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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
  • Lulufulu85  

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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.
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  Dec 18: AFH is loudest college basketball arena... and more
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  @JayHawkFanToo - right… might as well do away with offensive fouls, and imagine the damage this style of basketball (which is limited only to NCAA college basketball) does to the potential of certain types of HS players (big bodies) that have the right kind of body for the NBA but the wrong kind of body for D1. The rule enforcement change impacts not only the game, but the players, and there are victims from these changes who will never get to showcase their college game because of their size. Even Tar may suffer some kind of loss of opportunity at the next level (most likely, Euroball) because of this situation. BTW: Euroball is whackball. Very aggressive play is allowed on both sides of the ball.
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  Games This Week
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  @KirkIsMyHinrich Florida wins, Prather with 22 on 8/13 shooting. Just saying.
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  Jason King B/R story on JoEL Embiid
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  Charles Barkley was on PTI a few weeks ago and said something along the lines of “just because a kid can declare for the draft, doesn’t mean he should”. He was absolutley crushing the quality of basketball being played in the NBA this year, and blaming a lot of it on kids leaving college early and GMs drafting on potential instead of actual. I know it’s tough for a kid to turn down big money (and fame, girls, cars,lifestyle), but you have to wonder how good some of the dudes who left early could have been if they stayed. Julian Wright springs to mind. That being said, no way Joel is back for a soph seaon.
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  Dec 16 Headlines
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  Love that documentary!
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  Dec 17: After a month, Jayhawks returning to Allen Field House
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  Post-game Roundup: KU vs New Mexico
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  Lots of positives from the game on Saturday. The most encouraging thing I saw was Tharpe acting as a distributor. In the second half when he started attacking to pass, our offense really opened up. It also helped that we locked down on defense and got out in transition, as the athleticism this KU team has is second to none. I was actually disappointed that Kirk got into foul trouble and was a non-factor. I was really hoping that our interior guys would get to face interior guys of equal size and caliber. Here’s hoping that the Georgetown game gives us some of that, as Embiid, Ellis, and Lucas all need to face off against talented guys that are not undersized. I don’t want the tournament to be the first time we really get to see that type of size and talent combination. Still waiting on Selden to put together a full basketball game that is on par with his talent. I know I have pointed this out after just about every game, but it is my belief that Selden is the third most talented player on this year’s team (after Wiggins and Embiid). The other two have had multiple big games contributing. Selden continues to contribute only along the margins. He’s too talented for that to be the case all season. I’m not saying he needs to try and take a game over, but he needs to be much more aggressive to maximize his talent.
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  Mason is Collins
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  @jhawk7782 . RussRob was a scorer in HS. He gave that up to eventually become the rock of the '08 Championship team.
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  Dec 14 Game Day: Tharpe to start against UNM
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  I like the fantastic insights that so many on this site bring forward every day. I like Jesse Newell connecting us all to the live blog for games. I like the passion of my fellow Jayhawk fans! And I like the fact that this is connecting to the various sites as a sort of “one-stop” for all my KU hoops news. @approxinfinity deserves all the credit for providing such an amazing nest into which the former KU Sports intelligentsia could land.
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  Oh Perry, Where Art Thou?
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  @drgnslayr loved this read. Patient well developed points and examples. Fun stuff. Perry needs to go hard the whole possession even if the initial option doesn’t go to him. Don’t just run the play and play the position. Be the play and be the position. Perry has to internalize what it means to be the 4. Post like a 4, bang like a 4. Though I think he should be a 3 in the league I don’t think there will be a good time for him to play it for us this year or next .
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  Dec 13th Headlines: Schedule, Players Meeting, Tharpe
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  @DanR - and just moments before, he poked the ball away for a steal, where Wiggins was fouled (no call). Could have been the hero. Hero to goat happens quickly. Let me say that I am very puzzled/concerned with White’s decline here. All of the preseason stuff sounded incredibly positive. Now, he’s just not playing. I am very curious of the reason that Self is apparently not impressed. Could just be better guys in front of him. But I’m with @BucknellJayhawk3 - Greene has significant upside, lots of positives ,etc. If that’s Self’s choice, fine. Go with it. I just alternatively feel bad for White.
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  Who is our Leader?
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  Mason needs to go back to coming off the bench and Tharpe needs to lead this team. When do we think about starting someone else instead of Selden? It seems as though Greene has won the battle for the other minutes…? Tharpe may be the vocal leader but Perry needs to take on the rest of the leadership responsibilities. Wiggins is coming along and needs to keep it up.
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  Dec 12 Headlines
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  @wissoxfan83 btw, congrats on your other boys’ success man.
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  Inquiring Minds Want to Know.....
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  Before Self came to Kansas, we would have benefited from a home-and-home with WSU. Their gate was decent and would be a definite sell-out for this game. It’s become tougher now because our non-conf is either home games, or some kind of tourney or a big venue. Still… I’d like to see us play. I like our chances and I like to own bragging rights for a year with a win. And if we lose it is a loss close to home and can only help put a chip on our shoulders for the rest of the year. And it does help us to play tough mid-majors… the teams we often lose to in March. As long as we avoid them, we always get the wrap of being afraid to play… and I hate hearing that nonsense. We have nothing to lose… it’s pre-conf and the Shocks are gaining rep. With the way they develop SOS now, it might as well be the Shocks instead of the Golden Buffs or someone else. It would do our current team some good to play the Shocks now. They need to play every style possible between now and March. I can easily see us get beat in March by a mid-major this year (again!). Bring on the Shocks! In the long run it could develop into a nice inner-state rivalry and we could use more games with real meaning to them. There was no meaning to our game with Florida… nothing.
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  Post-game Roundup: KU vs Florida
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  @Blown (response to LJW post, I can’t bring myself to post there still) Some of the rainbow passes were thrown by Wiggins, so height is not the only problem. The main problem with this team is experience. There’s only one way to get it; unfortunately for these guys it’s gonna be on national tv. Glad I didn’t have to mature on television.
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  Is Zone Defense The Answer?
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  Seems to me that beating a zone defense will be the answer.
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  Dec 10 Game Day: KU vs Florida
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  @globaljaybird - You are right. I just don’t understand any of these kids and what it takes to get them to hustle. I never stepped on a court in my life where I didn’t lay my guts out 100%. I’ve never left a court where I had anything left. I did it because I LOVED to play… and I HATED to lose! I played just as hard in front of a crowd as I did at the Y playing lunchball. I could care less about the venue, if I had a good night’s sleep, or if I was already banged up. The only difference in my case is I never had a big $$ carrot dangling on a string in front of my nose because I wasn’t at that skill level. Maybe that makes guys play cautious. I don’t believe I ever would have played cautious… even if I had to stay healthy to land a big contract. I just didn’t have an OFF button… or a CRUISE button. And I’ll never understand guys that do. I know I never lost to anyone who didn’t come ready to play. I just don’t get it…
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  Dec 8-9: Headlines looking back, looking forward to Florida
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  I was thinking of Cole and Perry… but neither played many minutes. Guess we’d have to look at their fouls per minute to compare. My point is that we’ve had some incredible post players come through Lawrence and most of them started off as big time hackers. They could star on the show “Ax men!”