@Big-Clyde52 Easy decision for you and me. But I didn't average 44 a night in HS. If I did I'm sure I would think I could fill OU's bb-arena as well as Heild.

I'm afraid a lot of what I would consider while choosing a school for these young men, isn't what they look at. An advantage to my job is I step back from the work at hand and offer a different view. It's easy to see the best/most logical solution given the limited # of facts we have about this situation and our distance from it. Put in the middle of the turmoil with all the facts (or at least a different set of facts), I have no clue how I'd respond.

@mayjay Fran's tweet wasn't an off the cuff remark. He had time to think before he hit send. He could've said confidence, Fran chose to use the word arrogance. At best it's an underhanded compliment. But why throw shade? He didn't call the game, why comment? Just to get a shot in? There are many complimentary words that he could've used.

There are worse announcers than Fran, but he was better when his disdain for KU wasn't so freakin' obvious.

Everyone's favorite Aunt Fran had a "compliment" for KU after the game.

@KUHoops comeback wouldn't have happened without Bill Self's preparation & confidence in his team. It's a good arrogance earned w/practice.

Arrogance?!? What a lovely human being...

Missing LL there

You won't want to watch the first 10 minutes anyway.

@drgnslayr That games over. You must be on a delay

Just keep it close guys. Shots will fall and then so will WVU

@DoubleDD yes I think so

Faylor going down at Tech

@Bwag Damn AW3 hustling his butt off. Gonna force overtime...dangit!

How in the world does Bill stay focused on the game at hand with all the recruiting crap going on also? He's well paid for a reason!

@jayballer54 You can't have a rational conversation with an irrational person (or fan base as it may be). KU must beat them into submission every year and it will begin happening on the gridiron soon too.

You are right. When I lived in Lawrence I gave little thought to KSU, but in western Kansas it's a different story. I also feel as though I must wear a KU shirt or hat or both every day here. While in Larryville I wore a KU shirt on gamedays and every once in a while otherwise.

Gotta represent!

He still plans on coaching next season. Hopefully he makes a full recovery and Beaty gets to whoop him on the field for a few years! I'd love for KU to best Snyder at his best.

@jayballer54 Where I live, KU had best beat KSU. If not the purple pussies make t-shirts. They make my life as hard as they can for a full year. When ISU wins the KSU fans give me a hard time too. ISU fans are a whiny bunch, but they have nothing on the venom KSU and its fans hold for KU. It's a one sided rivalry, but a rivalry none the less especially for those of us who live in Kansas.

@mayjay So shortly after television was invented? There is a reason why I don't subscribe to cable tv any more. Well one besides all the streaming options...

If it weren't for KU basketball I would have very little use for live tv.

I don't think the media would be overly harsh on Trae at KU, but he'd get national attention immediately. Whether or not he wants it he will be under the microscope for his short college career.

@mayjay The media sucks. But maybe I should say, his daddy can't handle the media.

Does Trae want to be the guy? Sounds like he can't handle negative media. How's that going to work when he's solely responsible for the fate of a program (OU)?!? We all know at KU he'd have someone else to help him shoulder the responsibility.

Here's hoping he's not scared of the media or anyone else for that matter. KU could use another alpha on the perimeter next year.

@elpoyo What moral victories? I only see 3 losses and I don't consider any a moral victory. Also it's hard to be too familiar with Tech's brand new coach...

And yes, that win at Tech is a good win. It's a game that past KU teams let get away (like the 10 loss Wiggins team). It's a sign of maturity to be able to win close games when the team isn't playing at it's peak. It was awesome to see Josh take over. Now we KNOW we have 2 alphas that can and will lead KU to victory.

So just how horrible was this victory? Ask Tech, they're still crying over their loss.

So they have it:

#1 Villanova

2 KU

3 Baylor

4 Gonzaga

5 Oregon

6 North Carolina

7 Florida State

8 Louisville

9 Kentucky

10 Arizona

11 Florida

12 Virginia

13 West Virginia

14 Butler

15 Duke

16 UCLA

IMHO Butler doesn't belong and Florida is too high also, but the rest look close. UCLA is too low.

Once again, don't waste too much time on these projections, there is too much basketball left for them to stand up. It's just a snapshot of where the teams were on that day.

The Big10 has had a top 4 seed since 2006, so has KU. Don't feel too bad Big10 the Big12 is getting used to being outperformed by one squad also.

Ok for KU, easy for Baylor. The bracket won't look anything like this on selection Sunday. It's fun for now though. Here's hoping KU maintains that one seed in the Midwest!

@ralster Mason should go early and hang out with the WVU players...

If you think Miles Simon was bad...I had to listen to the Texas Tech home crew call the game on tunein radio while traveling. Wow, there where uncalled fouls on KU almost every possession and Tech got screwed on the few they had. One travel call aside (that Tech got away with) they said KU was better off. Made me wish for Fran for half a second :poop:

Now it works. It wouldn't work while I was in TX, NM, or AZ over the last 4 days, but it's working in CO. With any luck it'll work at home too. Weird.

I don't think you want to try to change a players shot who is only going to be here 9 months. The payout on that would be 2-3 years down the road. Josh needed to learn the system and build,not tear down on such a short schedule.

