE really sad team

@FarmerJayhawk Got shuttled down to the blue moose for a rather average steak. Other than that I’m looking for the city limits sign tomorrow...unless I could turn back time a couple hours and watch that b-ball game. 😂

@Crimsonorblue22 almost like players can mess up. Hoping Dot improves his late game play...

@Crimsonorblue22 For complaining about the refs? Eh whatever gets his guys fired up I guess. Doubt it’ll be nearly as easy if a game in Morgantown.

@dylans apparently it was a three strikes deal and the previous two happened last season. Odd.

BShark said:

@Crimsonorblue22 almost like players can mess up. Hoping Dot improves his late game play...

Or comes back to figure it out next year if he doesn’t. I really like Dot, but his flirtation with the nba last offseason really soured me. I worry he’s looking for the first out instead of taking care of business.

dylans said:

@FarmerJayhawk Gotta shuttled down to the blue moose for a rather average steak. Other than that I’m looking for the city limits sign tomorrow...unless I could turn back time a couple hours and watch that b-ball game. 😂

Don't worry guy , you won't even have to look for the city limits sign. - -just follow your nose , once you smell clean fresh air - -you know your there lol. - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG ABBY

@dylans I do not get Wiggins vibes from him. I don't mind players checking though, their ultimate goal is to go pro.

Noted hack Jim Boeheim is now 8-7. 1-7 against teams with a pulse. You love to see it.

@BShark Checking I expect. Not making a decision until nearly the last day to pull out is what gave me bad vibes. Like he didn’t want to come back even more than he wanted to go. Just my feelings on the matter. I hope he proves me wrong one way or another.

Not really much of a complaint that he doesn’t outwardly love KU as much as a Jayhawk board rat.

Brucie and the Octogon of Gloom had attendance of 7 , 190 /I believe they're announcer said. -Yet like always when we play there just like everywhere else it will be packed to the hilt and I'm sure they will try to fit/sneak in some of their pet favorite piggies in too

@jayballer73 There was an awesome article about that 10 years ago or so. At the time in big12 basketball there were around 25-35 sellouts per year. All 18 of KUs games and a handful of rivalry games for everyone else. Kinda jarring when most of the games I watch (KU games) are sold out and I accidentally flip on a league game and see the crowd.

@BShark Or maybe it’s feelings of dread if he does go! This team would be sunk without Dotson!!!

dylans said:

@BShark Or maybe it’s feelings of dread if he does go! This team would be sunk without Dotson!!!

This year? Definitely.

@BShark I'm good with Harris next year. A raw Devonte with good size and length; a pass first type that likes to D up and who plays with a controlled motor.

And Bryce, Marcus, and Christian. We should have plenty of ball-handling next season.

Marco said:

@BShark I'm good with Harris next year. A raw Devonte with good size and length; a pass first type that likes to D up and who plays with a controlled motor.

I like Harris but he is not comparable to Graham. Graham was a 90/50/40 guy in HS. Harris is closer to Aaron Miles and that still isn't a great comp.

Grimes had one of those games, 4 points, 2-9 shooting, 0-5 from 3. Remind anyone of last year??

BeddieKU23 said:

Grimes had one of those games, 4 points, 2-9 shooting, 0-5 from 3. Remind anyone of last year??

I wish the guy success, but do not miss him being on our team - not one bit.

BeddieKU23 said:

Grimes had one of those games, 4 points, 2-9 shooting, 0-5 from 3. Remind anyone of last year??

Bill wasn't the problem??? pikaOMG

BShark said:

BeddieKU23 said:

Grimes had one of those games, 4 points, 2-9 shooting, 0-5 from 3. Remind anyone of last year??

Bill wasn't the problem??? pikaOMG

Saw the box score and had nightmares of last year. Something tells me I can skip looking for the replay, we already know how that song and dance played out for 36 games with him

@BeddieKU23 7-27 from the field in their last three games. Sheeeesh.

UNC going to lose at home to Pitt. Woof.

FarmerJayhawk said:

UNC going to lose at home to Pitt. Woof.

These youngsters just aren't very gifted.

Real talk: when was the last time UNC was under .500? Feels like that is in play.

D dot gave me goosebumps! AFH

BShark said:

Real talk: when was the last time UNC was under .500? Feels like that is in play.

2001 I believe. I think only one top 100 recruit in the rotation right now (Brooks). He’s right, they’re not talented but you don’t say that

@FarmerJayhawk That's INSANE for UNC. Even last year after all the shit KU still had 7 top 100 guys.

@KirkIsMyHinrich UNC party room in here.

UNC - - they look bad - now 8-8 and lost I know at least 2 in a row at home -- OH ROY say it isn't so

Longhorns on. RIP hudy

Yellowjackets :eyes:

Texas got dumped on by OU.

BShark said:

Yellowjackets :eyes:

They tried. Pastner’d

@BShark

The amount of Texan's that were pissed off at this happening was counted on one hand.

I think Shaka is history after this year. -- I think I read they are building new Arena - like I have seen others post they are not gonna have Shaka be leading them there. - he is toast

Ha had to edit. - -I know I have the answer -- Shaka goes to Iowa State - - -Phrom goes to Texas roflmao

Gonna check out a couple of other games tonight. - Pretty good games. 6:00 on ESPN 2 - - Wichita State & Memphis .- I think Memphis wins this - -Precious gonna show , their guard gonna show can't remember his name.. THEN at 8:00 on ESPN , Oregon and Arizona - Think I like Oregon in that fairly comfortable - they put stumpy in his place looking about 8-10 win - still good to watch

In game they showed him coaching up his players, mic'd up. His advice and body language was poor. I would not feel like I gained anything except a breather if I was player. I was definitely wrong about Shaka. I thought his success at VCU would translate, but he's in way over his head.

Well Marsha won yippee/not. - All that means is the wifey will pop a top for sure lol

@jayballer73 🤮

Oh Lord Walton is at it again -- Mercy Oregon's floo ris dam right nasty looking

@Crimsonorblue22 penny not a coach

Crimsonorblue22 said:

@Crimsonorblue22 penny not a coach

A lot of forced shots. - - however they are they said the youngest teams in the nation - I can't stand Marsha

Crimsonorblue22 said:

@Crimsonorblue22 penny not a coach

Marsha vs Penny is almost as unfair as THE EMPEROR OF BASKETBALL JAY WRIGHT vs Bill Self.

@BShark I'm coming after you

@BShark You know Nova will be KU’s 4 seed.

@dylans good!

@dylans a ranked Wichita will be our 8 or 9 seed. UNI flashbacks.

Wichita vs Nova will be a fun sweet 16 game at least. @Crimsonorblue22

dylans said:

@BShark You know Nova will be KU’s 4 seed.

you know they will do all they can do to get Wichita State in KU'S region - again

@BShark rather play nova than WSU

🐦 View Tweet?s=21
Pat himself on the back!

@Crimsonorblue22

Sounds about normal for him.

@jayballer73

She was in slosh ville by halftime..no need to wait

Won't be long before the media starts gushing about Michigan St again. 5-0 in Big-10 play. Crushed Michigan and 4 other non-tourney teams. It happens every year

BeddieKU23 said:

@jayballer73

She was in slosh ville by halftime..no need to wait

lmao, ya your right -probably askin Marsha if he needed a nip during the timeouts lol

UNC Clemson in OT at the Dean Dome. UNC is so, so bad. Clemson is 0-59 at Carolina.

79 76 Clemson. At least we aren’t Carolina?

Oklahoma trailing in Ames

Iowa State pounded OU. Texas beat KSU.

ISU the only B12 team to even hit 70 today. TCU and OSU played a B10 game today lighting up the scoreboard to the tune of a 52-40 TCU win.

Fran spoke out about the ugly O in the ncaa this year. Good pts.

BShark said:

Iowa State pounded OU. Texas beat KSU.

We lose, get beat pretty soundly yesterday BUT poor ol Brucie lol - -that team is just diaster - a warm pile of dog doo - couldn't make me feel any better. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

Texas Hawk 10 said:

ISU the only B12 team to even hit 70 today. TCU and OSU played a B10 game today lighting up the scoreboard to the tune of a 52-40 TCU win.

Holy crap. - -40 points? - -you know we here all the well a lot of it is because they have moved the 3 point line back and the defense is ahead of the offense. - -I can agree with that to a point , also you mean all these defenses have gotten that much better ? - -might be a little of both , I think to though that just overall with this group of kids anyways - the quality of overall shooting 2 point AND 3 point shooting is just down across the board. Makes for some really ugly games. - -they make it look like we have un limited amount of Virginia defense - -not good

Purdue, unranked, beat #8 Mich St 71-42.

Shit especially seems to happen this year!

@mayjay

Ruined their Sparty I'm the best team in the nation party

@BeddieKU23 that was ruined months ago lol.

mayjay said:

Purdue, unranked, beat #8 Mich St 71-42.

Shit especially seems to happen this year!

42 points - -42 points ? - - another example of whatwe were talking about. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

This season is very drunk.

Chiefs outscored M St.

@BShark there is no dominant team, I’m not sure if that’s a positive for us or not.

It appears that UNC will not even make the tournament this year.

@Marco

Only way is a miracle in the ACC tourney. NIT in doubt too

Yeah, I might have been wrong about UNC...

is it possible to have a strong dislike for TWO brothers off the same team ? - -I couldn't/can't stand either of the Jone's bothers for Duke

Have you noticed that when Coach K starts to wine/cry a little bit especially in a close game - -he starts to cry, you ever noticed how things start to shift and shift quick to where he is getting almost 100% of calls?

mayjay said:

Yeah, I might have been wrong about UNC...

Theres a bandwagon there. Hard to believe how their season has gone.

Who believes Cole Anthony will eve play on the floor for UNC anymore ? - -Lots of their fans think he is done, take time to rehab and get ready for the NBA?

Kittens struggggglin against TTU. No surprise but still enjoyable.

CLEMSON BASKETBALL TIGERS??!!

Crazy Crazy season -Duke about ready to go down to Clemson down 8 with 1 :45 to go. - -THERE is no Dominant team this year . - -Clemson is 8-7 and 2 & # in league

@jayballer73 Exactly my friend. No great team. Wide open NCAAT this year.

