You know Self is happy about this one. Yeah, there’s stuff he will wish would’ve gone better, but with your star PG with the flu, the refs calling more phantom calls, Tech playing out of their minds, and the fans going crazy, this is a fantastic win for KU.
Other Big XII teams lose these games. Not the Jayhawks. They win. And they win championships.
Does anyone know if Jamari is okay? He took a beating for us. Played his heart out and took some hard falls. Stats won’t show, but I think he played the game of his life last night and might have played longer if he could’ve. He’s a senior, he lives and breathes KU basketball, and he’s come a LONG way. Extremely proud of him today and hope he’s okay.
I remember thinking way back in the day that there was no way Frank Mason would be better than Tharpe. What a dumbass I was!
Good for him and his program. Would be more interesting to have his wife on though.
the assistant coaches get into it
(and when it’s Missouri)
He now officially has my approval to rant on the officials for 5 additional games.
Can’t believe this happened after midnight. I thought people made good decisions after midnight…
@elpoyo said:
the sad part is, both times we played KSU, we barely beat them. Seriously…we should be stomping them by 20 regardless of home court or not. Don’t give me BS like they are legit and are tough at home.
Its a big concern if we can barely beat KSU, how will we fare in the tourney.
Yeah, Baylor agrees. SMH
@justanotherfan yep, that change of pace. I suppose if he can be sudden enough to create space for his shot then he’ll be fine.
That change of pace is why Frank Mason was so good at getting to the basket. He wasn’t just blazing through the paint, he changed it up, kept people off balance, was prepared with floaters, etc. I love that kind of play.
For your viewing pleasure. One of the best highlight tapes I’ve seen in a while. Shows off his court awareness, ability to change pace, make quick decisions, and finish at and away from the rim.
@jayballer67 would not be surprised at all to see him replace Remy. Jankovich connection.
@Jethro I saw “What are we looking at”
I still can’t help but think Drew’s winning last year helped motivate Self even more this year…
@Texas-Hawk-10 said in NCAA loses more power... again...:
@chriz said in NCAA loses more power... again...: To answer your questions:
No, none of KU’s issues involved NIL stuff.
No, very few people will make enough from NIL deals to want to stay in school longer. If someone is good to turn pro early, that’s going to be more money than staying in school.
Someone will end up as the poster child of how not to balance academic/athletic/NIL responsibilities
Most NIL based deals will be relatively small and from local businesses. The NIL deal will have minimal impact on KU’s recruiting unless the athletic department totally botches how they handle and promote NIL opportunities to kids.
I would think there’s a strong enough relationship between NIL and KU’s case that it may have some impact? E.g. If NIL existed then perhaps KU wouldn’t have done this or that (allegedly)?
Also for the marginal kids, the ones who may or may not make money by declaring, perhaps NIL would give them the incentive they needed to return?
Sorry if I missed it earlier, but will this ruling have any impact on the NCAA vs. KU case?
Also, you’d think this would make players stay longer, right? So a good thing for college basketball?
At least, so long as they are still motivated to play hard despite having already received income.
We are KU and that should still help get recruits. But perhaps not as much anymore since they can get paid (more easily) to go anywhere, particularly the larger markets, right?
This seems like the elephant in the room, maybe someone’s already mentioned it and I missed it. We all know Self isn’t a huge fan of Drew. Self has to be ticked about last year’s tourney cancellation, and embarrassed by this year’s performance, relatively speaking at least. Not saying he should, but I’m guessing he is. He’s a competitor.
So assuming that the answer to my subject question is “yes”, how does that translate in recruiting, coaching, etc.? And if the answer is “no”, why not? He’s already hungry? We just haven’t seen it due to the dark recruiting cloud over our program?
I just think seeing Scott Drew up there has to have him hacked off and I’m curious to see how he responds. I get it, he’s a big boy, he’s competitive already, doesn’t need something like this to drive him harder. But I tend to think it still does.
What are you guys watching? What am I missing?
https://www.kansas.com/sports/college/wichita-state/article241187251.html
Looks more like tough relationships than him taking a Texas job