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@DanR said in Welcome Nick Timberlake!:

He looks pretty good to me... Somewhere in between Braun and a young Greg Gurley

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He's got some wheels. The fact he uses the backboard for some shots speaks volumes to me. The dude is a smart player. He's the type of guy that if we were playing against him, he would go off against us and score 30. That said, I'd be surprised if he averaged more than 10 a game. He's going to be in for a crash course in learning how to play enough defense to stay on the court.

I think he'll be good. We need another Remy to come off the bench.

@BShark said in 2024 recruiting thread:

@FarmerJayhawk said in 2024 recruiting thread:

Castillo to the cats. Not a big miss IMO. There's a lot of talent in our backcourt for the next couple years and the class of 24 is HORRIBLE. Other than Tre idk if I'd take a commitment from any of them right now.

Don't need a guard in 24 plus he hasn't developed.

He's a 6'1" shooting guard. Naadir Tharpe.

@BShark said in 2023 Recruiting:

@Jethro yes lol

Funniest shit in years...lmao.

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in 2023 Recruiting:

@BeddieKU23 said in 2023 Recruiting:

@Jethro

He's still got some time to switcharoo if Bama wants take on his baggage

Memphis under Hardaway isn't a stranger to high profile players getting arrested on gun charges.

He'll fit right in then.

Did Barkley really say this????

“He overcame Scott Drew’s coaching to win a national championship”

• Charles Barkley on Davion Mitchell

@rockchalkwyo said in 2023 Recruiting:

@Jethro has there been any info on his puma deal after this?

I haven't seen anything, but I imagine it's gone.

Mikey signed with Memphis. Hmm. I had him pegged for Alabama:

@mayjay said in Happy Easter!:

@approxinfinity said in Happy Easter!:

@wissox I think we had a Red Baron one night when we were in Florida for Thanksgiving. Total vacation move!

We get Red Baron quite often because it is under $5...edible if not great...thin crust for us reduced-starch types...AND we are lazy!

That crust is inedible...lol. Go to Aldi's and get their non frozen pizzas. It's worth the trip.

@mayjay said in Should KU Even Bother Fielding a Basketball team next year?:

You guys can't have it both ways. Lunardi was pushing us for #1 overall seed even after we lost our final game and the B12 tourney final. That hardly seems as anti-KU as y'all are always complaining ESPN is!

He's not anti-KU, but he is a water boy for the network, plus not very good at bracketology.

@jayballer67 said in Should KU Even Bother Fielding a Basketball team next year?:

@Jethro said in Should KU Even Bother Fielding a Basketball team next year?:

@wissox said in Should KU Even Bother Fielding a Basketball team next year?:

@nuleafjhawk Hmmm, what team might that have been?

@Texas-Hawk-10 I agree, I'm not sure this years version qualified as a 1 seed TBH.

@Jethro. Don't get too worked up about it. I was really just satirizing the idea that we'll be terrible next year.

I guess that could be one way of looking at it. Or it might be that I think Lunardi is a hack, and the one thing you can always count on is he will always be wrong. So, when you quote Lunardi, my response is always go to be " whatever". It's my opinion. Wasn't trying to antagonize.

Wouldn't say he is always wrong. he has hit pretty strong on the field of 64 multiple times

If you go by the rankings, he's way down there in accuracy in bracket predictions. When Joe talks, I don't know if I'm getting his real opinion or the narrative his network is trying to advance.

@wissox said in Should KU Even Bother Fielding a Basketball team next year?:

@nuleafjhawk Hmmm, what team might that have been?

@Texas-Hawk-10 I agree, I'm not sure this years version qualified as a 1 seed TBH.

@Jethro. Don't get too worked up about it. I was really just satirizing the idea that we'll be terrible next year.

I guess that could be one way of looking at it. Or it might be that I think Lunardi is a hack, and the one thing you can always count on is he will always be wrong. So, when you quote Lunardi, my response is always go to be " whatever". It's my opinion. Wasn't trying to antagonize.

@wissox said in Should KU Even Bother Fielding a Basketball team next year?:

Lardy or whatever the bracketologists name is at espn says BShark is right, KU is gonna be way down next year, sees a 3 seed for us. True test of the real KU fans next season! League coach of the year won't get Manhattan St back to the dance according to Joe either. Also Silo Tech is one of only 2 teams to not be dancing from the Big 12 which is really 1o but soon to be a gazillion.

Whatever. IMO, Lunardi is a hack.

@Kcmatt7 said in 2023 Transfer Portal:

Battle to Arkansas.

Muss has such a strong portal game.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

I'm not a Timberlake fan but he would provide shooting.

Peter Danyliv is available. Let's recruit him. He wouldn't have to play, he could just "help out". Instead of being a coach on staff, we could just pay him. We have loads of raw talent that he could fine tune. Let him work with Marcus Adams, El Marko and the rest for a few months.

@jayballer67 said in Think this makes it perfectly clear:

Brice Wiliams

Oh hell yeah. Brice is a bad ass.