BShark said:

CLEMSON BASKETBALL TIGERS??!!

LOL - YES BASKEETBALL TIGERS

Video replays SUCK

Hahahahahaha f*** dook

Noted offensive juggernaut Nova has scored 11 points through 10 minutes at home to noted defensive power DePaul

Clemson sucks

@FarmerJayhawk Goodness, we suck.

@BShark we good

@FarmerJayhawk the great Wright?

Crimsonorblue22 said:

@FarmerJayhawk the great Wright?

The rich man’s John Wooden

DanR said:

Clemson sucks

ya. SUCKED just good enough to beat Duke's ass roflmao

well K-State now 0-4 - - - 77-63, but hmmmm K-State 25-34 free throws, against Tech that usually plays prett good d?

Doke panics if he has to pass in the paint.

In your face lon

Dam , West Virginia Beats the hell out of TCU by 32

This KSU team is bad....they maybe the worst they’ve been since 2000 or 2001. They have already played some of their easiest games, not sure they get to 10 wins. I wouldn’t count any win before it happens this season but whew, they need Sneed and Diarrhea ( misspelling intentionally) to drop 20 points a piece to have a chance. If you want a good laugh if you click on the game on ESPN, there is a video of squeak losing it lol.

Crack the good stuff Kentucky might lose to Frank Martin

South Carolina as I'm watching doesnt practice free throws either. A classic pissing a win down their legs minute

Oh this is really good. - I've been watching this from the opening tip. - Kentucky has had as much as a 13 point lead - -all cocky struttin their stuff. - - AHHHH HAAAAAA - - -HAAAA - -say it isn't sooo Johnny lmao

Kentucky GOES DOWN

One time KU TARGET @BShark Jermaine Couisnard nails game winning banking 3 with no time left on clock. He also missed 2 free throws in the last minute, flair for the dramatic

5 Butler lost at home to Seton Hall as well

BeddieKU23 said:

One time KU TARGET @BShark Jermaine Couisnard nails game winning banking 3 with no time left on clock. He also missed 2 free throws in the last minute, flair for the dramatic

Dude can ball.

@Woodrow

And FSU in a tight one at home against Virginia in closing seconds but will hold on

@BShark

Their leading scorer bricked 2 free throws as well that would have won it, gave Kentucky chance to score and tie and then that buzzer beater

South Carolina scored 56 points in the 2nd half. - -Kentucky fans are in full melt down lmao. - talking about Coach Cal on downward trend ,- can't understand why some players on the floor at end of games , SC scores 56 in the 2nd half after scoring 56 total against Seton hall.

Saying this team is maybe a Sweet 16 team at best lmao, South Carolina was dead last in the SEC in free throw pct shooting 61 %. - - talking about how their guard is a selfish guard lol -- gotta love it -- I do. Thinking about sending a crying towel via Next Day Air - -or just Fed-Ex it- -lol

Alabama taking it to Auburn right now 28-17

CRAZY - - -CRAZY basketball season , and we not at the half way yet. - - - # 10 Kentucky 12-3 before tonight, loses to a South Carolina team that was 8-7 - 71-68 # 16 Wichita State & Marsha 15-1 before tonight loses to Temple -65-54 that was 9-6 & biggest of All # 4 Auburn unbeaten 15-0 going into tonight LOSES to a Alabama team that was 8-7 going into tonight 83-64 crazy , crazy season. What in the world is going on ? - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

@jayballer73 Butler lost at home. Virginia is in a free fall....and scott drew is the leading candidate for coach of the year.

Weird stuff. Weird stuff indeed.

I don't think grimes is even starting.

@Crimsonorblue22 definitely wasn't on the court at the end of the game. Houston was shooting free throws to ice their win and while all the other cougars were cheering....Q was sitting there staring straight ahead. I felt for him slightly.

@bmensch1 I don't think he's played much the last few games.

5 ranked teams lost last night, only one (Butler) to another ranked team.

@Crimsonorblue22

Might be nursing an injury? However Sampson made some changes to the lineup and looks like Q was one of them. The Natives are getting to see what he was last year. Here's some snips.

Is Grimes totally healthy? The way he's playing I hope not. He's become invisible out there.

Grimes is mentally shook. Asking him to take care of the ball AND to be a scoring threat has killed his offensive game. He was grossly overrated in HS, that much is also obvious.
He is a decent player but not even one of the 4 best on this team.
Him going to the NBA early is just the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.
He could stay here through his senior year and get better and then who knows. Its definitely time to dial back any lofty expectations for Grimes. He’s merely an average player for us.

I still thought we were getting a really good player. He is way too soft on offense. His defense is mostly pretty good. Was definitely overrated as a 5 star. His biggest weakness is between the ears, unfortunately. Perhaps he can have a good game soon and gain some confidence. We need him to start balling at some point. I would think, based solely on his play, that Sampson might start sitting him a lot more. Aside from a handful of games (6?), and a few of those were early, he has been way too timid

bmensch1 said:

@jayballer73 Butler lost at home. Virginia is in a free fall....and scott drew is the leading candidate for coach of the year.

Weird stuff. Weird stuff indeed.

North Carolina with what is going on at Carolina this year I think 8-8 this year. - just really nuts. - -Louisville choking ya nuts

BeddieKU23 said:

@Crimsonorblue22

Might be nursing an injury? However Sampson made some changes to the lineup and looks like Q was one of them. The Natives are getting to see what he was last year. Here's some snips.

Is Grimes totally healthy? The way he's playing I hope not. He's become invisible out there.

Grimes is mentally shook. Asking him to take care of the ball AND to be a scoring threat has killed his offensive game. He was grossly overrated in HS, that much is also obvious.
He is a decent player but not even one of the 4 best on this team.
Him going to the NBA early is just the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.
He could stay here through his senior year and get better and then who knows. Its definitely time to dial back any lofty expectations for Grimes. He’s merely an average player for us.

I still thought we were getting a really good player. He is way too soft on offense. His defense is mostly pretty good. Was definitely overrated as a 5 star. His biggest weakness is between the ears, unfortunately. Perhaps he can have a good game soon and gain some confidence. We need him to start balling at some point. I would think, based solely on his play, that Sampson might start sitting him a lot more. Aside from a handful of games (6?), and a few of those were early, he has been way too timid

one would think & see what he was doing at KU ? - I mean NOW these fans see what we went through with Q. - -just where he was grossly over rated - -now he is doing exactly the same at Houston, also having the same attitude as he had here

Mcgriff on fire 🔥 as OSU is up 12 on Baylor late in The first half

kjayhawks said:

Mcgriff on fire 🔥 as OSU is up 12 on Baylor late in The first half

nine at the half - -Oklahoma State has pretty much lead the entire half. Only one problem. It's just one half lol , one thing I notice and have noticed before when Meyer comes in for Baylor - it's one HUGE black hole. That kid only has one thing in mind , seeing how many shots he can jack up while in for his limited minutes. 3/4 of the time he touches the ball , it's going up lmao.

Mercy North Carolina is just terrible, I mean TER - - -RIBLE ! ! ! ! getting just drilled , AGAIN down by 20 at Pittsburg at the end of the half , WOW

Baylor losing would be a nice surprise, but I'd bet on them waking up in the 2nd half.

BShark said:

Baylor losing would be a nice surprise, but I'd bet on them waking up in the 2nd half.

ME too I think you will see a whole different 2nd half

Difference in this game is 3 point shooting. Baylor is 2-15 and Pokes are 9-16

Didnt last Baylor is winning

osu back up 1

Down one now. Wild game.

I don't know who will win, but the upper section at Gallagher Arena is barren. They will never know if a packed house would have made a difference. I think "historic" Gallagher Arena should be re-named "empty" Gallagher Arena.

4 Auburn lost again for the second time this week.

5 Butler lost again for the second time this week.

And somehow someway KSU is going to beat #12 WVU

Woodrow said:

4 Auburn lost again for the second time this week.

5 Butler lost again for the second time this week.

And somehow someway KSU is going to beat #12 WVU

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How in the hell did KSU hang 84 on WV? That’s been a two game total for them all year.

@kjayhawks 25 FTA. Also just caught fire today, it happens.

@BShark I was thinking before today it could a race to 50 Tuesday.

@kjayhawks still probably will be

Juiston can't shoot at all but he hustles. Bill would have loved him.

WSU is getting their aces kicked at home, they haven’t scored in like ten minutes. Down 47-25.

Calipari just got ejected.

@BShark he asked for it, got a T then was pushed back repeatedly before being ejected. It was stupid because he really didn’t seem that fired up. Just wanted to get the last word lol.

Grimes is coming off the bench now... if that tells us anything

The more I watch other games the more I see how KU can have a highly rated offense this year..

This is a crazy year. The goal should be simply to get a little better every week. No dominant team.

The tournament is less likely to be driven by major conferences than ever.

Louisville kicking Duke's ass atm.

.... And the dukey whistles start to blow. Worst offensive foul call ever.

BShark said:

The more I watch other games the more I see how KU can have a highly rated offense this year..

I just thought the exact same thing today.

It’s not us. It’s everyone else. And likely the new line.

approxinfinity said:

.... And the dukey whistles start to blow. Worst offensive foul call ever.

I just need Lousiville to not lose by 8

Stanley would have been nice to land...

Louisville will lose they wasted no time making that clear already

Kcmatt7 said:

Stanley would have been nice to land...

He improved a ton his sr year and thats why hes at duke

Once the Duke money rolls in you can fuhgeddaboutit.

The refs are dispicable in this game

bskeet said:

This is a crazy year. The goal should be simply to get a little better every week. No dominant team.

The tournament is less likely to be driven by major conferences than ever.

The only issue I have with that statement is that the non power conference teams that are highly ranked this year are the usual suspects of recent mid major powers. Gonzaga, Butler, SDSU, Wichita St., and Dayton. Everyone of those teams except for SDSU has at least and E8 appearance in the past decade.

There may not be a dominant team this season, but there's also very little parity either this season. There's not really anyone on the top 25 at the moment that if you saw this poll in any random season that you would look at think how are they ranked.

This is a year where the more things change, the more they stay the same. I'm fully expecting the champ to be a traditional power with all 4 Final Four spots going to traditional powers and I am including Gonzaga among that group at this point.

