Let the slobberfest begin
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Just happy Roy went out with class and not a goodbye tour about HIM!
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@Crimsonorblue22 said in Let the slobberfest begin:
Just happy Roy went out with class and not a goodbye tour about HIM!
you and me both. Roy had to much class for that
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Just so weâre clear - everyone on this board KNOWS beyond a shadow of a doubt that the officials are NOT going to let Coach Ratface go out without a National Championship. Right ?? Place your bets now.
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@nuleafjhawk said in Let the slobberfest begin:
Just so weâre clear - everyone on this board KNOWS beyond a shadow of a doubt that the officials are NOT going to let Coach Ratface go out without a National Championship. Right ?? Place your bets now.
ya wouldnâtdoubt that a bit - -get it set up where it all ends in that " PERFECT STORY BOOK " ending
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@nuleafjhawk I dunno know⌠they let him lose his last home game and his last conference tourney. But yea, theyâll get a sh!tload of calls their way.
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@StLJhawk Iâm not a conspiracy theorist or anything - except when it comes to Duke. I will NEVER have rooted harder for any team than I am for North Carolina Saturday. I imagine the Dookies would give up a home game and conference tournament game for a National Championship.
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Iâd love to know how much the book advance would be for anyone who could actually prove there are monsters in the closet, and boogeymen under the bed.
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I just worry about the health of Roy Williams when we face off with UNC in the National Championship game.
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@mayjay Heâs such a polarizing figure this is a lot different. What kind of galls me is that the sports talking heads donât seem to realize or care how many people dislike the man. So when they talk about him being great and all that many of us just think, âheâs a jerkâ.
As a KU fan, that game in Dallas in 1986 had his grimy paws all over it. Donât know how he does it but when one of the great teams in KU history is whistled 26 times to 14 for Duke, something is up. Heck Danny and Dreiling had as many fouls as the entire starting lineup of Duke. I donât want to go back and watch that travesty to investigate every call, but thatâs not a normal pattern for calling a game. We had 3 starters foul out, they had no one with 4 even. Danny goes 2-9 and didnât shoot one FT. Duke shoots 30 and we shot 12.
Letâs talk about the Christian Laettner shot. I assume quite a few people believe it was for the national championship. It wasnât. It was an elite 8 game. Was his shot better than Marioâs? Or better than Reynolds or Keith Smarts, or Scotty Thurmonds? Not close. Heck, the guy from Virginia made a miracle shot in an elite 8 game that helped Bennett win his Natty a few years back, but no one will ever talk about that moment.
Letâs not forget Zion. He and his mom wanted a house if he came to KU. We were the front runners for him if my memory serves correct. When we said sorry, no house he ends up at Duke and from what I understand she moved to Durham and lived in a very nice place. Whereâs the investigation Dukes way?
I really canât stand the guy and the 2015 national championship didnât help any either. Wisconsin up by 10 early in the 2nd half and K calls time and talks to the refs during the timeout. Now maybe they were talking about the 2016 election, or Obamacare, or whatever or maybe they talked about something that led to a huge turnaround and the infamous inJustice Winslow stepping out of bounds before scoring and getting fouled, or the tipped ball all of America saw except the replay officials who rewarded Duke with a possession they didnât deserve.
So I donât think itâs a huge story, or at least the way the media portrays it. Itâs a story of scandal and intrigue that most Americans want no part of.
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As I mentioned in an earlier post⌠we seem to catch every break in this tourney.
It is perfect that the UNC/DUKE game is built up so high. This will be the real championship for these teams. Ha⌠then they have to turn right around and play us on Monday! (hopefully us) Perfect time for us to come on strong⌠the only #1 seed left⌠the sleeper team!
And letâs say we win it all. Imagine the egg on the faces of left coast media when they have to deal with a non-ACC champion? After all that hoopla?!
Letâs get this straight⌠this is OURS for the grabbing! We deserved this two years ago and didnât get the chance to get it. Just a little bit more of our chip moving forward. All that said⌠we donât just deserve this. We have to earn it!
Meanwhile⌠letâs focus on the Wildcats that have had our number for a while. Focus on Saturday!
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@mayjay Maybe youâre not looking in the right closets. Or under the right beds.
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@drgnslayr said in Let the slobberfest begin:
As I mentioned in an earlier post⌠we seem to catch every break in this tourney.
It is perfect that the UNC/DUKE game is built up so high. This will be the real championship for these teams. Ha⌠then they have to turn right around and play us on Monday! (hopefully us) Perfect time for us to come on strong⌠the only #1 seed left⌠the sleeper team!
