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  No coasting.
  basketball kansas jayhawks postgame iowa state cycl • • DoubleDD  

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  @justanotherfan For the most part, I agree. We’ve been playing a “sagging M2M.” It’s about 5% better than a sagging zone. Our guards come closer to the paint, leaving the outside shooter WIDE OPEN! This place where they go… near the paint is truly “no man’s land” (dead zone) because their only possible “help” here is to snag a defensive board. I know most everyone in here is familiar with “musical chairs.” We had a guarding drill called “musical chairs.” Instead of being in the right spot when the music stops you had to be in the right spot when the shot went up. Anyone caught in “no man’s land” better be able to substantiate their reasons for being there. If a player is going to offer weak side help, then friggin’ help! Don’t go through the motions and be caught in a dead zone when the shot goes up. All of our guards are guilty. None of our guards would make it through a practice drill of “musical chairs” without getting called out and forced to comply. Here is another one of my peaves… When a ball handler drives the baseline and you are on the other side of the goal… you just stand there while the player goes under the basket and out of bounds but right before that he passes to the corner for a WIDE OPEN trey. The first thought that should be going on in the head of these players just being spectators instead of defenders is… “where is this player going to throw the ball?” We should have 3 or 4 steals per game just realizing this. But… chances are the player is standing in the dead zone, just watching the game played and then reacts late to the ball going out to the corner by making it look like he is defending the shot. Bull snit! If you are a defender and not right at the basket preparing to defend the goal from a driver going through, you better be prepared for his outlet pass. This is like stealing candy from a baby.
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  Frank screwed
  basketball kansas jayhawks bifm frank mason • • Crimsonorblue22  

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  What we have to realize is that these calls are not going to go our way on the road. Is it so different for other teams on the road? Doubtful. We just have to do what we did last night… suck it up and keep playing hard. Adjust to the garbage officiating and continue on for the win. We proved last night that we can still leave a farmer barn with a win… even if we have to play against the refs, too… and the fans… and a few sheep. I think it is hilarious that Bruce thinks they “kicked our butts.” We will take that kind of butt-kicking anytime. I hope we get our butts kicked 6 times in March! What a joker.
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  Let's Get Ready To Roundballllllllllll.....
  basketball kansas jayhawks live game chat kansas state wi • • drgnslayr  

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  @Crimsonorblue22 Thanks just saw it, not even fricking close!
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  Svi for 3
  sviatoslav kansas basketba big shot sviatoslav mykh • • BeddieKU23  

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  @BeddieKU23 LMAO - - -WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA? - - sounds like some sniffeling going on cry, cry, cry,. OH we out played hard them, we out hustled them, we out rebounded them but , but , but , but , - -YOU GOT BEAT - - -AGAIN - - -NOW WHAT? - - just like I have said multiple times Winners just win and losers just make excuses other then the real excuse, - -you got beat. - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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  Looking back
  basketball hist where are they famous people • • jayballer54  

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  @drgnslayr No, his heyday was the 70’s. I was a NJ, then Chicago kid and Milwaukee/Wisconsin was just a vacation spot. I do remember seeing him win it all, not being too impressed or anything like that. I loved him as an announcer. He was great with Billy Packer. @JayHawkFanToo @mayjay I just took his post as being a conversation starter, which he acknowledged. Back to KU basketball!
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  Today's Polls...
  basketball kansas jayhawks polls • • JayHawkFanToo  

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  @JayHawkFanToo I’ve watched a couple of Zaga games this year. I thought they look like a Top 10 team, but not quite a Top 5 team. They are respectable. Our defense doesn’t rank well… and it shouldn’t. Right now, I don’t see us being competitive in March playing this level of defense. But there is time to get it together and this team should be very good on D!
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  New Perry info
  kansas jayhawks nba past greats perry ellis • • Crimsonorblue22  

