@approxinfinity Greene was also anticipated to be the better player as well over White. White was the 69th ranked player in 2012 in what was a down recruiting cycle for KU. KU’s 2013 class was an all timer with Self landing four 5 star recruits including Greene and KU’s best player out of that 2013 class wasn’t even one of the 5 stars, it was their lowest ranked player, Frank Mason. That 2013 class featured Wiggins, Selden, Embiid, and Greene as 5 star players, and Frankamp and Mason as 4 star players with Mason barely outside the top 50 in that class. It also never helped White’s case for minutes here that he wasn’t a good 3 point shooter at KU. That made it easier to budget him out the door.

@mayjay I haven’t forgotten it because I never knew it! I don’t mind playback games when they’re in Maui or something because we want to see us play again, but I understand it in March too.

He looked skinnier at the big 12 media day. His face wasn’t red either. We’ll wait until the first game for the red face to return.

@approxinfinity said in Has Bill Self seen aliens?: I wonder if anyone has plotted what the stars would look like from a foreign world and made up that worlds constellations, including our sun. All you need is a 3D star map that can be manipulated to put youurself anywhere in the map. Once the star location data is created, shifing perpective and reducing it to 2D should ne easy. I don’t know if anyone has invented constellations from those views, though! Cool idea…create a different world’s mythology! This generator (for creating game backgrounds, I guess) looks like it might be able to do it: https://www.profantasy.com/products/cos3_summary.asp I’m sure cosmologists have numerous tools to do it. It would be vital for interstellar navigation. I remember Star Trek (Voyager?) episodes where they had to figure out where they were after going through wormholes, and they used a (CGI) hologram to simulate the galaxy.

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I assume my room will be ready soon. After all, it’s 5,400 sq ft!

Wonder what Cindy thinks of his health and his decisions? Maybe she doesn’t want him hanging out at home. She can head to their condo, take her friends, maybe coaches wives.

Primo for threeeemo #HanniPost

Norm doing media session again today. - - saying it’s a day to day , I think it’s 50/50 at best

@drgnslayr I think a lot of it was he never found a system that worked for him at Texas and his team’s were seemingly always on the younger side. He always had good recruiting classes (top 10 basically every year) and his system seemed fairly complex so he likely needed more experienced players than what he had so he likely needed to simplify his system to adapt, but never did so.

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Father Bill vs his Large Adult Son Game Thread: @Gorilla72 Kenny Logan jr! Thanks!

@wissox We picked up 5 in the tourney to go ahead by 4, I believe, and have 4 more this year.

@Jethro said in "Bill Self... needed on Aisle 7, please!: I thought Norm did a great job. I’m ready for Bill to get back, though. This is the correct take. Both things are definitely true.

@approxinfinity said in Everything Bill Self: @Texas-Hawk-10 good butterfly effect theory. Does seem like some recruitments could have anowballed from there. Though its hard to imagine Illinois as a nike flagship. Illinois brand wouldnt sell like Duke or Kentucky? Kentucky was way down prior to Cal showing up and was struggling in recruiting big time. In the 4 years prior to Calipari, Kentucky had lost 12+ games each season amd had lost 10+ games in 5 of their previous 9 seasons. Once Pitino’s players filtered out, UK struggled in recruiting and wasn’t until Calipari and Worldwide Wes showed up that they returned as a flagship program. The end of Tubby Smith’s time at Kentucky and 2 seasons of Billy Gillespie at UK had them trending the wrong way in regards ro relevance. In a different timeline where Self stayed at Illinois, I could definitely see them becoming a flagship program for Nike and the Jordan Brand due to the proximity to Chicago.

@dylans Speaking of zones - some chatter I’ve heard is your going to see Villanova play zone - -maybe a lot

@Kcmatt7 said in Bill Self Sr.: If you want some goosebumps https://twitter.com/KUHoops/status/1485306567280971776?s=20 WOW , WOW , WOW - -thank you so much for sharing this Buddy. - -Not gonna lie one bit - -hit the heart especially with the players runnin the tunnel afterwards and then Coach Self chokin up some - - - umm , umm , umm Goose bumps and hard to swallow that lump in my throat - emotional well for me anyways - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG - BABY

@BShark Did he get a bionic knee?

@benshawks08 loved that possession. Showed an extra gear and intensity. Want the kid on the court when we absolutely need a stop.

Starters smarters. Wilson will play 30 and that means everyone is going to feel a minute crunch