Are we happy? UNC?
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The talking is over. Time to go get us another title!
I think a big motivator is looking at the banners in AFH and only seeing 3 NCs! This team will be immortalized! And they should be!
We are playing for a title while teams like Duke, who has their entire starting 5 in NBA draft lists is sitting at home, should say enough!
I still think we are an underdog. I still read and listen how Kansas can’t do it!
We don’t need to step up any more than we did on Saturday. We just come out and take care of business! The rims are big… we already know that…
Happy viewing brothers and sisters in here… enjoy the game! Wear your favorite attire… do all your superstitious pregame things… and surround yourself with people that count because you’ll always remember tonight!
I feel blessed to be back in Kansas and with loved ones watching the game! In 2008, I was in my video studio in Holland, alone, watching it in the early morning. Not this time!
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@drgnslayr Video studio? Sounds like you are a video professional of some sort?
I’m a videographer/editor here
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Great post!
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It’s been one heck of a season so far Bucketeers! Thanks to all who make this place great to share our love of KU hoops!
Tonight we battle for that title and hopefully celebrate this incredible team’s achievements
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What an amazing season. It looked pretty grim numerous times. There is not one person that thought we would be favored in the national championship game earlier in the season. I think Remy and Och and Braun go wild. I think Dave gets his. I think we lock them down. I think we blitz them with our best game of the year.
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I used to be a sports video editor in MMA.
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I remember our crazy season in 1988. No one gave us a chance! Danny lead the charge with his play and also with his chip!
I think our current team has largely been hiding their chip. They mention it a little… but they aren’t focused on the drama. They just want to go get this done! Truly in “taking care of business” mode!
Win or lose we will remember this group for many reasons!
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On a for reals level, Caleb Love seems like the key individual matchup. That guy has single-handily won the UCLA and Duke games with his big-shot making ability. Harris will probably guard Davis for a majority of this game so it comes down to the Och/CB combo to slow him down. Love can be a very streaky shooter but he’s shown unbelievable confidence in his shot all tournament long. Manek, Bacot, Davis all big time players playing their best ball. When they have needed “that shot” though its been Love. He’s put up 50 3’s in the tourney and made 18 (36%).
As far as team matchup, rebounding is the biggest key. Bacot has been a monster on the boards all season long averaging 16.8 in the tournament which is an insane number. Control the glass and this game will be a lot easier
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@bskeet said in Are we happy? UNC?:
https://twitter.com/KUHoops/status/1510810844308942850?s=20&t=sZHbXzQ3jNRI6WhCGjJSrA
If you scroll down after seeing this clip wit our boy Paul - -had to love a couple of the others # 1 - -is a clip showin Christan draining that HUGE three - like it say showing the angle Christan being the Dog throwin shade like he does Christan pounds his Chest and says - - - - - -Game over Bitch lmao. - - - # 2 was when Och & McCormack And Coach answering questions - -they tell Och - didn’t know if he knew it or not but they were having Och Park day today for him lmao. -the reaction on Dave’s face is priceless tru Kodak moment.
Awesome to se the Truth come in and talk to the players motovation
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We’ll see how healthy Bacot is as well. If he’s really hobbled that’s a huge disadvantage for them
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@approxinfinity said in Are we happy? UNC?:
@bskeet makes me nervous bringing in external motivators. These guys seem plenty motivated
OH but it’s " THE TRUTH " can’t do much better lol
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What is it about this venue. Every team was lighting it up from behind the arc. Way over season averages. The trey helped us get out ahead and helped us hold off Nova. Manek is a problem from deep and why OU didn’t play him much after his freshman year I don’t understand. Manek was from a small town, Harrah OK, about 6000 residents. Braun is from Burlington KS about 2600 people and is in the middle of nowhere more than Harrah. I know from which I speak as Burlington is about 30 miles from my hometown.
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It’s a good thing he’s a non factor outside 8 feet from the basket as well.
You can see why their starting 5 has been successful in the tournament. 3 guys make a high volume of 3’s then they have Bacot to do all the dirty work inside. They barely use their bench and they seem to have great chemistry together.
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Are we happy? UNC?:
We’ll see how healthy Bacot is as well. If he’s really hobbled that’s a huge disadvantage for them
On ESPN this morning and they were sayin you can bet KU is going to test bacot and thatankle early seeing how his movement is - Personally I don’t think it is going to be that big an issue for Bacot I think he wil be close eo 100 % - -we just go out and beat all healthy come out focused put the hammer down.
