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I hope we see Mitch a lot in half 2. He's been playing very well lately and I like his haircut.

Kcmatt7 said:

Odds we come out sucking and let them get back in it?

High. Young team.

Also, please play anyone else on the roster before you play Charlie again. Garrett, Mitch, Dave, KJ, Luinstra. Anyone else.

Crimsonorblue22 said:

Oh geez, act like they're shocked about d dot and Dedric

Before the game: Kansas has no pro prospects.

At Halftime: Dotson is a pro prospect.

People would have been arguing Kansas as a 3 seed if their name was Duke. They played the hardest schedule in the country, have 11 quad 1 wins, and are 8-3 against Top 25 teams.

I'll take +12 at halftime.

East is definitely the worst region and I have no idea why everyone is complaining about MSU being the 2 in Duke's bracket. I'd rather play them than I would Kentucky, Tennessee, or Michigan.

Really lazy defense the last few possessions. Lucky they only made one 3.

The NE coach was probably like, "Help off of KJ because he's slow and can't shoot and that Dotson guy is killing us." And KJ just got a free layup out of it lol.

Is Dave really a worse option than Charlie or KJ? At least Dave hustles and tries hard.

If DMac is loose with the ball I'd just leave Garrett in. Keep driving it, though, I agree.

Finish that, Dotson.

"Just his 13th 3-pointer of the year. You don't expect it from that guy."

Every. Damn. Time.

Cerrano's looking for some extra power tonight. He's wanting to sacrifice a live chicken.

DanR said:

Dude on CBS says KU has no pro-caliber players.

Good thing it's college basketball then. Also he's wrong.

But Michigan St is the best 2 according to ESPN. So unfair to Duke.

BShark said:

Crimsonorblue22 said:

No way

You replying to me? I think if KU advances the game against Auburn would be one of the worst losses in the Self era. Was hoping Auburn would finish their collapse.

Me too. Auburn will probably make 20 3-pointers against KU if we advance to play them.

Vermont has made 12 3's compared to FSU's 3 3's but are losing by 6 somehow.

That game was a which team wanted to lose the game more. NMSU wanted it just a little bit more.

Barkley confirmed dead lmao

Oh NMSU. You had it.

BShark said:

What is Auburn doing?

Being coached by Bruce Pearl.

Vermont hanging in there against Florida St. Let's go Catamounts!

Can't say I'm a big Auburn fan. Never liked Pearl and their guards seem really cocky.

I'd pick us to lose to Auburn right now. If we get the matchup with UNC in KC that would be great, though.

I don't really understand why Purdue is a 3-seed. I would take just about all of the 4-seeds over Purdue right now. I'm not that impressed with Big 10 conference titles because of a schedule imbalance.

I thought TCU would get in and OU would have been left out, though. I thought TCU was going to get in after I saw OU.

No TCU.

Well. We're probably not good enough to go too deep in the tournament this season but I think we are capable of screwing up the tournament for other teams. Like Duke or Kentucky.

Well. After tonight we'll be ranked about 150th in 3-point percentage in D1. When our legs are rested we should probably work on that.

wissox said:

Derosa, I start to go into the tremors when I hear that name because of 2015.

Seriously I think he has something against Kansas at this point.

Joe DeRosa is calling the game tonight, so we knew we weren't going to get any sort of whistle. What's worse is we have Fran here trying to validate all of the bad calls against Kansas.

@BShark Was.

Braun is going to grow 3 inches and be our stretch 4. Obviously.

Chill

Their legs are fine. These are 20-year olds. Iowa St has played 3 straight games too by the way. What they lack is effort and shooting ability.

DanR said:

Had to go to the airport to pick up me wife. How's the game going?

You'd probably have more fun at the airport right now.

I always watch the whole game, no matter how bad it gets. Sometimes it sucks.

Texas Hawk 10 said:

KirkIsMyHinrich said:

Texas Hawk 10 said:

KirkIsMyHinrich said:

Why the hell are we skipping shoot-around?

Did you watch the first half. KU's legs are tired. That's why they're shooting so bad and why they didn't have a shoot around. ISU didn't shoot that well either. They only made 3 more FG's in the half. Both teams sucked at the line. The 3 pointers ISU made are the difference.

Right, because shoot-around is so hard on your legs when you're 20 years old. Give me a break. We need to be in the gym shooting as much as we possibly can.

Most of KU's misses have been short. That's always a major sign of tired legs. When KU is playing in the final game every night, KU has had the least rest of anyone in the B12 tournament.

Grimes was already cramping last night, they're definitely tired.

Their legs are going to be tired regardless of whether you have shoot-around or not. Shoot-around does not wear your legs out like at all. You stand and shoot. Might as well get the shooting practice in because clearly we need it. We haven't been a good shooting team even when our legs have been fresh.

Texas Hawk 10 said:

KirkIsMyHinrich said:

Why the hell are we skipping shoot-around?

Did you watch the first half. KU's legs are tired. That's why they're shooting so bad and why they didn't have a shoot around. ISU didn't shoot that well either. They only made 3 more FG's in the half. Both teams sucked at the line. The 3 pointers ISU made are the difference.

Right, because shoot-around is so hard on your legs when you're 20 years old. Give me a break. We need to be in the gym shooting as much as we possibly can.

Why the hell are we skipping shoot-around?

Woahhhhhhhhh we suck

0-7 from 3. 1-6 from the line. Who needs shooting practice?

Box out on free-throws.

We look pretty dead energy-wise.

Is Grimes fine to play today?

We should be there already. If we win absolutely.

@Texas-Hawk-10 Purdue only had to play Michigan, Wisconsin, Maryland, and Iowa 1 time in conference play because of schedule imbalance. LSU got Alabama twice, Georgia twice, Florida twice, Arkansas twice, and Texas A&M twice. They only had to play Kentucky, Tennessee, Auburn, South Carolina, Mississippi St, and Ole Miss one time. In fact, LSU only had to play one ranked team on the road in conference play and that was at Kentucky. Regular season titles mean less in conferences where you see huge schedule imbalances like the Big 10 and SEC.

They should be a 3-seed right now. Florida St and Kansas should be on the 3-line and LSU and Purdue should be on the 4-line. Purdue is a 3-seed ahead of Kansas. Kansas (23-8) has a better record than Purdue (23-9). Kansas has more Quad 1 wins and a better SOS (11 and 1, respectively) than Purdue (7 and 14, respectively). It's an error to have Purdue ahead of Kansas right now. LSU played a weak non-conference. They lost to Florida St head-to-head. They lost to Oklahoma St by 13. They have a weaker SOS and fewer Quad 1 wins than Kansas. If Kansas wins today they are a lock for a 3-seed. I agree they probably won't jump anyone as a 2-seed, but you could argue by the numbers that they deserve it.

I don't think we should be lower than a 3 seed right now. If we win today we're securely a 3 and arguably a 2.

We'll have to weather the wax tomorrow. I'm glad we can rest the starters.

BeddieKU23 said:

What do we do? We are up 20

We already put Charlie Moore in the game. There's nothing we can do.