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Our All-American showed up today.

What a faker

@Jethro That's a pretty massive brace Mitch has on his leg. But it looks like he can move pretty well with it.

Maybe we can win a game in Texas this year.

@Texas-Hawk-10 Yes, it gets a lot more complicated when you start looking at seed lines across regions. Especially when you consider who a given team would play early, who they might play late, and where everybody plays. I was just thinking about within a region, once the seeds are set. A higher seed generally has a greater probability of advancing than a lower seed.

Over 1/3 of our points were from the line. Seems like a lot.

Even rebounds. That's huge.

Love that song. Wave the wheat1

KU ball

Old man knees

More of that, please.

Sure it nice to have a big who can make freethrows

Cheezitz

Picking up where he left off last night.

There he is.

@DanR Gueldner is funny, has a lot of snark. Usually manages to rag on Mark Randall every time.

@DanR Pregame is about a half hour, then postgame they are on again for about an hour. Includes Self taking media questions. @Crimsonorblue22 kept mentioning it, and I finally started remembering to switch over to watch before and after the game.

@DanR ESPN+

@Crimsonorblue22 I've really enjoyed Gueldner on there. Good analysis, definite opinions, pro-KU of course, but still constructively critical. Said last he had something else going on today, but I didn't know who would cover his spot.

@Crimsonorblue22 How often has Tyrel Reed been on Gameday Live?

I still like Rick Barnes. Especially when he beats Kentucky.

The higher the seed, the easier the path, so logically you would always want the highest seed. However, seeding also sets the expectation.

I'm always happiest when our performance exceeds expectations. When you're the 1 seed, you are expected to reach the Final 4. If you don't, your season is a disappointment. At least, that's the perception.

I would have been pretty happy if we had won the NCAA tournament in 2020. We had the best team, and should have won it all if the tournament hadn't been cancelled. But nothing beats the pure joy of a 6-seed advancing all the way and winning the whole thing (e.g., 1988 Danny and the miracles). Expectations were pretty low that year. We had a flawed team, and lost 3 times at home, so the run through the tournament was truly unbelievable. Winning it all when you are expected to is pretty cool, but doesn't come close to the rapturous delight from that kind of miracle run.

So I will always want to be the highest seed, but if we have a few hiccups during the season that hurt our seeding in the tournament and lowers expectations, that translates to less despair if we lose in the tourney, and greater joy when we win.

@benshawks08 Remy wants a hug!

It didn't matter, but we got beat pretty bad on the boards again, 37-26. Would have like to see that stat better in this game, where we dominated overall.

I like seeing Mike Boynton as commentator in the Big 12 tourney. Brings attention to Ok St in the post season, after they got screwed by the NCAA. Good for ESPN (I don't say that often).

But I'm ok with cocky.

@RockChalkinTexas I'm saying he bounced it off of CB's chest. Nobody saw that coming, including CB.

Remy is sure unpredictable. Even by his teammates.

Fran is surprised the refs missed a call.

@DanR Only 64% ;)

Nice acrobat.

@DanR said in TCU Triple Play Game Thread:

Mitch has one shot and that's it

As long as it goes in!

Huggy got to do some motivating at halftime.

@BeddieKU23 Good point, I missed that! Maybe that helped Self stick with his plan to rest him.

Dave played the first 4 minutes, then sat the rest of the half. I like that strategy.

@Kcmatt7 Height helps too.

@Texas-Hawk-10 Huggy got 2 technicals.

Go UNC!

First to 70 wins.

Sloppy pass, great D!

Och scores!

I want to win now. But if we win in overtime, that would be fuck over Duke and ESPN, which would be pretty nice too.

This tiny screen is bullshit.

We caught up on rebounds, now tied.

@DCHawker Inbounder hit the backboard. I don't think that was the plan.

Horrible call, defender clearly moving.

@DCHawker It's always frustrating when they have more offensive boards than we have defensive. Defense always has the advantage in position. Just have to box out.

@Texas-Hawk-10 I hope so. Otherwise, starting the game without a point guard could put us in a hole. Bad start for an important game would suck.

We've won on Senior Day 38 years in a row. That's a rather ridiculous streak. Bill said of all of those, today's game is probably the most important because of the conference implications. If we win today, we win the conference. If not, we probably don't. I hope those seniors start off well. Go Teahan!

We have 6 seniors. Self said he would start Agbaji, Teahan, McCormack and Lightfoot today because they have been here at least 4 years. Maybe flip a coin between newbies Remy and JCL for the 5th spot, although both have already participated in a Senior Day elsewhere.

I'd forgotten, but Roy had a different strategy when faced with the same dilemma.

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Cracks me up.