I checked out their site... they got some skillz. I used to do some Photoshop editing back in the day, tho I usually hired pros when I was art directing. Your kids could make a decent living doing work of that quality. Some of the better ones show really nice technique, color, composition and drama. Some tend to think it's all just filters, but you also have to choose the right pic, crop, compose, work with text, etc.
Anyways, good stuff, thanks for sharing and tell them to keep at it.
@jaybate-1.0 said:
part of a broader effort by ISU to physically degrade KU
Wow, that would really suck if true. It's a sick but possibly effective strategy that should be recognized and penalize if at all possible.I wonder how much of that stuff goes on.
In football it happens all the time, but jeez this isn't football... yet!
@globaljaybird said:
displayed a low browed, don't tread on me look
I sort of saw that, but what I remember more was McCay's look. Mr Dreadlocks was owning the low post and then Landen came in and started muscling in and giving it right back to him and I caught some "where did this guy come from" looks. Loved it ! And hoping to see more of Landen toughness in the games ahead.
And yes, saw Frank get hammered a few times. I'm with the other rats, we needed him badly recently, but if we lose a game giving him time to heal the bruises then so be it. I think we still got the B12 locked up.
@nuleafjhawk said:
Really? Ames, Iowa. WHY? Why didn't he play at KU?
I can totally understand (and completely agree) with the question if it means why did he choose the ISU program over KUs awesome and history-rich program.
But, and I say this as a KU alumni who loves Lawrence, if you're wondering why any elite high school athlete from the coast would factor one small midwestern town over another small midwestern town in his decision... well you need to get out of the midwest a bit more! I'll bet half those kids don't even know all the states in the midwest, moreless the cities in them! :)
(no malice intended)
@icthawkfan316 said:
Lucas gets a lot of flak
I for one have cringed all year when he walks into a game. That started to change the last two games, but after this game... my cringes are gone. No, he's still not a star, or a scorer, but he was solid and made few if any mistakes... and for that I was really really happy.
He's become another weapon that has been sharpened to a dangerous edge this year. What I particularly liked was how frustrated McKay looked being guarded by him. McKay was used to dominating and hacking and scoring underneath against anybody earlier in the game, and then Landen came in, held his own, even drew a foul from him and really threw him off his game (and that guy can game too). You could see the "how dare he" look he gave Lucas a few times.
While Greene and Selden's game made me ecstatic, Landen's "I Refuse to Look Like I Don't Belong Any More" party last night, made me smile evilly with the quality extra minutes he should bring going forward.
And yes, Frank is looking a bit tired lately. We will need him badly for the WV game, but then he needs to start getting a bit less work so he's ready to lead us in the Dance.
Dang, this team is why I like college ball so much better than pro - the change and growth we've seen in just a few months has been remarkable.
RCJH
@wrwlumpy said:
predict that this will be an ugly road win
Nice prediction! Doesn't get much uglier than that and still a get a W
wow, hire that guy for our PR dept!
Doesn't everybody give us their "amped up, this is our superbowl, this is our big chance, our only full house, leave it all on the floor" game?
And, barring injuries, at 20 years old and in peak physical condition, I'm with wissoxfan83, shouldn't they be able to pony up the energy and ignore the bruises to play 30 minutes (or less) of game they love and have been playing since they were kids?
@icthawkfan316 said:
I'm concerned about how many teams the conference will get in come tournament time
I agree. It seems every year the B12 has teams that get in and and every March my bracket looks like crap because nearly none of them (beyond our hawks) make out of the first few rounds. I can even see how people can question how good KU is sometimes since we have teams loaded with NBA talent and still get taken out early too often.
In our last ten years of ruling the B12 we have got bumped out in the Dance's first or second round four times. Our conference record for the last ten years is 72 wins and 54 losses (57%)
But I was surprised when I looked at the other conference's Dance records (using a cool, interactive Dance history database here ↗)
Our league compares quite favorably to the other power conferences total Dance wins in the last ten years:
ACC - 55w 46L (54%)
Big East - 75w 71L (53%)
SEC - 59w 41L (59%)
We are behind in championships:
b12- 1
ACC- 3
Big East- 2
SEC- 4
So let's get a bunch of teams in the Dance this year and lets have them all raise hell capped with KU bringing home another NC... Viva la Midwest!