@BeddieKU23 said:

Kusports ran an article on it. They think its mostly mental with him. Says he shoots 90% in practice.

His 3 point % increased when he stopped thinking about it. Maybe he should get the ball at the line and just shoot it. Jack Gibbs at Davidson shoots it immediately after getting it, he's like 80%.

So was Brannen Green. Frickin awesome to watch. The refs better be ready when you hand him the ball. 'Cause he's gonna shoot it immediately.

@wissox Thanks. Hmmm, I wonder what's up on my end. I've tried 3 devices over the last 2 days.

Does KUSports.com or ljw.com work for anyone? It's giving me a century link page for the last couple of days. Not happy with the Star so I'm not giving them any clicks.

No assist #'s before '75? I wonder how many JoJo averaged? Block #s for Wilt would be cool too. Is there tape of all the games? Could someone in fact go back and get the stats?

MJ was able to avoid politics or anything controversial throughout his career. And look at how the advertisers love him. He's still the biggest shoe salesman for NIKE. Hell, I still love him. It's great to watch basketball and not have to think of anything important. I don't wanna be bothered with politics during a GAME I'm trying to watch. If I want politics I will watch much more qualified people than athletes give their educated opinion.

@wissox said:

!DSCN1030.JPG ↗ Where I watch LSU games from for 5$. Yes, that's Joel's future teammate Ben Simmons.

I'd ask for more than $5 personally. No way you could force bad basketball on me for less.

@BeddieKU23 The other young one, Svi, thought he would be a 2ad also. Time will tell. If Dok beasts out he's gone, if not hopefully he makes the (correct) decision to come back.

All these kids think they will be in the NBA. And sooner than later. We live in an instant gratification era.

@Crimsonorblue22 said:

https://t.co/mlRB40Efu2 ↗

Yeah, KSU outhustled KU on that play...effen Bruce.

Ahh gameday, the most glorious of days! Off to the stop sign of stupid to pound some pussycats!!!

@stoptheflop Wore my KU hat and shirt to a KU football game in Manhattan. I never actually made in past the parking lot though. Too much tailgate action with the people I came with. Afterwards we went to Aggieville- Jake's Last Chance Saloon. The place was chalk full of morons, I heard a couple of the most racist conversations possible. I also had some really cute girl hang all over me for 3o minutes (because of my Jayhawk hat) before I could get rid of her. My wife, who was there with me, was not impressed.

Both would be nice. Lots of length on a team with the two of them.

Careful when looking them in the eyes. They aren't used to that and may act strangely.

And Arizona looked like one of the best teams in the nation when they played UCLA. I wonder how ugly their message boards are today? Hopefully the 6 top 10 teams losing yesterday put a lid on the hysterical hand wringing that can happen after losses. Hopefully for us, I mean.

They're both nice players. Wiggs team wouldn't have won the conference without him. May not have even made the dance. The team around Josh team is much better. Josh is much more productive without the ball in his hands. Wiggs is a better shooter and defender. Josh has more desire to win. I think Josh's motor will get KU further in the tourney, but Wiggins did a hell of a job to keep the streak intact, that team wasn't any good especially without Embiid. However, had it been the second year of Wiggins, Embiid, and Black together holy crap that would've been special!

Josh is a final four motor. Let's inable him!

@ralster Not quite 75-0, but pretty darn good.

http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/arenarupparena.html ↗

2 losses in 14, 1 in 13 and 12 also. But a 40 game home court win streak is in there as well.

I believe the current longes home court win streak stands at 41 games. (Neither UK or KU unfortunately)

@globaljaybird me too!

Svi?!? Mason was the man and Svi gets the last shot?!? Huge let down game.

What the he'll! Ku was up 14 when I went to my kids bday party. 18 freakin made 3s!?! Wtf

The zone harassed Motley, but this was compounded by the Baylor point guard picking up 4 fouls early in the second half.

another Jr And Done?

Before the investigation is complete there is no need for us to speculate. All that does is exasperate the situation. Step back, swallow your fear and see how it plays out. Leave speculation to the haters. The reporters at the Enquirer...I mean KC Star have stirred up quite a bit of crap lately. Doesn't mean it's factual. It does mean we have to deal with the :poop: storm though. So wait and see before casting judgement, you're much less likely to look like an a$$. I leave that to my KSU "friends".

@Crimsonorblue22 Are they non-traditional students, 50 year olds returning to school, like half of Wichita State? Or just upper classmen?

http://www.nwitimes.com/sports/high-school/boys-basketball/east-chicago-s-jermaine-couisnard-is-becoming-a-scoring-machine/article_d1f29345-bdc0-5668-9ce8-6d75f72470f7.html ↗

@Crimsonorblue22 What I recall was BIFM, JJ, DG putting constant pressure on the Baylor D drawing fouls. I dont recall Baylors O much due to KU constantly switching from m2m to 2-3 to triangle and 2. Other than Motley BU wasn't very great offensively especially once KU got them sped up. Thus the foul discrepancy.

It seems as though these warriors thrive on the court and don't want to sit on the bench at all. The short bench has really galvanized the team. Seeing Lightfoot and Coleby get minutes seems to gives them a boost too, as they want to reward their hard efforts in practice and enthusiasm for the game. Fresh blood caries an innocence and joy that carries over to the rest of the team. It's nice to see.