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.

This is a very good team most of the time. Occasionally they may you shake your head (i.e. Saturday) and occasionally they make you religious (i.e. Monday).

Flory has been the most consistent energy for the team and (a little credit to Fran here) is likely the B12 defensive player of the year. I knew he would improve year over year, but his growth has been remarkable.

I'm very happy for him because it now seems obvious he made the right call for himself and the team by staying.

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This was AFH Monday morning. My son took this while he was camping for the game. (That's not him in the photo.. not sure who it is..)

They have a Wii set up and were playing while they waited. After practice, the players came by and wanted to play but they had just shut down the game.

Every game from this point forward is like a tournament game... You pick the round.

I think the guys actually figured out what the new level was after the WV and UCF games. The good news is they have adjusted and the results are excellent.

Coach mentioned in the post-game that a lot of teams, by this point in the season, know who they are and where their ceiling is. But for this team, he said that the he still doesn't know where the ceiling is, but he knows it's not where we are right now.

That is some of the best stuff I can recall him saying in February about a team.

I want to believe!

Picking between these three is a very happy challenge.

UConn really took Tre White out of the game and that seemed to be a good decision. He was double-teamed if he got the ball. Hurley had some real respect for him.

Big issue with most of the players is that they are streaky shooters.. You can see guys get hot and reel off a string of points and then cool off and it then takes a couple of empty possessions before they realize they aren't hot anymore -- The streakers: Council, Jamari, Elmarko, Tiller, Dawson, Kohl. The less streaky are Tre and Flory.

Streaky players can do as much damage as they do good if you don't have good offensive rebounding or some good half court go-to sets for when they cool off.

NC State will be tough in Raleigh. Well coached, athletic, and a program used to playing the big boys and going deep in march... the whole deal. Good tune up for the B12. If we win this one, we should be competitive in the B12.

Coach is hoping that win will get the team to gel.

In addition to Flory, Coach was complimentary of ElMarko and said he was the player of the game. The bench didn't generate a lot of points, but ElMarko did his part largely off the stat sheet.

Love frank, but he does get in the way at times..

@wissox83 The later start potentially helpful for west coast recruiting.

Not saying it's good... just saying it's not all bad.