Louisville is terrible

Horrible call awarding Hurt 3 FTs on that foul. Clearly on the floor.

@Texas-Hawk-10

We are kind of saying the same thing. There's a larger margin of error this year for teams like Dayton, SDSU, Gonzaga, and others.

For that reason I think there's a better chance a FF team is one or more of those "power" teams from non-power 5 conferences. But, you're right, it might come from the power 5 but be a "surprise" team like Ohio State or Baylor.

I think that also suggests that there is more parity both within and across conferences. I don't have stats to back this up.. just anecdotally seems like the top 25 teams constantly getting beat.

(PS: you may want to update your sig... Not sure the Astros earned it.)

Omg Jay Bilas just mentioned Doke during the Duke game. Sky is falling.

I heard that! I was like WHAT????

Of course it was really throwing shade at Doke and praising Doolittle..

@bskeet haha true.

Cassius Stanley with the wide open airball 3 down 3 with 16 seconds left.

How was that not a foul? Oh it was Duke.

Fran was talking how good Vernon is during our game

@Crimsonorblue22 Vernon has not been good when I've watched. :man_shrugging_medium_skin_tone:

So 3 top 5 teams lost twice this week. Crazy year.

And Duke takes the Double L for the week.

So we should move up, who else?

Louisville wins

approxinfinity said:

Cassius Stanley with the wide open airball 3 down 3 with 16 seconds left.

Cassius and Hurt is the two that kept duke from being blown off the floor. -- Cassius 24 points and Hurt 17

Stanley is a freak - really good come along way already this year. Hurt's defense is horrible. Anytime Louisville needed a hoop, they went to Hurts man ALOT

@jayballer73 getting flashbacks to Dedric last year

This is going over well w/shockers

https://www.kansas.com/sports/college/wichita-state/article239430048.html ↗

Two ranked teams play today, both Big-12 games.

Not expecting any upsets tonight as West Virginia should bounce back at home after a dreadful loss in Manhattan.

Baylor hosts Oklahoma and I would not expect OU can beat them with their 2-3 road record.

@Crimsonorblue22 For all the grief some here give Grimes, those quotes from him in that article sound like the light is coming on for him and that he's realizing that he doesn't have to listen to his dad anymore.

I know some have pointed out he's coming off the bench now, but what those people are ignoring is that Grimes is still playing starter level minutes and is still their leading scorer.

He'll be a 4 year player and by the time he leaves UH, he'll have a good shot at being AAC POY his senior season.

So Chandler Lawson is starting for Oregon and averaging 18 pts per game. 🤔

Baylor is the new #1 team in the nation jumping Gonzaga in the polls. Also, KU has played 5 teams currently ranked in the top 15 (4 of them in the top 10) to a 2-3 record (1-3 against the top 10 teams).

Also, KU got a first place vote in the AP poll somehow as the Jayhawks moved back into the 3rd spot in the polls.

Another note about the top 25 rankings this week, Rutgers is ranked for the first time in 41 years coming in at 24/25 in the polls this week.

Gorilla72 said:

So Chandler Lawson is starting for Oregon and averaging 18 pts per game. 🤔

Do you mean 18 minutes a game?

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/chandler-lawson-1.html ↗

Averaging 5 pts a game.

@Texas-Hawk-10

Newell voted them 1. He explained in his Twitter why as well.

@BShark - if I could read, I’d be dangerous. Thanks.

Correction: 5 pts, 4.5 rbs, little over one assist per game in 18 minutes.

@Gorilla72 Yeah no problem. I was just stunned by that possibility based on what he looked like in HS so I had to check.

@Gorilla72 don’t be dangerous!🤓🧐🔬🔭🧬

@Texas-Hawk-10 I really hope so for his sake.

West Virginia just killing Texas 45-20 - - I don't see how Shaka makes it another season

jayballer73 said:

West Virginia just killing Texas 45-20 - - I don't see how Shaka makes it another season

Ended up a 38 point drubbing, 97-59.

Baylor held serve as #1 by 4.

@BeddieKU23 Went to bed at halftime and figured Baylor had the game locked up. I see that Butler had 4 pts and was 0-6 from 3. Baylor was 6-26 from 3. But look what they did against us. I guess you could say that this game was an outlier for Butler and the team.

Great teams win on bad shooting nights.

Chandler Lawson also has not attempted a 3 in 19 games. Obviously he would not have been the outside-range solution to our 4 problem!

@Hawk8086

Maybe some pressure being #1. Baylor has had some C type games and found ways to win (sort of like KU has). I thought the two games before they drubbed KU weren't that good. A team that can kind of turn it on when they need to.

@BeddieKU23 did u see the end of Baylor game? Ou had a steal w/chance to tie, instead they pitch it out to reaves for a 3. Game

@dylans Very true.

Crimsonorblue22 said:

@BeddieKU23 did u see the end of Baylor game? Ou had a steal w/chance to tie, instead they pitch it out to reaves for a 3. Game

Yup, I believe he had a chance for an easy layup. Decision Making fail 101

Reaves, 2-11 from 3, they had time and 2 on 1. Lon coached ball

Another poster from another site posted this , and makes pretty good sense. - - KU loses ONE game and drops five spots. - - Duke loses TWICE in the same week and stays in the top ten. -- Something smells lol. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

Lost in the Sauce from last night was TCU getting a 11pt win at home over Texas Tech.
Tech is now 3-3, TCU is 4-2.

Iowa St got a win over Oklahoma St by 7 at home. ISU is 2-4, OSU 0-6. Setting up their Super bowl on Monday.

@BeddieKU23 Looks like Boynton might be losing the cage match.

TCU :eyes: :eyes: :eyes:

Tech being 3-3 I love to see after everyone was on Beard's junk.

Well looks like UNC finally has found someone to beat up on other then getting beat up. -- UNC hadn't won a single game in this Calendar Year until today

WVU starting the second half on a 16-2 run and now up 15 on Mizzou.

Misery getting stomped now. 56-33 with 8:10 left. Lid on their basket...

Did this game show how bad Mizzou is, or how much improved WV is?

How bad Mizzou is! I'm going to add, since I just saw game day, how bad Seth is (Kentucky reference). Smart a$$ or deaf? You had to watch or you won't get it. Someone needs to lock him in a restroom next time!

bskeet said:

Did this game show how bad Mizzou is, or how much improved WV is?

probably both

ok, so little confused. - You can't even sell your arena during regular season , so why in the hell do you move your SEC challenge game to even a BIGGER court. - Oklahoma playing their game in Oklahoma City. you would think you would want to play this game on their home floor

WVU arena had lost of fans dressed as numbered seats.

Shaka's offense - - -1st player down the court - - jack a 3

Give Texas a little bit of credit they were dead and came back now up

Skylar Mays has some Marcus Smart faking in him

Moretti 90% cant make free throws

Yep his missed free throw could cost them

Tech is terrible

Florida is worse then Tech that's no tournament team

@BeddieKU23 They certainly executed poorly down the stretch...Regulation and OT.

I'm telling you guys - - Baylor is LEGIT I'm not to proud to admit that , it's ok they representing the big 12 - -hell ya

@BeddieKU23 replace Self with Beard etc

@BShark self > beard

@rockchalkwyo my stance is that Beard needs to prove it long term.

ok go ahead and STILL not give Baylor any love. - I'm telling you this team is a solid legit Championship contender. - -love their defense - -got really good guard play. - -Tied for best start in School history, yet I'm still sure there is gonna be people, who no way want to give Baylor any props. - -It's ok to admit that yes there are OTHER teams that do have really good teams -- Baylor is one of those teams

@jayballer73 Yeah. I had the same thought as I watched them totally dismantle Florida.

I suspect some of the skepticism on the board is that the coach this year is the same one as in previous years. Therefore results are expected to be the same.

@bskeet Agree. In the past, Baylor has had teams that could beat anyone (and they often did) but could always lose to anyone (and they always did). This team seems different. I'm with @jayballer73 . Great defensively and they can shoot. Right now they are better than us.

I thought the Big 12 showed pretty well. KSU and UT with comebacks that fell a little short. Of course, they weren't impressive to fall behind like that. OU and OSU winning were a little surprising to me.

Also,.....did anyone catch the crude gesture by the Florida drummer? It was quick but noticeable. When they were showing the guitar player. All I could think of was.....man if that were my kid......I must be old.

@BShark

I like beard, his players just crapped the bed big time.

I have no idea who could replace Bill and I rarely chime in when this comes up every month it seems now. I know who I don't want and that list is way longer then those who I think could

BeddieKU23 said:

Tech is terrible

Tech isn't terrible, they're inexperienced and haven't learned how to finish close games yet. They really only have 1 bad loss on the season to DePaul, all the rest are reasonable losses. I think I heard during their game yesterday that they have 9 new players on the roster this season. To have that many new faces at a program like Tech and to be ranked for most of the season is a good accomplishment. With the inconsistency of most programs this year, if they could pick up a win over WVU on Monday and/or KU in either match up, get to 10-8 in league play, and reach the B12 semis, Tech will be back in the NCAA tournament. I don't think a lot of people realize just how difficult that job is. Lubbock is in the middle of nowhere which hurts recruiting efforts, and they're usually the afterthought program of the major conference Texas schools.

Beard is doing a very good job with that program and if he stays long term (that's going to be the biggest hurdle for Tech), he'll have them as a consistent challenger to KU.

@Texas-Hawk-10

The comment was heat of the moment as I watched Moretti and another freshman miss critical free throws. I understand he has a young team and I expect KU will have trouble beating them coming up. They should have won that game last night

BeddieKU23 said:

@Texas-Hawk-10

The comment was heat of the moment as I watched Moretti and another freshman miss critical free throws. I understand he has a young team and I expect KU will have trouble beating them coming up. They should have won that game last night

That's part of the growing up process for an inexperienced team though. That's the next step in the growth of that group is learning how to finish out close games against good teams. They're a good defensive team, probably 3rd best on the league behind KU and Baylor so I think they'll get there by the end of the season. I could easily see them knock off KU in Lubbock to close out the regular season.

Lol statement win.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/28562216/kentucky-statement-win-highlights-major-saturday-college-hoops ↗

Beard took TT to within a play or two of a National Championship, not KU, UNC, Duke or UK with all the advantages of a blue blood.

