KU Basketball

• 

  Critiquing Florida
  • icthawkfan316  

  41
  0
  Votes
  41
  Posts
  3011
  Views

  A

  @justanotherfan Well done and thanks for the analysis.
• 

  April 4th, 1988 Discuss
  • wissoxfan83  

  34
  1
  Votes
  34
  Posts
  2402
  Views

  

  @RockChalkinTexas Thanks for posting that. My wife framed that photo for me.
• 

  Basic Bucky Badger
  • wissoxfan83  

  11
  3
  Votes
  11
  Posts
  484
  Views

  

  @drgnslayr Funny thing is I don’t appreciate cheese all that much! As for the game, it reflected the Badgers season. A team with 5 or 6 almost equal parts was on display. Others picked up the slack and we nearly defeated Kentucky with Frank scoring 8 points. As for the fouls, I didn’t like the first half especially. We lost Jackson almost immediately to one iffy call, and the same with our 6th man Hayes. Koenig picked up the slack though for Jackson, you can see why Self recruited him. I was especially fuming over a strip that Brust had later in the game. The ref who called it was screened from the action and although from his view may have thought Brust fouled him, he didn’t. The thing is with fouls, even though there were some bad calls, is that UW shot more FTs than Kentucky, the three Jackson shot were kind of a gift I thought, and, every time Bo really rode the refs they seemed to respond with some makeup calls. Even though Jackson has made some career buzzer beaters, I sure would have liked to see him try to find someone in that last minute. He’s usually not that reliable of a scorer. Oh, and why didn’t Gasser guard Harrison more closely on the tying three? Oh well!
• D

  March 31- April 6: News Headlines
  • dylans  

  62
  1
  Votes
  62
  Posts
  3499
  Views

  

  http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2019347-why-kentucky-would-get-even-better-without-the-one-and-done-rule?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=programming-national
• J

  No news is good news Embiid
  • JRyman  

  52
  1
  Votes
  52
  Posts
  2621
  Views

  

  @Crimsonorblue22 There is a better chance of Selden playing the 3 than PG. Selden’s natural position is SG and he is the best player on the team at that position; why would Coach Self play him at PG when there are several other players on the team better at that position?
• 

  MANNING: Does He Stay or Does He Go?
  • RockChalkinTexas  

  37
  1
  Votes
  37
  Posts
  1137
  Views

  

  Manning had to go. He was too old to wait. He has to be from a major to get to a blue blood. He was ignored for a lot of years by Roy and probably wants a piece of him before Roy retires. Also North Carolina’s population divided by four majors is still better recruiting than Oklahoma’s population divided by two majors and Tulsa. Finally, he has to think of his assistants; that’s part of the professional code. It will be much easier for his assistants to get coaching jobs having assisted at a major, than at a mid-major. add it all up and he has to go.
• J

  The ACC is becoming a place for Kansans
  • JRyman  

  3
  2
  Votes
  3
  Posts
  390
  Views

  

  @AsadZ or SMU, Brown’s doing a great job and looks like they’ll be even better next year. Do you think AW3 will transfer?
• 

  Jayhawks to Badgers...
  • drgnslayr  

  23
  2
  Votes
  23
  Posts
  837
  Views

  

  http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/big-cheese-bo-ryan-legend-wisconsin-long-final-article-1.1745245 @Crimsonorblue22 Thanks Crimson, I’ll read it tomorrow!
• 

  Great Story about Ben McLemore
  • justanotherfan  

  5
  5
  Votes
  5
  Posts
  1118
  Views

  

  Cool story, and what a great kid. He’s having a very solid rookie year, except for when Shaq took him under his wing for the dunk contest and made the whole thing about himself. Even with the cringe-worthy theatrics, he would have made the finals in a traditional dunk contest, and had a chance to win, but the league decided that they needed to make the rules as confusing as possible to suck all the fun out of it. They just handed the trophy to John Wall, while all the viewers looked at each other and said “wait, that’s it?” Anyway, I hope he continues to grow and eventually becomes a franchise player.
• 