@drgnslayr said:
Credit to Perry... He seemed to remove the mental barrier
Yea, I saw that too. I have voiced my unhappiness about his play on these boards earlier, maybe unfairly. But with the changes I'm seeing in his game play, a decent chunk of which are likely due to a change in the team dynamics, I am happy to see such a key piece of our team start to look like a stud and make me eat my earlier words.
Go get em Perry!!
I figured KO and the BRD will go pro, and we may lose a couple of others here an there, but this is the first I've heard of Mason and Moonlight maybe not returning. Did I miss something?
@jaybate-1.0 said:
Well, they’ve got our asses pinned down here and were getting the shit blown out of us. Now we can kill the bastards.
Nice line! And another good post too.
We are a fortunate bunch :)
@jayhawk-007 said:
They are LEADERS and STUDS, both of them,
This seems almost silly for me to say in January about a team that could bring home another NC this year, but I'm going to anyways... I'm practically drooling over the thought of how good those two are going play for us next year.
In the meantime, the #11 trophy is looking pretty darn attainable right now. And with not just the high caliber of play, but completely different styles of play in B12, we should be ready for a nice long run in big dance.
Dang, its good to be jayhawk fan these days :)
(this is a great site too, hats off to whoever started it)
@jaybate-1.0 said:
producing about equally
If we compare now yes. But while I don't know the specific stat comparison back when we played them, I do remember thinking at times we seemed like a high school team playing an NBA team. And then a month later it happened again with Temple. I remember a lot of posters here being completely bummed on our frosh..
Sure glad we turned it around!
@HighEliteMajor said:
Self-assisted suicide
Nice line and great post!
I sure hope we see that first half team a lot more this year!
they own the boards this half, and dang we got the small hoop for sure
ugh
dang, clanked both fts :(
saw it earlier, guys are almost looking winded again
six players made threes in the first half... jaybate will like that
51 at the half, gotta be close to a record
man, we own the boards tonight
great effort after the block to get that basket
ellis spin moves still works sometimes
or a little gassed maybe
Hmmmm, a prediction.... think, think, think. Well, Self is too classy to allow something like what happened to a California basketball team yesterday...
"Arroyo Valley High girls' coach Michael Anderson was suspended for two games after the victory last week against Bloomington High. Final score 161-2"
But it would be rather amusing :)
Yes, sure wish we had Joel or Withey back.
But how talented are all those bigs? As we know with our current roster... height does not equal superior talent -Landen 6'10", Mikelson 6'10"
We also have Ellis, Svi and Traylor at 6'8"
And does KO's 7'2" wingspan count? :)
@drgnslayr said:
How they let adrenaline rule
Good post. But adrenaline can be a very good thing... you just have to find that sweet spot between too much where you're getting T's and gassed too early, and using it for smashing down dunks and getting some swagger back that gets everyone pumped.
And how about Duke losing big to... Miami? At home? Two double digit losses in a row? Methinks we might be moving up in the polls soon...
@lincase said:
How would we feel if the students in the opposing bleachers started chanting "butterfingers" at him
Excellent point... and on reflection a bad nickname idea, but I feel the frustration it was born from. It's not easier, nor more fun to point out flaws (for me anyways)... I think it's more that we have such a great set of kids year after year, we set unreasonable expectations for them if they don't live up to them every game. I've said it many times... we are a spoiled bunch of fans (no malice, I like being spoiled :)
To add to JayhawkfanToo pointing out he had 8 boards, 3 steals and two blocks - he also made 5-6 free throws, some right at a time everyone else was throwing bricks from the line.
Here's hoping Jaybate's thoughts on Self's toughening box for him works and he makes some B12 team(s) pay dearly in a game soon - I'll be the first to point it out!
Just posted some Perry thoughts in another topic... and I too like him and want him to overcome (don't see him being near as good or valuable as Rele though). But yea, Butterfingers is about right. Maybe some kind of stickem for his hands?? :)
@jaybate-1.0 said:
Perry played his increasingly usual bad game
I cannot count how many times I yelled at the tv after Perry gave OSU the ball... over and over and over. I know it was at least 13 (5 official turnovers and 7 out of 8 missed shots) but there were unofficial ones too. Every. Single. Time he touched the ball I said "here it comes" and unfortunately I was right waaayyy too often. It was painful.
