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  Thoughts on the Hawks
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  truehawk93 said: Minus the muggings of DG, he played maybe one of his best games. He didn’t play well, he played tough. He was beat up. This is the toughness that Self wants. He stepped up and won this game from the FT line. I think this is a really super distillation of Devonte’s game against TCU and his crucial contribution to our winning it. Thanks for sharing it.
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  His name is Mitch.
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  Yep. Mitch needs to understand that he is the answer right NOW for this team inside. He’s got to play at this level every game, and maintain.
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  Win-Theft on the Road Is Sweet But It Required 55% from Trey and a Ritual Body Sacrifice by Devonte
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  Hopefully, someone else can run the point for a lot of minutes vs Iowa State. Rest for all the weary - Let Mitch, Malik, Sam and others get the majority of the minutes!
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  Self’s best team at KU
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  http://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2018/01/07/saturday-recap-duke-kentucky-trae-young-all-go-down/
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  Recalling Frank and Respecting Devonte
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  @REHawk Coach, just between us, as I age, it gets harder to connect to the deep spirit of the game that triggers posting onslaughts. Aging is something I have tried to do gracefully, and I am at peace with the almighty. So: I don’t really mind getting old on most levels, for it beats hell out of the alternative. And I dig the joy of learning as much as ever. But the part of aging I hate with a passion is the repetitive discovery and, so, reinforced knowing of the darkness, not after death, but in the human soul of some of those at the highest levels manipulating our leaders; that part of aging callouses the heart and makes is difficult to connect with the life force that makes life so worth living. Yet we cannot be the change we seek, if we let our hearts harden. And the bad guys strategy is always to harden us with such dark knowledge to cut us off from the life force, and then dissociate us with trauma and fill our brothers and sisters with fake explanations. It is a cruel strategy lady justice has not found a way to counter balance yet. Some days the only thing that knock the callouses off are the beautiful and undoubtful doings of some basketball players and basketball coaches going about their business on the sacred wood. Its strange that the game is as essential to me now, as it was, when I was 8…only in a different way. I pity those that let go of it just because it gets hard to access that deepest level of the game, or that never dare to. But I confess, what used to come easy, comes harder now. Still and all, I don’t resort to substances to stimulate the connection. That would be cheating. I get there the old fashioned way. I care. Rock Chalk!
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  WVU Clearly the Team to Beat in the Big 12
  big team wvu beat clearly • • jaybate 1.0  

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  West Virginia gets away with so many fouls, I get the impression the refs get together before the game and say…we cannot possibly call all the fouls on West Virginia so we will call only the more egregious ones and may God have mercy on the other team. The NCAA has tweaked the rules to give an advantage to offenses but apparently grand fathered WVU into old school thug ball.
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  todays games
  games todays • • jayballer54  

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  Crimsonorblue22 said: That brod dude had his best game against us at home last year too! The less athletic version of Mitch Lightfoot does pretty good for TCU.
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  Is De Sousa cleared to play TCU?
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  He actually sounded like they practiced this week with intention of some guys playing that couldn’t. Not sure what to make of that
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  Texas Christian Horned Frogs 8:15 Saturday ESPN or ESPN2?
  espn texas saturday espn2 christian horned frogs 815 • • wrwlumpy  

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  @kjayhawks smh
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  Is Trae Young the First 5-star PG freshman with thinning hair?
  young trae hair 5-star freshman thinning • • jaybate 1.0  

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  @tundrahok I was thinking by April.
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  Is Billy Preston Eligible for TCU?
  billy preston tcu eligible • • jaybate 1.0  

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  Is NCAA Biased Against KU
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  @Gorilla72 In a just system, a player should get more eligibility for such long delays.
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  Billy Momma Drama
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  The best endzone celebration was Billy White Shoes Johnson.
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  Self's Worst Team at KU
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  Gorilla72 said: @drgnslayr , your “pathetic” comment made me think. KU has players with athleticism, but playing in a pathetic manner. Hhmmm… “patheticism”? Athpatheticism
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  Things to absorb
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  Coping Suggestions for Weathering KU's Short Bench the Rest of the Season
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  Always Pepsi during a game. The can has the right colors.
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  Comparing Cunliffe's stats Tuesday
  tuesday stats comparing cunliffes • • StLJhawk  

