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Made For March

bskeet — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:47:26 GMT

I've watched it. It's well done. I think CBS/Paramount picked these programs to follow based on their likelihood of making a deep run in march. WRT KU, not a whole lot was new for me, but it was interesting to see some behind the scenes. The documentary picked a player from each program to shadow and that was Darren P for KU and Yaxle L for Michigan. I felt there was striking contrast between these two players-- Yaxel allowed a great deal of transparency and access to his family, while Darren seemed guarded and less personable, with no reference to his family. There was also some interesting parallels / differences between Self and May. Worth a watch. Last episode drops April 18. Will feature post-season, which should be a rollicking fun ride for Wolverine fans.

KU ROSTER 2026-27

BShark — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:43:30 GMT

@approxinfinity said in KU ROSTER 2026-27: https://basketball.realgm.com/ncaa/conferences/atlantic-10-conference/10/vcu/126/nba-players Dont sleep on VCU, end up like the twins. VCU had a better guard room than us last year. KU had the best individual player but he was out half the time and our back end was terrible.

Not a Completely Disappointing Tournament!

wissox83 — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:18:59 GMT

@stoptheflop On the other hand what else could Ayers say? If he says "yes he headbutted me but in the moment I decided to overlook it". Imagine the firestorm that would have caused. So he was saving face by saying I don't know what you're talking about.

Mario's shot

wissox83 — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 04:16:57 GMT

@Texas-Hawk-10 I know we're picking hairs here, but a shot where the other team has to throw it from almost full court to win is a buzzer beater. And we lose if he misses. It was epic but somehow a quarterfinal shot like Laettners gets venerated as some sort of shot from the gods and Marios gets people saying well because it wasn't this or that it's not "as high up...." Bull biscuits. Horsehockey. Mule Muffins! Marios and Keith Smarts and Lorenzo Charles are the only true epic buzzer beaters in NCAA tournament history.

What I want next season

bskeet — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:08:14 GMT

Ignorant/Stupid question: Is it not allowed to establish a buyout on a player's contract so if another program wants a player, they not only have to pay the athlete, but also have to pay a buyout to the program? For example, the buyout could be $500k if they leave after 1 year and $1m if after 2 years. Some sort of structure so the program gets some compensation for the investment it puts into the athlete that is simply transported to the other program... Right now, only the player gets compensated.

INDIANA. UCLA. LOUISVILLE. AND.......

wissox83 — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:19:53 GMT

The most important thing is winning in March, well and in April. But a season can be enjoyable even without the end of season success. I love watching KU play basketball. I love being other teams super bowl. Frankly we are that to just about every team that plays us. The only team that can talk any smack about us right now in the league is Baylor, and maybe Houston a recent runner up. Arizona hasn't been to an elite 8 since 2015, final 4 since 2001. Yes they could break that embarrassing streak of no FF's this year. We're crying because we haven't been there since 2022? Iowa St? Laughable to hear their pitiful fans talk smack on us. They've not earned the right because, well they've been waiting since 1944 when my 89 year old mom was 8 years old to play in a final four! BYWho? They're a midmajor that's been to 3 elite 8's. Texas Tech at least has a recent proud achievement with their national runner up in 2019. So I'm still darn tooting pleased to be cheering on the crimson and blue. We've still got lots of great stuff going on. Jump back on board Mr Nuleaf!

Season in review: the players

kjayhawks2.0 — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 05:34:07 GMT

@bskeet the only road we got that I want like holy smokes was in 2022. I’d rather been a 9 seed like Iowa than us as a 4 with the games we got.

Money next year

bskeet — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 01:39:02 GMT

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/48298106/ncaa-tournament-kansas-kentucky-north-carolina-coaching-struggles

Kansas vs St Johns

kjayhawks2.0 — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 15:03:16 GMT

@FarmerJayhawk said in Kansas vs St Johns: Man it hurts to see Marko has broken up as he was after the game. Say what you want about his game, but he really, really cares and loves being a Jayhawk. For sure I get on these guys fairly often but there is a difference between pointing out a bad play and hating a player for mistakes on the court. I loved KJ and Juan as people just don’t believe they should’ve ever been starting for the KU basketball team.

Reseeding the big dance by most famous alum

wissox83 — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:01:44 GMT

@patoh3 Oh if I'd known you were I'd have included you! @texas-hawk-10 Because The people doesn't beat the Chiefs coach, Wisconsins famous architect and the greatest coach ever!

Bill Self

kjayhawks2.0 — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 19:15:28 GMT

Is Case is the one doing the portal scouting I hope and pray he leaves. I’ll give him some credit with Tre and Melvin. The problem is we don’t need a shooter, you need a minimum of two IMO. Tre was much improved in that department but really struggled going 2-15 in the post season.

Selection Sunday + Bracket Challenge

approxinfinity — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 13:10:38 GMT

@FarmerJayhawk haha nice! Well done! Gonna have to pay more attention to Dusty May.

KU VS Houston Game Chat

Tallturd1 — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:52:08 GMT

I kept thinking all year Dawson would start hitting but he was not even online with his shots.

Coaching Changes

Texas Hawk 10 — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:44:00 GMT

North Carolina has hired former Denver Nuggets head coach Mike Malone as their next head coach.

