They're shooting their 7th FT, and we've shot 2

Braun came up short because he got bodied

@Crimsonorblue22 We have 1 TO

@FarmerJayhawk He got bodied more than the oil heel did by Braun

Phirst phantom phoul

@Jethro Thought it looked more like a Randy the macho man savage in some old school wrestling bout!

Harris, come on. We've got them on the ropes. Don't make dumb passes.

83-79 is always my guess for the score.

Great post Dragon. You forgot the coach. Give him some advice!

@nwhawkfan Well why aren't you at the game then? :)

I wisely chose a movie to show today. Showing it for 3rd time, kids are happy, I'm happy. Tomorrow 2nd part of movie, we lose, I can mope around while they watch, win, I can relive the great moments.

Winning it all in 88 was one of the great moments in my life. I was a senior at KU. NOTHING will top that for me anyways. So every year they lose in the dance, I'm like, well I got 88! But I want other fans, particularly those at KU now to have the same great memories. So I'll take another Natty tonight.

I am.

@Bosthawk Thanks, it wasn't my best effort to be honest, but just trying to keep it light!

They asked me to speak to the team, but I told them, "nope, thanks, but I gots to go teach those children."

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@tulsajhwk said in Jay Wrong Game Thread:

Game of what century???? Not even close. I’d take the NC from the only FF with 4 1’s!!!

The media game of the century, forgot my sarcasm font.

8 fouls against our team was amazing. We rarely finish a half with that few number of fouls. The defense we've been playing has been outstanding in this tournament. There were many shots defended at the rim that looked like automatic 2 points and we affected them just enough.

UNC played their huge game yesterday. That makes me hope they don't recover from the energy spent doing so.

I looked at our tournament history against them and it's really good. Loss in 57 of course, win in 91, loss in 93, and then 3 more wins, so 4-2 with a 3 game win streak. We had the famous beatdown in 2008 which means nothing, but makes me nervous because the FF beatdown of Marquette in 03 and of UNC in 08 were followed by the Syracuse disaster and the Memphis disaster that of course was saved miraculously.

Our team can score the basketball, but so can theirs. I think the difference becomes that we have enough ability to stop them from scoring that it tips the balance in our favor. We're due for a championship says no one except Jayhawk fans. UNC's 2 since we won removes some of the pressure from them I suppose and increases it a little for us.

All this to say I think we win, but I also wouldn't be surprised if we didn't, and to be honest, after watching this team a month ago losing to TCU, barely beating them a few days later, losing to Baylor in ugly fashion I wasn't that optimistic even after the conference tournament.

Saw Kentucky fans on several twitter posts saying they beat both NC game participants. Give them a trophy. I know if my team lost to St. Peters I wouldn't be bragging about anything on FF weekend. A year ago we beat the NC Baylor during the regular season but I know after USC beat us badly there weren't any of us bragging on twitter about beating Baylor.

Adam Millers mom once told me he likes Kansas. He sat out the season after a knee injury for LSU and is now in the portal.

Stub hub showing 33 dollar tickets for Monday night.

"Seth Greenberg hopes Coach K is able to get past his losses to UNC and realize how impactful his career was."

I wonder what the data is on rookie coaches in national championship games?

@DanR I put that on the other thread, but I heard that comment too!

@tulsajhwk That's my hope. UNC just peaked in the game of the century and they'll be wiped out.

"this might be the last time coach K ever huddles with his team" oh booohhh whoooooo.

I guess when @kuballin10 said he's eating crow the other day that he was giving Self his due. Didn't read the whole thread. If he behaved willing to let bygones be bygones and let him help cheer us on to the victory Monday night.

Big 12 3 tournaments in a row with a championship game participant

In startling news the broadcast is being widely panned for not cutting to all K all the time after we comfortably led by 19. Exec from ESPN was quoted “oh for sure We would have cut away and got Merica the story they wanted to see”.

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@approxinfinity said in Jay Wrong Game Thread:

OVA NOVA!