Coach even kept running plays especially designed to give him a shot late in the game! ACK! I get the whole confidence building thing for a player we've relied so heavily on earlier in the year. But if insanity is doing the same thing over and over and hoping for different results... well, if HCBS isn't a little crazy for continuing the Perry lovefest when the guy is obviously having a rough night, he sure is driving me nuts.
Notice how Ford gave practically his whole bench minutes in a high pressure game (11 guys with two or more fouls!!)? There were various reasons for that (foul trouble, winded, etc) but I sure wouldn't have minded seeing a few more of our guys see some real action so they won't be so rusty come March.
But hey, we won another hard fought game.
And almost as good as that... did you see the Misery Kensucky score? 86-37, 1-18 from 3. I wish there was a way for both of them to lose, but since someone had to, it's gotta be the Kittens. All in all, not a bad night :-)
@wrwlumpy said:
AND
It took me second to recognize the king of floppers, but I laughed hard when I did. Awesome photo collage of him and the dandelions.. and a PHOF!
@JayHawkFanToo said:
Vegas has Baylor by 3
Down to 2 now and guessing it will drop more by game time...
@MoonwalkMafia said:
I miss Tharpe
Nice posts! I agree with some of the others here though, Tharpe was a liability last year. But then again, who knows what he might have brought this year?
And this 'who knows' thing is what I'm holding on to right now. Things can change quickly in sports:
“He (Oubre) went from probably being the guy that looked the least ready a month ago to now he looks like he’s by far the most advanced,” Self said. “That’s the way it is with young kids. Sometimes the light comes on at different times. I’ve said, when the light comes on, I don’t see it coming off. "
Who knows what this team might be like if the light comes on, and stays on, for Alexander and/or others? We beat some pretty good teams on the road already this year in some scrappy games, so I think the potential is there for some serious balling in the next few months.
Likewise, there is the potential for the wheels to completely fall off the bus like they did with Temple and almost did with Kent State.
I wonder if it might partly be that there is a new landscape in college basketball (for the elite programs anyways) and Self is just doing what he can to stay competitive given these new changes? If you don't try and recruit at least some of the best players at positions you're weak at... who do you try and recruit?
I admit I agree with nearly all of your points (except for Tharpe), but to say with finality that we've lost what's made us successful when we are 10-2 after a tough road schedule and not yet even started with conference play... might that not be a just a wee bit premature?
@Crimsonorblue22 said:
http://kusports.net/boards/viewtopic.php?pid=263679#p263679 ↗
That was awesome! And one of the first times I've seen Smart hit the floor without flopping!
@jaybate-1.0 said:
But I was just using an old slang from the movies of the 1940s-1950s for fun
Wanted to profess vocabulary ignorance in a post I made above where I referenced you - I was looking for a fun word to go with prolific and went with "pontificate" thinking that it just meant something along the lines of preaching the gospel. I didn't realize it also negative connotations, surely not meant that way, I enjoy your posts!
So many good comments here that echo my own feelings, just felt the need to say so in one last 2014 post...
wrw - thanks for the gator link, thankfully we did not have a play like that one!
rehawk - I think your wager is fairly sound about the 1-4 wins against Tejas and IS, although we do have the power of the Phog for maybe 2-4
kusteve - Spot on with nearly all comments. Not sure I saw much chest hair on Ellis, and interesting take on Greene not being around next year...a couple more no-show games and I think you're right. And while we soooo need Graham back, I have a funny feeling that even when we do, he'll be too rusty and still hurting to be that effective.
beddie - two great posts, sad observations but true I think. I thought they'd get better over the xmess break too, but totally agree, since Lafayette I've had that same awful feeling. And Seldon's shooting "slump" is more than that.
zig - yep, I'd say UK is a lock this year, maybe even go undefeated. Sure hope I'm wrong on those though
hem - first have to say thanks for all the great posts this year, you're one of the main reasons I keep coming back for more here. And I'm struggling too and, unbelievably after a win, while I would not have had the cajones to say it, it might have been worse than the Temple game, as Temple is a serious team with those two new additions and Kent State is, well Kent State.