There is no better choice as your coach for the next 15 years than Beard.

This is the first time Beard has made it beyond year two at a job in this his fourth hc job. He might be Larry Brown adjacent.

He is a fine coach but he is 12-7 right now. If Bill ever started 12-7 here I don't even know but it would be cataclysmic on the forums and twitter.

HighEliteMajor said:

Beard took TT to within a play or two of a National Championship, not KU, UNC, Duke or UK with all the advantages of a blue blood.

There is no better choice as your coach for the next 15 years than Beard.

Bruce Weber did this too at Illinois... Shaka had a FF run at VCU.

Just pointing out that a tournament run doesn’t necessarily dictate future success. Sometimes I think some of these guys do better at smaller schools with less turnover and getting to a blue blood is an entirely different animal. This is a rare time KU has a starting 5 that was all on the roster a year ago. And even at that, our 6th, 7th and 8th guys off the bench weren’t.

Beard has massive turnover the first time in his career and he’s probably going to finish outside the top 25 this season. He will lose two of his starters after this season too.

If next seasons Tech team isn’t top 25, are you going to be saying the same thing?

@Kcmatt7 hell all Liberace has to do to get back to a ff at ksu was beat Loyola. Bruce is probably above average at xs and os but it just goes to show ffs can be fairly random.

@BShark How many coaches got to the final game that you would say to be random in the last two decades? Weber had Self’s players. Beyond that?

HighEliteMajor said:

@BShark How many coaches got to the final game that you would say to be random in the last two decades? Weber had Self’s players. Beyond that?

UConn twice including once with Kevin Ollie (who proceeded to flame out). Shaka, the Loyola coach, Frank Martin, Lon Kruger, Greggggg, Huggins.

That's going back 10 years. 8 in 10 years so usually about one a year. I almost wanted to include Gonzaga too since they flame out so much.

BShark said:

HighEliteMajor said:

@BShark How many coaches got to the final game that you would say to be random in the last two decades? Weber had Self’s players. Beyond that?

UConn twice including once with Kevin Ollie (who proceeded to flame out). Shaka, the Loyola coach, Frank Martin, Lon Kruger, Greggggg, Huggins.

That's going back 10 years. 8 in 10 years so usually about one a year. I almost wanted to include Gonzaga too since they flame out so much.

You would have thought Kevin Ollie was easily the next big thing too.

@Kcmatt7 Nah, I see building what he did at TT as much different from taking over a national power that had won multiple NC's in the previous, what, 12 or 13 seasons (before Ollie took over) as just a touch different. I know, this is opinion stuff. But I just see a lot in Beard that I like. Everything, actually. Best in game coach I saw last season.

@BShark When you say flame out, I agree on Shaka and Ollie. I don't think the others flamed out. Huggins is a hall of fame guy, Kruger likely will be, Martin not bad, Greggg has had a program that is better than any other Big 12 program (aside from KU) during his tenure, Gonzaga too, and Loyola was Cinderella. Like a George Mason. Shaka and Ollie are the best examples of flame outs I think.

If anyone was betting on a coach not named Self, at KU, only a few are in the conversation I'd think. Beard clearly one.

My top 5 Self replacements if the extremely unlikely happened and we needed to replace him next year (no order): Jay Wright, Mike White, Chris Beard, Mark Few, Tony Bennett

I am a huge fan of Beard but anyone that watched the end of the Kentucky game in regulation and OT could not come away impressed at all with what he did. I was in shock at how awful Tech executed down the stretch often times coming out of timeouts.

I didn't mean that they all flamed out just that they were flukey. I don't think Beard will totally fade but I wouldn't tag him as the top coaching candidate either.

@Woodrow That last ridiculous drive by Moretti reminded me of 2013 vs Michigan with EJ's wacky drive way out to the right of the lane followed by the desperate heave out to 24-ft-from-the-rim Tharpe.

@Woodrow

Did you take the end of that game and OT as anything Beard did wrong? His 90% FT shooter missed badly on the first to win it in regulation. Then a freshman went to the line and missed the first being a 60% shooter in OT I believe it was. I think the difference in the game was missed free throws and not having anyone big enough to match Richards inside. He had a monster game against them

@BShark

He is recruiting well at Tech. Culver & Smith just completely blew up as under the radar guys, Moore (flamed out and transferred but Top 50 kid), Ramsey was Top 25 kid from this past class. He got an All American this year who looks really solid. Moretti was a Euro, Edwards was underrated IMO. I think as far as High School recruiting goes he's doing a lot of similar things as Self, recruiting Top talent, getting underrated kids and developing.

He hits the transfer market hard and got two studs in Mooney/Owens who were integral pieces last season. Clarke/Holyfield haven't had the impact those did last year but they have been key pieces to the young squad he has.

I know he hasn't proven himself beyond the last 2 seasons but an Elite 8 and losing the Championship in OT certainly build cred quickly. I think he's a good character coach from what he says to the media and he's young enough (10 years younger then Self) to think he could continue the elite level play we've had.

It's a tall order but the other 2 coaches I'd put in the want bracket- Wright & Few are older and have really shown no interest in leaving their current gigs.

BShark said:

I didn't mean that they all flamed out just that they were flukey. I don't think Beard will totally fade but I wouldn't tag him as the top coaching candidate either.

Yea I need to see at least next season before I'm sold on him I think. This is the first year he's had his own guys and they are 12-7 with 4 games left against KU, Baylor and WVU.

And then they have road games against everyone else in the league except KSU and TCU.

Kenpom is projecting they finish 18-13.

To put it in a little perspective, Bill Self hasn't lost 13 games since 1995 at Oral Roberts.

He hasn't lost 12 games since 1998 in his first year at Tulsa. And since then, he has never lost more than 10 games in a season.

I'm not going to absolutely crush Beard over this season. But if next year he doesn't bounce back with a team ready to compete for the league title I'll be skeptical that he's the guy. He will have back to back Top 15 recruiting classes and that should be plenty of talent to challenge or beat KU in the B12.

The reason I'm so big on Tony Bennett, he's finished the season ranked the past 6 seasons. This might be the first year he hasn't in the past 7. And 5 of those seasons he finished Top 6.

So he's won consistently through multiple recruiting classes and not just been a good team. He's had arguably one of the best 6 teams the past 7 consecutive years. And he's proven he can win the big one.

AND he's now proven he can win no matter where. He's done it at two P5 schools, neither of whom were a basketball powerhouse before he got there.

You can say Virginia basketball is boring, and I'd agree with you. But you can't say it doesn't win.

@BeddieKU23 I didn’t see anything that resembled a well ran offensive set at the end of that game and OT.

Watching Self out of timeouts and then end of that game on both sides really is night and day.

I like Beard and think he is awesome, I just didn’t see anything in that game from him at the end.

@Kcmatt7

He definitely can win. Personally I'm just not on his bandwagon but I recognize he is a great coach. I recognize K, Cal, Huggins, etc as great coaches but they are not the guys I would pick to lead KU post Self whenever that comes.

But I can see the appeal from a stability, winning, defensive minded coach

@Woodrow

If I remember correctly guys didnt make plays and I thought Kentucky's athletic bodies bothered them at the end. I agree there are very few coaches better then Self, if any in certain situations but I thought his players kind of showed their immaturity in that one. Ramsey was non existent that last part and Moretti tried too much to make a play which I dont think is his calling card either. That was a young team that just didnt finish. But I can see how anyone who watched might think otherwise. That was a game Tech shouldn't have lost

Kcmatt7 said:

The reason I'm so big on Tony Bennett, he's finished the season ranked the past 6 seasons. This might be the first year he hasn't in the past 7. And 5 of those seasons he finished Top 6.

So he's won consistently through multiple recruiting classes and not just been a good team. He's had arguably one of the best 6 teams the past 7 consecutive years. And he's proven he can win the big one.

AND he's now proven he can win no matter where. He's done it at two P5 schools, neither of whom were a basketball powerhouse before he got there.

You can say Virginia basketball is boring, and I'd agree with you. But you can't say it doesn't win.

Still just would not want that here - -it's just to dam boring, kind of like watching the grass grow, and if he gets behind - - forget about it, his teams are just not designed enough to come from behind , causes them to get out of their comfort zone and becomes helter skelter - sorry I understand what you say -- just not for me

Chris Beard has put fringe recruits in the lottery and has taken Texas Tech to the Finals. I thought Lubbock was a bball wasteland when Knight was there. Not so. Beard's recruited talent, developed it and has his student body juiced for big games. He's a young basketball 46. Last year he beat Self by 29, 25 at halftime, easily handing Self his worst ever conference loss. Self himself was 40 when he came here (?) and had made only 2 E8s.

Beard would be a grand slam hire, imo.

approxinfinity said:

Chris Beard has put fringe recruits in the lottery and has taken Texas Tech to the Finals. I thought Lubbock was a bball wasteland when Knight was there. Not so. Beard's recruited talent, developed it and has his student body juiced for big games. He's a young basketball 46. Last year he beat Self by 29, 25 at halftime, easily handing Self his worst ever conference loss. Self himself was 40 when came here (?) and had made only 2 E8s.

Beard would be a grand slam hire, imo.

good thing we don't have to worry about who is replacing him

The rest of the Big-12 plays tonight

Biggest game of the night: West Virginia at Texas Tech. If Tech holds serve that would put Huggy Bear 2 & 3 games behind Baylor/KU.

Baylor is at Hilton Tragic. They (ISU) tried hard to beat Auburn but came up short. Last two home games they have averaged 85 points. I highly doubt they can hang close to that on Baylor. Bolton is coming off 2 straight 20 point games, Halliburton is still not playing 100% I think. Hilton will need to bring the Magic for once this season.

BeddieKU23 said:

The rest of the Big-12 plays tonight

Biggest game of the night: West Virginia at Texas Tech. If Tech holds serve that would put Huggy Bear 2 & 3 games behind Baylor/KU.