  Why Even Kentucky Fans Should Cheer Against Their Own Team
  • drgnslayr  

  25
  2
  Votes
  25
  Posts
  1160
  Views

  

  @Crimsonorblue22 A good thing he was not coaching them. otherwise they would have underachieved.
• 

  Putin's Next Target.... College Sports!
  • drgnslayr  

  1
  0
  Votes
  1
  Posts
  204
  Views

  No one has replied

• 

  Cliff Alexander Fan Club - Sign up Here
  • nuleafjhawk  

  26
  4
  Votes
  26
  Posts
  913
  Views

  ?

  @HawkInMizery Timing is everything.
• 

  Interesting TV for this weekend.
  • wissoxfan83  

  21
  1
  Votes
  21
  Posts
  831
  Views

  

  @drgnslayr I once had connections in the Ozark Mountains. I still remember drinking some moonshine out of a mason jar. Clear as water and smooth as can be…gave me an instant buzz too.
• 

  Tournament Success Is The Only Success
  • HighEliteMajor  

  70
  7
  Votes
  70
  Posts
  4575
  Views

  J

  I think this thread shows that we all live in a now world. There is nothing wrong with that, however, I will take the 10 conference championships now, and hope that I am lucky enough to witness KU winning a championship in March at some point in the next 5 years or so. Some have said that they would trade places with Florida because they have been in 4 straight elite 8s. Does that mean that they would also take the two years not long ago in which they didn’t make the tournament? I know that was immediately after winning back to back, but come on. Wouldn’t there be some sort of Armageddon if we as fans had to watch not one, but two straight tournaments without the Jayhawks even being in the field? The tournament is what it is. A brilliant concept that leaves millions of people heart broken every spring. Long ago I decided that for me personally, I needed to take a step back and understand that winning it all, while extremely satisfying as a fan, is one of those things that I can’t let define either my fandom, or my perception of the coach of team that I love. Having said that, the one thing that I would change about Self, is that he seems so tight in the tournament. I wasn’t able to see the Stanford game as I was driving home from Pennsylvania, but man I could almost here him squeaking through the TV during that EKU game. He looked miserable.
• 

  SMU NIT Larry Brown.
  • lighthawk  

  10
  3
  Votes
  10
  Posts
  1085
  Views

  

  @nuleafjhawk Larry can do no wrong in my book. I felt fortunate to have had the opportunity to meet him and he was nothing but class. Everyone went nuts for Larry when he was our coach. I loved the big glasses. They made jokes about those glasses. The glasses helped him see every tiny detail… every tiny flaw! Players couldn’t get away with anything when those glasses were near the court!
• 

  Thank You Kentucky
  • nuleafjhawk  

  16
  3
  Votes
  16
  Posts
  1376
  Views

  ?

  I guess it’s “fun” to root for the underdog, and watch the “blueblood” (KY, in this case) go down? It’s like rooting for whoever is playing Duke to beat Duke. Beat UNC. Beat KU…oops! see what I did there…. I guess I’m just too sick of people rooting against KU and the other bluebloods. That whole “tired of seeing them win all the time” is a tired, old, schtick that only small-school fans and losers say. We, at KU, certainly should have no need to resort to a loser mentality. Look at those losers in Manhattan: It made their season to beat ku, they print up such shirts, blah, blah, blah. Is that our mentality too? Look, the blue-bloods should be teaching the rest of the basketball world about “how” standards are set, how they are maintained, and what it takes to be a perennial power. Royalty programs win and win and win because of their driven committment to excellence. Upsets only make history for the underdog that pulls it off…But does it really matter down the line? Where is UNI and Ben Jacobsen now? Nowhere. Did it help Jacobsen land a few 5star guys? Nope. Is Calipari going to out-recruit anybody any more than he has with this season’s class? Nope. *So there isnt much to lose, nor would their losing open up “our” bracket, lol… *I just want to see if KY frosh can play more consistently than OUR frosh did. This team is even younger than the KY’12 roster, but had less chemistry, until now…I love Self’s system, will grant Calipari his system…and see if KY can pass this HUGE test of their system and their maturity. I guess I will go counter-grain and root for the blue-blood. Call me a rebel. Definitely was happy to see Michigan lose, and seeing KY pull that off, opened my eyes to what these KY kids are doing. Analytically speaking, Kentucky matches up astonishingly good vs. Wisconsin. KY’s A-game will destroy Wisconsin and Kaminsky. Now if the fab-frosh pull out a dud, Wisconsin could certainly pull a “W” (see what I did there). KY frosh actually putting it together…now, wouldnt ya believe… KU is sitting at home for several, several reasons. There is better ball being played in the Tourney, and we deserve to be sitting at home, based on our on-court performance. Does that sting? Well, Bill Self has some teaching to do, as well as better guard-recruiting to do.
• J

