SO I have been blacked out from watching all of KU's home volleyball matches on WatchESPN this season.
But I have watched several KState home matches live this year.
So I am kind of pumped up thinking I can watch KU volleyball when they play in Manhattan tonite before KU / Vandy bball comes on tonite.
But nope! Blacked out.
Anyone know if the Jayhawk Television Network contracted for this game too?
I sure could be confused on the account, but that is what I remembered hearing/reading.
Apologize if it is incorrect.
If I remember the story correctly Fran was doing clinics in Eastern Europe when he heard about / saw Svi.
Story went that he found out Svi wanted to play college basketball in the states. It was late spring and he knew KU had a scholarship open so he made contact with Coach Self and suggested he look in to it.
@JhawkAlum fair enough.
But didn't he get Svi to KU?
I think Fran is very good to KU, unless we are playing ISU or Oklahoma and then we turn into second fiddle.
But all in all he is very knowledgeable and supportive of KU
I have been considering the Bahamas trip next year.
Would be completely out of character for me, but it's been a rough few years, so by then it might be just what the dr ordered.
Guessing I will talk myself out of it by then......but we'll see!
Fair enough
So there isn't a beach to hang out with teammates on in the Bahamas?
You haves used the term once in a lifetime on a couple of occasions......just trying to understand your logic.
Apples vs oranges.
And out of curiosity what makes the Maui event more of a once in a lifetime experience than the Bahamas?
Should never do this, at least until they declare him ineligible........... but it would be fun to wait unti we are having a really bad game and the likelihood of scoring a victory is remote.
Discreetly send Cheick to the locker room, suit up and have him charge out of the tunnel straight to the scorer's table to check in.
If we come back and win, we vacate a single game we thought looked doubtful to begin with and we flip the NCAA a giant double bird in the process!
Obviously we disagree on this too.
He certainly has the right to express his opinions and feelings with the coaching staff......just pick the correct forum in which to express them.
It began On the sideline during the game and spilled into the locker room...... not the correct places.
Even BG's dad acknowledged he made a mistake.
He had to be reprimanded to prevent it from happening again with him.....and to prevent another teammate from thinking Brannen's actions must have been ok (had there not been consequences for Brannen's insubordination).. Precedence has been established, albeit at BG's expense.
So maybe the punishment was too harsh .....even for a third known disciplinary infraction......reduce it to three games......not nearly as harsh, but he still misses Hawaii.
that being said, he did go to the Bahamas with the team two years ago. And if a tropical vacation over thanksgiving is really important to him, he can hang around another year and go back to the Atlantis event next year.
Three once in a lifetime experiences would sure be better than just two. but two once in a lifetime experiences is still better than just one.
Not a Mizzou fan in the slightest, but their wrestling program is solid. And because I have daughters, I know their volleyball and softball programs are very good as well.......granted not sports that most people follow, but good none the less.
Yes . Very talented too.
Wake has traded blows with them in spurts.
But Wake lost their legs yesterday when they only played seven (due to injuries and suspensions). 6 played thirty minutes.
Vandy played 12-13 yesterday and no one got more than 25 minutes.
Same thing tonite.
Vandy is in the driver's seat in this one.
I think we can take them.
Seth Greenburg predicted UCLA would play a lot of zone to keep Mason out of the lane and to control Perry.
That could be the best thing that could ever happen to us.
I think we should handle them well enough to cover the spread.
I know point differentials among common opponents mean squat.
But still found it interesting that UCLA vs UNLV was a two point game and that Chaminade vs UNLV was close for a fair portion of the game - think it was 54-53 with 12:30 to play before UNLV pulled away and won by 20.
Hoping Danny and the Miracles part II can upset Vandy, but that may be a tall order. Hard not to like Coach Manning.
surprised that Indisna vs St John's was as close as it was.
@Second-Prize I don't think he ever said he hates the three. He has said he doesn't like to be reliant upon the three
@wrwlumpy thanks.....my ears went bad before closed captioning came along......or it could be my memory, which went bad too, .....I think
And as you said too often we bail them out with an out of control drive, bad shot, bad pass.....
@Statmachine
Absolutely!
But BG's best spot on the floor is near the baseline to the free throw line extended......if he gets too far away a defender will likely collapse some.
Plus Jimmy Chipwood didn't like being a decoy and I bet BG wouldn't accept that role willingly either!
Yes, I agree, he does not scheme to set up the three as a part of his offense. Unless it is an inbounds play or late game situation like the chop.
The three usually becomes effective in Self's offense after we have established succes in the paint and our opponent has reacted to that.......thus allowing a kick out pass to the perimeter after help defense has left the wing unguarded......facing the basket with his feet set.
Also worth noting that -aside from BG - we got some decent looks against MSU after Perry's hot start because they overplayed on Perry until late in the game when we had to hit threes to make a comeback.
They had a guy glued to BG anytime he was on the perimeter.
@DoubleDD said:
I disagree. KU is a great 3 point shooting team as long as HCBS lets them play. In the MSU game KU wasn't doing to bad from 3 land until HCBS decided everything had to go inside. Hence KU blew the lead and lost the game.
As fans we can't take much from this game. Yet there is one thing I took from it. HCBS let the Jayhawks play. When was the last time you seen that
“Our whole goal was to try to help our inside guys as much as possible,” Coach Bovaird said after the loss. “We knew they were going to try to high-low us to death, and you just kind of hope that they don't knock down outside shots. (But) they did.”
