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  A Perfect Tension
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  @jaybate 1.0 It is great to see you back. I have been a silence follower of all the great posters. It is now complete with your return.
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  Dec 23 Headlines: Break Means Gym Time
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  @REHawk Is Oakville finally here? Well, the full version of @JayBate was released just in time for Christmas. Can we at least have a glimpse of Oakville Beta 2?
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  Moving a Mountain in One Month!
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  @drgnslayr I would like to give you some push back since you say it helps move the conversation along. But I just can’t. As I read your post I felt a great sense of hope for the season (which hasn’t been overwhelming yet). You make good points and do it with style and substance. Thanks for posting.
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  Is the Big 12 underrated?
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  @KirkIsMyHinrich I can’t provide any factual basis for it, but I have to nominate the Big 10 (with Ohio State, Michigan State, Wisconsin). But overall I think the Big 12 is as good as any of them
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  JaQuan Lyle
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  I’m open to Lyle. However you argue, some are saying pt or attitude problems, but Black came in with some issues. He’s doing really well under Self. Sometimes, these kids need the right coach. We all know Self is a player’s coach. I was the biggest opponent of Tharpe, but he is turning the corner. I also think Mason will learn a ton this year. I’m just not sure if there’s enough paper to ink both Lyle and Turner. Yes, I still believe we need a high end big like Embiid. Embiid is good as gone. I said Self would play more Embiid earlier than expected. Black is ok, Lucas is good, but they are not Embiid type quality. Turner is Embiid quality and maybe with a few more skills. We need Turner in the Phog, we want Turner in the Phog, and hopefully we get Turner in the Phog. I will DIE if he goes to OSU and we lose Embiid. I just don’t think Lucas or Mickleson will lead the bigs. So, my response to this post is Turner over Lyle. I’ll take my chances with Tharpe as a senior and Mason as a soph. In fact, I might even take my chances with Mason his junior and senior seasons. It’s early for Selden. Embiid is shining really bright right now. He’s only getting bettter. Selden will definitely make it about mid way through the conference. By conference tourney, Selden will be talked about with Wiggins and Embiid as lottery picks.
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  Post-game Roundup: Kansas vs Georgetown
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  First things first, glad to hear Perry is doing better. Let’s hope he takes the time off that he needs. Concussions are nothing to play around with. Second, this game demonstrated why we need a guy like Black. Without Black, we lack an enforcer and there is little chance we run through March without hitting a team that gets physical with us and we have to get physical back. Tarik Black is the guy you don’t want to have to get physical with if you are the other team. Finally, Joel Embiid is threatening to become an All-American. I don’t even believe what I am seeing sometimes. Just incredible.
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  A KU Carol
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  ELF YOURSELF
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  That’s just wrong.
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  Time to put Venue on the Menu: "touché" Wichita State!
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  Parking is simply spread out so much that walking after hours downtown is bad enough even without the nut cases hanging on the fringes. Also Police presence is inadequate for the areas they cover. CC always works for me but I’m not legal on the misery side.
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  Dec 21: Game Day Stories
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  Should be a game day story: So that’s what Bill saw in Black!
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  Barry Hinson: 'I regret one thing'
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  We’ve been lucky with parents most of the time. I’d say parents who behave poorly are about the worst things I’ve encountered right next to the occasional player who plays dirty and thinks it is funny.
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  Georgetown: Five Things To Watch For
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  Games like this are the reason Coach Self recruits East Coast Talent!
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  Dec 20 Headlines: Santa Hawks
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  I loved watching the video. It’s good to hear the personalities and perspectives of each of the players. They’ve clearly come from some different places and circumstances, but they all come together in this and have an opportunity to put things into perspective. Great role models and great message. Kudos to the Morningstar’s for sponsoring this!
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  The quick yank
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  If we didn’t win those 9 Conference Championships, the chance of winning a NC would be pretty slim. Those 9 Championship means were we good enough to contest for the NC, not winning the conference means we were not, i.e. without one, you likely don’t have the other. I would trade 2 or 3, maybe even 4 conference tittles for NC but now way I give up all 9 for 1 NC. I always ask my friends that question why KU does no have more titles, would rather have a team that is consistently in the top 10 and regularly wins 30 games per year, or a team that has a magical season once or twice every twenty years and it is middle of the pack the rest of time, like Arkansas, Houston, Memphis, Villanova, UNC State, Buttler? The answer is almost always that continuous success, even without a NC is better.
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  Dave Robisch - Once a Jayhawk video
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  @approxinfinity What am I doing wrong? I can never get it right. Is it the [! that I am missing? I clicked on the “link” chain above and then put the url in. Help me so you don’t always have to fix it for me. Thanks.
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  Pay Heed Season 2 Episode No. 2
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  Nice. I switched up the syntax so the video is embedded. If you edit it you can see the syntax… [](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgl668JS83k) Basically, you could cut and paste this for another video, then just take the alphanumeric string at the end of the new video and paste it in where this string (dgl668JS83k) is between vi/ and /0.jpg (thats the image) and then again at the end of v= (thats the video link, notice its the same string)
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  Nice Article on Xavier Henry
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  Xavier is now the starting point guard with Kobe going down, at least until one of their three injured point guards (most likely Farmar) comes back. http://www.lakersnation.com/lakers-news-without-kobe-bryant-xavier-henry-will-play-point-guard/2013/12/19/
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  How KU busted UNM's 2-3 zone
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  @Jesse_Newell Loved this article! Thanks for putting in the time to assemble all those clips to illustrate your points. The extra effort really makes for a great read, and something we can go back to again as a frame of reference later on. This format ages well. If ever we miss a link to one of your stories, please come over and plug! You’re every bit a member here, and we all want to read your stuff.
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  Basketball thoughts
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  @nuleafjhawk . Jerrod Hasse wrote the book about his personal experience and the tittle doe not necessarily reflect the entire team attitude. He did dive for balls more that anyone else and played at full speed all the time. I remember the Big 8 title game against Missouri when Jason Sutherland, the dirtiest player I have ever seen, put a football style tackle on Hasse and send him flying under the scorer’s table.
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  Dec 19 Headlines: Tharpe steps up as leader
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  LeBron James Gets in Mario Chalmers’ Face During Timeout (From Bleacher Report) [link text](link url)http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1894512-lebron-james-gets-in-mario-chalmers-face-during-timeout?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=kansas-jayhawks-basketball Members of the Miami Heat lost their cool on Wednesday night in a game against the Indiana Pacers. LeBron James and Mario Chalmers had to be separated during a timeout. However, James took responsibility for the spat and was spotted telling Chalmers that it was his bad: UPDATE: Thursday, December 19, 10:30 a.m. ET James and Chalmers took to Twitter after the game to say things were all good between the two: –End of Update– This is usually a group that seems to have a lot of fun on and off the court, but James exploded off the bench at Chalmers. It happened during a big game, so emotions were already running high.