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@HighEliteMajor said: We should invite dissenting opinions, uncomfortable symbols, and all that is freedom. Absolutely. The problem I’m having with free speech these days is the amplifying and bias that comes from social media consciously and unconsciously via machine learning algorithms. For example, Facebook changing their platform to foster a sense of community inadvertently leading toward the large scale growth of Q Anon supporters. Throwing in big media and a president promoting conspiracy theories and it’s a mess. There’s nothing wrong with freedom of speech (and a lot right!), but public figures and corporations fostering disinformation for personal benefit, society be damned, is a problem. It’s not so different than your concerns about thug culture being glorified. Freedom of speech needs to be protected. But it also can be a threat to itself.

Thanks @HighEliteMajor, you showed a lot of heart getting through these, given the times. Seriously. Much appreciated.

I hope Doke has as successful an NBA career as Nick Collison.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2020/04/06/march-madness-coronavirus-dayton-kansas-title-game/2953005001/ Hmmmm…

Very entertaining! Great job!

@ajvan MSU is the one team in this whole thing I feared the most. They were playing very well at the end of the regular season.

This is reminiscent of previous tourney games where we come out hot and blow a team away…then lay an egg in the next one. I’ll save myself the emotional pain of getting into specifics. Here’s hoping Udoka returns to help us kick Kentucky to the curb.

Yeah, I watched the game last night. I watched Wisconsin play just before and knock Villanova out of the tourney again. KU-Wisconsin is looking good for the final. It’s all very real.

Interesting. LSU was one of the highest scoring teams in the country and the 2nd worst defensive team in Power 5.

Great work! I was reading tournament fan fiction on the Athletic, but this is better.

Let me start and say first that in no way am I implying that I would want him by any means but more just out of Curiousity What do you think of Leonard Hamilton? - -Seems like he found his home at Florida St , been there for some time , seems like his team runs decent offense. This year # 5 in the Nation - - 17-2 on the year & 7-1 in the ACC. - Has pretty competitive teams pretty constantly, again I am not even beginning to say I would want him here, just curious what others think of him. I remember when he was at Oklahoma St

@kjayhawks Oh I did put up cameras after the bucket of peanuts was dumped over the fence. I let them know they were there, so they’d quit more than trying to catch them. I still caught her tearing up my property (police said they would prosecute, handed it off to another district and mothballed it - blue wall crap) and going on a rant about how they lived there first so that makes it ok. I replied what in the world does being here first matter? That doesn’t give you the right to endanger others, besides my family has lived on the block for 5 generations and you just moved here 10 years ago. Lol, jerks I love my new neighbors.

@Crimsonorblue22 It’s fine when he does it. You see he’s white so in his mind that means he is above black people. To him they are all rappers and thugs. The hate u give, right? It just blows me away that someone who likes the Jayhawks as much as I do could be a white supremacist (Pretty sure this is the first time I’ve called HEM a name but at this point he’s earned it). Guess it means I shouldn’t really generalize about a large group of people. Maybe we should all try that.

Results are a funny thing. They don’t always tell the truth. KU has an elite defense this year. Period. No matter the philosophy, KU is long and athletic and disrupting opponents. But that doesn’t mean they couldn’t be better than the results have shown so far this year. We are capable of dominating on defense. We have the depth, length and size to matchup with anyone. The question is, why don’t we do it? I do, to an extent, understand Bill not wanting to change. He wants the other team to adjust to us. The problem with that, is basketball has changed. The three point bombing from 4-5 positions on the floor is changing the game much like the Spread Offense did in College Football. But here we are, and Bill is still trying to run the Wishbone on offense while running a 46 Bear to stop the run. Imagine if Tony Bennett or Jay Wright had our roster. They would have this group with the #1 defense and it wouldn’t even be close. Ochai, Enaruna, Braun and Garrett are all plus rebounders for their position/size. So there is no need to play a true big at the 4. They would pressure the ball relentlessly and force you to drive the ball and shoot a contested layup. They wouldn’t give up 3s. They’d force you to shoot over the wingspan of our 6’5 guards and pressure the hell out of passing lanes so that the offense had no flow and terrible ball movement. The only reason this team isn’t the #1 defensive team in the country right now is Bill Self will not adapt. He may be able to overcome it and win a NC. I believe that. But his stubbornness is one of the roadblocks. He’s a great coach. But he could still be better.

I think it’s been blown outta proportion at this but agree with @dylans Jackson is doing a splendid job, he is the issue more than the uniforms or his skin color. We as Americans have to stop alienating each other. I refuse to read any article that has someone’s skin color in the head line. Evil knows no bounds and doesn’t discriminate on race, religion or occupation. I’m gonna sit on my couch like baby yoda, watch Jackson and Mahomes all while not giving a flying f**k what they look like put on a show. Because they are most exciting players in the league right now.

@mayjay … just a guy trying to figure out technology.

The 3-2 zone was the defense of choice in the last 35&older league I played in. Easier to defend the 3 and at that age nobody wants to bang down low or move too much. LOL