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For graduating! Makes me just as proud as success on the court.

So I was at my local watering hole the other night watching my Bears and sat by one of my good friends who happens to be a KSU fan, but all around super dude.

Anyway, turns out he’s a regular golfing buddy with one KJ Adams. And he just raved and raved about how good a dude he is and how down to earth he is. Apparently his girlfriend is going to be a PT and also really has it together. He sucks at golf but can hit it a mile lol.

It’s nothing super groundbreaking but it’s good this time of year to hear some feel good stories about our guys.

I went to the Red Lyon for a brew and to watch some ball and talked with the rando next to me. Turns out he was the executive chef for the Dallas Cowboys at one point and is in town planning the menu for… a new restaurant in Allen Fieldhouse. It’ll be mostly a big donor spot but he told me the menu was going to be super high end and Kansas themed. Smoked meats at AFH for everyone! @approxinfinity i nominate it for the KU Buckets holiday party

We good.

Seriously, folks. This team is really, really good. Took some elite level weirdness to lose each game so far. First the inexplicable 28 TO’s against dook without Moss then our dude Marcus goes down early against Nova followed by Dot’s brain fart. First against KenPom #1 dook and then KenPom #19 at their place, and we lost by a total of 3 points. The Dayton win is really good. Our freshmen will only get better, just look at the games Braun and Enaruna had today. Marcus will be back. Silvio will eventually find his sea legs. Self’s teams always get significantly better over break with the increased practice time.

The other thing we have in spades is defense, and it will travel. We’re the KenPom #5 defense, essentially tied for 4th. The offense will come around. I’m certainly an optimist by nature so ignore me if you want to see things on the downside. But!

We good.

https://twitter.com/chasenscott/status/1374211304446103553?s=21

https://twitter.com/jifhawk/status/1374211437250351106?s=21

Incredible Jayhawk. He didn’t always play in situations that were the best for him, but he always played his ass off. He’s going to make life hell for a lot of good pros. Godspeed, Marcus. Jayhawk nation loves you.

It’s easy to sit behind a keyboard and say “player X sucks get him out of here” but stories like Juan’s are why college sports are so great. A kid in Juan’s position wouldn’t sniff a place like KU without sports. The guy in the jersey matters. A lot.

Heard from a KU source today they think they got Tucker

I’m in DC right now to see friends and was at the Kansas Society annual banquet last night where Self was honored as Kansan of the Year. It was a really cool event. Self told the story of how Rep. Yoder and Sen. Moran were instrumental in getting Doke’s mom to the states for the Final Four in 2018. She went from not having a passport or transportation to the airport to Texas in about a week. The event was sold out for the first time in a very long time. The list of attendees was absurd: the entire Congressional delegation, FCC Chair Ajit Pai (from Parsons), Sec. Pompeo, a DC circuit judge whose name escapes me, AD Long, and of course Self.

I spoke to Self and Long for just a bit. I didn’t ask about any player in particular since it was just a cocktail reception and dinner, so just told Self I loved the look of the team, and he “thinks they have a chance to be pretty good.” I told Long I was as excited for KU football as I’ve been in about a decade and he loved hearing that from an alum.

Maybe it’s my background in comms and dealing with press for a living, but am I the only one who doesn’t give a rats ass what the media says about KU and thinks KU shouldn’t take their opinions into account AT ALL when deciding punishment? Sure there’s that out of context photo, but the video is much less damning if people would just watch it (https://imgur.com/a/5znZHdo). ESPN doesn’t run KU. CBS doesn’t run KU. Twitter doesn’t run KU. The state of Kansas runs KU. Tell the press they can shove it with their hot takes and we’ll run the show like adults. Yes, there will obviously be consequences for dumbassery. But suggesting this is the end for Silvio and whatnot is absolutely without merit IMO. Would break all precedent from previous dumbassery and wouldn’t serve anyone but the press’s appetite for blood.

K losing his last regular season, ACCT, and tournament game would be amazing

Lmao that dude is softer than Liberace at the playboy mansion

After a long time considering options (which, I’m incredibly fortunate to have a few), I’ve decided to finish my PhD then leave the academy and take a job with a non-profit doing some research and some advocacy on issues I care about. A huge part of this decision was it being a fully remote gig, and being able to live wherever I want. My grandparents are in their 80’s and could use some family fairly close by since my mother semi-retired to South Dakota and my uncle lives in western Colorado. So! I put in an application on a few houses and am moving back to Lawrence next summer after I graduate!! I’m unbelievably pumped to head back to the area. One of the houses is like 2 blocks from my old apartment in LFK on Ohio St. :). I cannot wait to hit up the Williams Fund and Endowment and start giving back to the university I love so much (including getting on that long ass list for hoops tickets). Who knows, maybe there will even be a wait on football tickets??

