Thank you Jayhawks for another great season and eleventh straight Big XII championship. Frank Mason, you were the rock and MVP of this team. Keep your head high and come back stronger next season.

Time to regroup and focus! Tough road ahead, but the quest for banner number six begins now! Let’s go Jayhawks!

Will need Mason and Graham on their A-game to beat the Mountaineers.

Frank to unleash his inner Bulldog!

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@HighEliteMajor isn’t it ironic that the two lowest ranked guys in the last two classes are going to be the most valuable this year and throughout their career at Kansas. What a turn around from No-rank Frank to MVP

Great post! As much crap as Self has gotten over the years for being too tight or not getting the team ready or waiting too long in a game to make adjustments, this was his coaching all the way. The adjustments, the poise, the play calling to get the team going, it was a coaching masterpiece and will give him so much confidence in the future tournaments. The players played their hearts out. But it also shows, how much has to go your way to get the six wins. We’ve had too many years where we were the best team and someone else cut the nets; it feels good to finally get the breaks to reward the hard work by the team when they are not the clear number one in the country. Let’s get a couple more before too long. Can’t wait for next season to start!

No surprises there. The real interesting battle now is for positions 6 through 9. I think here is the pecking order, with 9th person getting less than 10 minutes and not playing in tight games. 6. Andrew White III (backing up Wiggins and Selden) 7. Jamari Taylor (first big off the bench - experience counts) 8. Joel Embiid (Has to play - will continue to take minutes away from both Jamari and Black as the season goes) 9. Frank Mason (Greene is the more talented player, but need a ball handler to spell Tharpe for a few minutes. Naadir will log 30+ minutes this season.)

To coach Self (in my best Rick Pitino impression): Bill, Wayne Simien is not going to walk through that door. Cole Aldrich is not going to walk through that door. Thomas Robinson is not going to walk through that door.

This team is not going to win inside, and forcing it to do so is confusing not only their offensive identity but sapping their energy out on the defensive end as well.

I don’t think the coach is listening to me. Barring a change of heart for coach Self, this team’s ceiling is Sweet Sixteen, floor is the first game. And it is closer to the floor than to the ceiling at this point.

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He has been productive in limited time so far. I hope he really takes off and silences his critics once and for all. http://instagram.com/jayhawks_inkd

@Texas-Hawk-10 I’m actually glad we didn’t play UConn. I think it would have been a USC type of an ending to the season.

This UCONN team looks unstoppable. I would rather anyone but UConn win the title this year. It’s mind boggling that they have the same number of titles as Kansas with absolutely no consistency as a program. They just show up every few years and win the whole darn thing. Somebody needs to do a statistical analysis of their program. Don’t think there is any other team in any sports with this type of inconsistency and titles. The standard deviation is off the charts.
Can’t stomach them having 5 titles in 24 years to our 4 in 70+ years!

I don’t remember Joe’s. Was it there in the 90s? My late night donut place of choice was Munchers. I visited Lawrence last weekend and did the round of Pizza Shuttle, Munchers, and Yellow Sub. Pizza Shuttle is now $6 for 10" and a coke. I think it used to be 2.99 or 3.99 in the 90s.

Great post! As much crap as Self has gotten over the years for being too tight or not getting the team ready or waiting too long in a game to make adjustments, this was his coaching all the way. The adjustments, the poise, the play calling to get the team going, it was a coaching masterpiece and will give him so much confidence in the future tournaments. The players played their hearts out. But it also shows, how much has to go your way to get the six wins. We’ve had too many years where we were the best team and someone else cut the nets; it feels good to finally get the breaks to reward the hard work by the team when they are not the clear number one in the country. Let’s get a couple more before too long. Can’t wait for next season to start!

FG - 48% vs 41% 3pt. - 37% vs 0% FT - 100% vs 33%

Plus we are getting out-rebounded. And we are still only down by 6?! I say we have a chance here in the second half.

@BeddieKU23 absolutely. I’m afraid this will continue through the season. Self will continue to pound the ball inside knowing Dave is no Embiid or Udoka. He has such a fast athletic perimeter oriented team but he refuses to adjust. Crunch time, let’s throw it to Dave instead of Ochai or Remy driving it. His stubbornness may cost us again this year. Frustrating!

Would love to see Jacque, if we can’t lure Brad Stevens away NBA.

wissox said:

@FarSideHawk Ha, I drove for Pizza Shuttle one year. Crazy/fun job that destroyed my Chevy Chevette as I tore around Lawrence trying to make as many deliveries as i could to make more money!

Man, I worked in the kitchen for a couple of summers. I believe the summer of 95 and 96. Long hours but fun times.

HighEliteMajor said:

@FarSideHawk Man, where’d you come from? I don’t recall seeing that young Larry Brown avatar for quite a while.

Man, I’ve been on an expat assignment to Dubai for the last couple of years so it’s been hard keeping up with my Jayhawks. Makes up for a lot of really early mornings to watch the games. Still try to come on here once in a while to lurk and especially look for your game post-mortems.

Kcmatt7 said:

@FarSideHawk You’re not allowed to eat Pizza Shuttle until after 1:30 AM. Those are the rules.

Haha! True that, but still I survived on that $3.99 pizza for four years!