Baylor is at Hilton Tragic. They (ISU) tried hard to beat Auburn but came up short. Last two home games they have averaged 85 points. I highly doubt they can hang close to that on Baylor. Bolton is coming off 2 straight 20 point games, Halliburton is still not playing 100% I think. Hilton will need to bring the Magic for once this season.

hmmmm , do I dare go out on a limb ? -- man I dunno. -probably really stupid , but what the hell here I go. - - I say Hilton Magic - -this is the ONE game this year that just something magical happens tonight at Hilton -- long -- long - -long shot I know but hey I don't have any money riding on it SO - - BOO K IT - -run to your bookies and place your bets lmao. -- ROCK CHALKALL DAY LONG BABY

Kind of surprised to see that Baylor is only a 4 point favorite tonight in Ames. Vegas thinks it will be a close game.

@Woodrow Vegas had Florida winning. Maybe they undervalue Baylor based on the past.

KU women trailing KSU 24-22 at halftime. Pretty ugly game to watch...both teams shooting under 35 pct from the field. Refs calling it pretty tight, maybe remembering what happened in the men's game last week.

All of a sudden, both teams have found their offense. KU trails K-State 48-45 after 3 quarters. Lotsa threes falling, and more points scored in the last quarter than in the first two combined. Hawks still having trouble going inside against KSU's bigs.

Boy Iowa St is really a - - - -BAD TEAM - - -A BAD , BAD , TEAM.

I am still not that impressed by Haliburton , UGLY shot - -I mean Ugly, I have yet to see him really take charge, just does not impress me , of course could be that Iowa State is soo bad , no matter how good Haliburton still makes it hard to see.

I don't know how many times Baylor just toyed with them - -Every time Iowa State score and you think - -just need a stop , Baylor right down the lane for a lay up or little 3-5 foot jumper or IF they miss ANOTHER offensive rebound Iowa state is just a mess

KU shooting goes cold in the last quarter. K-State wins 69-61.

Jayhawk women now 1 and 7 in the Big XII after starting 12-0 in non-con.

Yep Baylor dominated Hilton Tragic.

Texas Tech hung 89 on West Virginia's defense in a win. West Virginia now has 3 conference losses.

Texas beat TCU on the road by 1.

OU was beat by K-St in Manhattan (Lon's group is not good).

@BeddieKU23 didn’t tcu beat TT last week?

@Crimsonorblue22 12-3 feasting on cupcakes; 1-4 since.

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@dylans The Bruce/Snyder special. TCU has been low key great at this as well the last several years. I'm kind of surprised TCU hasn't been better with Dixon. I guess he is just a middle of the conference coach. He seems almost locked in there.

BShark said:

@dylans The Bruce/Snyder special. TCU has been low key great at this as well the last several years. I'm kind of surprised TCU hasn't been better with Dixon. I guess he is just a middle of the conference coach. He seems almost locked in there.

Key injuries and athletic underperformers. I still think he can turn it around.

Is Beard's success at TT cutting into TCU recruitment?

@approxinfinity

Maybe a small impact but I can't remember them going for the same recruits either. Beard has signed a 5 star prospect and another top 50 national recruit this cycle. TCU has signed 3, 3 star recruits this cycle. Dixon really isn't getting Top 100 kids, just 1 in the last 3 cycles

I went to the Santa Clara v Gonzaga game last night. Santa Clara is young, athletic with good size and played with a lot of spirit. (They'll be a truly competitive team in the next 2 years as the freshmen mature.)

SCU trailed most of the game, but kept closing the gap. They lost by 15 in the end, but it was a game where they were pesky and Gonzaga had to keep reasserting itself in spurts to push the lead from one possession to three or four. Gonzaga also lost one of their starters about 10 min into the game.

Even so, it looked like Gonzaga could score in the paint most any time they wanted. Serious size inside that allowed for rebounds and tips-ins. Guards are pretty opportunistic. Lots of offensive sets that can create an easy basket opportunity. They have size, experience, and are well coached.

KU v Gonzaga would be a pretty interesting game. I would like our chances, but Gonzaga certainly looks like a sweet 16 team. They took everything SCU could give them including a good crowd, some timely 3pt shooting, numerous turnovers and lost a starter -- and still controlled the game.

@BeddieKU23 @approxinfinity

Jaylen Fisher's repeated injuries certainly hurt TCU's development. He had 35 games his freshman year and showed great potential but injuries held him to 17 and 9 games soph and jr years. (He was averaging 44% -- 30 of 68 -- on 3pt shots jr year, and Assists/TOs ratio was 4.0. We never had to face him that year, 2018-19.)

When you plan your recruiting around your highest-level recruit ever (8th ranked PG), and he can't finish two out of 3 seasons, it can leave you struggling which can also reduce your program's visibility.

He has transferred to Grand Canyon, incidentally, but is apparently sitting out this season. I cannot tell for sure. He applied for a transfer waiver (he was named WAC newcomer OTY before the season!), but it was denied and according to posts on a WAC forum he hasn't been at games and may have left. Then again, a January 7 ESPN list of transfers eligibles for next year has him listed.

Sad story altogether. Hope he gets it together.

@mayjay

Definitely a weird situation with Fisher. He was a talent.

If you look a little deeper Dixon has had some problems keeping players.

2016 class that had Fisher has only 1 player on the roster. Fisher & Parrish left, Bane has obviously been a really good find for him (unranked coming into College), Noi was a talent but after last year left for professional options.

2017 his top 2 signees are still on the roster,starters but Olden, Mayen, Pierce, & Rafus all left.

2018 the entire 4 man class has transferred. Kendric Davis got an immediate waiver for SMU and is a key player for them. Kadem Archie was a big recruiting win (top 100 kid) and never played. Alok and Barlow didn't stick.

2019- 9 new guys, 5 HS, 4 transfers.

Wonder what's going on with Dixon

Something I was listening to today in Bracketology, and that is , for the people that just for some reason just want to bag On Scott Drew , saying he is just not a good Coach , talking about Baylor imploding. While I don't have some love fest for Drew , BUT I am a guy that will give some credit where Credit is due, While he may not be an elite Coach - -Scott is far from a bad Coach what he has done for that program speaks for it'self , what I found out today:

Before Drew arrived at Baylor , Baylor had exactly ONE NCAA tourney appearance in the last 50 years. - - Since Drew has been there they have went to the NCAA tourney 8 out of the last 12 years.

4 - - Sweet Sixteens during his time there - - -2 - -Elite Eights, I would say he has done quite well since he has been there. - - Universities just don't keep a Coach at a School for 17 years if he isn't doing good things or showing progress.

@BeddieKU23 didn't they have a coach charged last year? Plus Dixon was yo yoing back and forth about leaving.

Crimsonorblue22 said:

@BeddieKU23 didn't they have a coach charged last year? Plus Dixon was yo yoing back and forth about leaving.

Forgot about that. Yes they got a NOA and forgot Dixon almost bolted for UCLA

Bruce is taking it to WVU again. WVU has fallen apart lately..

Wisconsin falling apart.

BShark said:

Bruce is taking it to WVU again. WVU has fallen apart lately..

not anymore they're not WV ahead

8 Villanova falls to Creighton at Villanova.

West Virginia is just so dam hard to watch. - How in the hell kind you get any kind of flow when things are so stop and go - - foul , foul , foul. - - UGLY BASKETBALL

Stanford stuns Oregon and Wichitards lose to Tulsa.

Kentucky lost too. Damn fine day.

If anyone is low on salt, Kentucky fans are giving it away for free on social media.

So far 9 ranked teams have lost today. Let that sink in

KSUCK loss, Marsha loss, Kensucky loss, Nova loss and UNC loss all while KU gets another W, damn fine day only missed on a Dook loss.

How good is Baylor?? I really thought 3 was the magic number of losses that would win the conference. That number maybe 2 or even 1 at this point. We can ill afford a loss at this point. I realize we are one game short of half way but KU and Baylor look so much better than the rest of conference right now. I also realize we only won by 3 today but I still think the laughable call on Dot made it a one possession game instead of likely a 8 point win.

@kjayhawks plus Doke was a no show and Tech shot above their heads from three. All things considered I think Tech is a good match up for KU.

The tiers are definitely

KU/Baylor

Tech/WVU

Trash heap

Honestly the league should only get four bids this year.

@BShark I agree

BShark said:

Honestly the league should only get four bids this year.

It's all they are getting unless a team like OU turns it up.

Tech has 8 losses but likely will get in outside of a major collapse. If they get a home win over KU that probably seals the deal too

I think it’s going to take 16-2 to get a piece of the conference title this year and I’m not sure KU can do that with still having to go to Baylor, Tech, and WVU. They would need to beat Baylor and then split those other two all while not slipping up anywhere else.

I like that KU is being pushed by a conference team for a change.

@dylans we did lose last season as well

@kjayhawks only because Doke got hurt imo

Okie lite is the only thing preventing Bruce from going first to worst

This weekend was just another perfect example to a wild and crazy basketball weekend.

There were EIGHT ranked to that got beaten by an UNRANKED team this weekend : # 8 , # 10 , # 11 , # 14 , # 16 , #21 , # 23 , #25 - - - -then you have # 13 Kentucky being beat by a lower ranked # 17 Auburn. -- Then you have the # 2 ranked Gonzaga team which I feel is for sure over ranked - about got their butts handed to them by an UN-Ranked San Francisco team.

Have a feeling where if you want to call it - -this would be the perfect season where you could very well see a lower seeded team making a serious run in the NCAA tourney -- just no dominant team

@jayballer73 our boys are the dominant team you're looking for. If we do more of what we do well. If we get a couple more losses and end as a 5 loss team I everyone will be all in on us

@approxinfinity KU and Baylor might be the two best teams tbh

kjayhawks said:

@dylans we did lose last season as well

Last years team sucked though. This years squad is pretty good and getting pushed. It’s good.

How much longer is Brandon Schneider going to coach the women? KU is just lost by 12 in OT after blowing a 22 point halftime lead to fall to 1-8 in B12 play. -34 in 25 minutes in a conference game against a bottom third team in the conference.

This is by far the worst hire that Zenger made because at least Beaty left the football program in better shape than what he inherited which is really what he was hired for. Schneider inherited a program that was at least competitive in the B12 and has managed to sink the program to depths lower than the football program. After today, he'll be 6-58 in B12 games in 5+ seasons as coach. That's a 9% winning percentage.

There's absolutely zero reasons for Schneider to still be coaching this program because it's not getting any better in year 5.