1:4 Silvio tea bags Hurt

The only way LOIC can stick is with the football violations. I think it gets dropped on appeal. Long is assembling a UNC type group to fight this thing, and will to the bitter end.

I do think we should self-impose penalties: vacate all wins Billy played in and a postseason ban in football this year.

It’ll be wild. I think we could see a handful of spots turn over. Self is still hungry and will be VERY active in free agency. Buckle up, bucketeers. The Jayhawks are coming.

Oh hai https://twitter.com/coachingchanges/status/1381247606786043909?s=21

We can win pretty. We can win ugly. Winner winner friar dinner

Sounds like Kev is 100%

Big Ten if I had my way; it’s just better for KU as a whole. But at the end of the day we just have to get out of the Big 12.

Was out with friends for dinner and watched at the restaurant so was distracted. But after a rewatch!

-Juan makes this whole thing go. Everything just runs better with him in. Stoked to see him under 30, you could tell his consistency and intensity were better.

-Hunt was out of shape, that’ll come. But will be a monster in league play. Also for the Bill Self suggestion box, play some more drop coverage.

-Love Diggy but he just doesn’t have the physical gifts to be a starter. Microwave role is perfect.

-Zeke was for the most part terrific. Hope he starts Tuesday but also needs to be in better shape.

-KJ was all world in the first but clearly wasn’t the same guy down the stretch. Very strong glue guy

-The bulb is flickering with Storr. He did some great things but also doesn’t know what to do yet. The drive into 3 dudes was something.

-Rylan kind of has the same thing. The midrange jumper was killer. Needs to embrace a 3 and D role. Just doesn’t have the skill to be a primary scorer (yet). Very impressed with his work on RJ

-Flory also has no idea what he’s doing, but he’s going to be special once he learns to dribble and rebound.

-This team thrives in transition. Dickinson is a terrific outlet passer and these guys can GO. Should be a major weapon.

-Defensive intensity comes and goes. Which is par for the course in early November. And partly was due to some… interesting calls. We couldn’t be as aggressive as we wanted. And missed a few assignments. Good teaching tape against some really good guards. Stoked we get Shak soon.

-Rebounding is going to be an issue all year. Hunt’s great but boy it gets bare after that.

-The only thing that kept this from a blowout was UNC shooting the piss out of FTs. 28/31 is legitimately absurd.

-Bill still rules in end of game situations, Hubert continues to be bad.

-KU and UNC should play every year. It’s too fun not to.

@kuballin10 said in My crisis of faith in Bill:

@Jhawk69 Cliff wasn’t some significantly worse defender

Jamari was good for a chase down lebron block but he was poor in half court and zero threat offensively at the 4 spot (sound familiar)

The excuse of oh he will pick it up in his second year is trash. You have a long armed athletic big and if you can’t teach him to semi defend in 4-6 months you aren’t good at your job. It shouldn’t take that long to teach defense to a stud high school big who had lateral quickness.

Hey speaking of that 4 man not being a threat to score let’s add some more proof….

That year ended in….you guessed it a rd of 32 double digit loss 78-65 to wsu of all teams

Our team had Mason, Graham, Oubre, Selden and Ellis - didn’t get the talent together to score but rather “make guys play worse than us”.

Better to just focus on you playing your best consistently….

When you start to really dig in it gets ugly with all the talent we’ve had.

I heard Tony Bennett of the Midwest and it’s legitimately true as of today. Consistent, won some conference titles, flame out early a lot. Got 1 legit Title with the 3 year guys returning in 2008.

2022 guys returning and the portal miracle. Other portal years aren’t even coming close which is the frustration

Perry wasn’t a threat to score? Wow that’s a take. That team was also ravaged by injuries by the end. Wayne and Perry were hurt. Cliff had his family issues. The guy that Bill refused to play (BIFM) played 34 MPG that year. Cliff was an absolute foul magnet. He never played man defense in high school (he was the middle of the 2-3 back line) so every minute was a learning experience. As such, he messed up A LOT.