PHOF!!!!

I’m wearing my 88 championship t shirt but not in public because it doesn’t really fit

Everyone’s favorite announcer Fran has a son on the Villanova team. He’s the video coordinator

@mayjay bummer

@RockChalkinTexas is that the Kansas centric one?

What channel is the Kansas broadcast on?

That was a writeup from 2018

@Zabudda said in Let the slobberfest begin:

@wissox

Lol. Like a child desperately seeking approval.

I don't know what that means.

Sportscenter opening, "The wait is almost over, Duke-UNC tonight" See @mayjay they do hate us!!

@Bosthawk Kind of tough to read.

Kansas coach Bill Self knows he’s not supposed to have favorites. But on this year’s team ... well, it’s tough. Mostly because point guard Dajuan Harris is on the roster. “My guys would tell you that Juan’s kind of my favorite, even though I don’t think that,” Self said with a smile. “But the way that I react to him sometimes is a little different than how I react to everybody else.” TOP VIDEOS WATCH MORE × NBA Next Game - Chicago Bulls There are some good reasons for that. Harris cares about the team more than himself, Self says, and things always seem to go better for the Jayhawks when he’s on the floor because of his basketball IQ and feel for the game. The coach also believes thin players often aren’t seen as fierce — and that’s not true with the 6-foot-1, 170-pound Harris. “He’s as tough as anybody on our team,” Self said. It goes deeper than basketball, though. And this is where Self becomes a bit emotional. Harris hasn’t had an easy go of things during his 21 years. “I’ve always been — and I think most coaches are — have always unintentionally shown favor to those that go through more than most to get to where they’re at,” Self said. “And there’s no question that he’s had more hardship than anybody else has in our program presently.” Tragedy followed Harris to KU. But it also hasn’t deterred him. Find more sports news, plus coverage from Sports Illustrated. READ MORE Harris recently lost a parent. And a brother. And as he directs these Jayhawks into the NCAA men’s Final Four ahead of Saturday’s game against Villanova, he’ll do so not only as an inspiration to his hometown. But also to some family members behind KU’s bench — the ones he continues to lift up daily. “The situations he’s been through certainly far exceeds what anybody his age or let alone in a lifetime should have to go through. So I totally respect how he’s handled it,” Self said. “And that’s why I tell him all time, ‘All good that comes to you, you deserve.’” KU’s Dajuan Harris, left, managed to get this one-handed reverse layup to fall during the second half of the NCAA Midwest Regional championship game Sunday at the United Center in Chicago. KU beat Miami 76-50 to advance to the Final Four. Rich Sugg RSUGG@KCSTAR.COM ‘THAT’S WHO I PLAY FOR EVERY DAY, EVERY GAME’ A few steps outside KU’s locker room, Dajuan Harris is wearing a new Final Four hat but still processing what’s just taken place. It’s about an hour after KU’s 76-50 victory over Miami (Florida) — one that pushed the Jayhawks to their 16th Final Four — and Harris’ last few minutes have been a blur. Family photos at mid-court of the United Center. Arms wrapped around mom and sisters with big smiles. Blue and red confetti under their feet. “We never thought we would be here,” Harris said. “I never thought that I’d be here.” Given his backstory, it’s an improbable journey for sure. Harris says if he didn’t like playing basketball, he’d probably be somewhere on the streets right now like his other friends who didn’t play sports. That wasn’t his path, though. “I just wanted to be a leader instead of falling behind other people,” Harris said. “I just wanted to stay focused.” And he’s done that while persevering through trying circumstances. Harris’ father — Dajuan Sr. — was in and out of his life from a young age. Part of that followed Dajuan Sr.’s arrest following his involvement with Columbia’s Cut Throats gang, a group indicted by a Missouri federal grand jury on charges of drug-trafficking conspiracies and involvement with drive-by shootings and firearms violations. Harris worked to build a relationship with his father after he was released from prison. One of his fondest memories came in high school when Dajuan Sr. traveled to Columbia’s ARC rec center, knowing his son would be hooping there. The two played one-on-one. “I beat him,” Harris said with a smile. It would be one of their few times left together. Dajuan Sr. died in October 