We had CB guarding Ochai last night. Doke was the center. I have made good $$$ off playing Jayhawks this weekend!

You think we could add this guy to the staff?

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Reynolds wouldn't ruffle feathers. You could still get Ernest 15-20 minutes a game. Plus, Reynolds has 2 years. With Dickinson, It's going to be Hunter 30+, and we only get him for one year. I still say you take Hunter, but I sure like that Reynolds kid. Reynolds is a very good back to the basket scorer- reminds me of Dave.

I think the 3 get out of the portal will determine a lot. If we get Dickinson, we could be preseason Top 5. Would love to see McCullar ( McCullah if you speak Frannie) come back. You could visibly see the difference in our defense when Kev wasn't in. Then we would have Juan, El Marko, Kev, I don't know, and Dickinson. That team would be formidable. Are we really going to try KJ at 4? Really?

Having so many newbies makes me think unless we portal pull amazingly well, we could be in for a rebuild. For us, that means NCAA tournament w/o winning the B12. Have hard times come upon us? Could we be an actual "bubble" team? Or do we slay the portal, and are back in the Top 5? Bill seems to think Top 5...do you agree?

Utah starting lineup tonite: Ochai and Doke. Let's see some dunks, baby!

@jayballer67 said in Bill Self Presser Wednesday Morning:

@BigBad said in Bill Self Presser Wednesday Morning:

What an INCREDIBLE interview. Coach not dodging or hem hawing around any questions asked. - Difficult questions asked and he came right back beyond a doubt. Just like the question when he was asked with this episode did it make him possibly think about calling it quits - - and he said YES, however he then in turn responded and said he MISSED his job and he wanted to do his job for a long long time.- -That's OUR HOF Coach - -ROCK CHALK

He looks 10 years younger. The fact he can see us on a higher level is amazing.

@cragarhawk said in Bill Self Presser Wednesday Morning:

@wissox never thought of you as the hateful type. You'll be fine. Happiness is happiness, forced or not 😉

Wisox's not hateful, but can't say the same for Dickinson.

https://larrybrownsports.com/college-basketball/hunter-dickinson-trash-talk-wisconsin-backfire/611545 ↗

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@dylans said in Bill Self Presser Wednesday Morning:

@dylans

I found zero good food in Florida.

Now for Cali - muscle beach in Venice is where I’ve been - crazy paranoid people who constantly heckled me over my Chiefs hat - that part actually led to some fun conversations when I didn’t return the grief and instead gave a eulogy for the Raiders. The water is cold and the sand is rough and yellow. Millions of folks many trying to sell you something. Traffic is terrible and the air is dirty. Decent food.

Hawaii - Honolulu has a couple nice beach - super crowded. Cool, clear water. Too cold for me if the wind blew or the daytime temps took a dip because of rain. Awesome shrimp at a couple good trucks. Everything is wildly overpriced even at the px. The big island was far less crowded, but we skipped the beaches. I hear Maui is nice - never been. Is this your stop @mayjay ?

Now Negril Jamaica. That is a great do absolutely nothing place - as close to zero culture things to do as you get. Warm crystal clear blue water, white sand beaches, mostly friendly people. An unfortunate amount of people hocking goods, but they get you figured out after a few days and only bring you what you want - like fresh squeezed orange juice - it’s delicious, but don’t let them fool you it’s half sugar water. Great sea food - lobster pizza is great if you get a chance. Fun loving vibe - music is in the air, drinks are in hand. Got stuck here during 9/11 and the people were so willing to help us strangers out in any way - it was truly refreshing reminded me of home as opposed to the treatment you get in resort town or bigger city. Bigger blend of nationalities than any of the other places I listed - it’s an international vacation destination. Oh yeah did I mention everything is reasonably priced as long as you don’t look like an idiot American who needs fleeced.

Those beaches are all great to visit, but the Kansas prairie is home.

Grouper sandwiches are to die for.
Funny story: a 5 star chef was working at Clearwater beach, quit and opened his own restaurant a few blocks from where I used to work. We would go over there, and eat some of the best food in the world, and it was so cheap. I met the owner one time, and asked him why his prices were so low, and he said he wanted to stick it to the Clearwater beach restaurant he used to work at ( can't remember the name of it- their drink specials were really good, too!).

@dylans I used to go to Anna Marie island all the time when I lived there. The water is bluer than Clearwater. It's a great little island.

@dylans said in Bill Self Presser Wednesday Morning:

@Kcmatt7 Not sure where Selfs abode is, but the Tampa Bay Area is fantastic. I could live there (with Bill’s money). Lol

He's outside of Boca Raton on the East Coast. Tampa is nice, but Sarasota is nicer, imo. Sarasota has beaches where the water is as blue as the Caribbean.

SD State is playing them tough so far...12-10

I hate UCONN and don't want them to win. Which means they're a cinch to win. I do like SD State- they play with a poise is refreshing to watch. Go Aztecs...

Thank you, JW. Our warrior.