blown - I really really really hope you are wrong about Bill being on the back nine and us becoming more of a 24-8 team... but I have this little nagging voice that says you're not.
nuleaf - Yes, team makes me crazy! Yes, we are spoiled rotten cry babies! And yes the Doll House in the late 80's in Austin was a spectacular display of P, even eclipsing last night!
and last but not least, the prolific preacher of the jayhawk gospel himself, jb - it was the best of posts, it was the worst of posts. The best in that, as you usually are, you were humorous and insightful and fun to read. It was also the worst of posts for me, in that you intelligently and glibly popped so many of my hopeful bubbles about our team this year that I kept getting sadder with each one. The bullets to my two favorites - Oubre (getting his first OAD highlight reel game against lesser opponents) and Self (over playing Mason and being a nostalgia game) were especially deadly.
I can't remember ever feeling this way after a WIN. I feel silly about it, but it's still the way I feel..
But, being an eternal optimist, I'll look for something bright to end the year with... things can change quickly in sports and people can surprise us, catch on fire (who would have guessed Embiid's trajectory?) A couple of toughly fought, tooth and nail wins, a couple of boys growing into men and leading this team - and maybe a few antacids - will get rid of this feeling in my stomach.
Happy Gnu Year to all the board rats. Here's hoping we look back in April and all go "Man, who would have thought back in late December that this team would go so far in the big dance?"
@drgnslayr said:
What does he currently have that NBA teams want?
Totally agree with you, neither Cliff or Oubre are close to being NBA ready, and I would be very, very happy if they came back next year to polish their skills.
Yet I still stand by my earlier opinion - if they don't get embarrassed, and they have a couple of quality games they can put on their highlight reel, I think they're gone. Because it seems the draft is not just about talent and contribution (unfortunately) but also about PR and hype.
Have you seen Cliff's wikipedia page ↗?
I sure hope I'm wrong though! :)
@drgnslayr said:
There is no way he's OAD material.
All Cliff needs is to not embarrass himself too badly from here on out, and have a couple of breakout games and he is a done deal. I don't think he's coming back at all.. Same for Oubre.
First off, I take full responsibility for this loss... I was going to wear my traditional KU hoody to watch the game but it was in the wash. I told myself it was just a stupid superstition, but boy was I wrong! I think it caused a force field around the basket repelling our shots.
And second, it's actually a good thing to get shellacked like this as I was starting to obsess on this team and spend inordinate amounts of time looking for things to read about them. But with a spanking worse than the UK one, out of self-preservation I have to curb my enthusiasm. Which is a good thing because I had totally blown off editing my book in the little spare time I have.
I knew there was a silver lining somewhere. Ack.
And talking about treys, let's not forget our two big 3pt assassins who shot an amazing 100% in their four years at KU :)
“I wanted to shoot one. I think the fans wanted me to. I got a lot of Tweets from fans about shooting a three. My friends back home said, ‘Go ahead and shoot it. You’ll make it,’’’ said Withey, who swished a straight-on three with 5:18 left in the first half of Monday's 79-42 rout of Texas Tech.
He flashed a three-point sign to the fans after hitting the bucket that gave KU a commanding 32-12 lead.
“I knew it was going in. I was ready,” Withey said of being prepared to celebrate. “Before the game, Elijah (Johnson) said he’d get me open to shoot one. I asked him, ‘How should I celebrate?’ It was brought up that’s the way I should do it,” Withey added.
“He had no choice,” Johnson said of Withey trying a three. “I told him that I was going to drag his man, and as soon as he bit I pitched it back to him. As soon as I turned around I saw Jeff celebrating already.”
Withey can’t wait to joke about his three with a former KU big man, also known for hitting the only three-point try of his career on his own Senior Night. Zany Scot Pollard, who like Withey is from California, hit a three in the Jayhawks’ Senior Night victory over Kansas State on Feb. 22, 1997, in Allen.
“I heard Scot bragging about that. Not any more,” Withey said with a smile. “I might have to go for the all-time percentage record,” Withey added. “Me and Scot are tied at 100 percent. If I go 2-for-2, I beat him.”
