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Next year is going to be so exciting. Dotson, Grimes, and McCormack? DeSousa? Sick. We even have an ever so slight chance of Doke for 1 more year? Also, I'm more convinced that we have a really good chance at Romeo. I'm almost convinced that he is in fact waiting on Vick. I really believe that if he was ready to commit to his top choice, he would've done it. I think he likes what is shaping in Lawrence next year.

Grimes will be the cornerstone.
Dotson will be the leader of the pack.
Big Dave and DeSousa will be huge in the lane. If Doke returns for 1 more little year, I think we just might be unstoppable.
Add Garrett's enormous experience as a soph, and it's going to be too FUN. I really wish to say more about Billy, but it's too hard to tell right now.

@hawkmoon2020 Optimus is right. This kid is going to be the cornerstone of the team. We've all been so focused on this year's drama, it's been hard to peek into next year.

Think about it...Dotson, Grimes, and McCormack? And this is just to name a few...add DeSousa, and the slight chance that Doke stays...YIKES.

@BShark This is obviously a rising star playing among average to below average HS talent. But 41 pts is sick. I always temper those numbers a bit as they enter D1 elite play. But Young has proven a young frosh pg can make an immediate impact. The biggest part of Young's game is his IQ. It actually promotes his other obvious talents.

I love this kid's swag. He is going to be Mason 2.0, or Reborn, or something. You name it, and it appears he will be pretty much what we need over the next year or two. Even Self himself, made the bold comparison to Collins, and Mason. I believe he is as tough/er than either other guard, and is equally talented, if not better. I'm really excited for this get.

Does anyone see a slight possibility of a redshirt for either Dotson or Markese? It's an interesting dilemma. Is it possible with Big Dave McCormack coming we could be a F4 contender for the next 1-3 years?

Waiting paid off...ok, one free and one to go...there is hope for Billy. Maybe some public pressure pushed the ncaa to make a decision on at least one of the players. Why do I feel like a KU hostage was freed in order to cut a deal? Billy may be that one hostage that just doesn't get freed from the mean officials investigating his case. I just don't understand WHY all the work was submitted from KU, and the ncaa simply can't review the information and RULE. All we want is a ruling. Hell any ruling would be better than this unfair, undue influence. Either suspend him indefinitely, or FREE Billy Preston. Silvio's case should've taken longer because of his foreign origins. Billy had several weeks and all the paperwork needed to resolve this case in a sufficient fashion. He also has served enough suspension already.

Hang in there Billy this too shall pass, sooner or later.

Waited this long, why not a little longer. We are getting pretty good at this waiting game. Hell, we'll wait as long as it takes. In fact, hell itself may freeze over as we wait...and...we wait...This is awesome to wait. It's like watching grass grow or paint drying. I love it.

Who's with me?

@Gunman Loved to see that breakout. It couldn't have happened at a better time. Lets all hope that #14 maintains consistency, and climbs each game. His confidence should be soaring right now.

@mayjay UT played with a lot of emotion and heart. I hope for the best with Jones. What a horrible diagnosis.

@JayHawkFanToo Of course its his job to create hype and bball drama. Look at the board explode about Granny. But he's a little too blatant during his commentary of the game. He's got his job and I have mine. He comments, and I mostly disagree. I don't like him and would rather not hear his dribble during a game.

You asked and just sayin'

@approxinfinity One of my favorite movies.
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Did u hear Frannie the Granny say for ISU to foul Doke? Did u hear him? He also said there was a high probability he would miss his FTs. ESPN needs gag that bas-terd.

Have u noticed how teams are hedging really high on the weave? They are cheating high and the guards need to fake high and go straight to the bucket.

@JayHawkFanToo Sciambi and Simon are good.

@BeddieKU23 They are making Self look like a babbling idiot with all his random predictions. He knows nothing, and nothing is being pushed. HCBS needs to get pissed and bring out some powerful people to pull some strings. This needs to end NOW...DAMN IT

I'd like to see Mitch stretch defenses by hitting that trey a little more consistently, Keef style. Speaking of Keef, I'd like to see if Angel could talk to Momma P. Angel was such a parental presence at KU. She was the one that inspired the FOE. Momma P could use a good dose of Angel.

Paging Angel, please teach Momma P some FOE.

@DoubleDD Calm down. We knew Mitch could play, but you have to admit, he wasn't showing much lately. NOW, let's hope you can prove us wrong by Mitch playing consistently for the remainder of the year. We will definitely need him. The NCAA is going to sit on Preston and Silvio.

@wissox That's ok. Let them look past KU. KU will kick their azz. I really believe they think KU is beat already in MOtown.

