Dotson from wayyy out!
StLJhawk
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Ha nice scoop try Braun!
Dotson is so smooth
Moss stuffed now
Garrett stuffed again
Braun looking good on D
Garrett stuffed but got the foul
Braun shoves that guy in the back
I used JhawkinTigrtown, or something like that before I got locked out of it one day and created this account. But, lol, yes unfortunately some things that should change just don’t. Man, it’s still just painful to watch Doke on the line, I feel bad for him (and us!)
Nice thread. Been a board rat (changed monikers once) from the LJW days. Jaybate (and a few others like HEM) consistently had the in-depth and specifically KU oriented basketball knowledge that kept me coming back. Living in St. Louis a very MU town, it was a nice little Jayhawk haven to learn not just more about my favorite team, but about the game itself. As a bonus, I also felt that I got to “meet” some interesting people as often posts revealed the personalities of the posters. I enjoyed the sense of community here along with the deep wells of knowledge.
Some of the early jaybate posts were really something. Admittedly, I skipped through many of the later mini-novellas about war or conspiracies, and he was a wee bit on the defensive side, but this forum is decidedly less colorful and less unique without him and I too wish he would return.
I sure hope Marcus works on his shot before November to get that many minutes. I remember numerous opposing teams not even bothering to guard him and doubling up on whoever our best scorer on the floor was.
Great defender, Self's dependable go to guy, great attitude, experienced, seems like good kid, all the above. Just couldn't score. Man, if he can make at least a few jumpers to keep opposing defenses honest, then heck, I could see him play full games. Keeping my fingers crossed.
Yea, I'm pretty stoked. I usually don't prowl the boards here much til fall, but ol Bill 'damncanIrecruitforaNonNikeschool' really outdid himself this time coming off a challenging year. Now if everyone can stay healthy and play nice we will kick some serious azz
You called it!
Send in the subs
Major spanking today, I like it!
And dang Dotson is fast
So tired of Moore
KJ!
Ha, 3s falling for us now and still not them, i like it!
I’ve seen better starts to second halfs...
Nice quote from the halftime guy to sum up the half... “They fought the Lawson, and the Lawson won” ha!
Just snuck away from work... I’ve seen worse first half scores from us. The bad guys probably won’t miss as much from 3 in the second half tho
@HighEliteMajor
Plus they get to rest for a bit which can't hurt
That was funny as hell!
And the story below it was good too about a stuffed bulldog being thrown on the court in the last 5 seconds costing Georgia a technical which lost them the game.
Hmmmm, I wonder... a close game, closing seconds, what if someone from the opposing team dressed as a home team supporter throws a home team mascot on the floor?
Guess they too get to find out how injuries can really challenge a team in the hunt can’t they?
I consider myself to be one of the more optimistic rats here, but as we pissed away that big lead in the final minutes, I too felt like we were toast. Not just in another disheartening road loss but in our quest for #15 too.
My hand was on the off button in anticipation of what I arbitrarily deem the point of no return in a game. One eye closed, the other squinted and my stomach felt a bit sick as it always does when we lose and My finger almost pressed down. A 17-2 run by the bad guys in the last few minutes coupled with 4 TOs and the inability for anyone to make FTs can do that to me.
But then... something happened that I didn’t see coming with this group given their recent past road performances. We played through our mistakes and fought back to send the game to OT with unheralded K.J. slipping in the last bucket in regulation.
I’m so glad I hesitated!
Yes, I should have been happy enough that they finally played with heart for 38 minutes. Yes, I should have kept my premature “that was ugly” comment to myself. But dang it sure looked like “deja vu all over again”.
This group proved to me that they are capable of fighting back from deficits on the road and I’ll keep my trigger finger in check the rest of the season. Like Beddie i too feel it was a turning point.
It’s good to be proven wrong like that and a good reminder that, as always, it’s good to be a Jayhawk.
Yea KJ manned up. And Meotch brought some great energy. And Ochai is just a stud
Whhhiiizzzz, goes the bullet as we just barely dodge it
Hole E Crap, how did we pull this out? I like it!!
Ochai
Yea, I agree, playing with heart tonight
Ack that was ugly
Forchrissakes
Dammit
About time call the hacks from Robinson
Oh crap
Meotch!
Make up foul
Jeez Dedric getting pushed
Less Moore is more
Not even missing Garrett much either
Jeez don’t blow this lead guys
Nice second effort McCormack
Meotch!