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  @Crimsonorblue22 He does look “lighter on his feet.” I think he just doesn’t have any hesitation left in his game. He may already be a bit stronger, and he’s been coached on his psyche, too. I believe he is going to make it in the league. He works too hard and is incredibly focused.
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  Court storming... and curbing your enthusiasm
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  Since we lead 76-47 (all time in Manhattan, according to wikipedia) who storms what when we win? We have more of a homecourt advantage than they do. Do we storm? Do they storm if they stay within 10 points? I don’t know what to do.
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  Questions & Contemplations about Basketball in an Apparently Rising Tide of Fakeness in the World
  kansas jayhawks fake real the world • • jaybate 1.0  

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  @stoptheflop I go to a college bb chat room, and it was recently discovered that one guy had 6 different aliases, each from a different mid-major school. He would routinely have long conversations with himself. I have deemed him Mr. Hat, and his aliases Mr. Garrison.
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  Josh Jackson
  josh jackson stud kansas basketba • • elpoyo  

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  Both would be nice. Lots of length on a team with the two of them.
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  Jayhawks in the pros
  kansas jayhawks nba pros • • wissox  

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  @JayHawkFanToo Maybe. I know he returns and plays in scrimmages at KU against current players. He could pull a Jerod Haase and help Roy Williams for a time. I think he has a fair relationship with Self and KU that he might consider coaching. He may go back to Iowa and join LaFrentz and buy up the other half of the state. We all know Dick Vitale had a man crush on him too. If anything, he stays in OKC and helps coach up the Thunder bigs.
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  Conference Race
  basketball kansas jayhawks conference race • • Hawk8086  

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  @Crimsonorblue22 Based on history, I like our chances at Waco better than Stillwater.
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  Arizona and Oregon
  basketball live game chat arizona wildcat oregon ducks • • HawkChamp  

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  @dylans Just checked and not terribly ugly. Some whiny hand wringers calling for a better coach but more of put-it-behind-us stuff like this: "▼bad, rough loss but i’d say teams like uva or kansas blowing double digit leads is worse. just put this in the rear view mirror and learn from it "▼Arizona has the worst fans in the country??? Really Greg Last time I checked McKale has been sold out forever and Arizona has not made a final four since 2001. Literally Arizona has some of the best fans in the country. If this was Duke, Kentucky, UNC, or Kansas and they just lost like that, there fan base would be saying the exact same things as many are saying. Actually probably 10 times worse. That was not a bad game, it was an AWFUL AWFUL game…and I bet you McKale will be full on Wendesday still.
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  CBSSports Showing Mason Some NBA Love (Finally!?!)
  basketball kansas jayhawks nba bifm frank mason • • CRH107  

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  @StLJhawk heard Bilas say yesterday that frank could play in at the next level. Said great things about him.
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  OKIE ST TAKING DOWN WVU
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  @ralster good points. You can definitely lose when you play great defense if you couple that with poor shooting, like Nova last year. Really, you can’t have one without the other. I would say the first half today was a good balance between the two. This team can absolutely play championship level defense, but they seem to only do it when need be. Maybe they are trying to conserve energy? I really dont know.
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  Liberace Fans--Whoddathunk it?
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  @JayHawkFanToo Yep, even the KU players thought ISU would lose. Even had em dead & buried in the 1st half…uh…oops…
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  Current mood
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  @globaljaybird ya when he gets going it’s a little vulgar but funny.
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  Vick and Josh
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  @wissox Unfortunately it does not work this way, you either toe the corporate line or you are gone. This is true for most business where you do what you are assigned to do regardless of what you think or else you find yourself unemployed…however, most corporations are not in the business of keeping people informed and having the readers’ trust.
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  Have we seen this movie before?
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  @chriz said: @kjayhawks said: Really the next 8 games we got are as tough as a run that we have had a lot of years. 3 top 10 road games as it currently sets. We will know how good we are after this stretch. I hoping we can win all of them but 6 will be fine with me but we could go .500 if we don’t play well. We always have a spot in every season when we look mediocre and this could be it. So don’t worry if a few Ls show up. Except we usually crap out against mediocre teams when we slump. I think we get 2/3 here and lose one or two stupid ones afterwards. Hate to say I called it, but…
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  ISU Game Thread
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  I watched the game on my DVR because I was out. Why didn’t anyone here warn me not to bother watching?