@Texas-Hawk-10 it had better happen after this season.

@BShark I really don't understand why it didn't happen after last season.

I've also been of the opinion Price has needed to go from baseball for several years as well.

@Texas-Hawk-10 I think part of it is he is a lot less visible due to low interest among the fan base/alumni. Agree he has been absolutely embarrassing, I don't expect greatness but competence would be nice.

Texas Hawk 10 said:

@BShark I really don't understand why it didn't happen after last season.

I've also been of the opinion Price has needed to go from baseball for several years as well.

Spent so much on football that basketball had to wait a year from what I heard

I've never been much for the whole fire-the-coach mentality, but when a team goes undefeated in non-conference, then wins only one game after that, there's got to be something there. Can't blame it all on a young team.

@Texas-Hawk-10 Ya I think it’s time for a new women’s basketball coach and a new baseball coach. Price is only still here because he is well respected and liked by boosters. I think Long was focused on football and the new softball coach. I see the hammer coming down this season. I truly don’t believe Beaty helped in any way shape or form but he didn’t do anything negative I suppose.

@kjayhawks KU football has been only a handful of plays away from being bowl eligible the past two seasons. That's far superior to what KU was when Beaty inherited that mess from Weis when KU was lucky to keep a game within 20 against any FBS team. Beaty built a solid foundation for Miles to come into and the cupboard was nowhere as bare when Beaty left as when he got here.

nwhawkfan said:

I've never been much for the whole fire-the-coach mentality, but when a team goes undefeated in non-conference, then wins only one game after that, there's got to be something there. Can't blame it all on a young team.

Schneider plays loads up on the worst of the worst teams in non conference and then when they play a real team, they get smacked back into reality.

Neither team has made a 3-pointer in this game between Duke and Boston College with 12:00 minutes left in the 2nd half. The two teams are a combined 0-26 from 3 right now.

@KirkIsMyHinrich

Boston College is horrendous at basketball

Michigan St lost at home to Penn St. Now 16-7 but the media still loves them. Izzo in his post game was blasting Social Media for what people say to his players. "he's sick of it".

@BeddieKU23 Izzo doesn't get enough shit for his teams underperforming in the regular season.

@BShark said in:

@BeddieKU23 Izzo doesn't get enough shit for his teams underperforming in the regular season.

He has immunity. Just how it goes. Same goes for the other media darlings

@BeddieKU23 speaking of bad losses how did Clemson beat Duke? Watching Clemson va Uva. It's 35-34 with minutes left in game. Two really bad offenses.

Watching the return of Bobby Knight to Indiana. Lots of hugs and standing O's. All is forgiven on both sides?

He doesn't look too good. Has he been in ill health?

Couldn't stand him as a coach. (One of my favorite KU memories was when I came back to Lawrence for the holidays for the KU-IU game. Jacques Vaughn hit a buzzer-beater in overtime for the win.) Appreciated him as an analyst, though.

Mountaineers losing at OU by 12 right now. If that holds it'll set up a rebound game for West Virginia at home against KU. Yay.

@KirkIsMyHinrich said in Other Games:

Mountaineers losing at OU by 12 right now. If that holds it'll set up a rebound game for West Virginia at home against KU. Yay.

well Oklahoma not doing us any favors. Just going to make WV that more PO'D we going to have to be at our best for sure. - -wasn't going to be easy anyways we best be ready

OU has 17 turnovers and WV had 27 more shots!! Somehow OU won by double digits.... crazy

I dunno , Texas Tech is just not the same as last year for sure. - - Texas Tech just flat taking it to them. Tech already with ten turnovers just barely half way through the fist half Tech down 22-8

@approxinfinity said in Other Games:

@BeddieKU23 speaking of bad losses how did Clemson beat Duke? Watching Clemson va Uva. It's 35-34 with minutes left in game. Two really bad offenses.

Home crowd was lit, Stanley was in foul trouble and Clemson had their super bowl

Texas Tech just manhandled Texas in the second half. Great adjustments from Beard and of course Shaka was clueless.

@BeddieKU23 well so much for osu!

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Other Games:

@BeddieKU23 well so much for osu!

They really are not good

I dont know if I have disliked a player as much as I do Mark Vital and he is only a Jr.

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Other Games:

@BeddieKU23 well so much for osu!

Tied 51-51! For selfish reasons I hope Baylor wins. It’d be sweet to beat #1 on their home court late in the season. Other shoe drops lol

@dylans no!

@Crimsonorblue22 No why? Baylor being ranked #1 is good for the Big12. Winning the Big12 isn’t the main goal for KU, but if Kansas wins out they win/tie any way. Plus it puts the bulls eye on them and allows KU ranked #2/3 to be the underdog 😝

Also chuckling about Duke losing to 10-12 UNC late in the game. Rivalry games 🤷‍♂️

What's up with Duke and UNC's uniforms today? I just got home from Ft. Worth and turned the game on and it looks like they're wearing practice jerseys. Did anyone see/hear the explanation for those unis tonight?

Duke-UNC Jerseys ↗

FT's may end up costing UNC. 14/28 so far, should be up double digits for UNC if they could hit FT's.

FT's are gonna cost UNC this game. They were 17/32 in regulation.

Them Baylor refs are sure special

KSU with 5 points in 8-1/2 minutes against the defensive powerhouse that is ISU...

Dukes refs finally got their check

Jeez

UNC's defense is just awful. Duke's not much better...

UNC lost because of FT shooting. This game never should have gone to OT. Heels were 17/32 from the line in regulation.

ESPN Projected 1 seed San Diego State leading perenial powerhouse Air Force 69-62 with 5 minutes left.

Dook got some absolute garbage calls the last 4 minutes. But as @Texas-Hawk-10 said UNC bricked a ton of free ones down the stretch.

@BeddieKU23 said in Other Games:

Dukes refs finally got their check

No, this was on UNC. Just mistake after mistake. Hero drives for TOs with 3 guys open, failing to inbound the ball, poor passing, poor rebounding, and abysmal defense.

@mayjay said in Other Games:

@BeddieKU23 said in Other Games:

Dukes refs finally got their check

No, this was on UNC. Just mistake after mistake. Hero drives for TOs with 3 guys open, failing to inbound the ball, poor passing, poor rebounding, and abysmal defense.

Free throws. Make free throws and it's a double digit win for UNC.

@Texas-Hawk-10 Actually, we only tuned in for overtime. In just 5 mins, all the mistakes I listed. I didn't even remember FTs cuz the rest was so bad.

It looked like the team was panicking and Roy didn't take charge to get them focused. Those inbounds plays with 17 secs left were utterly unfathomable.

@mayjay said in Other Games:

@BeddieKU23 said in Other Games:

Dukes refs finally got their check

No, this was on UNC. Just mistake after mistake. Hero drives for TOs with 3 guys open, failing to inbound the ball, poor passing, poor rebounding, and abysmal defense.

Agree with it all but they couldn't get a simple foul call correct when a player gets clobbered trying to catch the ball. Its inexcusable

@mayjay

The meltdown in the last 3 minutes of regulation would make you cringe then. KU has had some epic meltdowns in the past but nothing approaching what that was yesterday.

@mayjay I was really surprised Roy kept playing Platek with his 50% FT shooting in the last few minutes of regulation. He missed 3/4 FTs during the final few minutes, any one of which would have won the game in regulation.

Wichita is getting smoked by Houston.

Q with 10 pts 5 Reb 4 assists

@BeddieKU23 said in Other Games:

@mayjay said in Other Games:

@BeddieKU23 said in Other Games:

Dukes refs finally got their check

No, this was on UNC. Just mistake after mistake. Hero drives for TOs with 3 guys open, failing to inbound the ball, poor passing, poor rebounding, and abysmal defense.

Agree with it all but they couldn't get a simple foul call correct when a player gets clobbered trying to catch the ball. Its inexcusable

Boy you have to be talking about the NO CALL late when the Duke kid just practically molested the UNC player when they threw the ball to him on the in-bounds - -GREAT FOOTBALL HIT - -but even that would of been an illegal block in the back, bout knocked the kids teeth out hit him so hard - -yet NO CALL

@mayjay said in Other Games:

@Texas-Hawk-10 Actually, we only tuned in for overtime. In just 5 mins, all the mistakes I listed. I didn't even remember FTs cuz the rest was so bad.

It looked like the team was panicking and Roy didn't take charge to get them focused. Those inbounds plays with 17 secs left were utterly unfathomable.

thing is UNC I think I saw when watching led in this game at one point for like at that time 41 minutes of the game - -just epic meltdown, was up by double figures a lot of the game

This would currently be their worst loss under GREGGGGG. Previously a 32 pt loss to OU, I believe a Buddy Hield OU team.

@BShark

Boy the wife must have been slugging back by halftime

@jayballer73 said in Other Games:

@BeddieKU23 said in Other Games:

@mayjay said in Other Games:

@BeddieKU23 said in Other Games:

Dukes refs finally got their check

No, this was on UNC. Just mistake after mistake. Hero drives for TOs with 3 guys open, failing to inbound the ball, poor passing, poor rebounding, and abysmal defense.

Agree with it all but they couldn't get a simple foul call correct when a player gets clobbered trying to catch the ball. Its inexcusable

Boy you have to be talking about the NO CALL late when the Duke kid just practically molested the UNC player when they threw the ball to him on the in-bounds - -GREAT FOOTBALL HIT - -but even that would of been an illegal block in the back, bout knocked the kids teeth out hit him so hard - -yet NO CALL

Inexcusable non-call. Baffling really

@BeddieKU23 said in Other Games:

@BShark

Boy the wife must have been slugging back by halftime

LMAO - -now you stop that lol , she is a good wife - - she gonna wait for Marsha so they can slug together.

When I turned it on it was 71-36 pitiful , love it. - - I think they said this is their 4 th loss in a row they were 16-1 at one point and now lost 5-6 - -ahh not sure If I'll be able to sleep or not tonight I can't stand this idiot

@BeddieKU23 said in Other Games:

@jayballer73 said in Other Games:

@BeddieKU23 said in Other Games:

@mayjay said in Other Games:

@BeddieKU23 said in Other Games:

Dukes refs finally got their check

No, this was on UNC. Just mistake after mistake. Hero drives for TOs with 3 guys open, failing to inbound the ball, poor passing, poor rebounding, and abysmal defense.

