@kjayhawks2.0 said in Other Games 2025-2026:

Anyone else think it’s weird pretty much every metric has the B12 as the best conference in America but yet has the least amount of teams in the tournament of the power 4 conference. I’m sorry but if you go .500 in the best conference, you should be a lock come march.

Lunardi has 8 teams in - TCU in the last 4 in. WVU further down; next 4 out. In fairness, WVU's only good win is against KU, maybe UCF on the road. They lost to every decent team they played in non-conference. Their .500 record is the product of the easiest possible B12 schedule - play all the best teams just once. KU the only one they've beaten.

@Tallturd1 said in Big Monday v Houston 8:00:

said in Big Monday v Houston 8:00:

Updated bracket with us a three seed in the east, Purdue (to get to the S16), in Greenville. Probably the easiest path we could get. We would play Austin Peay, then likely Louisville and then Purdue. Three seeds Gonzaga, Florida, Nebraska.

Purdue looks pretty salty but I don't think as good as Illinois

Games against each of Lunardi's 2 seeds are gettable - important to not slip up and stay at the 3 line and not fall to a 4...

The basic problem is that DP, for all his obvious talent, isn't making his teammates better. The offense isn't fluid and the ball doesn't move quickly when he is on the court. The others appear to be deferring to him. When he is on, like the first half of the BYU game, it doesn't matter that much, because he is capable of carrying the offense. But when he isn't, as in the Cincy game, the offense completely bogs down. We scored 82 against the Wildcats without DP. Just 68 against a .500 team with him playing 30+ minutes. If his shots aren't falling then I would argue he has a negative impact - high usage but very low assist ratio. He and Tiller are the only two players with more TOs than assists.

At this point, he would ideally be in a Remy-like off-the-bench role. Let the others get into the flow and come in to generate instant offense off the bench esp. given the paucity of bench scoring. Obviously that isn't going to happen with a projected #1 (or 3 or 5) pick...

The almost inescapable conclusion at this point is the Peterson just has no interest/willingness to play through any twinge, discomfort, whatever. If he isn't 100% then he isn't going to play...

The whole "cramps" excuse seems like complete BS. If it were just that you would see medical staff working on his leg and you would think he would be back on the court after working on it and fluids. Think about the top tennis players in the world - guys on the court for as many as 4-5 hours. Regularly have to work through cramping. Get a medical timeout, eat a banana, get hydrated, then back on the court slugging it out. Peterson is not a more finely-tuned athlete than Alcaraz, Djokovich, Sinner and others...

The upper tier B12 teams are snake bit with injuries - KU/Peterson; BYU/Saunders; TTU/Toppin; and UA/Peat. Seriously impacts potential for deep tourney runs...

Without DP and just 3-14 from Melvin and Tre, pretty amazing we have 42pts and down just 3...

Mari just much more solid in every aspect than Elmarko...

@DanR said in Kansas Jayhawks vs Arizona Wild Cats Game Chat Mon. 2/9 8:00 CT:

@DCHawker Kohl was in for a couple of bad minutes

I know - that's why I said 6. Okay 6.2...

There is no way we can keep this pace playing only 6 guys...

@rcjhdraft said in Kansas Jayhawks vs Arizona Wild Cats Game Chat Mon. 2/9 8:00 CT:

Tre and Melvin have been horrible tonight

0-8 and 2 TOs...

There is a reason Arizona is undefeated and a unanimous #1...

Melvin and Tre are 0-6...

Both Flory and Tiller need to stop dribbling in the paint...

5 TOs already...

@kjayhawks2.0 said in Kansas Jayhawks vs Arizona Wild Cats Game Chat Mon. 2/9 8:00 CT:

We are going to have to rebound the ball fellas and actually play defense

And actually make shots. We are 1-8 plus one tip in...

@crimsonblu22 He thinks he can shoot better than he actually does...

So, if he is sick, why isn't he home in bed? If is well enough to be at the game, shouldn't he be able to play 5-10 minutes per half?

We have a bad habit of giving up way too many ORBs. That is the Wildcats particular strength - 5th in the country. If we can be competitive on the boards, we can and will win this game (absent another 3-18 performance from 3)...

@DanR ??? 20 minutes from the 3 bench guys - zero points (0-4), 2 RBs, 1 assist...