I gave my son one of the posters that I created for the Kansan in the 90s and told him to take it to the game for good luck..

@stoptheflop Tre and Melvin are the 3rd scorer by committee. I love the way Tre is a foul-seeking missile at the end of the shot clock. And Melvin is a bit like a lighthouse -- blinding bright, but sometimes goes dark... Together they are great.

Peterson is once in a decade talent. I remember watching Durant and thinking.. man, why can't we get a dude like that on our team?

We got one.

It's been said, but probably worth saying again: FLORY. This was a defensive game. And we had the better defense and the BEST defensive player.

Flory has to be defensive player of the week in the B12 and should get some recognition nationally.

I hear you all.. but the main thing that was wrong the other night was that our best player (or most expensive asset, if you look at it cynically) was not on the floor.

I think this is a good, competitive roster, when the whole roster is considered, plus the staff and the ability of the players to grow and improve.

That last point is worth noting: Most of the players have played less than 10 games under Coach Self. Some of these players are incredibly talented and others are very experienced (or both). Coach Self's track record with seasoned players is excellent. I'm bullish on them all improving faster than the competition (if they all get on the court and play together sooner rather than later.)

Pounding Missouri is occupying 100% of the space in my head for basketball right now.

I hated the officiating in that game. Absolutely hated it. About the only thing they did right was not call the flagrant on that ridiculous foul.

I think we are all 100% frustrated that he's not 100%. That includes him.

But it's a pretty phenomenal freshmen who can start and play at less than 100% and still be a very significant contributor playing just a fraction of the game.

At this point, I'm thinking he should sit and heal. I sooo want to see him at 100% with this team in March.

Remy 2.0?

It was an eventful night in a multitude of ways. For us Rosario Kohl-watchers, we had a sighting. He looked rusty offensively but his athleticism is undeniable. Spectacular rebound and some decent D.

The sports talkshows are awash in the topic of DP, but I have not sensed any embarrassment for Self or KU. In fact, there has been a lot of empathy and even admiration for Self give the way he has handled this challenge.

@kjayhawks2.0 said in KU @ Arizona St 8pm CT:

we had 21 offensive rebounds and 4 second chance points. Wow!

Yep. This defined the game and it's stunning.

If you look at this team's record with these remarkably anomalistic, highly improbable and statistically aberrational numbers, you might be tempted to throw a couple of these losses out.

They are pretty good if you take away the weirdness. Or is it weirdness? What is the norm?

It's just hard to know whether this team can still gel and harden and normalize into its full potential at this point.

One thing that I think has to be resolved is the way the offense flows through DP at all times... even on breakaways. Watch the 2nd half when DP is on the floor and compare to when he isn't on the floor. After a defensive rebound, when DP is off the floor, Council pushes down the court and gets a shot at the rim. When DP is on the floor he pushes up the court, gets to the lane, stops and kicks the ball out to DP.

It happens too frequently to be the player's decision. It looks like this is how the team has been told to construct every offensive possession. They need to get back to everyone taking the best shot, no matter who that is. Sometimes that means kick out to DP, but sometimes that means drive to hoop and get 2 (or 3, if the refs don't have their heads too far up their butts, because Council gets hacked on those layups more often than not.)

@wissox83 said in KU @ Arizona St 8pm CT:

@bskeet We beat 2 of those 4 #1 seeds.

Right. And we lost to 2 of those 4 #1 seeds.

So is your glass half empty or half full with this team?

Updated standings. Insanity. TCU, Oklahoma State and K-State won. KU can't take advantage and stays tied with ISU at fourth.

If (and that's a BIG IF) we get through the first weekend of the tournament, there's a good chance we'll play a #1 seed in the sweet 16 that we've already seen... Duke? Arizona? Michigan? Houston?

Just so everyone is clear, I very very rarely go to Facebook. I've had an account since 2008 or so and had to have it when my kids were younger because various clubs and groups that they were involved with posted updates there.

I never used it heavily in the early days -- even then it felt like a time-suck. As a designer, I started to realize the techniques they were using that leveraged my innate psychological wiring and left me susceptible to be unconsciously led where they wanted. I stopped using it somewhere around 2012-2013.

What surprised me (and I'm not easily surprised) was 1) how aggressively they served the content and 2) how egregiously false the content was. The two posts I shared were only one post in the feed after the top post that I went to view (which had NOTHING to do with KU, Basketball, etc.). They have picked up information about my interests from God knows where and are thirsty to rouse my attention and get me to click. I mean, this is content that says that someone has DIED and that another person has some life-threatening health condition.

That's pretty low. I guess there is no moral line these days.

Pretty sure this is just slop and it's just irresponsible that the platform won't shut these kinds of creators down... But I get it. They profit out of people looking at this and going "WHAT???" and clicking before they think. Every click... Ka-ching.

(I did not click.). F- Them.

And this too

Went to look at one post from a person I knew.... In the feed under that was this post that I cannot find any verification....

What a waste of my time. They are trying to use my interest in KU against me... Manipulate me. Suck me in.

I wish there was a way to punch under the belt on these creators and platforms. Their tactics are not harmless.

UPDATED: The standings above. WVU is currently leading BYU... Crazy but, depending on how things go, BYU might fall out of this list.