2017 at age 34, with Harris only saying now that the reason for his passing was “something that came out of nowhere.” “I don’t even be trying to think about none of that stuff,” he said. “To this day, I still don’t really know the real story of what happened.” Harris has kept his father’s memory, though, starting with the fact that “Harris Jr.” appears on the back of his KU jersey. “That’s important to me. That’s who I play for every day, every game,” he said. “So if I come out, I know he’s probably watching me, so I just be trying to play for him.” It’s not the only angel that Harris believes is with him. In October 2019, Harris’ 13-year-old brother, Dajion, was killed in the family’s house. According to a probable cause statement obtained by the Columbia Tribune, 19-year-old Cameron White told police he and Dajion were high and playing with guns when Dajion said to shoot him. “And I just did, like that, and the gun just shot him, and I shot him in the head and he dead,” White told police, according to The Columbia Tribune. White later pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter while facing 10 years in prison. Harris, then a redshirt freshman at KU, went back to Columbia to be with his mother, Demetria Roland, and four other siblings. Meanwhile, KU guard Christian Braun’s mother Lisa — she’d taken Dajuan into her home during his summer AAU playing days — was in Lake of the Ozarks when she received a call from Self to see if she’d be willing to drive to Columbia to be there for Harris and his family. She left immediately. What Lisa Braun saw from Harris that night continued what she’d come to expect from him over time. A rock for his family during crisis. And an unwavering spirit who kept sight of the goals he’d placed for himself ahead. “A lot of kids could have really gone off the cliff, going through those kinds of experiences,” she said. “And he didn’t.” And basketball — like always — was what kept Harris moving forward. A RECRUITING PITCH TO KU Mokan AAU coach Drew Molitoris says most kids that come through his program have a similar background. They have natural talent, but they also are aided by instruction from training camps or individual shooting instructors. That makes Harris unique. “Dajuan, he’s never done any of that stuff,” Molitoris said. “His game has been developed by playing.” Specifically, at ARC — the recreation center in Columbia. Harris began going there from an early age, taking on his uncles and kids older and bigger than him. He also developed his competitive spirit there, as the only way to stay on the court was to keep winning. So Harris found habits to ensure his teams played their best. He used quick hands to slap away steals. He was creative with passes and played stronger than his size. It was just the start of Harris’ association with successful teams. He joined Kansas City’s Mokan starting in sixth grade, staying with the Brauns over the next few summers while bunking with Christian on a trundle bed in his room. Christian had a Nerf hoop on the top of his door, and Lisa remembers the two using socks, wadded-up paper — whatever they could find — to shoot baskets in the room. The 2014 Mokan seventh grade team included Christian Braun (far left), Dajuan Harris Jr. (third from left in red headband) and Isiaih Mosley (sixth from left in black headband). The two would jump around playing basketball inside before Lisa would yell for them to stop. Shortly after, the noise would be muffled a bit, as Lisa figured out the boys had switched to playing basketball on their knees to avoid shaking the house. Over time, Dajuan grew to be part of the family. So much so that when Self would talk to Lisa after Christian committed to play at KU, she often wanted to talk about Harris instead; that included one year at the Peach Jam Tournament, where Lisa said she pleaded with Self to give Harris a more extended look. The KU coach did that day. And shortly after Harris’ team won the Peach Jam title, he committed to play for the Jayhawks. “I always (tell Self), ‘Hey, you’re welcome for that,’” Lisa Braun said with a laugh. She played college basketball at Missouri and believed her eyes when watching Harris. She was always amazed by his quick reactions and also his basketball intelligence. Molitoris, meanwhile, saw a player who always seemed to save his best for the do-or-die moments late in tournaments — while also coming through unconventionally. “It’s rare for somebody to be able to impact the game at a high level on offense