Yea closing games hasn’t exactly been our forte this year. But maybe this time...
While I haven't actually opened a Post in years, but I do know a bit about why it ranks comparatively so much lower on reliability models than the Times. It is currently owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, which owns many conservative/sensational media outlets around the world. It tends to publish stories utilizing sensationalized headlines with emotionally loaded wording such as “It’s time for Bill Clinton to take a walk in the Chappaqua woods.”
Also, it is reported to be the preferred newspaper of U.S. President Donald Trump, who maintains frequent contact with its owner, Rupert Murdoch. The Post has been criticized since the beginning of Murdoch’s ownership for “sensationalism, blatant advocacy, and conservative bias.”
KJ, I too consider myself to be independent but we gotta get news from somewhere. I'm sorry to hear you've tuned out all mainstream media. While I can sympathize with why one would do that given the current state of things, the alternatives are likely to be much worse:
1) No news at all - kinda hard to be a functioning democracy if the citizens have no interest in the state of things.
2) Social media - likely just to reflect your own beliefs back to you regardless of veracity because most sites cherry pick stories and facts to fit their narrative and have no oversight which likely leads to a quite distorted world view.
3) Friends and relatives - see 2 above
4) Local newspapers/tv - this can actually be a good source for news depending on their journalistic integrity. The trouble is that budgets have been slashed dramatically at nearly every local news outlet, thus hampering their ability to spend time on research, sourcing and fact checking. Plus the added monetary pressures likely lead to wanting to pander to the remaining viewers/readers/listeners they have rather than tell it like it is.
Maybe I'm missing an outlet, but IMHO, I think, much as the founding fathers implied, that the first step to undermining a democracy is to undermine the free press. Lumping all media outlets as the same, or as "garbage" or "fake news" scares the crap out of me.
My advice is not less main stream, but more diversity. On a given topic try going far left, then go far right, go center, go big media, go small, go domestic, go foreign for a coupla times and see what sticks for you. Use Snopes.com, Factcheck.org or Politifact.com to fact check on anything that seems too different or too fishy to you and see how your choices end up. I've done this before and found myself on the wrong side of the facts. It hurts my pride a bit and can be uncomfortable to have my worldview not measure up, but my scientific side tells me this is much better than just swallowing what people tell me.
And back to basketball, I am reallllyyy hoping the new lineup can perform as a team like they did last time. I admit my faith was shaken and had a bad feeling about the game and was pleasantly surprised by the butt whuppin we gave. Sure would like to see that happen again tonight... couldn't happen to a better team at a better time!
kjayhawks said:
The NY Post and NY Times are nothing short of total garbage.
Sorry to go off topic a bit here but while I don't know basketball that well, being a KU grad in journalism I'm on more familiar ground for a change... well KJ, you're half right anyways. In contrast to how some would like to portray it, (or even more dangerously try to paint all media as unreliable) the NY Times, while far from perfect, is about as neutral and respected as it gets in news these days.
While there are numerous ways to gauge this, and nearly all point to the same conclusions, the one I like is this...
"If a reporter gets facts in a story wrong, will the news outlet investigate a complaint and publish a correction? Does the publication have its own code of ethics? Or does it subscribe to and endorse the Society of Professional Journalist's code of ethics? And if a reporter or editor seriously violates ethical codes - such as being a blatant or serial plagiarizer, fabulist or exaggerator - will they be fired at a given news outlet? While some may criticize mainstream media outlets for a variety of sins, top outlets such as the Washington Post, the New York Times, NBC News and the New Republic have fired journalists for such ethics violations. That is remarkable in a world where some celebrities, politicians and other realms of media can spread falsehood with impunity."
Another way to gauge is to compare stories here with those in the UK where four of the top 10 trusted outlets for US news reside like the BBC and Reuters. Makes sense as they have little or no skin in the game here.
By any measurable standard you can find, the Times comes out at or near the top for print journalism in terms of trying to print verifiable and accurate news.
Oh and go KU tonight, dang we need this one bad.
ugh, i too am a big time optimist but i ain't seeing to much to get excited about with this bunch
“I say anyone who thinks our chess master is going to just rollover and let the... next 4 teams... have their way with him and his talented, if green, Top 20 team, hasn’t been paying much attention the last 14 years.”
Huh. Guess the sky didn’t completely fall, whodathunkit?