And letâs say we win it all. Imagine the egg on the faces of left coast media when they have to deal with a non-ACC champion? After all that hoopla?!
Letâs get this straight⌠this is OURS for the grabbing! We deserved this two years ago and didnât get the chance to get it. Just a little bit more of our chip moving forward. All that said⌠we donât just deserve this. We have to earn it!
Meanwhile⌠letâs focus on the Wildcats that have had our number for a while. Focus on Saturday!
100 % agre EVERYTHING falling into place. Kind of like Danny and the Miracles run. All the upper seeds getting knocked out before Danny and the boys would of had to play them - - -playing certain teams for a third time and beating them.
Media is so consumed with this dam UNC/Duke fest nobody even mentioning THERE IS another game , thatâs ok donât recognize us now - - -you will LATER you can bet that, just let us continue to fly under the radar - -let us build that chip - -WE GOT THIS
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Mitch with an ailing knee playing through it and do we win without him? Heâs playing his best ball right now. Remy is playing his best also. Harris, Dave, Mr. Iâll take over Braun and our Star, who is suffering from Long Covid (IMO) and coming out of it more each week. Itâs all coming together at the right time. The top program is littered with four letter words like Phog, Harp, Self, Wilt, ???. I just have to believe.
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@wissox the year he was doing bad and he collapsed on the floor. He didnât want those losses to count on his record.
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@jayballer67 said in Let the slobberfest begin:
@drgnslayr said in Let the slobberfest begin:
As I mentioned in an earlier post⌠we seem to catch every break in this tourney.
It is perfect that the UNC/DUKE game is built up so high. This will be the real championship for these teams. Ha⌠then they have to turn right around and play us on Monday! (hopefully us) Perfect time for us to come on strong⌠the only #1 seed left⌠the sleeper team!
And letâs say we win it all. Imagine the egg on the faces of left coast media when they have to deal with a non-ACC champion? After all that hoopla?!
Letâs get this straight⌠this is OURS for the grabbing! We deserved this two years ago and didnât get the chance to get it. Just a little bit more of our chip moving forward. All that said⌠we donât just deserve this. We have to earn it!
Meanwhile⌠letâs focus on the Wildcats that have had our number for a while. Focus on Saturday!
100 % agre EVERYTHING falling into place. Kind of like Danny and the Miracles run. All the upper seeds getting knocked out before Danny and the boys would of had to play them - - -playing certain teams for a third time and beating them.
Media is so consumed with this dam UNC/Duke fest nobody even mentioning THERE IS another game , thatâs ok donât recognize us now - - -you will LATER you can bet that, just let us continue to fly under the radar - -let us build that chip - -WE GOT THIS
The Danny and the Miracles story is one of the great stories of all time in KU basketball. 1986 we were the best team in America, and we lost to Dook( alluded to by Steve).
We had a loaded team in 1986- stars at every position. 1988 was Danny and essentially some old scraps laying aroundâŚwe had been pummeled by OU that year. OU was GOODâŚI mean really good. Nobody thot we had a chance against them. We were very mediocre that year, but got on a run, and Danny went wild, and we somehow managed to make it to the title game.
Everybody said we had to stop OU from running because they were high flying, run you out of the gym fast. And the weirdest thing happened: we ran with them, too. And we were smoking them. At half, we had managed to forge a tie at 50-50. It was an incredible half- if you havenât seen it, take the time to watch it. It was a work of art. Then the 2nd half rolls around, and somehow we managed to beat them.
It was a stunning upset. It was amazing, joyous, and an unforgettable evening.
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@Jethro Remember, running with them was not actually Brownâs pre-game plan. He just let them continue after it started that way because we were shooting so well (83% or something). At halftime he wisely slowed it down because he knew nobody could keep that up.
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Some of the best KU teams of all time, with a rough ranking:
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1997: lost to Arizona
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1957: w/Wilt, lost to UNC in 3OT (UNCâs ascension started here)
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1986: lost to Duke (Dukeâs ascension started here)
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2008: Won NC
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1952: Won NC
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1988: Won NC
If we can knock off Villanova, we have an opportunity for retribution â for either '57 or '86.
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@mayjay @KUSTEVE I recall it was Danny who told the guys on the floor at the tip that they were going to run.
Billy Tubbs and Guy Lewis would both be national champs if theyâd coached better. Lewis because pre shot clock they stalled and it let NCState get back into the game. Tubbs guys were gassed because he didnât use his bench except 1 guy for 5 minutes. Meanwhile our bench went 5 deep and we were fresh and energetic all game.
