Dang it, @jayballer67. You beat me to it! (deleted my post)
I don't think they all got it at the restaurant (2 to 5 day incubation phase), but one of them tested positive, so they all had to go. Dumb move to all go out together.
Shame to not to get to see Higgins in the tourney.
I figured it might be interesting to have a thread for tournament covid news.
Ejected: A sixpack of refs ↗:
Ted Valentine, John Higgins, Roger Ayers and three other less hated refs whose names are less newsworthy (John Gaffney, Kipp Kissinger and Ray Natili)
Any additional game is gravy, IMO. I'll be holding my breath until tip off in round 1.
Also, a lot could happen between now and the second weekend.
One more region and I don't want to see Duke on it.
Colgate only played 15 games? Good grief.
Honestly, I think all the brackets are going to look easy for the #1 seeds, but the Zags aren't going to have a cakewalk game in the second round Mizzou or Oklahoma
So the Covid West bracket includes KU and Virginia.
@Crimsonorblue22 Where did you see the video of Dave?
Baylor is going down to OSU. I still think they would have had 4-5 conference losses if they played the full schedule
Sorry, I passed along unverified info from Lawrence Journal World sportswriter, Gary Bedore, (who drew conclusions about Tristan and David...)
Not verified that they ever tested positive. Still just following "protocol" whatever that means.
Self still planning to go to Indy with all but the three players... yeah, we'll see.
OK, now Self says there were three positives, including Tristan and Dave (who up until now, I'd thought were isolated due to contact tracing, but maybe I missed something)
I think Jalen and Tristan are buds, so that was kind of who I was suspecting.
How does the 7 straight days thing work. If everyone but Jalen tested negative for the past 60+ days, yesterday and today, then continue to be negative through next Wednesday/Thursday what's the prob?
OU is probably calling it the Jayhawk virus
@bskeet said in Big-12 Tourney:
The player that tested positive today, played in last night's game. OU is definitely not happy. They probably go under quarantine as well.
I expect we're done for the year then. I still want to see KU on the official tournament bracket though.
This news today, by the way, is exactly one year since they pulled the plug in 2020. (almost to the minute that I found out about it.)
I just read that KU BB team is staying in KC to prep for the NCAA tourney. So is the positive player Dave or Tristan? I thought they just stayed in Lawrence due to contact tracing protocols, not a positive test (as of yesterday). Seems like if it was a player in last night's game, we'd definitely be history for the season.
Just weird to not have more details. I'm sure Oklahoma isn't too happy either.
So, if we get invited to the Big Dance does that still count in KU's streak, or do we actually have to show up to play a game. Hmmm.
@KirkIsMyHinrich said in Big-12 Tourney:
So this has not been a great week other than I got an acceptance letter from one of the graduate schools I applied to on Tuesday. I'm beginning to think I shouldn't accept it.
YOLO
Not sure how the season isn't over. How does this work? 7 days of neg tests for remaining players? At least we got 20 wins.
Baylor should just forfeit and head back to Waco and try to stay intact for the Big Dance.
10 minutes left and the Tech UT game is getting ugly. thanks to the refs
Let's get Braun going
@bskeet said in We're OK, they're OK:
who would you rather face? Texas (beat us twice?) or Tech (beat them twice?)
I want another shot at texas even if we're short handed
Some lessons to be learned in this game for sure. Good adjustment by Lon Kruger though.
I am so hoping OU ends up with 64 points for @tis4tim
@KirkIsMyHinrich said in We're OK, they're OK:
When did Agbaji get 26 points?
Made like 15 points in 5 minutes
Feels early for the chant, IMO
Another neck foul
Maybe get the ball to Ochai this time on offense?
If Reaves blows this I'm going to be almost as happy as Grayson missing a layup
should be enough for an overtime, right @tis4tim ?
we are not moving the ball around on offense at all...
Mitch takes a guy out and we turn it over. Argh.
HA HA you flopping poop head
Surprised Mitch didn't pull that down and attempt a jump hook though
Big mitch breaks the drought
Just gotta keep them under 65
@tis4tim said in We're OK, they're OK:
No way OU gets 50 this half with the way we’re playing defense. I don’t like to be over-confident but I’m calling this game for the good guys. You all can blame me if we lose.
@tis4tim What did you do, man? Did you open the box?
OU hacking like lumberjacks
Need a possession or two where OU doesn't score. They've been hitting some junk shots
Crank up the pesky D guys
Ochai is a man
OK, what is up with the Refs. This is worse than usual
Air foul
Stomp on him, Mitch
Not over @BeddieKU23 and @jayballer67 you two pessimists
Always inadvertent when a KU player takes an elbow to the head
crash the boards guys
Bryce in for Braun. Good move.