If they shut down Perry Ellis again, we have no chance.

I think the guys will be on fire, and we’ll win by 20+

(Don’t worry, I’ll avoid the game chat so my optimism won’t ruin the downer party.)

@Blown I’m tied for second to last place ahead of someone who didn’t finish filling out the bracket in the bucket challenge.

As I recall, the Lite group was bitterly divided between “tastes great” and “less filling”

Did anyone actually watch the last ten-ish minutes of the Tech game?

Definitely slower pace with Lucas in, but I’d say we played more under control with Lucas in the game than with either Bragg or Diallo (and definitely without Greene flying around).

The quarter of the game where you WIN, net production doesn’t matter.

Tied 44-44. What did Lucas do?

10:03 Lucas post layup

8:52 Lucas screen for Mason made 3

8:31 Lucas boxout, fouled on defensive rebound

8:10 Lucas screen on Svi missed 3

6:02 Lucas assist on Selden jam

5:04 Lucas screen for Mason made 3

3:20 Lucas bounce pass to SVI who missed the dunk, made 1 FT

2:25 Lucas screen for Selden’s made 3

1:42 Lucas ssist/lob for Ellis jam

On Devonte’s layup at 1:08 Lucas screened Selden’s guy and Selden would have had an easy dunk if Devonte needed to dish of the ball. By that point the game was won.

Lucas got scored on a couple times in the 2-4 minute range, but other than that, I understand why Self is comfortable with Lucas out there. He knows exactly where he’s supposed to be.

Until Diallo figures that out, it’s going to be Lucas.

Well, basically this is the same penalty North Carolina got except for the penalties.

Being a retired professional basketball player sounds pretty rough. Greg Ostertag–bored with golfing every day–decided to become the world’s tallest hockey player.

Seriously, here’s the story.

Interesting quote:

“I’ll be the first to admit that I never reached my full potential as a basketball player. I took it for granted that I was 7 feet tall, and I rode that.”

Yeah, well we all kind of figured that!

When he was a little kid, they called him “Squirt”

I love the masks. Haven’t had to trim my nose hairs in months! Thanks to my expressive eyebrows and dancing eyes I’m still able to connect personally with people in Menards, Dillons, the liquor store… well, that’s pretty much it.

Yes, the subsequent T was stupid, but Cliff actually made his first dunk attempt of the game, and we need the big guys to start dominating… so this is my favorite basket:

Photo by “shutterly awesome” Nick Krug, LJW

@approxinfinity Systemic alienation of white Americans?

Wow.

@kjayhawks So… Harris’s great great great grandfather was a slave owner and rapist.

Do you actually think Hamilton Brown was married to her great great great grandmother and their kid inherited wealth?

I think Harris is GREAT. I would’ve voted for her in the primary if she’d still been on the ballot in KS. All the people I know to the left or right of me can’t actually say specifically what they don’t like about her… it’s always about something someone else might think “Well, black guys aren’t going to vote for her because of her AG record…” Too progressive (no specifics), not progressive enough (no specifics). I honestly don’t know know what that is about…mostly that comes from guys but a few women too, so I don’t think it’s a fragile male ego thing.

She’s tough. She’s smart. She has a sense of humor (indicative to me as having a soul). She mows people down who are ass-clowns, OK–That’s what I want.

Who would have been a better pick? Warren? Whitmer, Jim Webb?

@wissox Guessing you’re using Safari. Download Chrome or Firefox on your Air. KUBuckets.com works fine on those browsers. (I’ve not been able to use Safari on my desktop, macbook pro or phone for months… except for one time a few days ago.)

Interesting original question. It’s easy if it’s someone else that had to go play football or teach or be around a lot of other people.

My wife’s uncle died Sunday (not covid). Great guy. One state over… big full Catholic Mass funeral on Thursday with a couple hundred kinfolk. So… go back to normal and hug a bunch of Missourians who have not been social distancing and think Covid is a big hoax, or stay shut down… Hmmm.

@approxinfinity It’s not a big deal right now since there are no sports.

Short lived excitement. Back to not loading. Oh, well.

Deck lights might boost my spirits, so I’ll check into that too.

WHHAAATT? Hey, went to my reflexive “buckets” bookmark in Safari (Mac), and the site loaded! I haven’t updated anything, so I assume you did, @approxinfinity – thanks! . I’ve been using Chrome for a few months only for this site.

More excited than I probably should be about this, but good things are hard to come by these days. RCJH

Do Jayhawk fans remember Billy Mills? I hadn’t heard of him until a few years ago when Lawrence renamed South Middle School after him.

Anyway, whether you know his story or not, this is a pretty good article:

Billy Mills: Reflecting on his epic victory at the 1964 Olympic Games, racism in America and a return to Tokyo

Here’s my K-12 plan: Go back to the old rural school model on a neighborhood scale. All grades taught in each location by one or two teachers with a bunch of online components. No more than 20 or 30 kids per “school.” Keep siblings together. No buses. That way if you get an outbreak, it’s limited to maybe a dozen households instead the entire town.