and defense if you’re not a scorer or a physical presence. And he’s neither of those,” Molitoris said. “But he’s always been somebody that gets everything going offensively because he keeps the ball moving and gets people open looks.” This seemingly has been a reason his teams keep winning. Harris guided his Columbia Rock Bridge team to a Missouri high school state championship in 2019, and as a starter at KU, his record is 32-7. “I would never bet against Dajuan,” Molitoris said, “in any situation.” With that thought in mind, Molitoris is making the drive to New Orleans this weekend. Along with a few passengers ready to see what’s next for Harris. KU’s Dajuan Harris hit this runner of the glass over Texas Southern’s Brison Gresham during the first half of a first round NCAA Tournament game in Fort Worth. KU beat Texas Southern 83-56. Rich Sugg RSUGG@KCSTAR.COM ‘NOW I’M HERE’ AT THE FINAL FOUR Demetria Roland’s first time watching KU play outside of Allen Fieldhouse was at the United Center in Chicago last week. And she said she wouldn’t soon forget it. “He had a rough life, you know what I’m saying, coming up,” Roland said of Harris. “So I’m proud of him.” Now, Roland is looking to take in this adventure with him for as long as she can. With some other family members, Roland has made plans to come to New Orleans this week to cheer on her oldest son — and also her motivation. Roland was also in and out of Harris’ life growing up while she was incarcerated; Harris’ grandmother took Harris and his siblings in then. Harris, though, is enjoying Roland’s support now, which has included postgame celebration photos on the court after KU’s Elite Eight win. Kansas guard Dajuan Harris poses for photos on the United Center court with mother Demetria Roland, left, and other family members following KU’s 76-50 victory over Miami in Chicago. The win advanced the Jayhawks to the Final Four. Jesse Newell JNEWELL@KCSTAR.COM “My mom got out (of jail). She did the best she can,” Harris said. “Now she’s here, trying to make it for her, my grandma, my sisters and my other brother.” Roland laughs when saying she’s starting to coach Harris some as well. After games, she’ll tell him, “Start shooting more.” After all, she knows he can be good at that skill when he tries. Harris’ response? “Mama, I’ve got to listen to the coach.” “He’s a good kid,” Roland said. It’s far from the only family watching Harris at the Final Four. Some will be paying attention from afar, as when Harris posts KU videos on his Facebook page, the responses come from all over. “Man the whole family rooting for you, even the ones who might not even tell you,” one says. “You have represented Columbia well,” adds another. “He is a true symbol of hope to all young kids,” an uncle adds. A few recent honors are noteworthy as well. Harris won a Black Excellence award from his hometown in December for best male athlete, and the last two seasons, he’s earned Academic All-Big 12 first-team status while posting a grade-point average above 3.2. This after Harris’ grades were so poor in high school that he was forced into an initial redshirt season at KU to focus on academics. “He had life experiences where he could’ve chosen the wrong path. He could’ve gone one of two directions,” Lisa Braun said. “He could have gone nowhere or be something of himself, and he chose to use his skill and his talents to the best of his ability and create his opportunities.” She will also be in New Orleans, and over time, Harris has called her “Mama Lis.” The title is appropriate. Lisa Braun says she’s just as pleased for Harris as her own sons. “It makes me so happy to see him happy and excited and go in the right direction,” she said. “And I think he’s just in awe of what he’s doing and where he’s at.” Self also will be there — the man who admits that his connection with Harris has become more profound than he first anticipated because of the circumstances. “He deserves,” Self said, “whatever the best life has to offer right now.” For this week, that’s the Final Four. Harris will play for those still here and also two who aren’t. Through it all, he says he’ll remain grateful for what he has. And also the school — and coach — who gave him the chance to prove he could make it this far. “Now I’m here,” Harris said, “having the best time of my life.” This story was originally published April 1, 2022 9:46 AM. 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@mayjay Like my grandfather, we don't like to let the facts ruin a good story!