Whatever they're doing... I sure hope they keep doing it cuz we rawk at the line this year!
And at least we're not like Shaq...
"O'Neal's primary weakness was his free-throw shooting, with a career average of 52.7%. He once missed all 11 of his free throw attempts in a game against the Seattle SuperSonics on December 8, 2000, a record. O'Neal believes his free throw woes were a mental issue, as he often shot 80 percent in practice. In hope of exploiting O'Neal's poor foul shooting, opponents often committed intentional fouls against him, a tactic known as "Hack-a-Shaq". O'Neal was the third-ranked player all-time in free throws taken, having attempted 11,252 free-throws in 1,207 games up to and including the 2010–11 season. On December 25, 2008, O'Neal missed his 5,000th free throw, becoming the second player in NBA history to do so, along with Chamberlain.
@DanR said:
Stand on the wing. Stand in the corner. Stand. Stand. Pass. Stand. Stand.
Yes! I kept yelling at the tv in the second half to most of the team "Move your feet! Don't just stand there, MOVE YOUR FEET!'
Really wanted a repeat of Georgetown Greenethree, but both his shot and D were not there. But wow, the kid's a machine at the line... just automatic. It's soooooo nice (and such a refreshing change) for a KU team to see nearly every FTs drop. With a typical KU team of old, we have 3 more Ls than we do now due to missed FTs..
Wondered where Svi's game went to, but happy to see Kelly's showing up. Never know who is going to carry the load for this team, which is frustrating and fun at the same time.
And have to echo others... really wanted more than yet another D2 performance from Lucas. He sure looks the part of big D1 player, but sure doesn't play it well. Self's post game quote made me laugh, “I will say this about our team ... we can screw up a good time about as well as anybody I’ve ever seen,” Definitely wasn't having a good time talking to Lucas about his poor play...
!lucas.JPG ↗
@KUSTEVE said:
innercity mayhem
Off topic - Innercity - I live 7 miles south of Ferguson, that city is 20 minutes from downtown St Louis.
Mayhem - most of the arrests made around this incident are from people that aren't from here. The nights following the shooting and the grand jury were a bit crazy - camera crews everywhere just itching for something to report, they really fed the flames of tension (I went to some of the protests to see for myself). And the bad elements who used the tension here to loot was just sad.
On topic - glad it's only one game suspension, we need all hands on deck, as we never know who is going to break out and carry us next!
@Hawk8086 said:
Obviously, we won the game at the FT line.
I can't remember how many times over the last several decades of watching that I've shaken my head at how many key free throws our teams have given up. Drives me crazy, the one shot you know you're likely going to take, and one that is often of vital importance at the end of a game. (Interesting article here on why after 50 years, the FT rate has stayed constant while every other aspect of the game has changed ( http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/04/sports/basketball/04freethrow.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 ↗ )
This game? Big Red Dog goes 8 for 8 and Golden Graham goes 9 for 10 and we go 84.4% as a team! That just warms my heart.
As does another 'stay tough and get the job done after taking a huge punch to the face' win.
As does Selden's 21 pt answering of the new team call of 'which one of us is going to step up, explode in prime time, and start the fire tonight?'
As does playing in the Phog. More so for us than any other place in college hoops... there's no place like home. Since it was built back in '55 we win here 87% of the time. Yea, we're spoiled. Spoiled is good.
@wrwlumpy yea, wondered that myself as I looked around for his take on the game
@Lulufulu yea I think he bricked a couple from straightback behind the foul line. had some pretty moves underneath the bucket tho.
@wrwlumpy loved watching the bench go off like that for the monster dunk.
@drgnslayr Totally agree with most of your post: I was scratching my head why Jamari gets so many minutes and was in at the end (even tho he iced both FTs), Frank blew my socks off today and sure hope he keeps it up, mixing up the offense was a sight for sore eyes, and finally yes, yes, yes on Svi! A joy to watch him play and I keep flashing forward and imagining him lighting up the NBA.
I have to part ways with you on Landen not getting more minutes tho, yes he has height, but I've been pretty disappointed about all aspects of his game beyond giving some good breather minutes to others.
What a great game to watch with so many things gelling.
!svi.JPG ↗