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When you hear this you will see why this deserves its own thread…

As reported by the LJW, our beloved big man, Double L, Landen Lucas, shot 100 free throws AFTER…YES AFTER the West Virginia game Monday night!!!

What a kid! I vow to never say another derogatory thing about him Again. We all have our short comings, but my goodness how impressive is it to have him head back out to Naismith court to practice after the emotionally and physically exhausting OT epic?

How did we beat Baylor? Tuesday morning freaking stud Landen Lucas was up at 1:30 in the AM practicing free throws. That’s how we beat Baylor.

Fun pre-game time waster…Top 10 Keegan -like headlines

Here is today’s captain obvious Keegan headline.

Tom Keegan: Players eligible all year keep Kansas in title hunt

Duh! I thought the red shirts were keeping us in it! Here are 10 Keegan-lines to help us while away the time. Have some fun and add your own! Did Keegan write these, or are they made up???

1. Bench player will not start tonight’s game.

2. 6th Man Garrett first to enter game when starter leaves.

3. Top Rebounder Udoka Gathers most Caroms.

4. Walk ons toil away without scholarship support.

5. Hall of Fame Coach Bill Self inducted into the Hall of Fame.

6. Jayhawks score more than mountaineers; win game.

7. Turnovers lead to other team gaining extra possessions.

8. Freshman De Sousa playing in his first year of college hoops.

9. Vick’s acrobatic Alley Oop Results in Dunk

10. Preston’s mysterious car title leads to unsolved mystery about owner of car.

I was always astounded that @jaybate-1-0 articles were so much better and entertaining than any of the fodder kusports.com was putting out. He was a renaissance man journalist with greater intellect and writing skill than all the supposed journalists combined (thank the LORD keegan left!). Very often people don’t like the smartest guy in the room because they are often quirky and eccentric and well…a lot smarter than less secure people can handle.

I very much miss the deeper dive and thematic genius of his entertaining and wonderfully verbose masterpieces (and the occasional duds as well). As you may recall, he was alluding to his own health issues, so i find it a bit shameful to see some piling on now that no lengthy rebuttal will be forthcoming. We are Jayhawks, we should be better than that. I got the impression he may have been fighting serious issues as well.

If he unfortunately shed the motal coil, then I hope he is with James and Phog having some humdinger debates on the finer points of what he used to repeatedly call…the greatest game ever invented.

Go Jaybate go! You are missed.

Saturday was the 100th loss for Coach at KU, and it took 16 seasons to get to 100. Remarkable. Tack on a few more we are likely to get this year, and by season’s end that will equate to just 6.5 losses per year. That my friends, is what they call - Stupid Good.

Despite the feel that this year is going to be a bit of a down year after our recent runs with Frank and Davonte leading the way, the sustained excellence we have enjoyed over the last 16 years is nothing short of amazing. I really hope Kurtis reminds Bill every day, “You know, you only need 127 more wins to tie Phog.”

Luke and his crew rescued over 100 people. Better than hitting any 3 pointer. He’s a stud.

Doke’s FT% jumped 12%, so on the positive we could say he is trending upward! You could tell they made massive form changes, but then the chicken wing went flying out on the first couple throws. The last few and the 2 he made, he actually kept the elbow in, so I will call that some meaningful progress.

There was a lot of home cooking at key junctures that altered the flow of the game. Bill rarely gets a T and the other coaches were seen laughing at the ridiculousness of multiple calls. It was atad farcical. The best part of the game was Silvio got some good minutes and he was stout on ths glass.

@dylans @wissox I thought Azibuke was Nigerian for: With Authority?

Ukoka (I dunka) Azibuke (with authority!)

I am pleased to report I was completly wrong in all aspects of my predictions. Great win!

Call the contractor, time to expand the trophy case!

Frank’s tweet breaks my heart. He deserved a better ending than his friends all wetting their pants.

I was sitting in a sports bar in Atlanta (had been at the Masters that day), and the three KU fans were surrounded by hundreds of Memphis fans who had a lot of $$ riding on the game. I distinctly recall thinking, “If we can just get a three…” Then Sherron stole the ball.

After the game there were many curse words be uttered against our Hawks… Needless to say, we high-tailed it out of there!!!

I did yell one “Rock chalk Jayhwak.” I’m lucky to be alive.

@Kcmatt7 Be careful how you spell “Self-pay.” I think you just committed an NCAA violation!

@jaybate-1-0 Can you imagine if Boeheim had half a brain and did some iso posts with young guarding a 6-10 guy? With Clay on the floor we outscored the orange by 9! We struggled to get a couple boards but that was it. Their players were uber long and uber athletic but have zero BBall IQ…lets chuck another contested three and not take it inside against their midgets! I was surprised at how bad they were.

Svi: the time with Hudy has paid off. He got several 50/50s and boards because he was just stronger and could not Be shoved off his spot.

Garrett/Dok: MG did have several lock Down moments on D and a number of good block outs I noticed…things Dok cannot do very consistently. Garret plays smart on D and was more valuable than Malik in that respect.

Malik: with him offering nothing on O he did at least have one nice stick back. He is not showing me much. I was surprised we could win handily w/o him scoring double digits. Needs to drive it.