There’s so much revisionist history around Remy, Cliff, and Cheick it’s impossible to have a conversation. The underlying facts aren’t debatable yet people shoehorn their narratives anyway. Cheick’s advanced stats in league play weren’t even that good. And one thing around Landen. Doke passed him a handful of games before he got hurt. Can folks do basic research before popping off? Who would you have played at the 5 other than Landen against Oregon? Dwight? We steamrolled the field before running into Nova in 16.

The Tony Bennett comp is laughable. Bill hasn’t gone a season without a tournament win (barring crazy circumstances) in 20 years. Bennett hasn’t won a tournament game in 5 years.

Stat of the day. We haven’t scored 35+ in two league games in 10 years. Dearmon did it twice in his first two games.

Glad to have Dick has a hard commit. I feel like he has a great head for the game and has risen to occasion in the face of stiff competition. Very good length should allow a great stroke and penetration down the line.

i’m so sorry someone help me

BShark said:

Oh my god, was this a zero handlers class? @FarmerJayhawk do you know anything about Enaruna in that regard?

As far as Enaruna, no. I do know Braun’s recruitment was handled by the JoCo yoga moms. I think we had to back up the Brinks truck full of Starbuck’s and Barefoot wine.

I was at the game. Man these guys play so hard. Defense was flying around in the first half, just ran out of gas. The passing game is coming along really well. Feels like Kotelnicki is learning a ton each week about what these guys do well. OL is still a a problem. Was nice to chat with some parents of players and get their feel of how things are going. Some frustrations here and there but you’ll have those growing pains. Gonna really suck to be without Kenny for the first half next week. On we go.

Never in doubt

But can we talk for a second about how Grayson Allen is total garbage and dook ought to be shut down for enabling his douchebaggery? https://deadspin.com/grayson-allen-ejected-from-summer-league-game-for-you-1836299774

Travis gets a new 7 year deal. Huge for AD stability (plus Lance had almost no buyout if Travis left)

@TYOHawk same. I know it’s not a super popular opinion now in the age of hash tag #moderngame but bigs who can protect the rim and really rebound are still very, very useful.

KUSTEVE said:

This Berry you speak of…why are so many on here gaga about him?

We love our local players until they get to KU and then we rip them to shreds.

I’m not even mad, just sad

The NCAA is so mad Wendell Carter went to dook they had to hammer Georgia Tech

Thought it would be a good idea to start this up since the movement is already starting. Here’s the scholarship chart for spring 2025 as things stand today. It has the early enrollees (Holley, McComb, Cook, Curvey, Hayes) and the transfers (Kamara, Williams). Also assume everyone who can come back will. Kind of wild we have exactly one junior (Greaves).

Gethro was in a very serious car accident and it’s touch and go. Prayers up.

Guys we might be good at this shooty hoops thing

Lobs against Baylor. A tradition unlike any other

Just checking in to say this is fun and I am having fun

Ochai’s numbers were terrific. 6’11 wingspan, 2nd highest vertical, 4th fastest sprint. Should put him firmly in the top 10. Really hoping he goes to the Spurs

Sad end for a great.

Look, Bill told Gradey to get out of Dodge. Unlike some (some dude named Roy), Bill tells lotto picks to go and if you don’t I’ll kick your ass out. He’s like a good parent in that way, they know when to say hey it’s time to leave home and make your own way. JoJo REALLY wanted to come back but Bill told him absolutely not you’re going to the league and there’s nothing you can do about it so make the best of it. There are others like Ben and Thomas who felt the same but also they NEEDED to go to provide for their families.

@Jayblaze I think we’re going to need another year of him in Lawrence to know for sure for sure

Hey guys did you know Flagg is 17

Happy Thanksgiving! I was fortunate enough to have a couple days with my 87 year old grandma and 90 year old grandpa. Sure I spent like 4 hours in tech support but every minute with them is a blessing.

Also if you ever have time to kill on campus, the Dole Institute is a must see.

He’ll be in next week. I know for a fact Self REALLY wants him. Just don’t ask about the how ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Former Michigan LB Cornell Wheeler announced he’s coming! 4 years to play. Give a call to Coach Simpson for getting this one done.

19 of 29 drives for TDs. Is that good

I hate this idea. I want nothing to do with them. Find another team. UMKC for all I care.

Happy Kansas Day folks! I hope you’re enjoying something classic like a bierock or chilli (with a cinnamon roll on the side obvs).

Also pardon John Brown