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  @Fightsongwriter I do lack confidence right now in Newman with the ball. I bet most everyone does. Driving and taking a bad shot that gets blocked, when an open player is waiting for the dish isn’t a turnover. But we lose a possession. He does seem surprisingly shaky with the ball. Choking on the press, where the turnover leads to an easy basket. Like the combo guard that ain’t totally a combo — meaning the PG part is lacking. With Newman, it’s all made worse by his ranking and our expectations of having a potential conference player of the year, or something just short of that. For me. I don’t see him contributing greatly to team success on the court yet. But man, we need him to flip the switch. As critical as anything right now.
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  Well guys
  guys • • jayballer54  

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  All our players have to do is learn a new mantra, and keep it and say it and feel it every single day from now until the beginning of April - “Today we are going to become better than we were yesterday!” Then… go make it happen! One goal. Nothing else. Go become better every day. We shouldn’t panic. We shouldn’t fail to see the wood for the trees. Momentum comes much easier when we keep it simple. Don’t make this overwhelming. Character is never tested without facing struggles. We should know who we are and we should take it day-to-day… getting better every day!
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  Exposed again
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  I spoke with Zenger a couple of months ago… just before our first game. I asked him what he thought of this team. He told me, “WE are excited! Devonte is an original. A unique player.” He gave me a bit of an odd expression. I think “WE” meant himself and Bill. That short moment with Zenger has puzzled me all this time. I’ve been the guy who always felt like Devonte was capable of being everything Trae Young is showing the world now… but better. Experienced. I still think that. I remember when he stepped up in Norman against Buddy. I still think Devonte has just one more thing to conquer; himself. He needs to find a way to stay focused during games… with the right kind of focus. It really is a mystery watching him play. He still is a streaky player. Hot and cold shooting… hot and cold in a leadership role. Everyone loves Devonte. Players, fans, students. He’s extremely personable. He has that “people person” charm that can really help a team leader lead. I’ve come to not understand this part of what I am seeing, anymore than understanding Devonte’s streaky game. I really thought he was going to bring us a refreshing look different from Frank. And we have seen some of that. But many of the leadership aspects I expected from him are still missing. I expected he would be the most vocal/animated leader we have ever had in the Self era. I felt like Zenger’s coded message to me was about Devonte being a great leader for this team. This one area is the area that will turn this team around. Devonte is the key. For example… where was Vick in this last game? That should have been asked with 15 minutes left in the first half. And the one asking should have been Devonte. “Hey man… we need YOU! Come on!” Someone needs to step up and rally our troops. Someone needs to bring them together when they aren’t playing like a team. Getting a couple more post players wasn’t the answer for this loss. Anyone believing that Silvio and Billy will be our big remedy will be in for a shock. Our biggest weakness isn’t our post depth. Our biggest weakness is the ineffectiveness of our guard play. We can make any opposition’s offense look like Golden State! We aren’t controlling pace… nothing. You could see this last loss within the first 2 minutes of play. Maybe our guys are handcuffed by their own thoughts… more… FEARS about losing the streak! Look back at that Texas game. The only reason we won was because we couldn’t miss from trey. To shoot that well from trey an eek out a victory should have been a sign. I feel bad for Self. He must feel stumped on how to get these guys motivated. Maybe the problem isn’t motivation. Maybe the problem is just an execution problem. From my experience, defensive softness is an attitude problem. You can’t just make players hungry. I think our guys feel like they are stuffed with steak and shrimp. We need chemistry. We need synergy. We need life. We need optimism. We need hustle. We need team play. We need leadership. I’m not giving up on these guys. At any moment in this season the light bulb might come on. And if it does… we are going to go on a streak!
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  Trae Young rests in both halves
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  JayHawkFanToo said: @jaybate-1.0 …so I am done wasting my time. It’s always okay not to waste my time, or yours. If you can just remember that, things would go much smoother IMHO. Rock Chalk!