Before my sons volleyball games at his high school, they play the national anthem. It always breaks and studders. The PA system in the gym is awful. Everyone is used to it and suffers through the recording. One of his last home games, the national anthem did not start. We waited, facing vaguely in the direction of a wall that had a flag, waiting for that tired old tune about a flag to choke into life, totter through the clicks and pops and finally end to our relief and applause so we could play… but it never started. So one of the students started singing it, as a joke at first, and others and myself jumped in singing it and before you knew it every single person in the gym, home and visitor, parent and child was singing the national anthem as best as they could and it was BEAUTIFUL. I remembered what I love about this country.

We are in this thing together, friends, and it means everything. Never forget!

RCJH!

@drgnslayr recall that when Flory was shopping around (rightfully so) and most of our roster was in flux DP presented an unshakeable front about coming to KU saying Bill had nothing to worry about. Flory decided to return, a conscious choice that he wanted to be here, and genuinely looks like he is having fun. As the faces of the program and also the most talented players, they are core to this teams identity. I also give Vaughn a lot of credit. The players seem to be playing with less pressure and more joy. I think Vaughn is the x factor.

You cant have your highest paid players be the least athletic or the biggest headcase on the team. This team is structured correctly in a way the guys can feel good and play for each other.

ChatGPTs advice:
Ah—got it, Sir. “Rock Chalk News” spreading fake KU sports info is annoying as hell, especially in Jayhawk land.

Here’s the most effective way to get a page like that taken down or at least throttled hard:

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Step 1 — Report the Page (Do This First)

On the Rock Chalk News Facebook page:
1. Click the three dots (⋯) next to the cover photo
2. Click Report Page
3. Choose the strongest accurate option:
• Scams and Fake Pages (best if they invent sources, fake insiders)
• False information
• Pretending to be a public figure or business (if they imply official KU affiliation)

️ Do not choose “I don’t like it”—that does nothing.

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Step 2 — Report Individual Fake Posts

This matters more than you think.

For each misleading post:
1. Click ⋯ → Report post
2. Choose False information → Misinformation

Meta sends some of these to fact-checkers, and repeated flags can:
• Kill reach
• Add warning labels
• Get repeat offenders removed from monetization
• Eventually shut down coordinated fake pages

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Step 3 — Hit Them with Impersonation (STRONG)

If they imply they’re an official KU source, insider, or news org:

Use Meta’s impersonation form:
https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/295309487309948

You can submit:
• Proof KU has no affiliation
• Evidence they pretend to be an official outlet

Impersonation reports get prioritized over misinformation reports.

⸻

Step 4 — The Nuclear Option (Very Effective)

If they use:
• Kansas Jayhawks logos
• KU photos without permission
• ESPN / KU Athletics media
• Player photos owned by AP/Reuters

You (or KU Athletics, or the real copyright holder) can file a DMCA copyright takedown.
Meta must remove copyrighted content, and repeat violations can nuke the page.

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️ Why This Page Probably Exists

There’s a whole ecosystem of:
• Engagement farms
• Fake “insider” sports pages
• Clickbait KU rumor mills

They post:
• Fake transfers
• Fake coach firings
• Fake NIL deals

Just to farm rage + shares + ad revenue.

Meta tolerates a lot unless:
• It’s impersonation
• It’s coordinated disinfo
• It’s monetized scams
• It’s copyright infringement

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🧠 Pro Jayhawk Fan Strategy (Actually Works)
1. Report page
2. Report 3–5 worst posts
3. Ask a few other KU fans to report too
4. Screenshot the fake claims and send to:
• KU Athletics comms
• Real KU reporters (they hate fake insiders and sometimes push Meta)

Multiple reports from verified accounts = algorithm escalates it.

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Want a Surgical Kill Strategy?

If you want, drop me:
• A link or description of the worst fake post
• Whether they imply official KU affiliation
• Whether they monetize (ads, merch, crypto, giveaways)

I’ll tell you the exact reporting path most likely to get “Rock Chalk News” wiped or shadow-banned—and how to make Meta actually care.

Also: Rock Chalk, and fuck fake insider pages.

Alright. Let me try to organize my thoughts post upgrade and give people some clear direction.

1. The upgrade is done.
2. There was some instability but I think it has been resolved.
3. If you see instability, or need assistance of any kind, either message me here or email me at approxinfinity@gmail.com. Please realize that by informing me of problems, of which I may not be aware, you help the whole community. So if the answer isn't clear from this email, please speak up.
   4. Note that I am forcing everyone to reset their password. This was necessary to preserve everyones accounts on the new board, and to avoid account data corruption that I encountered.
   5. I realize that some people don't have emails or have access to their emails on their accounts. If this is the case, and you want to recover your old account, please register a new account and reach out to me from that account, or email me.
4. After you register and post, I have to approve the first post. After that you're golden. This is to fight the bots. It's a bit of a bottle neck, but I will keep on top of it.
5. Another possible option if password reset fails, since we have the luxury of an editable archive, is for you to message me on the archive board in DM and tell me what you want your password to be and i can manually set it. Please exhaust other channels first if you can. If you had an email you have access to it should be recoverable.