@jaybate-1.0 Who was the former B10 player that called the game? He was a little biased. I loved his Capt Obvious comment, "live by the three and die by the three..." Really? He is a genius. I think the trey helped, but I think what gave KU the edge was sinking FTs. If they hit more FTs, this game wouldn't been so close.

What I want to know is where in the hell did Fisher come from...geesh. He was non-existent in the OU game.

Minus the muggings of DG, he played maybe one of his best games. He didn't play well, he played tough. He was beat up. This is the toughness that Self wants. He stepped up and won this game from the FT line.

@hawkmoon2020 A little. I think you're right. The numbers are starting to really level off. I don't think KU has actually arrived yet. This is the scary part. If and when this team starts hitting on all cylinders consistently, they will be dangerous. I believe they can too.

@dylans I hope.

@Gorilla72 Yeah...and they have Tom Izzo. We all know Izzo squads are always ready as they roll into March.

@KansasComet This totally proves that Young may get his 30 pts, but OU is still or as vulnerable with him. They can be beat. I'm sorry, I think Young is a great player and would love to have him at KU. But I'm sick of the media hyping him as a one man team. They practically have him winning the NC single-handedly.

Yep. Mitch needs to understand that he is the answer right NOW for this team inside. He's got to play at this level every game, and maintain.

We all knew this would happen. I'm not surprised at all. Sorry organization and I'm sure they have some lame azz excuse. I'm telling you, they are freaking out over the now 15 game suspension. They DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. They have to do something. I posted it's like a home inspection. They can't let this go as "time served." They are the freakin NCAA damn it. They have to find something and show their azz.

Oh and Silvio is going to be just like Enes Kanter. The only difference is, Silvio will be totally free of any professional influence. Both of these players should be pretty much REVIEW AND RULE. It's easy to do, but either they are so stupid the have no idea what they're doing, OR they are unnecessarily influencing this situation. They are only punishing the players. This is the NCAA's main role. They screw who they want, how they want, and when they want...They have it hard for KU too. BASTARDS

Marcus= boards

TOs, FTs, and boards

We have a little advantage at this point with Mitch on the line.

Svi

@Texas-Hawk-10 Both

DAMN IT

KU has got to hit FTs. TCU will foul Doke everytime.

Losing this from the stripe.

@BShark 4 on Doke

KU needs to bare down now, and hard to win this game.

TOs, TOs, and more TOs

Mitch...deciding to play tonight.

DG

Looks like KU decided not to win this game.

FTs

I'm sorry but this TCU team is not that good. But unfortunately, KU isn't either right now and making TCU look better than they really are at this point.

@kjayhawks smh

Vick and Graham coming alive, and Newman on the bench. KU has a doubl digit lead...hmm

Newman's strength just might be attacking the rim. I think he could actually make a living from the FT line.

@Texas-Hawk-10 Thank you. I wanted to hear it from someone else. He seems to be panicking or trying to prove himself unnecessarily. He's a head case.

Looks like Vick began where he ended...

Can someone tell me WHY we start falling behind when Newman gets in the game. When he is on the bench, we seem to get ahead by 10-12 pts. But I've noticed when he gets in the game, the other team seems to cut the lead to single digits.

Svi is torching the net.

I expect the team will play to win for a lot of reasons. I have asked myself what it feels like to be the KU team that many other teams refused? This team has got to play for all the other teams that fought to keep this nightmare from coming to a conclusion. Some think they might rebound, pun intended. Some think they may suffer loses much like the 1988 team, and maybe follow the path of Danny and the Miracles. Wouldn't it be ironic if KU played OU again? And won...again. Some have a horrible fear they may just fall off the top 25, and enter the NCAA tourney all low seed. I don't care who you are, but for KU to be a 6-9 seed and a 1-4 to play them, would still be scary, because they are KU and capable of going ape shit on any team. You can say what you want about KU's seed regardless of how low they are (even 10-12), but you know most of the higher seeds will definitely see them as super dangerous. Is this what it's going to take for this team to wake up and play their hearts out, and survive? I think maybe.
KU was ranked 7 in preseason
16 wk 8
Not ranked wk 9, swept by OU in Conf play, and beat them in the NC game.

Final B8 standings:

OU 12-2

Kstate 11-3 (I would see WVU in this line)

KU 9-5

27-11 and 9-5 in conference play. I think we would all say this was ugly today. We weren't the B8 Champs, hell we didn't even win the B8 tourney.

But we won the NC. Anything is possible. But who'da thunk this team would do what they did against the odds then?

@Jayballer54 How about the coaching of Tad Boyle? ASU and then Zona...WOW