  Here's a honest question for the masses
  • JRyman  

  16
  1
  Votes
  16
  Posts
  865
  Views

  

  Picking up on what @HighEliteMajor and @drgnslayr were discussing from my previous post, PG in high school is different than PG at the D1 level. First, understand that a D1 level talent in HS is likely the best player on their HS team, probably by a wide margin. Look no further than our two freshmen, Frankamp and Mason. Frankamp was easily the best player on his team, and as such, he really turned into more of a SG in high school because his HS team needed him to score to maximize success for the team. He’s in a completely different role now at KU. Same for Mason. He was a dynamic slasher/scorer in HS. The offense was him taking the ball from the top of the key and making plays. Again, completely different role now for him. Those two guys were accustomed to being the best player on the floor, as most D1 level recruits at the PG position are. They literally have to re-program themselves to become primary distributors because they spend so much time as primary scorers in HS by nature of the skill level of the players around them. Their HS coaches discourage them from passing because they know they are better off with their PG taking 18 shots than passing it back out to a lesser player. This is where AAU ball is actually a benefit. True PGs can really shine by playing with more guys that are scorers at the more traditional spots, giving them the freedom to be a distributing PG. Still, the transition from a scoring guard to a true distributing PG is a tough climb.
• 

  Wigs rates a ten. We discuss
  • wissoxfan83  

  42
  2
  Votes
  42
  Posts
  3433
  Views

  

  @wissoxfan83 “whoever wrote the article I quoted sure didn’t seem to clarify when that was from.” Exactly. The problem was in the article, not the way you read it. I felt like clarifying for Andrew’s sake. Anyway, nothing wrong with us rating him now that the season is over.
• 

  Biggest change needed?
  • icthawkfan316  

  59
  3
  Votes
  59
  Posts
  5811
  Views

  S

  @icthawkfan316 thanks. Maybe I should rephrase what I said. I like HCBS. I am wondering how much input he got from his coaching team in a game situation. It looks to me his game strategies looked predictable and surprise tactics such as junk defense in the past was no way to be found, I.e. Something that are not predictable. For me, it suggests a mono decision maker when the game plans started to look predictable.
• 

  How desperate are we for a PG exactly?
  • konkeyDong  

  48
  3
  Votes
  48
  Posts
  2482
  Views

  

  OK. Looks like the Carlino transfer is the real deal. That’s really good news. We (on the boards at least) are looking for a Deandre Kane to come in and lead KU. Carlio’s not quite that, but he is a talented floor leader that plays with the sort of composure that Tharpe lacked. He’s more of a volume scorer and he needs to work on his J, but he’s a better on ball defender than any of our other PGs, he averages 1.7 steals per game which is far higher than anyone on our team, and he averaged 4.3 assists with a higher usage rate than Tharpe. Also, he strikes me as having better sense off the court than Tharpe has recently displayed. The only things standing in the way are freeing up a scholly and and getting the commit. I think the latter is going to be the harder part, but should still be plenty doable. While I’m not necessarily convinced Carlino is the best we can do, I don’t see any reason to hold out for better while he fits the bill and is available.