Agree with it all but they couldn't get a simple foul call correct when a player gets clobbered trying to catch the ball. Its inexcusable

Boy you have to be talking about the NO CALL late when the Duke kid just practically molested the UNC player when they threw the ball to him on the in-bounds - -GREAT FOOTBALL HIT - -but even that would of been an illegal block in the back, bout knocked the kids teeth out hit him so hard - -yet NO CALL

Inexcusable non-call. Baffling really

Beyond that even

So guys , can anyone tell me. I have been having problems Every time when I click on a thread to read post I have to scroll all the way through posts from like 2-3 months earlier to work my way up to the current post what has happened ? Can't figure out why I'm having to do this on most of these threads anymore - - pretty frustrating having to scoll through all these past post just to make my way to read a response to one of mine or some one else's How can I get away from having to do that ? - - Thanks

@jayballer73 You might check to see if you are in private browsing mode. It won’t save your history if so and would go back to whenever you first turned it on.

Also you should be able to click on the multiple down arrows (bottom right) and it will take you to the bottom.

@jayballer73 Phone, tablet, or computer? Can you post a screenshot or picture of your "Recent" posting screen?

@mayjay said in Other Games:

@jayballer73 Phone, tablet, or computer? Can you post a screenshot or picture of your "Recent" posting screen?

Desktop Computer

@jayballer73 Oh, sorry! I only use phone.

@mayjay said in Other Games:

@jayballer73 Oh, sorry! I only use phone.

It's perfectly fine -I'll manage lol

@jayballer73 I didn't see any recent bugs fixed in nodebb repo about this, so maybe it's a bad cache. Maybe try logging out and logging back in or clearing site data?

@approxinfinity said in Other Games:

@jayballer73 I didn't see any recent bugs fixed in nodebb repo about this, so maybe it's a bad cache. Maybe try logging out and logging back in or clearing site data?

Hey budy just endedup having to make a whole new profile/usernamelol - -so now I am now jayballer 72 instead of 73, thanks for your help though. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

Mark vital is Marcus Smart reincarnated. Already flopped 4 minutes into the game

Texas is really bad. The 4 fans in attendance are wondering when football starts

@BeddieKU23 said in Other Games:

Texas is really bad. The 4 fans in attendance are wondering when football starts

Shaka has been a epic disaster there. No reason Texas should ever miss the tournament.

The last 48 hours is why everyone hates dook. Totally bailed out by a garbage call at the end against Carolina then again Hurt goes MMA on a guy and they call it a cylinder foul. F em

Video of the controversial foul at the end of FSU-Duke

It also looked like Hurt was pulling on the FSU player before he got the rebound. That's pretty poor from the officials.

Even Jay Bilas said it was a horrible call. That says a lot.

@FarmerJayhawk said in Other Games:

The last 48 hours is why everyone hates dook. Totally bailed out by a garbage call at the end against Carolina then again Hurt goes MMA on a guy and they call it a cylinder foul. F em

The Brotherhood wins again. Just disgusting officiating in both games

Baylor won by 7, 52-45. Texas wouldn't have won with 10 guys on the floor

Texas Tech drubbed a spiraling TCU by 46 , yikes Dixon

@BeddieKU23 Wonder what the attendance will be at the next Ok St - Tx game?

My guess is 75. That includes family, friends, staff and cheerleaders.

@FarmerJayhawk said in Other Games:

The last 48 hours is why everyone hates dook. Totally bailed out by a garbage call at the end against Carolina then again Hurt goes MMA on a guy and they call it a cylinder foul. F em

If anything in that call with Hurt they trying to say dude was in Hurt's Cylinder - - -if anything Hurt should of been call for a flagrant ONE for swing of his elbows above his shoulders could of really done some damage if he had connected to that Florida St jaw

@nuleafjhawk said in Other Games:

@BeddieKU23 Wonder what the attendance will be at the next Ok St - Tx game?

My guess is 75. That includes family, friends, staff and cheerleaders.

Concession workers as well

UNC loses by 17 to Wake Forest. Oof

@KirkIsMyHinrich said in Other Games:

UNC loses by 17 to Wake Forest. Oof

I am sad

@FarmerJayhawk Why though?

@KirkIsMyHinrich said in Other Games:

@FarmerJayhawk Why though?

They're my second team. Live in Chapel Hill and work at UNC

@FarmerJayhawk I see. I don't mind UNC and I still like Roy. I've always liked the way his teams play. They play the game, they don't play the rules, and I mean that in a good way.

@FarmerJayhawk sounds like a rough life buddy lol. I’ll always love Roy, will be the same if Self ever leaves.

@kjayhawks said in Other Games:

@FarmerJayhawk sounds like a rough life buddy lol. I’ll always love Roy, will be the same if Self ever leaves.

Ha! It's a great part of the country. Chapel Hill is a lot like Lawrence, which is great. But the basketball this year is absolutely brutal.

KSUCK loses the last place game @ home to OKST. I’d be shocked if they win more than one more game. First to Worst returning 3 starters and a couple of guys off the bench maybe one of the more epic collapses I’ve seen. I’m sure they’ll play well above average against us but if we manage to drop that game. It will be one of the worst losses in the Bill Self Era IMO.

GT up on Louisville by 4 with 50 seconds left.

Oof, Louisville.

Vandy just flat ass spanking Kentucky at this point - - - 36-22 at this point - - -Vandy killing them from the 3 , -- eight 3 pt shots made already by Vandy - - Cal going nuts

Just another crazy loss- to another crazy Basketball season. - -Louisville losing to an 11-13 Georgia Tech team

@FarmerJayhawk Were you there for the game with Duke the other night? I assume you've been in the Dean Dome. Do you like it?

@jayballer73 um Kentucky beat Vandy by 14 last night

Watching the NBA, Nuggets vs Lakers. Monte Morris with a real nice play triggered bad memories.

@wissox said in Other Games:

@FarmerJayhawk Were you there for the game with Duke the other night? I assume you've been in the Dean Dome. Do you like it?

I was at my local watering hole racking up a ridiculous tab after that ending. I've been a couple times. Really don't care for it. It feels like a NBA arena in that it has a MASSIVE footprint. Holds 21,500 people and most seats are chair backs. So it almost never gets loud and the upper deck seats are generally garbage. I watched a game from the very highest place to watch a game at Allen (the top of the stairs to the top level, a level above the highest concourse, and was much closer than fairly low part of the upper deck at the Dean Dome.

OU up 20 late on ISU, not really a surprise but a good spurt by OU to help increase their chances of making the dance.

@kjayhawks said in Other Games:

OU up 20 late on ISU, not really a surprise but a good spurt by OU to help increase their chances of making the dance.

Yeah I can't really see ISU winning a game without Haliburton.

@FarmerJayhawk That's like the upper deck at the awful stadium of my favorite White Sox. The upper deck starts above where the roof was in the old park. You can see Europe from the top row.

I really think these next 3 games will be a Baylor’s best shot at loss. WV Saturday, @ OU which played close in Waco and then us at home. They also have Tech at home WV on the road to end the season but man if they go 3 for 3 in those games I’d bet good money they at least share it.

@kjayhawks Baylor has a long and glorious history of paving our way towards another Big12 championship and I fully expect the same this year.

Anthony Davis is a freakshow.

@wissox let’s hope lol

@BShark I honestly thought he would be a solid NBA player but I didn’t think he’d be the superstar he is in college.

@wissox said in Other Games:

@kjayhawks Baylor has a long and glorious history of paving our way towards another Big12 championship and I fully expect the same this year.

Yep. I still expect a Drew/Baylor meltdown. Drew can only stay out of the players' way for so long, then he has to fiddle with stuff. Maybe he's learned, but I doubt it.

Beat them next sat and see how it plays out.

https://www.barkingcarnival.com/2020/2/13/21136175/sources-jericho-sims-likely-done-for-the-year ↗

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Other Games:

https://www.barkingcarnival.com/2020/2/13/21136175/sources-jericho-sims-likely-done-for-the-year ↗

Mercy - that's crazy. - -Wonder where and how he did that ?

@jayballer73 wow. Shaka is screwed.

@approxinfinity said in Other Games:

@jayballer73 wow. Shaka is screwed.

And then some . - - This could be the final screw in Shaka's coffin - -they not very happy with him there

Kentucky down 2 at halftime at home vs Ole Miss.

Naturally expect Ole Miss to lose by 20 in the end

Kentucky 1-14 from 3 haha

@BeddieKU23 much like Bill, Cal hates recruiting shooters.

@BShark said in Other Games:

@BeddieKU23 much like Bill, Cal hates recruiting shooters.

1-16

Ole Miss right on target to lose by 20

Tie ball game and he gets a technical. Fire his ass

WV and Baylor demoted to ESPN plus today SMH.

Baylor refs got paid

Too bad he didnt hit vital harder. Biggest POS

Good night Shaka. He’s cooked.

Practically mugging him

Ole Piss is so bad

Vital with 2 fouls early. Bout time a ref actually noticed how much he fouls and flops

Looks like WV didn’t bring any game today

@kjayhawks said in Other Games:

Looks like WV didn’t bring any game today

Understatement

Teague isn’t even playing for Baylor

Louisville down 31-14 to Clemson at halftime.

Baylor pouring it on WVU in the 2nd half .

Game day will be in Waco next Saturday. Arguably the biggest game of the regular season in all of CBB. Kind of sucks it’s at 11am. Seems like it should be at 5-6 or something.

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Other Games:

Baylor pouring it on WVU in the 2nd half .

14-3 run . WVU with 20 turnovers. They were out of this pretty much from the get go

Louisville made the game close with Clemson before Clemson just went on a run to stretch that lead out to 19 with about 7 minutes left. Looks like UL just played their way out of contention for a 1 seed this week with a probable 0-2 mark this week.

Has KU ever beaten a #1 ranked team on the road before?

@Texas-Hawk-10 I’m not sure, I bet we have tho.

