Kansas Jayhawks Vs UConn Huskies Game Thread 12/2 8PM CT
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To be honest, I'm relieved he isn't going to play tonight. I believe it would risk too much on a game that really won't turn out to be so important in March or any impact on league play.
This puts more pressure on UCONN to win in AFH. To lose to a team missing their star player is not a positive narrative for them.
This will be HUGE if we win! And it will do nothing but propel our guys into a great attitude to carry forward!
The risk with DP playing tonight is not only for him to aggrevate his health situation and likely risk being out for the rest of the year, but it also looks bad for us if he comes back and we get smoked. There is as much risk bringing him back in a game where he would have to produce big for us to win... and if he didn't, he would most likely slow down the rhythm we are on!
I'd like to see him come back for Towson or Davidson... games probably not necessarily played at the highest level, and with less pressure.
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@drgnslayr great point about it being lower risk for the team narrative. Let the guys build on the Tennessee win!
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Joining from r/jayhawks. Rock Chalk, Baby!
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@handshawk sweet! Welcome!
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@handshawk if you are curious about our historical conversations check out the archive. 10 years of talking Kansas sports as nauseum in there! Haha
Actually i should be careful what i suggest, could get lost in there. I just turned off registration on the old site (the archive) now that i thought about it. Ha. Dont mind me. I’ll lock in when its game time!
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Who is everyone’s “hawk to rock” this game? Im going with Tre. It seems like he has found himself and the product is repeatable. I think Tiller will have ups and downs and this may be another quiet game. Flory should be solid, though either could have a monster game.
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I recently completed a 56-page reflection on my Adventures and Misadventures as a Jayhawk. Plenty of stories to tell starting with my first football game in 1952 vs Santa Clara. Hope the guys get a chuckle out of this excerpt.
The basketball season offered the highlight (or low light) of my one-year career as a Kansas Jayhawk Yell Leader. It was Monday night, March 6, 1967. The Jayhawks were 21-3 playing against Colorado at Allen Field House. KU had beaten CU in the Pre-Season Holiday Tournament in Kansas City, but lost earlier in the season to Colorado in Boulder 59-62. This team featured sophomore Jo Jo White, later to be a two-time second team All-American, seven-time NBA All-Pro, and Olympic gold medalist. The Boston Celtics retired his #10. This K.U. team also included Roger Bohnenstiehl, Ron Franz (who played in the ABA and the NBA) and big man, Vernon Vanoy who also played tight end for the football team. The Field House was packed and going nuts!
Colorado was led by 6’ 4” shooting guard Pat Frink. He was the kind of “hot shot” player that opposition crowds loved to hate. I was sitting with other yell leaders on the edge of the court just outside the baseline under one of the baskets. (In those days, the court was raised three feet above the dirt floor.) Late in the second half Jo Jo White came streaking toward me, headed for a breakaway layup. Just as he got to the free throw line, Frink caught him and wrapped his arms around him. The Field House went crazy! I blanked out. Somehow, a few seconds of my life, and even my memory at the time, disappeared. The next thing I knew, I was standing in the free throw lane looking up at Frink. Jo Jo calmly said to me, “It’s okay, man.” I turned around and sat back down on the edge of the court with my megaphone clutched close to my side.
Amazingly, neither of the referees said anything to me. The game went on. Nothing was written in the local papers about the incident, but Sports Illustrated carried a little sidebar article describing the incident . . . but not giving my name!
Oh, what a different time it was. Had it happened in the era of ESPN, video of the “incident” and my name would have been splattered all over national TV! -
I'm rockin' 2nd-half Melvin. He's gonna get to the basket and AND FINISH for 22 points, draw 14 fouls and also dish out 37 assists.
KU 118, UConn 22.
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@JoJoAndMe wow! What an amazing story. I cant believe they didnt do anything, haha. What did your friends think? Were you proud and own it? Ha
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@Jayblaze nice. Love it. I bet the melvin effect happens as their guards shoot high volume low percentage
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@RockChalkinTexas-0 I loved dancing to PBR!!!
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We will defend but can we score? Hurley's team will play tough and maybe a little over the line. Tre may get a little offended by that. Don't foul out Tre as we will need all of your 16 points. KU 74 Uconn 71.
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Man i am juiced! We feel like a team that other teams shouldn’t want to play. All upside here. Expectations for this team will start AFTER we win this one.
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I was listening to a sports podcast yesterday about the game tonight. When asked, the host said if DP plays he picks the Huskies. If he doesn’t he picks the Hawks. Interesting take and I going with it too.
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@JoJoAndMe wow! That's so cool!
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I know nothing about UConn this year, feels like we can hang with anyone. This guy thinks it will be pretty even: https://www.babcockhoops.com/post/no-5-uconn-vs-no-21-kansas-preview-matchups-and-prediction
And mentions that Solo Ball is shooting in the 20s from 3 after shooting 43% last year. That would smell like a career night incoming in years past but not with MELVIN COUNCIL! We are long, lets shut him down.
Also wouldnt it be amazing if Marko could build on the Tennessee game? Fingers crossed for the kid.
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@JoJoAndMe i might try to break this story out into its own thread later on. Its very cool and deserves its own discussion later.
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@DanR Not only are you back, youre starting on the same live game thread as the rest of us! i smell a run.
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I’m hoping for a bounce back game from Flory, who struggled against Tennessee, though oddly he only had 1 foul.
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UConn looked pretty good against Illinois.
