Baylor's Short Stay At The Top
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@justanotherfan winning at Tech is important for us because we would have a leg up on WVU. I am still hoping the guys can get the job done at Iowa State and West Virginia this year. I certainly think its possible.
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He has trouble keeping players as well…
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@drgnslayr easily one of the best Xs and Os guys.
He needs to talk to Snyder about how he finds the right recruits and gets them to a small town in the middle of Kansas.
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Absolutely possible. But that also assumes we don’t drop a game in Lubbock, or Manhattan, or Waco. I’ve watched Baylor enough to know they are legit. I don’t think we can just assume we beat them at their place, and I also don’t want to assume that we go 9-0 at home since we lose a conference game at AFH about once every 3 years or so.
Simply put, with Baylor and West Virginia both very good, the margin is pretty small this year.
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I agree with you but…road loses are more likely to happen at KSU or ISU rather than at Oklahoma or Texas
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@JayHawkFanToo said:
I agree with you but…road loses are more likely to happen at KSU or ISU rather than at Oklahoma or Texas
And we can’t forget OSU syndrome.
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I know that OSU has been a bad place for KU but I was talking in more general terms…WVU destroyed OSU in Stillwater so I am not big on the Cowboys. Evans and Carrol are playing well, particularly Evans who will likely be all-conference, but Forte and Hammonds numbers are down and the quality drops quite a bit from there. They have 11 players averaging double digit minutes and other than the 4 above, none would get much playing time anywhere else in the conference. If not for Forte coming back for a 5th year, OSU would be battling Texas for the bottom spot.
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@JayHawkFanToo think forte had a good last game.
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Not the type of game he plays against KU but not bad, 5-7 from 3 for 17 points but only 2 assist in 36 minutes. With Evans playing point, Forte is now an undersized SG.
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The thing with both OU and Texas is that while they aren’t necessarily good, neither of them is exactly a walkover. As we saw last night, OU has the talent to push the better teams in the conference at home. Texas can also do that. That’s the worry. An off night could cost you a huge game.
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Very true. We just have to be aware of that and come prepared.
If we win these games then these middle teams will help us by pinning losses on other top teams.
K-State comes to mind, too… they usually help us by beating other contenders.
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What do you think of Underwood?
I’ve heard he is getting them motivated for most games.
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@drgnslayr Anyone that’s seen the movie “Just Friends” (and I know I’m probably the only one…) will know that KSU is Dusty Dinkleman.
Dusty. Dinkleman.
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@nuleafjhawk how were your co-workers today?
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@Crimsonorblue22 SURPRISINGLY quiet. I wish i was more of a d-bag so i could rub it in…
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@nuleafjhawk don’t want it to come back
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What?
“Baylor’s Shorts Stay At The Top?”
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The conference has proven once again why you cannot take a game off. It is still the top ranked conference and the difference between the top and bottom teams is considerably smaller than that in other power conferences and the margin of error very small.
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Here is a readable version of the SI article on Frank and Devonte.
http://www.si.com/college-basketball/2017/01/11/frank-mason-iii-devonte-graham-kansas-jayhawks
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@wrwlumpy mine not readable?
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@Crimsonorblue22 With my eyes, when I enlarged, it became blur. I’m very old, I don’t even buy green bananas anymore.
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@wrwlumpy that’s ok, I’ll delete it. I’m at work, can’t watch it
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@wrwlumpy By the way, I have a present for you and your Texas buddy in the OSU preview.
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@Crimsonorblue22 I didn’t notice any problems.
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@Crimsonorblue22 The one I saw was a reprint of the two pages from the magazine. It must have been another overlapping blog like we tend to do.
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@wrwlumpy can’t wait
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@nuleafjhawk HAHAHA love that reference!