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Bacot is going to play as much as he can.
I think its Love that we have to try and neutralize. He had a bad game against Baylor, even fouling out. If he’s guarding Och I say Och should be aggressive early baiting him to foul.
Or as a team we can just make everything again it will be a mute point.
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I think Love & RJ Davis gonna be key
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Och can join Clyde Lovellette and Danny Manning as only Kansas players to be a consensus first-team all-American and a National Champion in the same season. Wilt, Nick Collison, and T-Rob got to the final game. Gooden and Devonte got to the final four.
Legendary!
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Were a 4 point favorite BUT something that kind of caught me a little by surprise - - BPI has us as a 71.9 % chance of winning the game – love my Hawks just seems that might be a pinch high
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@BeddieKU23 said in Are we happy? UNC?:
As far as team matchup, rebounding is the biggest key. Bacot has been a monster on the boards all season long averaging 16.8 in the tournament which is an insane number. Control the glass and this game will be a lot easier
Yes, JW is going to have play the boards hard tonight. In fact, I’ll make a rare prediction and say that he will play a key, if not MOP, role in the game.
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Hopefully he is in position to make plays. Manek loves to camp on the perimeter but if there is a lot of long misses you can bet every dollar you own he’s going to get them. We haven’t had a kid board like this since T-Rob
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Please don’t get me wrong guys , I’ve been listening all morning different shows. All seem pretty heavy on KU - -and that’s great - -love the hype , just hope the guys aren’t hearing this and letting it get in their heads, can be a killer and I’m sure Coach is making sure things like that aren’t taking place or trying anyways. -Just got through hearing Stevan A Austin And Coach Seth Greenberg and I like Greenberg and both saying big on KU - talking saying if Bacot is’t healthy it’s going to be really hard cause NC is not deep and have nobody to be able to take Bacots place.
I am ready - -OH I AM READY but still got to place the game N Carolina gonna show up they will play and they will play hard - we just got to come out focused - -high intensity , take care of the ball AND - never never leave Caleb Love- sure he may miss a shot -2-3 shots BUT he gonna keep shootin. - - We just got to start faast -stay fast - -I beleive we will never have a better chance - - we got to grab it. – -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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The CBSSports.com chapter of the biased sports media (Gary Parrish, Norlander, etc) apparently didn’t get the memo. Their predictions are unanimously in favor of KU.
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And, geez Louise, the memo must have gotten eaten by somebody’s dog… Straight from ESPN, the home hive of the KU-hating fraternity, their lead prediction article has Medcalf, Borzolo, Cagaway (sp?), and Lunardi all picking KU, too.
Well, when one bad call is made, we can still raise the usual chorus about biased reffing!
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@jayballer67 said in Are we happy? UNC?:
Were a 4 point favorite BUT something that kind of caught me a little by surprise - - BPI has us as a 71.9 % chance of winning the game – love my Hawks just seems that might be a pinch high
I’d think about that 71.9 % chance of winning this way. In a 10 game series we’d probably win about 7. That seems about right to me. Isn’t anything close to a guarantee but we ARE the better team.
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@Jethro said in Are we happy? UNC?:
What an amazing season. It looked pretty grim numerous times. There is not one person that thought we would be favored in the national championship game earlier in the season. I think Remy and Och and Braun go wild. I think Dave gets his. I think we lock them down. I think we blitz them with our best game of the year.
This is where I am. We get in the flow and stay in the flow. Tonight, it all comes together.
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Couldnt be happier.
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We Are The Champions
Look at all the former players showing love and respect to not just the institution but the players that came before them and damn happy for those that came after. #Proud #Honor #Glory #RCJH
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Okay, maybe all you bias-detectors are onto something…
I just received a daily email from The Atlantic, received just a bit before 11 this morning. You can see from the screenshot that the lead headline is still pushing UNC’s chances to win an NChamp as an 8 seed.
You can also see that the headline writer/page editor should have perhaps read the article further down on the page about the KU win.
Mea culpa…we DON’T get no respect!
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@mayjay - I noticed that too. First the story line was K/Duke, then Hubie/UNC. KU is getting a lot of cred, but the east coast doesn’t seem to want to let go of “what could have been”.
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Still happy tbh