Vick: love the nickname, it is perfect. He may have more killer instinct than Keith Langford and he is more athletic. He is doing it all. The oop was nasty!!!

Davonte: keep this up and we may have b2b NPOY on our hands. On a night were it could have tuned into one of those 2-23 nights from 3 after our slow start, he just refused to see us lose a game we should never lose even tho we have no bigs. I really thought he was gonna get 40.

How ironic…our thinnest, softest team guts one out on Morgantown down 16. Unreal!

@KirkIsMyHinrich You think DG was gonna let grandma down??

@jaybate-1-0 I will be at the OU game so i will will them to victory!

@HighEliteMajor What Silvio has done is beyond remarkable. To go from being in HS 3 months ago to saving our bacon so that he will be in the Final 4 is the stuff of movies. Silvio is living the real hoop dreams. Even with the wild pass 10 feet over Svi’s head into the stands. I love everything about the kid. I have never bought a KU jersey, but I think I’m going to spring for a #22. And to seek Dok so happy and hugging him after the buzzer…priceless.

I don’t like this topic

@wissox It has been reported that rioting stopped immediately when the millennials were awarded participation trophies.

(“This is utterly amazing: in the last three years (since 2014) Kansas has more road wins against SEC teams than Missouri does. #kubball”) – Optional("@RockChalkBlog") via http://cbssportsapp.com

It struck me during my daily fit of 3:30am insomnia…Where has Simien been during this ordeal? Isn’t he the official team chaplain or advisor, or big brother. Or something? I would like to read an article about his role in this mess. Perhaps they could cuff Bragg to Big Dub for, say, a month, and see if some positive big brother tough love might just work. Who better to mentor our wayward son?

Wayne might be Braggs only hope.

^with apologies to the The Princess, may she rest in peace.

I’d rather be Self-ish than Smart.

13 and counting!!!

Out on a limb time…

This year will be different than past early bow outs because we have cold blooded assasins this year and no flakes. 5 guys can step up and hit killer shots in the clutch…

Nadiir, Selden, Greene, even Tyshawn and Elijah. Frankamp and Oubre for sure. We had lots of guys who were good players, but the all had the flakey gene on some level, some more than others.

No such gene exists in Frank, Josh, Devonte, Vick. SVI, maybe a little but he does hit some shots and by now his minutes are dwindling and Bill won’t let him hurt us.

The Assassins, Seal Team 4, Hoops Special Ops are on a mission to get Bill #2. They are battle tested assasins who relish the pressure moments. And unlike the flakes, they don’t choke. They deliver.

So I am out on the limb saying it is going to be a F4 year. From there, anything can happen, but I like our chances with the 4 Assasins.

Back on February 22 when KU won its 13th consecutive conference championship, James Naismith Court was stormed for the first time in…maybe forever, and you may have missed it.

I was at the game and did not even realize the court had been stormed until I had an epiphany yesterday night.

The court was stormed by our trophies!!

$250k per minute played in the league…slightly above minimum wage. Played in 31 games in 3 years. Unreal. Our priorities in America may be slightly off.

Did anyone notice it? I would say that Q dialed up his effort and intensity to the highest notch we have seen it last night. He got 3 boards (above ave for him), he dove on the floor, he drove it several times (though I still thought he did not finish strong - dunk the ball! You are 6-5!). He also had some good close outs and worked much harder over picks and to stick with his man. Did a light bulb go on?

Overall, my observation is that he played with much more fire and heightened effort. It was a very positive step on a night where Och came up zeros. Did anyone else see a more aggressive Q as well?

@drgnslayr Uh, barf.

What clicked inside frank, I conject, is losing to Nova and getting out played/muscled really, REALLY sucked. You see in his eyes, “Ain’t no one gonna punk me.”

@drgnslayr @jaybate-1.0 After playing for a big time program, pardon me, THE Big time program, can you imagine how hard it must be to face your last year. Then on top you have not gotten Bill to another FF or NC yet. The 13 year streak is starring you in the face. Many are expecting you to preform like T-Rob, Withy, Markief, or Sasha. The legends’ ghosts are in the building, stalking you.

You’ve been treated like royalty, or is that deity?, you have the best of EVERYTHING, plus you are a thoughtful, good hearted dude…and in 5-6 months it will all come down to the rigged tourney. Talk about pressure. He is 21 or 22. Still a child. Big men have big loads to carry. That 17-21 year olds can preform at such a high level is truly remarkable with the crushing pressure we put on them.

Free your mind big fella, think on what is good and true, and noble. Enjoy the final leg of the journey, and wear the mantle of the Jayhawks legacy well. Give it your best, and forget the rest.

@ralster I’d pay big bucks to get to see Dok hip check Allen into the next region at the F4.

@stoptheflop JJ and the rest of us better get used to it because imagine what the calls will be like in the March Rig-a-thon?

@drgnslayr @jaybate-1.0 Save the knee theory is good, or what about the Road theory? Coach sees its a dog fight. We have horrible start that puts us in the hole. Colby and Mitch have never experienced anything remotely like a Big 12 war, so he ices them until they can get first taste of a conference battle in the friendly confines to boost confidence and give them better chance for success. Had we started strong and been up 8-10 pts, bill may have risked playing the wild cards. Bragg and LL knew what to expect and handled the heat.

