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  FIBU U18 Self/Manning/Grimes
  u18 fibu • • stoptheflop  

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  BShark said: Dotson looks like the fastest guard Self has ever had at KU w/ the ball. Can he make bunnies?
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  Any Scuttlebutt about the NEXT Athletic Director Hiring?
  next athletic scuttlebutt director hiring • • jaybate 1.0  

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  I believe we will take whatever time we need to hire the right athletic director. Unless something has changed, Sean Lester is the interim AD and holding down the fort. From what I understand, we have Drue Jennings (a former KU interim AD) leading the search for our new AD. In case people didn’t know, Jennings was probably THE vital link in the search process that found us Bill Self! I feel more optimistic about this process than what we did in the past.
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  Should Opponents Foul Doke Every Trip Down the Floor?
  doke down should every opponents foul floor trip • • jaybate 1.0  

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  The “Poke a Doke” strategy is something teams can try at the end of games because it can impact scoring for a few plays. To use a strategy like this early in a game adds problems to the team trying it. What it does quickly is put us in the bonus. So Doke doesn’t shoot well from the line. At a certain point we pull him, like when we make it into the bonus, especially the double bonus. Now, with Doke on the bench, our five players on the court play very aggressive offense. I don’t know many coaches that want to have their opponent in the double bonus early in a game. So for whatever point gain they make early with Doke pitching bricks, it gets made up later with double-bonus FTs shot by more proficient players. Imagine going from a strategy of “foul Doke immediately” to “don’t foul anyone!” There is a big shift that will take place in the game once Doke sits on the bench. A real problem with “Poke a Doke” for this coming year is that we have plenty of post depth, especially if Silvio is eligible (most likely, he will be). So we can live with Doke on the bench. I don’t really see the advantage of this strategy early in games, but if used, what happens if Doke actually sinks a decent percentage of FTs? Last… from a motivational perspective… what does that say to the players if their own coach would rather have a player from the other team decide the outcome from the line versus his own players just going out an winning the game by themselves? I’ve never experienced playing in one of these games where a player is intentionally hacked with this strategy, but I can’t imagine it’s a fun game to play in and it would feel demoralizing to be the team hacking!
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  This...Is...Brilliant
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  @approxinfinity All victories by Fizzourah should be disputed!
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  No More Blocking Transfers
  more transfers blocking • • BShark  

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  @HighEliteMajor Looking forward to seeing them. Rock Chalk!
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  Open Scrimmage Today
  today open scrimmage • • BShark  

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  Kcmatt7 said: @BShark Most interested in how KJ looked. KJ and Garrett, maybe somewhat Dedric too aren’t always going to wow in scrimmages but are better in actual games. These things have no defense played and KJ/Garrett shine on that end. KJ looked solid overall. I am thinking Agbaji might take a RS btw.
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  Roundball classic
  classic roundball • • Crimsonorblue22  