Man , I thought WV would of brought a little more then this today - - -a Couple of teams really stunk it up today - - WV & Texas - -Texas so beat up - -WV has played themselves from a 2 seed to more like a 5 seed. What 3 games in a Row. - -I Tech getting beat today - - -Mercy , what a 4-5 game difference between KU, Baylor rand then the rest of the pack?

We can't let Iowa State be any kind of a trap game - - Focus. - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

KSUCK drops another one on road at TCU as the frog snap a 6 game skid. I turned on the last 5 minutes because it was close, KSU went from up one to down 13 real quick. I think TCU finished on a 17-5 run and ended up winning by 11. Weber with usual stupidity fouling down 13 with 20 seconds to go.

@kjayhawks hot race to the bottom as okie lite won today.

Missouri is...obliterating Auburn???! What an odd season.

@BShark said in Other Games:

Missouri is...obliterating Auburn???! What an odd season.

12 point Missouri win and Auburn never made it competitive.

We went to the SC vs Tenn game this evening. Surprisingly (meaning despite committing 24 fouls, passing so badly they had only 6 assists on 20 buckets, and missing 13 of their first 26 FTs), SC pulled out the game with Kotsar (big bulky Euro forward career 51.7% FT) making 4 straight FTs in the last 21 seconds to win.

Tennessee did not look good either--28 fouls and 20 TOs, including a charge with 7 seconds left that let SC go up by 3. They almost pulled off a Duke/UNC special--SC did the "foul when up by 3" thing with 3 seconds left. Tenn guy made the first, lined the second off the rim and got the rebound, but missed his shot to tie.

Very exciting game despite its technical ugliness! SC and Frank (surprised he didn't hang himself in frustration) Martin still have a chance to make the Dance, but they have 9 losses and might have to win out.

KU women with a shocking 15 point upset over Texas tonight in AFH.

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Other Games:

KU women with a shocking 15 point upset over Texas tonight in AFH.

Whaaaa, your pulling my leg right? -- what the hell happened? - na that can't be right lol

Kansas broke West Virginia. They are losing at home by 7 to OSU. They have 12 points at the under 8 timeout

@BeddieKU23 love to see it

@BShark said in Other Games:

@BeddieKU23 love to see it

Down 10 at the under 4. Garrett shattered dreams

Purdue just grabbed their first lead in 3 games! I repeat over 120 minutes of losing. And that's a team on the bubble or sitting in/out some brackets. Redonkilous for that to be the case while teams like Stephen F Austin, East Tennesse St etc cant even get on the bubble

Who are the announcers for the West Virginia game. - Cause one of them said he Could see Baylor losing twice this week. - - Tonight at Oklahoma AND Saturday I kinda like that guy lol

Well we sure the hell not gonna see the start of the Baylor game. - -West Virginia just now at half. - -I hate West Virginia most College games take like 35-40 minutes in the half - -West Virginia takes a dam hour. - -game after game after game

Well so much for that - - Oklahoma was up 10-5 - then Baylor went on a 23-5 run -- sad

@jayballer73 then OU went on a 9-0 run. It’s still a game

@rockchalkwyo said in Other Games:

@jayballer73 then OU went on a 9-0 run. It’s still a game

Baylor so dam lucky that last 2 putting them up by 6 - - - just feel into Meyers hand. - -There is just something about that kid - -I just don't like. Kind of a cocky little shit, with him in though it's like a black hole with him. He gets the ball chances more then not it's going up.

What the hell happen to Doolittle? - -he get in foul trouble ? - Didn't even see him in the game for a big part of the 1st half

So no help from OU tonight. Looks like when it comes to beating Baylor, we need to heed the advice of James Brown, circa 1969:

"I don't want nobody
To give me nothin'
Open up the door (HUNH),
I'll get it myself "

On to Saturday.

Duke down 15 at half to NC St on the road. I'm sure they will blow that lead

Bruce having problems? 🐦 View Tweet?s=21

Duke lost by 22 (!) ETSU looking like a dangerous mid-major.

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Other Games:

Bruce having problems? 🐦 View Tweet?s=21

The stool alone should get him at least a lifetime ban. The Vitale rule.

@FarmerJayhawk looked like the bench cleared too

@Crimsonorblue22 I bet good money on Diarra transferring out after this season. Bruce has most likely lost this team. They have won all of 2 games so far this calendar year, 1 road win all season in OT vs UNLV on November 9th.. yikes lol I love it

@bskeet said in Other Games:

Duke lost by 22 (!) ETSU looking like a dangerous mid-major.

They looked quite decent when we played them tbh.

@kjayhawks said in Other Games:

@Crimsonorblue22 I bet good money on Diarra transferring out after this season. Bruce has most likely lost this team. They have won all of 2 games so far this calendar year, 1 road win all season in OT vs UNLV on November 9th.. yikes lol I love it

Gonna go pro. To what league lord only knows...

@BShark @bskeet was thinking the same thing, they have some quick little guards and we really won because they really had no answer for Doke.

This happened before the stool dropping 🐦 View Tweet?s=21

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Other Games:

This happened before the stool dropping 🐦 View Tweet?s=21

That’s incredible

We are about to see a big difference between Bruce and Bill. Bruce won't send Cartier packing in season.

@BShark apparently Bruce was hot at Diarra for missing a dunk that he tried to show boat on that would’ve tied the game. Then KSU gave up a 3 a few seconds later to force the TO. My KSU buddy said Bruce didn’t even have the guts to pull him!!! If that’s the case he sure as hell ain’t disciplining him.

@kjayhawks said in Other Games:

@BShark apparently Bruce was hot at Diarra for missing a dunk that he tried to show boat on that would’ve tied the game. Then KSU gave up a 3 a few seconds later to force the TO. My KSU buddy said Bruce didn’t even have the guts to pull him!!! If that’s the case he sure as hell ain’t disciplining him.

actually Diarra and Weber's confrontation was before him and Weber having that heated discussion. Even after that is when Diarra's little attempt to show boat back fired. - -I'm sure that REALLY got Weber boiling. - - Diarra needs to sit. He is NOT the Coach

N C State just flat took it to Duke last night. - -Pretty well had control of that game through out. - -duke made a little mini run about half way through the 2nd half cut it to 10 - -but NC State stole their jocks and left Duke standing at the turnstile lol.

Auburn gets manhandled - -AGAIN crazy season

@bskeet said in Other Games:

Duke lost by 22 (!) ETSU looking like a dangerous mid-major.

I watched ETSU game. Both ETSU & Furman are good teams. ETSU just had a little bit more firepower + playing at home. It's a shame they won't get an Auto bid with the season they are having. Road win @ LSU, played KU close. Kenpom has them #56 team. What hurts their profile is 3 games against Non-D-1 teams and 4 teams ranked in the high 300's. A good team that belongs to dance and won't if they slip up. The Southern Conference has 3 teams that should dance and they will only get 1, sad

@jayballer73 said in Other Games:

N C State just flat took it to Duke last night. - -Pretty well had control of that game through out. - -duke made a little mini run about half way through the 2nd half cut it to 10 - -but NC State stole their jocks and left Duke standing at the turnstile lol.

Auburn gets manhandled - -AGAIN crazy season

It was the worst lost to a non-ranked team in Coach K's career. Glad he finally got that monkey off his back.

Auburn has had an incredibly lucky season. Showing some worts lately

@BeddieKU23 they are absolutely one of the best 68 teams but that's not what the ncaat is about.

@BShark said in Other Games:

@BeddieKU23 they are absolutely one of the best 68 teams but that's not what the ncaat is about.

And its a shame it isn't. The tournament is a billion dollar revenue stream no matter who's in the darn thing. I just know this ETSU team is capable of beating a P5 team in the first round and if they don't get the opportunity to show that for some reason they should scream to whoever will listen. We see it every year. This is one of those years I really feel for the little guys.

@BeddieKU23 the auto bid should go to the regular season champion imo. The Southern is legit this year. ETSU, Furman and UNCG are all good.

@FarmerJayhawk How do your peers like it when you wear your Jayhawk clothing to work every day ?

@BShark I’ve alway thought the auto bid should go to the regular season champ, the only reason they do it off the tournament is draws more money from TV.

@nuleafjhawk said in Other Games:

@FarmerJayhawk How do your peers like it when you wear your Jayhawk clothing to work every day ?

Ha! At first I got a lot of shit for it but people have gotten more used to it as I’ve done it less often and I occasionally wear a lighter shade of blue. When in Rome, after all. The 2018 Elite Eight game got me a lifetime of good will in Chapel Hill too

@jayballer73 I'm good with our having signed Braun rather than Hurt. If Hurt is a OAD it speaks volumes as to why I no longer watch the NBA - a bad product. I mean really bad. Case in point, who's going to win the NBA championship this year? I'll give you a hint - and it's not even close - the team will come from L.A. It's been like that for a long time now, no parity at all.

@FarmerJayhawk I remember Roy wearing his Jayhawk gear in the stands that year after we drubbed his Tar Heels in the FF - that was class.

Our friends to the west getting run by (squints) Texas..?

@FarmerJayhawk said in Other Games:

Our friends to the west getting run by (squints) Texas..?

Yikers. This was their one very winnable game left. Looks like they have quit on Bruce.

They'll be up for us. Their fans will be out for chair justice. I just hope no one gets injured or suspended.

The KSU UT game is on national TV? LOL.

@BShark said in Other Games:

The KSU UT game is on national TV? LOL.

They keep making a big deal that this is the first time CBS has been to the Bram. Probably because they’ve been nationally irrelevant for like... ever

@FarmerJayhawk including this year

And the kitties next 2: at Baylor and us at home. Brutal.

@FarmerJayhawk worst record in program history is in play

@Marco I’m pretty much against the OADs at this point. I’m okay with one and that’s it, same way with transfers. One of each is fine, anymore and the team had little chemistry.

TCU :eyes:

@FarmerJayhawk I would love to go in there and spank the pants off of them but I’m still cautious because they will be fired up for that one. They also some how whipped the daylights outta WV there.

@kjayhawks our best two players are also the highest rated out of hs. Neither oad though. Need talent to win. Definitely with you on transfers. Grad transfer to fill a need is okay.

@BShark Ya, I’m not saying only go for sub 100 guys but seems like most of the for sure OADs here have flopped IMO. You can get good players like Dot that will stay for 2 or 3 years.

@kjayhawks said in Other Games: