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  FLOOR BURN AWARD: KU @ OSU - March 1
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  He’s susceptible for problems even on a simple rebound landing. Tough decision… he is still rapidly improving with more practice… but any play puts him at risk.
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  March 3: Our Daily Threads
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  Potential Don't Win Championships
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  And here sir is your Amen. AMEN!!!
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  March 2: Our Daily Threads
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  February 27: News Headlines Digest
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  Live blog’s up …
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  March 1: News Headlines Digest
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  Our game with OSU is tailor-made for Embiid to own. Let’s see if he is up for the task. If we stand a chance in March it will only be if our guys show up to play every game hard… like they played Texas. Playing in angry arenas should get these guys worked up and ready to beak the cowboys’ brains out! Beak 'em, Hawks!
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  Keys to beat OSU
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  @nuleafjhawk Oops I phlipping phorgot about Phil Phorte!!! He is a dead eye that needs a close shadow.
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  It's been too long
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  @eastcoasthawk I had a similar experience a few years ago. I went to the Michigan game that December after not having been at the Phog for maybe 25 years. I almost got choked up during the Rock Chalk chant. I couldn’t believe how electric the place was and I felt so lucky to be an Alum. I went back the following year for USC game (Selby’s first game) and told myself I would try to get back for one game a year. I missed a couple of years and then went back this year for the Georgetown game. When the schedule comes out for this year, I am going to try to schedule a trip back in December this year and bring my adult son. He hasn’t adopted our Jayhawks since he has never lived in Kansas, but he is a sports fan and would appreciate the atmosphere. I know exactly how you felt at that game. There is not place like Allen Field House.
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  February 22: Post-game Roundup - KU vs Texas
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  @Lulufulu85 Well, I certainly hope you are right re Iowa State. Hoiberg has done an admirable job in Ames. Heck, I would like to see 3 Big 12 teams advance to the Elite 8, completely outshine any other league. (I view Iowa State as a serious threat to our Hawks in the BIg 12 Tournament…along with desperate Okie State.)
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  March 1: Our Daily Threads
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  More Jaquan Lyle Fodder
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  Didn’t Oubre choose KU because he felt like he wouldn’t be forced into being a OAD? He would be huge as a soph.
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  Signs in the crowd
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  @HighEliteMajor Winning a couple back-to-back would be sweet. Obviously it wasn’t going to happen in '09, given the gutting of the roster. But might the time be ripe for us to do it this year & next? Consider Florida’s most recent accomplishment of this feat - they were a 3 seed the year they won the first of the two. We have the talent if we get hot to win it this year, and then even with the likely departures we keep a good size core and have already reloaded with some blue chippers…I can see it happening.
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  Platoon Tarik and Perry?
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  @justanotherfan Right on the money! Young, developing players can impact their athleticism quite a bit through working out. But we are all given a genetic code that largely maps certain aspects… like ratios of fast-twitch to slow-twitch muscles. Players can improve their fast-twitch… at least, up to the ceiling of their genes. Perry’s early development didn’t emphasize his fast-twitch development. He worked on his choreography and toolbox… that’s all in a slow-twitch mode if he wasn’t working it on competition. Competition requires use of fast-twitch. It also explains his introverted personality. Basketball is a team sport. It is all about being extroverted… talking to your guys… communicating… getting on the same rhythm… developing playing relationships that feed on each other… building momentum as a team. We often see Perry sort of on his own. I think the key for Perry is to almost stop working out on his own. Restrict his late night work outs on his own. And instead… involve almost all his focus to scrimmage play. Pick-up games… 1-on-1. Actually… 1-on-1 should be his tool for working on his toolbox. 1-on-1 is both competitive and has a degree of isolation… the focus is specifically down to two players. Perry should be best friends with Andrew and JoJo. He should go at it with both of those guys, 1-on-1. Both are good defenders representing an inside and outside game. I know his future potential in the NBA may be at the 3. But he doesn’t play like a 3 yet. He is a tweener. Which I posted about before how being a tweener also has it’s advantages at the next level. NBA teams are constantly redefining who they are. The goal is to create match-up problems. If Perry can strengthen his body over the next couple of years, and refine his 3-pt shooting and ball skills… he’ll become one of the most diverse players in the draft. And though he doesn’t have “all-star” written all over him… he does have “journeyman player” written all over him, and those players probably have the best quality-of-life of any players in the league!
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  Myles Turner to Visit KU
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  @jaybate 1.0 The reality is that for Wiggins, it’s not just about the money from an NBA contract. The money he could get from a shoe endorsement dwarfs that. Wigs, by nature of being Canadian, could be the most popular basketball player in the growing Canadian market by a long stretch. Every kid from Montreal to Toronto to Vancouver, and everywhere in between would want the Wiggy kicks. I don’t know what that’s worth, exactly, but its worth quite a bit. However, it’s only worth quite a bit for the current version of Wiggins - the high flying athletic marvel. The NBA money will almost certainly be there, even if he gets injured and has to adapt his game (God forbid). The shoe money, that’s not assured, especially if he’s not a stylish, high flying dunker that kids are emulating on nerf hoops. That, to me, is the bigger issue here. Wiggs has a chance to make a lot of money from his specific style of basketball, just because he can reach a market in a way no other player probably can. In the same way Jeremy Lin is the most popular player in China and has lots of endorsement opportunities there that American players do not have Wiggs could do that in Canada. And Lin, though a good player, isn’t exactly a superstar. Wiggins could be, which gives crossover appeal to the US market.
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  February 28: Our Daily Threads
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  Joe Lunardi has lost it
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  @jaybate 1.0 Excellent post on comparing us with the Shocks. I agree, that early on in the season, the Shocks would have held up better than us because of their experience, and then later on (during league play), the Shocks would have started to run into problems. But one thing scares me: “There is no substitute for experience. If WSU had played the schedule KU has played, and done as well, or better than KU, and if WSU had the kind of trans-seasonal experience it in fact has, then I would say it would beat the pants off KU and would deserve to be seeded higher.” That is fine for a comment about seeding… but once we are in the tournament, the Shocks become the team of experience… NCAA tourney experience! Most of their players were there last year at the FF. I think Tharpe is our only player with that kind of experience in 2012… sitting on the bench. This March experience factor feeds into my fear about March… I don’t fear the Shockers playing them in November… when it doesn’t really count. But this particular situation with them owning the tourney experience… it does mess with my head! The Shocks don’t have answers for lots of our guys… I think their biggest problem would be containing JoJo. They have several bigs in the paint, but none are footers and they have shown a propensity to foul (as much as we do). I’m afraid this game would come down to who wins the foul battle. They play all sped up and they have ways of drawing fouls easily. That scares the crapola out of me! They play a style we aren’t used to. But then… so do we and they would have to adjust to all our studly talent. I think it would be a great game, and I’d love to see it played in November… not March!
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  What's Your Biggest NCAA Worry/Concern/Fear?
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  @drgnslayr Thanks for the compliment! I’m a long time reader but haven’t been posting for long. I can only help to catch up with the brilliance and insight posted on this site. The Texas game blew me a way and showed me that when these guys realzie their potential there is no one in CBB that could stop them. The Texas game @ AFH was our best BPI performance of the season and coincendtally the game @ Austin was our worst BPI performance. I, like you am skeptical that they can maintain that motivation throughout the rest of the season and the BIG12 tourney. I think it might actually do the fellas some good to lose in the BIG12 tourney and build back up a head of steam to go into the big dance with a chip on their shoulders. In order to be effective we have to have a Naadir Tharpe that’s fully focused and engaged like he was against Texas. That was his best defensive game. If he cou;ld put together a defensive effort like he did against Texas and a will kill close out mentality like he did against OU in the final ten mins we will be unstoppable. He made some boneheaded mistakes at the end of the Tech game last week and we can’t have thos ein the tournament. I think Tarik “Black Death” will have these guys ready to play. He’s only been here a year but he has the respect of that locker room and everything I read about him says he’s a great leader. I think his best is yet to come and that’s after seeing him own Ridley on Saturday. Our guys seem to play big in the biggest moments and while they have been inconsistent and that is my deepest fear of this team, when the chips are down I think they will shine. If someone is hot they need to just keep feeding that person and whoever is hot needs to own it and keep going. I loved seeing the fire from Wayne when he got in Conner’s face for not taking an open 3. These guys need to trust themselves and thier abilities. Regarding WSU I think we would win that game. HCBS has mentioned time and time again how prideful these guys are. Look at what they ddi to Texas after losing to them. These guys are most new and when we thumped KSU @ home they were all talking about what it meant to beat them and how this was “our” state. They won’t let WSU have bragging rights and if we get KSU in the BIG12 tourney they are in for amud stomping for which i’'ll be in attendance. I don’t think HCBS will og 0-3 agaisnt the MVC, but you’re right if he did it would def be in a lot of peoples heads. Lets hope that nightmare doesn’t coem to fruition though. I like your dream mode a lot better! Rock Chalk!
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  February 27: Our Daily Threads
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  Tharpe's Lesson: Own the Pace, Own the Game
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  @drgnslayr-Every great Self team in transition seems to feed off their defense. And offensively playing inside out I’ve actually witnessed some true hi lo lately, with the 3 guards hitting open outside shots. Like Self says, “You gotta make shots,” but I’ve just been salivating for play like this all season. Let’s hope they’re going to peak at the precise moment again & we can keep all these guys injury free for about another 6 weeks. It’s a marathon, not a sprint.
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  February 26: News Headlines Digest
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  @globaljaybird “@drgnslayr_Cal is continually on record saying that conf titles don’t mean anything to him. No surprise there…” I’ve heard him say it with my own ears and I still can’t believe he said it. What a stupid comment to make… very short-sited! And this coming from the guy who is reaching for perfection! Ha… what a joke! Amazing that we have the same overall record this year (with Kentucky), but we are ranked 9 or 10 spots ahead of them. I guess the rest of the country doesn’t recognize all that perfection in Lexington!