I coach soccer at my Junior Hi and nearly all the kids are from Mexico. They didn't watch US-Costa Rica that night, they watched Mexico-El Salvador.

There was a time I proudly wore a Duke shirt. My grandfather lived in the triangle area and when grandma got sick she was treated at Duke hospital where eventually she passed. Grandpa spent a lot of time in the cafeteria during those long days and got to know a worker there by the name of James Worthy. He never let the facts get in the way of a good story so there's no way to verify this 'friendship' now. Anyways when KU played Duke in 91 he made a bet with me that the loser would have to wear the T-shirt of the other team. Well I wore that shirt proudly as I loved my Grandfather, but would never make such a foolish wager now!

@Jethro Oh, that's good, obviously I missed it. I recorded the Miami game and watched the 2nd half again when I got home! Watched us beat Memphis the other day. What great memories that was!

CBSSports channel is showing back to back to back Duke ncaa games tonight.

@RockChalkinTexas I know these things are subjective, but when you realize Wisconsin has won more games in the BIG than any other team since the turn of the century, they maybe need to replace Indiana on that list. MSU has gotten to the FF enough that they probably would be on the cusp.

And, drumroll please......Where's Iowa? Hilarious, not even considered a good program.

Missouri? They should have a life support row and put them there.

Silo Tech? See Missouri.

When a Democrat and a Republican can agree on something it really must be something worth agreeing about!

@mayjay @KUSTEVE I recall it was Danny who told the guys on the floor at the tip that they were going to run.

Billy Tubbs and Guy Lewis would both be national champs if they'd coached better. Lewis because pre shot clock they stalled and it let NCState get back into the game. Tubbs guys were gassed because he didn't use his bench except 1 guy for 5 minutes. Meanwhile our bench went 5 deep and we were fresh and energetic all game.

@RockChalkinTexas I'd do it anytime! Glad to have had the experience.

@mayjay He's such a polarizing figure this is a lot different. What kind of galls me is that the sports talking heads don't seem to realize or care how many people dislike the man. So when they talk about him being great and all that many of us just think, 'he's a jerk'.

As a KU fan, that game in Dallas in 1986 had his grimy paws all over it. Don't know how he does it but when one of the great teams in KU history is whistled 26 times to 14 for Duke, something is up. Heck Danny and Dreiling had as many fouls as the entire starting lineup of Duke. I don't want to go back and watch that travesty to investigate every call, but that's not a normal pattern for calling a game. We had 3 starters foul out, they had no one with 4 even. Danny goes 2-9 and didn't shoot one FT. Duke shoots 30 and we shot 12.

Let's talk about the Christian Laettner shot. I assume quite a few people believe it was for the national championship. It wasn't. It was an elite 8 game. Was his shot better than Mario's? Or better than Reynolds or Keith Smarts, or Scotty Thurmonds? Not close. Heck, the guy from Virginia made a miracle shot in an elite 8 game that helped Bennett win his Natty a few years back, but no one will ever talk about that moment.

Let's not forget Zion. He and his mom wanted a house if he came to KU. We were the front runners for him if my memory serves correct. When we said sorry, no house he ends up at Duke and from what I understand she moved to Durham and lived in a very nice place. Where's the investigation Dukes way?

I really can't stand the guy and the 2015 national championship didn't help any either. Wisconsin up by 10 early in the 2nd half and K calls time and talks to the refs during the timeout. Now maybe they were talking about the 2016 election, or Obamacare, or whatever or maybe they talked about something that led to a huge turnaround and the infamous inJustice Winslow stepping out of bounds before scoring and getting fouled, or the tipped ball all of America saw except the replay officials who rewarded Duke with a possession they didn't deserve.

So I don't think it's a huge story, or at least the way the media portrays it. It's a story of scandal and intrigue that most Americans want no part of.

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Bo hated Brad Davison and took it on himself to try to make Brad's life miserable. Brad is a victim of unwarranted hatred in this country I believe. He's a hard nosed guy who will take contact craftily. And Bo's vendetta against him was clear and evident.