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@wissox I remember after Larry said no running, slow it down, Danny pulled them in and said letâs run!
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Read an interesting tidbit this morning. Talking about North Carolina in the final four as an AP unranked team. The last team to win it all who was unranked by the AP? Danny and the Miracles. The last one before that? You cannot make this up. Villanova in 85. What a wild Final Four!
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An observation or two as we head into tomorrow.
As the only team left thatâs west of the Mississippi (heck, the only one left of the Appalachians), youâd think KU would get more than token attention from the national media this week. But Iâve been shocked (though not surprised I guess) at the virtual silent treatment for a school with multiple national titles, most notably from ESPN (Eastern Seaboard Propaganda Network). The only mention Iâve seen about KU this week was a Sportscenter flashback to a game we lost to Villanova in 2005 when we were ranked Number One. Seems like we got a LOT more national coverage during the regular season. Duke, Carolina, and even Nova are sucking up all the oxygen in the press room.
This kind of thing isnât limited to the menâs game. A friend of mine from Stanford is upset that the defending national womenâs champs are getting pretty much ignored in favor of UConn coach Geno Auriemma, yet another ESPN darling. Even South Carolina (top-ranked for most of the season) isnât getting as much attention as he does.
Yep, no East Coast bias here.
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Another observation about tomorrow. Thanks for the idea nwhawkfan.
The âexpertsâ think Kansas can win it all and one article titled something like anonymous observations from opposing coaches said that KU is as talented as any team this year. Then one coach said we have seen Kansas win 32 games by playing really well during parts of games but we have not seen Kansas play a complete game at their best. Truth and we have seen the same thing about the team. We come out flat and trail at the half making it harder to win or we come out blazing and get to 20 points very quickly and then go five minutes scoreless. We let some teams hang with us as a result. The bottom line was if KU plays at their best for an entire game we will beat them all.
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If we beat Villanova, does KU get to hang a Big East championship banner this year too since theyâll have beaten 3 of their top 4 in the NCAA tournament this year?
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Damn, wish you all could be in Chapel Hill with me for the games tomorrow. This place is a freaking madhouse. Students were lined up at bars this week just trying to get a reservation anywhere downtown. You can feel the energy on campus and in the city. Itâs really going to be insanity. And nothing would make me happier than following up a KU win with Carolina ending Kâs career and storming Franklin.
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CBSSports channel is showing back to back to back Duke ncaa games tonight.
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@wissox said in Let the slobberfest begin:
CBSSports channel is showing back to back to back Duke ncaa games tonight.
They showed our 2 games the other night.
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@Zabudda said in Let the slobberfest begin:
Another observation about tomorrow. Thanks for the idea nwhawkfan.
The âexpertsâ think Kansas can win it all and one article titled something like anonymous observations from opposing coaches said that KU is as talented as any team this year. Then one coach said we have seen Kansas win 32 games by playing really well during parts of games but we have not seen Kansas play a complete game at their best. Truth and we have seen the same thing about the team. We come out flat and trail at the half making it harder to win or we come out blazing and get to 20 points very quickly and then go five minutes scoreless. We let some teams hang with us as a result. The bottom line was if KU plays at their best for an entire game we will beat them all.
We canâtafford to come out flat against Villanova and try to play catch up & and let them control temple , got to try and contain Gillispie posting up down low -we got to run them off the 3 pt line. Defense has just been getting better and better. - They had a stat on it this morning Starting around the 1st of March we were in the 30âs according to kenpom now I think they said w are 18th. â Got to have asolid game
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@Jethro Oh, thatâs good, obviously I missed it. I recorded the Miami game and watched the 2nd half again when I got home! Watched us beat Memphis the other day. What great memories that was!
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There was a time I proudly wore a Duke shirt. My grandfather lived in the triangle area and when grandma got sick she was treated at Duke hospital where eventually she passed. Grandpa spent a lot of time in the cafeteria during those long days and got to know a worker there by the name of James Worthy. He never let the facts get in the way of a good story so thereâs no way to verify this âfriendshipâ now. Anyways when KU played Duke in 91 he made a bet with me that the loser would have to wear the T-shirt of the other team. Well I wore that shirt proudly as I loved my Grandfather, but would never make such a foolish wager now!
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Lol. Like a child desperately seeking approval.
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Hereâs a good one from a media person. If coach K loses without a championship this year will it tarnish his legacy?
Well excuse me you must have me confused with someone who gives a s***.
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I have read many articles about Kansas this week. Not sure how you have missed them. CBS Sports, The Athletic, NYT, AND ESPN have all had features.