@mayjay I caught that. LOL.

@DanR said in NCAA NON- KU GAMES:

Have to say, SDSU's Brian Dutcher is a pretty good coach, considering how late he got into a head coaching gig.

Record: 150–46 (.765). Just shy of Bill's .769

Been saying it for years- SD State is for real.

Hot Tip: we're signing this dude TODAY:

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@wissox said in NCAA NON- KU GAMES:

@Jethro said in NCAA NON- KU GAMES:

Grant McCasland gets hired by Texas Tech. Great hire for them. I caught part of the NIT championship in between my Astros opening night, and thought North Texas State looked very impressive. Very well coached team - tough defense. The old man was a huge Tech fan, and he would've liked this hire.

How'd your opening night go? :). I know you got us last night.

I had to have a long talk with Pressley. Well, actually it was his mom. And it wasn't face to face- it was Twitter. And I didn't really have a talk with her- it was a word of encouragement for her. She's quite the Twitterphile. Nice lady, too.

Day 2. It just keeps getting better...LMAO. I have literally never seen a fan base blow up in flames over a coaching hire before like this. It is just too good to be true. How can I be so lucky???????

KSTATE is melting down over Snyder...lol. Litters of kittens are being born as we speak. THEY think the only reason he is coming aboard is to spite them. The whole world revolves around their belly button. Hey, this Snyder dude is a hell of a coach- we got a steal!

Very excited for Gradey. I hope he makes a fortune.

@FarmerJayhawk said in Gradey enters the draft:

Dick can still pull out if things don’t go just right. Just can’t wait too long or it’ll be a permanent decision

I see what you did there.

@BShark He has a cult following on Twitter. He makes a highlight play every game.

Grant McCasland gets hired by Texas Tech. Great hire for them. I caught part of the NIT championship in between my Astros opening night, and thought North Texas State looked very impressive. Very well coached team - tough defense. The old man was a huge Tech fan, and he would've liked this hire.

@jayballer67 said in 2023 Transfer Portal:

@dylans said in 2023 Transfer Portal:

@BShark You make your own happiness. MJ just sounds like a miserable kid. Good riddance if you can’t enjoy yourself as a basketball god in the basketball Mecca. Smdh

Like I have mentioned before. MJ is just another case of a kid that when he was on the circut or playing High School Ball whatever it was then - - -he was THE MAN. It seems like it was all me - - me - - me and when he got here he just didn't fit in or accept the whole concept of team. He felt like just my thoughts that he should be instantly given a spot on the floor and not have to work/prove that he deserved to be on the floor.

As we know and I think was a huge down fall fo rhim was he could care less about the defensive end and as we know you don't want to play defense for Coach - then he has a special seat for you on the Bench. Not saying I hate the kid or anything like that - -just best for him to find his time somewhere else- -best for both parties.

I will say if he think she goes to Okie State and things are drastically different I think he has another thought coming cause Boynton wants guys that want to get up in opposing players grill on the defensive end too. So until he buys into teh whole defensive thing I think things remain the same

He can enjoy the trips to the NIT with Bryce.

MJ was gone a long time before he entered the portal. Wish I knew what really happened.

@FarmerJayhawk said in Welcome Elmarko Jackson!:

Welcome to the Bronny James show. Some other guys might be in the game too idk

How did El Marko do?

Here's some shooting: Brandin Podziemski. He might not be strong enough defensively to get a starter's spot, but the lad can shoot.

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@kuballin10 said in Welcome Elmarko Jackson!:

@Kcmatt7 Well said on all fronts

That’s funny I liked KuSteve and you are telling me that’s Jethro….I about fell out of my chair

Great point on finding this place means diehard KU fans. I could go to 247 and join their hammering of Juan and Gradey or Wilson but I read that and get annoyed (oh the irony).

Neenyo was wrong on Braun and Ochai last year. He had some points this year when Gradey was hot and Wilson not kicking it across when driving the lane but than Gradey seemed to hit a wall and that theory I agreed with turned out wrong.

I wish we’d ran more ball screens for Gradey maybe off 2 instead of 1 but Wilson was our best player and the man which neenyo will never admit to.

I'd be a lot less of a hardass on you if I could ever hear you say Bill has gotten better. Much better, and let go of the Jamari/ Diallo/ Bill won't play freshmen, etc crap that has already been proven false over and over again. The easiest job in the world is to throw bombs from the peanut gallery- we're always undefeated because we have no real skin in the game. We don't know what went into Landen starting over Diallo- yet we think we do. We think we're smarter than coach with a lifetime 82% win percent. Doesn't mean he's infallible- he makes mistakes every year. However, if you can't see the good in what Bill has done ( which is to create the best basketball dynasty in the game), then the problem is you- not him.

@approxinfinity said in NCAA NON- KU GAMES:

Jim Larenega, 73.

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Bruce Springsteen, 73.

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Twins!

Go Canes!

I dig Larranaga. Did you see the tweets where he was dancing? Dude is a riot.