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  THE STELLA AZZURA FIGHTING FANNY PINCHERS - WEDS - AUG 2 - 11:30 AM - FLO-PRO
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  @wrwlumpy You outdid yourself this time!!! And those other non-bombshell pictures of italy arent bad either !
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  We Need a Title
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  @HawkChamp We will see the Devonte we’re used to seeing next year. I think Jaybate is right - the kid was playing injured. We get the warrior back this year- the fierce competitor that outplayed Buddy Hield in that glorious game. Devonte’s performance in that game impressed Marcus Garrett so much, he mentioned it as one of the reasons Devonte was his favorite player. Everyone seems to be selling DG short, but I’m not. There is a reason he is my favorite player. There is twisted steel behind that smile.
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  Our Boys
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  The big guy (or gal for that matter) alway gets the crap beat out of them and then they get whistled for the touch fouls. It is completly unfair and Udunka better get ready for how he will handle it. Not much of a load to handle if he is always on the bench with 3 whistles in 2 min.
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  Some Reasons Why a Mid Major Graduate Transfer Might Decide Not to Attend KU
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  @jaybate-1.0 Here is a couple: Whitman shaved and couldn’t get by the new dorm facial recognition software. Missed practice for “Game of Thrones”. Ivy league played on 9 foot goals. T.J. Whatley called and wanted his face back.
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  Is This the Year for 5 Out When Udunka Is Chilling with Fouls?
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  @jaybate-1.0 What happened to the hi-lo? Did it go when Doko takes a blow, so we gotta shoot from down below? The 5 out…give me a few to wrap my head around the idea.
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  Vick and Udoka to Under Armour camp.
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  Our boys in Summer Leauge
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  @Crimsonorblue22 The Purple and Black team with a number of good former K-State players also made it to the final 16 and plays at 1:00 PM CST.
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  On the topic of defense, this year's team, and championships
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  KUSTEVE said: @DoubleDD We aren’t going to be running the 4 out/1 in very often, imo. That will tremendously help our defense. Having a 7 footer at the rim helps as well. To believe that a Bill Self team is not going to compete defensively after a bad defensive year is complete, utter hogwash. Agreed. If Doke can find a way to stay on the court for 26-30 minutes a game its going to be a huge help in the middle. I hope that his time off with the injury made him more cerebral to his importance on the court. He’ll be in the top 5 in blocks in the Big-12 and maybe just as important alter a ton of others. We know teams didn’t shy away from driving to the hoop because there wasn’t the resistance teams are used to seeing from the Hawks. Now teams will have to find ways to score over more length and size which I think will lower shooting %'s for opposing teams as they either shoot more jump shots that are a lower % shot or get their shot erased at the rim.
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  Putting pressure on the current Jayhawks
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  @Texas-Hawk-10 We had no options than shooting 3s, and Frank and JJ driving to the hoop. That’s all we had. Throw the ball into LL, and you get the double clutch, the slow motion gathering himself, and most times, a missed shot. We had a huge hole in the middle. Our front line couldn’t score in the paint*(unless we drove it), and we couldn’t defend the rim. You reference our big 3 (Chalmers,RR, Rush)from 2008 on the perimeter, and one of the reasons they were able to play the passing lanes, and create so much havoc on the perimeter was they had two very good bigs behind them to protect the rim. We are adding two very large bodies down low. Those additions should allow our perimeter guys to play tighter. Will they be as good as 2008? No. But, we will be better than last year, imo.
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  End of easy 1 seeds for KU???
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  KU usually has a nice non-con schedule, but how many of the good teams are true road games? They are almost exclusively neutral court or at Allen Fieldhouse. I’d like to see KU play more hard road non-con games. Bill is clearly comfortable playing on the road in conference and needs to go outside of his comfort zone. I think putting the team and Bill in more difficult environments will help prepare for the elite eight better. Like in 2011, that team came back so often there was no room for a pucker factor in the elite eight.
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  Two Senior Jayhawks make ESPN best Combo List.
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  The FIFA basketballs look like Nerf toys.
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  A couple of things
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  BeddieKU23 said: Zion plans to take an official visit to KU. There was an article about him in our SC capital city rag, The State Newspaper, re how he might decide early. Mentions his trips (unscheduled as yet) to Az, UCLA, and KU will be official trip because the distance is so far (meaning they pay his way). His visits with UnivSouthCarolina, UNC, and Duke can all be done unofficially, I guess, but I think his contacts with team personnel are limited on those. http://www.thestate.com/sports/high-school/prep-basketball/article161191103.html Note: Just like KCStar, you will have to eventually clear your cookies to read articles after I don’t know how many. Chances are you won’t be reading lots of The State articles unless Zion gets really interesting for us this coming year.
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  Will any PERIMETER STARTER in D1 average 60% from Trey for a season?
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  Unlikely to happen. The highest season % in colleges is 56% and that happened only once, the second highest is just over 53% which is also the highest season % ever in the NBA. Statistically speaking, each additional % point is considerably more difficult and getting to 60% is highly unlikely. Is it possible? Of course, any thing is possible. Is it probable? No.
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  When was the last season KU had a lottery pick at point guard?
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  Can we put the KU versus MU rivalry to bed?
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  KUSTEVE said: The whole point of this manipulation is to call Coach Self a hypocrite. I don’t think HEM gives a rat’s ass about playing Misery- he just wants to run down the coach, and stir people up. I guess the next subject will be our failures in the tournament- oh wait…you already covered that, didn’t you? This is not the quality posting that has come from the HEM handle through the years. This is almost Jekyll & Hyde different now. Many concur he’s just trying to stir a pot. Who cares about that type of “contribution?” IMO just another condescending whiner so let him run off his yap & get his strokes if it floats the boat. Maybe he’s flipped his wig & will just start arguing with himself… Whatever, dude needs another hobby & a constructive one at that. Outta here. … the fish await.
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  Self says KU could lose 6 players from this years team
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  I need to see Doke healthy before I can say where he falls. Not sure Preston is OAD, but if he plays to his ability he is gone. I see him kind of like Ivan Rabb from Cal - OAD potential, but probably plays two years. Newman is almost certainly gone unless he plays poorly or gets hurt (knock on wood). Vick is really the wildcard. I think he could leave if he has a big year, but him leaving assumes a pretty big leap (becoming a 14-15 ppg scorer, or being a very well rounded player while averaging 12ish ppg).
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  Svi's Summer Schedule
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  Links to watch the games are up now on the link that I provided in the original post. All games will be broadcasted on Youtube like last year.
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  Is true forward Billy Preston signing proof that Self will start being able regularly to sign D.C. grade true forwards, or random chance?
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  Academic concerns likely helped too. I still don’t understand how he is eligible. Oak Hill miracle I guess.
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  When was the last season KU had the most highly drafted true power forward in the country?
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  and 2011 Top TWO in this country, if you don’t count the Czech guy