Analytics loved the KU win over Iowa St. Moved up from #23 to #17 on Kenpom. Offense jumped from the 50's to #34 so that offensive performance was well above expected. Defense has dropped nearly 10 spots this month

@patoh3 said in KState Game: I hope they can bear him. He was Scott Drew's version of Kurtis Townsend until he took the KSU job.

@HoraceZontal Sorry you had to have i too no fun that's for sure. glad it helped you though , hoping it will help me also

@BeddieKU23 Self has a lot of ridiculous records but that doesn’t pertain to much with this group. I’d like to see those numbers from both 03-22 and from 23 to now. I know we have a losing road record by over 10 games in that span and I’ll bet it’s a losing record vs ranked opponents.

@bskeet maybe bc it truly is a game of inches more than others? Non contact sport etc

I kept thinking all year Dawson would start hitting but he was not even online with his shots.

I see KU is in the mix for former Michigan St. big man Jaxon Kohler. Averaged 12.5 ppg and 8.9 rpg last season so what are the chances of him actually ending up in Lawrence?

I think you could circle a lot things in this one that were an issue. My main concern as it has been most the season is the rebounding. The refs were garbage and it’s starting to become major news across the country right now because what is a foul or a traveling one game is not in another. Sometimes which end it is on is completely different, they could’ve very easily called at least another 10 fouls on Arizona with how tight the whistle was for them. You guys and gals know I’ve always said professional sports in this country are rigged. I’m starting to wonder if college isn’t the same. It literally looked like KU cut it to 2 and the refs got a page or text reminding them of the spread. I think they should press have conferences after the game for officials. I mean how many of us can repeatedly do our job wrong or not all without having repercussions? The guy cleaning the ice machine at McDonald’s gets written up for forgetting to do it but officials at the second highest level of sports in this country making 6 figures have to answer to nobody.

Sorry... I've been AWOL! I only watched 3 minutes of this game, and I'm glad I missed it. I just looked at the box score and it feeds right into a thought I've had for quite some time.... it's about Tre. Tre has been our most consistent player all year and I am very glad we have him, because he usually finds his way to putting up good stats with lots of points and some needed rebounds. I'm thinking Tre is a guy who always takes advantage of the opportunity to prosper on average defenders. But when the competition toughens up, his production dies. He scored 2 against ISU, and 4 against UA. And I noticed this same trend in other tough battles. We really can't afford almost no production from any position. This is worse than Juan. Concerning DP... it was hard to imagine him doing well in this game. Hostile environment and energetic defense. Coming off the flu. Knocking the rust off his game. And he still isn't integrated into the offense. Until he starts averaging at least 4 apg, I won't be convinced he is integrated. He should be creating even more than that! I've heard all the excuses why he doesn't produce assists and I'm not buying any of them. His assist line might not be as important to NBA scouts as his points line, but I guarantee you it is important. At this point in the season, he really can't miss more games if we hope on really capitalizing on using him towards anything near the potential. But since our depth is limited, we can still use him no matter what, but we just can't hope to get a real bump. I wasn't really expecting we would leave the Hilton with a W, but I was hoping more for a loss similar to what UH just had. To see such a fall off like that doesn't really give me March optimism. But I predicted we would lose a few more then have another team meeting like we did earlier. We've seen so much recent growth... hope that keeps going because we need more development to be truly competitive in March. I've forgotten completely about competing for the B12 crown.

@DCHawker said in Border War: @Jayhawk_69 said in Border War: That game went about as expected. The good news is our season is far from over. If Marshall can start playing like a serviceable starter I think we have a shot at a bowl game. Was there anything in the game that has you believe that Marshall is a "serviceable" P4 starter? 13 of 30 (and one of those was a wing and a prayer). 2 INTs. 4 fumbles (only 1 TO). 20 rushes for 23 yards. Really undersized. Some of the ineffectiveness is due to O-line woes, but definitely not all. Multiple really bad throw/decision-making. I really question whether either of our QBs is capable of winning games for us against quality competition... I honestly am scratching my head pretty hard at this point as to how in the heck he won the job. Cole is obviously a good leader and respected by his teammates or he wouldn’t be a captain. He also played well enough to beat KSU in his only start IMO. Honestly hoping he isn’t hurt because the way this line looks, I see no chance of us making it all year without someone getting hurt at QB. Marshall I think is a great athlete but we look like a highschool program just putting the ball in the hands of the best athlete and hoping it works out. It was the same story with Ryan Willis and Montell Cozart under Beaty. Willis was much better at decision making and throwing but Cozart was a good athlete. Obviously any comparison to the Beaty coaching isn’t going to be positive. IMO if we aren’t going to move Marshall to RB or WR, which is likely where he would be at most P4 programs. We need to burn the play book and start running the triple option. The option came about for teams that gave up too much penetration up the middle. I’m not sure if our Guards came from Haskell but they sure hell look like it. I’d also like to see Dylan Edwards get more touches. I agree he is small but he is very shifty and quick. He is averaging 5.9 yards per carry. Willis has not impressed me in the slightest so far between seeming to run right into the defense and have holding calls against him, mainly because his blocking form is similar to my sons 5th and 6th team. We have to find ways to get Edwards and McMillan the ball in space. I’m just not sure that’s possible with Marshall throwing it to them. We obviously have a long journey ahead with the ASU game. But I’ve always felt like weird game circumstances favor the underdog which is obviously us. We likely won’t be favored in another game this season outside of middle Tennessee. I do think Mizzou is a much better team than ASU so all we can do is line them up and see how it goes.

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@Jayhawk_69 a win Monday would be massive imo, and would put us right back on track, especially if our core players all play fairly well to well.

@rcjhdraft Interesting, never have seen that.

@ROCKCHALK2025 I don’t think he’s ready by any stretch of imagination but you never know. Cheick diallo was drafted 33rd without really playing and a similar build to Flory.

Ugh, looks like the Chiefs will have mostly all new WRs next season. Rashee Rice seems to be in trouble again. Domestic violence claims this time. Hope it's not true. It could be that the WR and RB rooms look totally different next year. crazy. maybe not a bad thing though.

@rockchalkjayhawk I've been waiting since about last Wednesday to watch the Chiefs on Monday Night Football only to finally figure out they don't play until a week from tomorrow. Yay.

@FarmerJayhawk haha nice! Well done! Gonna have to pay more attention to Dusty May.

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@approxinfinity As usual, you have the stats! And, they are dramatic,