"you've got to pick your poison when you're playing a team like Kansas,” Bovaird said. “They're good at every position, don't get me wrong. But it's a heck of a lot easier to make a lay-up than it is to make a three-point shot. So our goal was to try to take away scoring from two, three feet from the basket and hope that they get cold outside and start panicking a little bit.”
“My teammates, Frank and Devonté were driving the ball well. I was getting open looks and making shots. If it’s an open look it’s a pretty easy shot. I just need to make it,” Mykhailiuk said.
I think KU has a number of snipers on the perimeter, provided they have their feet set, are squared to the basket, receive a good pass that doesn't force them to adjust their position much and have some seperation from the defender when the start their shot.. We have a number of excellent shooters under ideal situations.
Games against teams like Notthern Colorado or Chaminade - teams that lack the horses and have to take an either or approach on defense - prove that.
But in my opinion, if our snipers - especially BG and Svi - don't catch the ball with their feet set or are being closely defended we become average shots from the perimeter.
And if we have to move to receive the ball or to create seperation from the defender we become below average with our marksmanship.
Unfortunately there won't be many (any) conference or tournament games that cause our opponent to choose between defending the perimeter or packing the paint.
We started the game 2-10 from three vs MSU.....think we were 3 of 12 before we missed three on the last possession.
Just my opinion. Take it for what it is worth.
Bill Self alluded that they had heard from the NCAA.....but not an answer......just that they were still working on it..........during his post game interview 9on ESPN u
@Bwag I'd guess UCLA.
We can make a lot of threes when there is no defense and we are waiting for the pass with our feet already set.
IDK but the second one had a pretty high degree of difficulty.
Breaking News.......Lucas converts on two bunnies.
He's been working on a post in the I wonder thread for a long time......will be interesting to see what he came up with.
Or it could be his fresh haircut!
Would have been fun to see Cheick get his first minutes against Chaminade......
Same guy here tonite. Just not playing against MSU's defense.
Chaminade packing the paint and daring us to shoot from the perimeter........BG would have had a career high.
Too bad no one in the Big 12 will ever leave Svi that open.
Think the NCAA will blame the slow response to Self's recent beat down on a slow postal carrier?.......figured we would hear something today. Maybe not a decision but an acknowledgement or a warning shot across the bow.......something!
Allen's recruitment reminds me a lot of the Wiggins recruitment. Wiggs kept his circle small and kept his decision close to his vest. So the Crystal Ball on him is definitely a crap shoot.
Bolden's may be a little more valid of a reading.
I wonder if one or both of them are wanting to make sure Cheick is leaving before they will commit.
Looks like some Duke and Alabama picks have recently switched to KU for Bolden.
Looks like everyone has been migrating their Allen picks to KU after the recent Kentucky announcements.
Now has KU leading for both Bolden and Allen.
I like Schiambi, but Walton is killing this telecast.
Luckily Indiana can't rebound worth squat.........so let them shot all the threes the want, but we should be able to limit second chance points. And I think that Mason and Dtae's dribble drive will cause them all kinds of grief.
Yep and they are encouraged to partake of that style of play as soon as they start AAU ball.
And by the way ...I've said before, ..I can't stand listening to Bill Walton.
John Schiambi just keeps correcting his misstatements while Bill moves on the next incorrect statement.
A rim protecting 5 that can play and score with his back to the basket would cure a lot of the inconsistencies we have this year and had last year.
Too bad that type of player is going extinct.
I haven't been impressed with any component of Indiana's defense thus far.
Kind of sad we missed on Thonas Bryant in the recruiting battle. He hasn't produced much yet today, but watching his off the ball movement and seeing his motor makes me think he is the B2B post player that could have buttered Self's bread.
Or how they deduced that his guardian was an agent because they found it on the Internet and Facebook.......but never interviewed him.
What was the tv commercial..........if it's on the Internet it has to be true.......Bonjour! (Walks off with the "French model")!
If that is the extent of their due diligence efforts maybe we should send the NCAA the hyperlink from the bogus California newspaper that had the story about World Wide Wes.......we might have Kentucky banned by the end of the week!
Are.you wondering if Dallas brought in a hospitality committee from Louisville to handle the post party?
Very true.
As well as how Self mentioned that he has heard from many other coaches with similar stories......and one who called saying let's compare notes as we are going through a similar situation.
The groundwork is definitely being laid.
For what it worth, I would not be at all surprised if KU receives a public reprimand and possibly even a monetary penalty. But that was likely considered an acceptable cost of doing business by KU during their planning meeting, if it results in getting the NCAA moving in earnest toward an Eligibilty ruling.
Their response will be telling as to how the plan to handle KU's direct attack on their organization.
There is some irony here in that is similar to the BG situation on that KU has very publically questioned the NCAA's capacity to do their job.
How long will it be before we hear a rebuttal from the NCAA?
And whether it will be a CYA response that outsources blame and hides behind confidentiality?
or an acknowledgement of a breakdown in due process?
But a 70 something win percentage during the past two seasons is also reflective of the fact that we have played the #1 strength of schedule (both years) with young and inexperienced teams.
Yes, without Diallo, we have largely the same personnel as last year (minus Kelly and Cliff plus Vick plus Carlton).......but I would contend that we are not the same team, as everyone else is a year older and a year more experienced. Those attributes SHOULD benefit us over the course of the 2015-16 season......as they were important prevailing factors in our 2008 and 2012 runs.
Whether it pans out that way remains to be seen.
Well at least we have that in common. Rock Chalk!