For those of you determined to feel underrespected and unappreciated, The Athleticâs panel of 11 alleged âexpertsâ had most picking KU against Villanova (8 of 11), all 11 picking Duke over UNC, and KU tied with Duke (5-5) for the Championship (1 person picked Villanova).
We are so hated! Boo hoo hoo!!!
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@mayjay Like my grandfather, we donât like to let the facts ruin a good story!
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If KU isnât gonna blow out Nova tonight, id like a quadruple OT game to push Coach Kâs game back as far as possible.
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Sportscenter opening, âThe wait is almost over, Duke-UNC tonightâ See @mayjay they do hate us!!
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Bonus : when Bill wins his 2nd national championship, the Tucky rump ratâs noggins will explode. This will set off a flurry of neurotic threads on Rump Rafters on how Bill has more titles than the Squid. Delicious.
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@Jethro Now that is a delicious possibility I has not considered!
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@mayjay said in Let the slobberfest begin:
I have read many articles about Kansas this week. Not sure how you have missed them. CBS Sports, The Athletic, NYT, AND ESPN have all had features.
For those of you determined to feel underrespected and unappreciated, The Athleticâs panel of 11 alleged âexpertsâ had most picking KU against Villanova (8 of 11), all 11 picking Duke over UNC, and KU tied with Duke (5-5) for the Championship (1 person picked Villanova).
We are so hated! Boo hoo hoo!!!
thereâs our bundle of sunshine - - Good Morning
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@Zabudda said in Let the slobberfest begin:
Lol. Like a child desperately seeking approval.
I donât know what that means.
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@jayballer67 Letâs see, you think it is more of a ray of sunshine to cry all the time about how mean the whole sports media juggernaut is to poor little KU?
ââŚCryingâs not for me! Oh, Iâm never gonna stop the rain by complaining!â
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oh little side note on how we ARE getting our attention - - lmao - -Wht did sports center have yesterday. - - hmmmm, letâs see - BACK TO BACK TO BACK NORTH CAROLINA DUKE GAMES AWESOME RESPECT -Letâs see now how many KU/Villanova games did we see ? - You remember those two teams donât we? - they are those other two TEAMS are PLAYING TONIGHT ALSO. Oh those two lmao.
Itâs ok you just keep grabbing that Duke ass w will just continue to fly under the radar - - forget we are the only remaining # 1 team - forget that the Winner of a KU/Villanova game has always went on to win the National Championship - - Forget KU is the highest remaining team in the tourney - -ya â you go ahead and play with that Duke ass - -were gonna be just fine. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@mayjay said in Let the slobberfest begin:
@jayballer67 Letâs see, you think it is more of a ray of sunshine to cry all the time about how mean the whole sports media juggernaut is to poor little KU?
ââŚCryingâs not for me! Oh, Iâm never gonna stop the rain by complaining!â
LMAO - - itâs ok - Iâll make sure I buy you plenty of hankies , you just keep woofing youâll be just fine SUNSHINE SUNSHINE.
you are my sunshine - -my only sunshine - you make me happy when skies are gery - -youâll never know how much we need you , to make grey skies go away - -Happy Saturday SUNSHINE roflmmfao
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@wissox said in Let the slobberfest begin:
@Zabudda said in Let the slobberfest begin:
Lol. Like a child desperately seeking approval.
I donât know what that means.
The CBSSports showing back to back Duke games. Certainly nothing disparaging to you sir.
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Has anyone else other then me think itâs been a Loooooooooong day ? - - lol - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Seth Davis is a idiot
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Is that little satyr going to feint tonight?
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@jayballer67 said in Let the slobberfest begin:
oh little side note on how we ARE getting our attention - - lmao - -Wht did sports center have yesterday. - - hmmmm, letâs see - BACK TO BACK TO BACK NORTH CAROLINA DUKE GAMES AWESOME RESPECT -Letâs see now how many KU/Villanova games did we see ? - You remember those two teams donât we? - they are those other two TEAMS are PLAYING TONIGHT ALSO. Oh those two lmao.
Itâs ok you just keep grabbing that Duke ass w will just continue to fly under the radar - - forget we are the only remaining # 1 team - forget that the Winner of a KU/Villanova game has always went on to win the National Championship - - Forget KU is the highest remaining team in the tourney - -ya â you go ahead and play with that Duke ass - -were gonna be just fine. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
That was CBS Sports that ran both Dook games, big guy. The night before that, they ran both KU games. The night before that, they ran both Villanova games. And the night before that, they played both UNC games.
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