@jaybate-1.0. Totally concur. Frank not athletic? Have you seen the video where he jumps off one leg over a small building? Ok its onto like a 4 or 5 foot mat but it’s ridiculously athletic. That scout is a complete and utter moron.

Observations from my night in the Little Apple

1. K-State fans are whiney, annoying, have an alarmingly low BB IQ, and have an inferiority complex the size of the Big Apple.
2. That the Admin allows the students to chant F KU all night long shows an extreme lack of class and unconscionable hypocrisy.
3. The crowd was far more excited that they played “Sandstorm” than any other aspect of the night which shows why they will never be in our league.
4. The arena is nice but basic. The scoreboard is really nice and their sound system is amazingly good.
5. There were more KU shirts than I expected.
6. Their point guards are really bad.
7. Higgins is the worst ref of all time and hell bent on engineering the outcome so the focus is on him. The bogus calls kept them in the game.
8. Their bleachers are not flat but concave…a butt catcher, as it were, and quite comfortable.
9. Bruce Weber is an idiot for not giving Johnson a touch in the low post every possession. We had no one who could guard him and he only took 7 shots. They win if he attempts 12. Instead their bad guards heave up nervous, ill advised 3’s., and DJ is placed frequently out on the floor where he is soooo uncomfortable.
10. My perfect road streak is intact and I would most certainly never go back. Damn they are annoying.

Next stop on the Quest…Norman Invasion in 2018.

@Blown I would have no problem telling Connor exactly which play we are going to run. And then enjoy the heck out of watching him try to stop Frank, DG, Josh, or Vick. We will abuse him.

@drgnslayr We could win every game by 50 and have a player score 40+ and another have a triple double and we would still get no favorable press. The CBS headlines were ludicrous after we won.

It also ignores the most important point (like the pun?), additional made free throws alters the course and flow of each possession in the game. If we made our average and were actually ahead, Lee never gets the facial disgrace, we kill more clock, we run different offensive sets, and 8 million other scenarios (hyperbole warning for Justanotherfantoo open minded). I don’t want my mind to be so open my brains leak out! Huey ballooey! (A Frank burns-ism this time for my fellow MASH aficionado @wissox ).

Rafters bound. Bleeds Crimson. True blue. Jayhawk poster child. All time great. May need to rename it…the Danny Manning / Frank Mason Mr. Jayhwak Award.

Josh < 25 years of age = cerebral cortex not fully developed. Like all adolescents, he will mature and decision making will improve.

@mayjay It a conundrum. I love sports, love jojo. But I am becoming more and more uncomfortable with what all pro athletes are making. This is just one of the more ludicrous examples. His agent is a genius. Alex Gordon making 72M is another example.

Yes, the owners are fools for paying it, but where do they get most of their money for these contracts?

We could probably end hunger, at least in America, if we paid athletes a reasonable wage and used the rest for good. Yes, I know how I sound, and I’m a republican!

@wissox And when we brought in our walk on who possesses basketball fundamentals and actually knows how to play the game (unlike their chuckers), dicky v never said a word. Nor did the idiot announcers mention we went on a big run with our walk on on the floor, out scoring them by 9 while Clay was in the game outperforming their trees. We all know he was a guard right and he is playing out of position and killing it! How about you mention that dicky you ignoramous.

@mayjay Announcers these days have very little time to find out what is actually going on. They are so busy blathering on about how smart they are and building their brand.

@jaybate-1-0. And how about that sweet post move by Silvio for his first KU bucket?!?!?!?

Think of all the time the coaching staff has to draw up 1 late game play to get a team 2 pts. And Drew comes up with??

A weak pass all the way across court to a freshman forward who is kinda awkward and gangly. With no one within 15 feet of him to dish to even if the pass had been catchable. Brilliant! Lets write that one down and tryit boys!

Now compare that to what Bill would have drawn up. One of these things is not like the other

You wonder if Bill says in the huddle… Ok guys lets have some fun; i want to poke Drew again. Let the game get close so in the last copule mins i can draw some fun stuff up and make him look totally inferior once again. It never gets old!

@BShark i swear, Bruce is Wilie Coyote and Bill is the Road Runner…always 3 steps ahead.

@KUSTEVE Bruse weber called it the bane of his existence!

@KUSTEVE That just happened!

Oh, and it was done by one coach vs. several, a record that is all his own and sets him above Wooden, Bobby Knight, Coach K, Roy, Izzo, Cal, Tubby, Rupp, Dean et al.

@wissox Aren’t you glad Preston DID hit the curb? It would have sucked to have had to vacate this wonderful ride. And we would not have had the awesome Silvio plot line. I bet he is really kicking himself, poor kid.

If I am not mistaken, basketball guru Larry Brown, can be seen in the video of the team arriving at the hotel in SA. What an advantage to have that bball mind advising the team and coaches. Cool to see how much coach brown still loves KU.

@jaybate-1-0 I am freaking ready to eat nails Jaybate!!!