Now onto the good stuff.

Our data pre-migration still lives on, and is accessible in an archive that you can toggle between. See the first category on our board, and the first category on the archive toggles you back. That category takes you to archive.kubuckets.com

That archive, for the time being, is still editable, because of the instability we experienced. I'll leave it editable and periodically check it for a bit. You may authenticate with your account on the archive as well. Just keep in mind thats an old copy of your account with your old password on there. I know that may be confusing to some. I will not leave the archive editable for very long.

Our SEO is now in a much better place and this shoudl attract more new people as we continue our discussions. This should be a very positive thing to keep a spirited group going! SEO is "Search Engine Optimization". It means that the bots can find our public threads and thinks that our SSL is secure. There were issues on the old board, because www.kubuckets.com SSL didn't work, only kubuckets.com. Now both www.kubuckets.com and kubuckets.com work have functional SSL certs. Yay!

I also killed 45000 bot users gasp, which may have been the reason that the automatic migration didn't work (it just ground to a halt after a few hours). This board should be clean as a whistle.

The nodebb platform has gone through 3 major releases since the version we were stuck on! Lots of goodies. I need to explore everything, but I believe you'll find a lot of the bugs you've come to be familiar with to be fixed. There will undoubtedly be new ones (haha) but hopelessly no show stoppers.

Anyway. I feel really good about this, it's something I have wanted to do for a long time. I couldn't bring all of our data with us the normal way, but I did bring it in an archive. Later, I think I will migrate that archive over to the new server, and then it can live on with us forever for posterity.

Hope you guys like the new digs.

Your friend and groundskeeper,
Approxinfinity

I think there is a role this year for Kohl because of DP. Kohl is a guy who understands how to be valuable off ball.

Just needs to make a couple 3s

@wissox83 these takes are killing me. Im glad we all care. And variety is the spice of life. But seriously, there have been many players where if we got what we got from DP in 20 for their 30-35 we would have been stoked. This feels to me like a “this is different, so it must be bad” reaction, but we just won 4 games in a row by healthy margins. Team chemistry is good. Other players are stepping up when needed. We should be happy with this team right now, imo, very much including DP.

Man. So good. Love this team.

@Jayhawk_69 a win Monday would be massive imo, and would put us right back on track, especially if our core players all play fairly well to well.

My recommendation: abandon facebook immediately and take all your friends with you. Im happy to set up emergency categories here for anyone looking for a less toxic home. And Im very actively working on better alternatives in the social space. Hopefully others are as well.

@drgnslayr said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:

Food for thought: Michigan's starting 5 were all transfers last year!

Wheres the +5 likes button. I gotta get on that.

@BigBad honestly id rather have a clean slate than elmarko and jamari stay. That take may not age well if we are completely rudderless next year but I would prefer Self have absolutely clean slate, no pets, no crutches, build something entirely new.

@FarmerJayhawk haha nice! Well done!

Gonna have to pay more attention to Dusty May.

Was this you @farmerjayhawk ?

@Texas-Hawk-10 alright. We have bifurcated the original point here. You make compelling arguments about Haslem and Collison being team leaders. And honesty, a positive team culture should be something we as fans value more than we do. We tend to focus on rings and devalue the more human side of professional sports.

However, if we are talking about rings, I would stick by my assertion (and maybe frame it a little better) that if we are so lucky, our most talented players being leaders is a recipe for success. Especially when dealing with a more limited budget and with younger players in the mix, like in college.

I believe you would be hard pressed to find championship teams in ncaa that didnt have top guys who gravitated toward the microphone. Im talking about the kind of leader that leads you into battle but if the troops cant do it, they do it themselves. Thats the kind of guy that takes the pressure off and whose presence gets the most out of everyone else. In that St johns game, melvin was 6-15, Darryn was 5-15 and Tiller and White were non existant. Flory was 6-9. Zuby was 6-14 to put things in perspective, but got the job done down the stretch. Didnt feel like 6-14.

That 6-9 from Flory is tantalizing. Could that have been 9-13?

@RockChalkinTexas-0 wow!
Look at that!
Very cool.

Wow our brackets are a rough lot this year looks like its down to DanR if UConn wins and Dusty May, Future Head Coach, if Michigan wins.

Nobody picked UConn in our challenge.

The one day that, with company coming, a partially mowed backyard is preferable.

I know, I’m a heathen. Among other things, of course. Be well guys.

@mayjay DP isn't soft, agreed. I think any exec that dug a little would see that the story now presented about him being gunshy after full body cramps (in addition to the hamstring issues) will see that it fits with what they already have known about the kid for a long time. He's a winner and competitor and didn't wish for any of that. Ultimately I'm not sure DP was a good fit for a Kansas roster with 3.5 other guys that Bill trusted, and not sure that Kansas was the most confortable fit for him. Had he been at a school like Duke, flush with other high profile talent that the announcers could fixate on, he may have healed in peace without the BS scrutiny. In the end, if we goes number 1, maybe the case could be made that by taking the harder route, DP had to show how tough he was. I think he passed the test.

ESPN panel currently projecting DP as #1 pick. Good.