Big12 Tournament games. KU at 8:30

approxinfinity — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 20:01:28 GMT

Ah someone created another chat. I can close thid one.

Why Might We Flourish In The Big Dance

approxinfinity — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 23:47:39 GMT

@kjayhawks2.0 i get the reasons re: NIL, but the fact that this is an us problem and not an everyone problem makes it pretty clear Self will be on his way out, and hiring a players coach is the only path forward to success.

Flory and Council win Big-12 honors

ROCKCHALK2025 — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 21:30:19 GMT

@kjayhawks2.0 I thought it should of been Toppin for sure. he played enough of the year and posted reall great numbers

Saving College Sports!

MR11 — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 04:05:47 GMT

Anything done with an EO is worthless here. The court rulings are driving the NCAA currently, so any changes to those rulings would need to come from laws passed by congress, not EOs.

KState Game

kjayhawks2.0 — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:32:15 GMT

@benshawks08 yes I said this on the ASU game chat, hate to say it but the officiating will be a huge factor in March. If the crew has the guts to call the game right like Saturday or do they repeat Tuesday. All they would’ve had to do was call a couple early holds then the defense knows that doesn’t fly.

KU @ Arizona St 8pm CT

bskeet — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 10:04:09 GMT

@kjayhawks2.0 said in KU @ Arizona St 8pm CT: we had 21 offensive rebounds and 4 second chance points. Wow! Yep. This defined the game and it's stunning. If you look at this team's record with these remarkably anomalistic, highly improbable and statistically aberrational numbers, you might be tempted to throw a couple of these losses out. They are pretty good if you take away the weirdness. Or is it weirdness? What is the norm? It's just hard to know whether this team can still gel and harden and normalize into its full potential at this point.

Ugh. I went onto Facebook and was instantly reminded why I don't go onto Facebook

FarmerJayhawk — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 01:40:59 GMT

A true-ism in today’s economy. When the product is free the product is you.

At Arizona

kjayhawks2.0 — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 15:15:42 GMT

I think you could circle a lot things in this one that were an issue. My main concern as it has been most the season is the rebounding. The refs were garbage and it’s starting to become major news across the country right now because what is a foul or a traveling one game is not in another. Sometimes which end it is on is completely different, they could’ve very easily called at least another 10 fouls on Arizona with how tight the whistle was for them. You guys and gals know I’ve always said professional sports in this country are rigged. I’m starting to wonder if college isn’t the same. It literally looked like KU cut it to 2 and the refs got a page or text reminding them of the spread. I think they should press have conferences after the game for officials. I mean how many of us can repeatedly do our job wrong or not all without having repercussions? The guy cleaning the ice machine at McDonald’s gets written up for forgetting to do it but officials at the second highest level of sports in this country making 6 figures have to answer to nobody.

FINAL: Tracking the B12 Top teams to the End of Regular Season

bskeet — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 05:50:51 GMT

@DCHawker Agree regarding BYU. Maybe I should call that group "too close for comfort".. or "when the music stops, will be looking for a chair"

Secret Strategy to help us win another Nattie!

drgnslayr — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 21:25:08 GMT

Okay... I know what you are thinking... drgnslayr is back to hammer down the need for a "chip" moving forward. And, of course, you aren't wrong!

But I'm going to add to my obvious perspective.

We now know we can beat any team in America. We also know we can lose to any team in America. What is the deciding factor? I think most of you now get it. It's all about defense! We shut down Houston, and then besides Tre, no other player had a big offensive night.

Even with Flory in the paint, we are capable of getting pounded in the paint. That still doesn't usually measure up to losing a game. Most of the time, we get beat from the 3s. We are capable of losing, even when our defense isn't too bad on the perimeter.

Last night, I watched the play where Mel took off on a fastbreak at full speed, then he hit the breaks for an almost flat-footed dunk. That gave me an idea, once I meshed what he did with what Houston does constantly... half of their offensive boards are not rebounds as much as they are spiking the ball out to the perimeter.

Have any of you played ball on the perimeter? Do you know how hard it is to focus on netting 3s when you also have to worry about your guy taking off on a fastbreak?

It doesn't seem like we truly utilize the speed Melvin possesses. What if we spiked or tossed him a few touchdown passes for runouts every game? Not only can we pickup some easy baskets... we should make teams think about it throughout the game. I bet we can bring down opposing teams' 3-pt %s considerably, if we play to this strategy. We don't have to use it constantly. But we should keep sending Mel throughout the game so teams think about it.

Self mentioned last night that we are far from reaching the ceiling of this team. Doesn't some of that ceiling involve the potential of using Mel's speed? I'd throw DP's speed in this, too.

And when Flory is out on the perimeter defending? Send him once in a while! He has great speed!

What our guys need to know... sometimes it's smart to charge after a 3-pt shooter like you are going for an aggressive block, when really you are starting to run by him on your way towards a fastbreak!

If you study our defense carefully... you will find that the biggest factor in making us have a great defense is having Flory. It's not just that he swats some balls. It's that he gets into the heads of the teams we play. This was definitely the case against Houston!

Why can't we sometimes run the fastbreak to add one more thing to put in teams' heads? Why won't it work?