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  All I know is spectrum sports is not carrying the game, but they will carry preseason games.
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  Golden State Trifectates to Three Rings in Four Years, Nova To Two Rings in Three, But KU Needs No Trey Ballers, or Real Hoops Politik
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  Lulufulu said: @jaybate-1.0 Alright man, point taken very acutely. It does seem odd considering Self’s success with trey ballers over the years. Im still not willing to cry foul though. Not yet. Lets see what happens next season with recruiting and this coming season with all the guys we have right now. Im betting that we will have some guys break out in the post and in the back court that can shoot the 3 ball very well from deep. Basically, lets just wait and see. Wait and see and gather some more info. It seems maybe a little more than odd. It maybe appears somewhat absurd. I mean the guy is in the HOF and KU is one of the legendary basketball programs and Self has been playing 4-1 and hoisting a lot of treys for a couple years now, right? Common sense suggests he ought at least to be able to sign some 75-100 rank trey ballers like those guys on Nova last season, right? But I am for sure NOT crying foul. And I reject claims of conspiracy in D1 out of hand. When I go to a carnival booth, I don’t cry foul, or claim conspiracy, or try to mischaracterize others by saying they are asserting conspiracy in operation of the carnival booth, or the carnival. Conspiracy and crying foul appears to be for suckers in D1, unless the authorities say its so. When I go to a 1-arm bandit, or a roulette table, where odds are apparently asymmetrically in the house’s favor, I do not cry foul, or allege conspiracy. It would be goofy. Why would anyone cry foul, or conspiracy, about D1, or Self’s recruiting? There appears to be some asymmetry of some kind, that’s all I can anecdotally observe. Its hardly proof of anything. Its an appearance; that’s all. Who knows? Maybe the appearance of asymmetry is somehow crucial to the entertainment aspects of the college basketball industry? I don’t know. I am just a layman fan. I just love the greatest game ever invented. I have no idea if someone like you should, or shouldn’t, cry foul. I just don’t know. I believe aliases should not mischaracterize other aliases as believing in conspiracies, especially when an alias asserts repeatedly that conspiracy in college basketball appears to be for suckers. I just know I am not crying foul, nor intending to suggest any conspiracy in this instance. I am leaving identification of fouls and conspiracies to the authorities and except for the reputed investigation of college basketball by FBI/DOJ, I have NO reason to suspect any fouls or conspiracies, or anything thing else improper to be going on beyond what the authorities and/or experts find and have found in in the past. It just appears to me like KU and Self are not able to sign certain kinds of players that my horse sense suggests they should be able to sign. But, hey, I’m a layman and a fan, so what appears feasible to my horse sense, may not in fact be so. Rock Chalk!
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  Rock Chalk Jayhawk, Go KU!
  jayhawk rock chalk • • Lulufulu  

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  It’s a great day to be a jayhawk!
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  Keegan Gushing Over McCormack
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  https://247sports.com/college/kansas/Article/Kansas-basketball-Scouts-break-down-freshman-David-McCormack-118954314
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  What Is the Required Number of Dunks in a Game for a Team from Middle Earth in CST?
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  Bill Self to Coach 2018 Team USA U18
  self bill team coach 2018 usa u18 • • BShark  

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  @Crimsonorblue22 Maybe here: https://www.usab.com/live.aspx
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  Mitch Bulking Up
  mitch bulking • • BShark  

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  If Mitch bulks up a bunch and keeps trying to spring and run the floor, it will be interesting to see how long before tendons and ligaments start snapping.
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  Vegas releases odds for next championship.
  next vegas championship releases odds • • JayHawkFanToo  

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  I’d still take him.
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  Ranking Big 12 after all the moving and shaking
  big moving ranking shaking • • justanotherfan  

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  I agree with @BShark on Beard. We haven’t seen a coach come into the league at a football school and make it’s fan base forget about pigskins during the few winter months. Also, I might have to lay off the Liberace jokes. Nah.
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  Once again - add De Sousa and I'll agree with you.
  sousa add ill agree you • • wrwlumpy  

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  Mitch is gonna be a beast this fall! The kid can shoot too. Granted he didn’t do it much but if he says his more normal position is SF then I have to believe he can bring a trey gun. Would he be the biggest SF we have had at KU? 6’8" 230 by fall, from what he was saying, is a goal of his. Peeps on here have been lamenting our lack of trey shooters on this team. I think Mitch can bring that. I am purely speculating but I think that Grimes and Dotson will be pretty good shooters from deep and I bet Garrett and Cunliffe will surprise us as will Charlie Moore. We will have options is what Im trying to say. Then add to it the deepest front court since 08.
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  Draft Declarations Thread
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  Vick could be a dynamic player. If it weren’t for the baggage, there is no doubt Self would want him back. He’s a huge talent that showed signs of potential stardom. Maybe this could be reconciled. His mom is very good with her approach.
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  OFFICIAL: UDUNKA BACK FOR YEAR 3 (ish)
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  @wissox Happy Birthday.
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  Konate to return to West Virginia.
  west virginia konate return • • wrwlumpy  

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  Barnes was good for the Big12. Barnes was a very good recruiter and coach. Texasss messed up and it’ll cost them them the better part of a decade.
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  Cal Handpicking Grad Transfers
  transfers grad cal handpicking • • BShark  

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  I haven’t been keeping up with Cal. How is he reputedly doing it?