We need to change his initials from DP to DNP

We could name a Keanu Dawes and Christian Reeves front court "Keanu Reeves"

Taylen Kinney is on the US's U18 team. Should be a good stage to assess how college-ready he is.

If we win I will be psyched. If we lose without DP I will blame not having DP. If we lose with DP I will blame the short-term chemistry issues of working him back into the lineup. Either we win or I have an excuse!

Here are the takeaways.

Positives:

1. It was nice to be on the other side of an epic meltdown after the Houston and Baylor "games" last year.

2. DP played 32 minutes.

3. DP was clutch at the end of regulation.

4. We showed that, when we play with heart, we can be a very good team (though I guess we already knew that).

Negatives:

1. This result was more of a TCU choke than a KU victory, though there were elements of both

2. We played with absolutely no effort for an unacceptably long time

3. DP is still cramping

Once again, Melvin saved our bacon. God he is good.

Bill Self said on the postgame radio show that Flory is the best defender in the country and that he was tremendous tonight, citing that neither Toppin nor Watts could score on him

I am very proud of the guys. They had had so many "moral victories" where they played good teams close without DP but came up just short this year. And today they had had enough of that! They made damn sure to get the job done! What a special group

I will miss Kohl Rosario. I think I will always believe he would have turned into a fan favorite before the portal era.

At this point I think it is best to just assume he is done for the year. That way we are prepared for it and if he does come back it will be a pleasant surprise.

@DCHawker If this game counted I would be upset that we didn't play Reeves more. He is the only way we could contain Ngogba. As is, it was a good time to try a small ball experiment.

@Kcmatt7 To make a bowl game we need to go 3-0 in our next 3, because we're not beating BYU or OSU.

What a shocking upset. Not only did we beat Baylor, but we won a close game. Rock Chalk!

There we go. Classic KU vs K-State move

Realistically I would need a 3 score lead in the 4th quarter to feel like we have a chance

Lets not get our hopes up

We did not lose. Reeves played well.

I'm about halfway through. When I start saying Mordini will go #1 in the NBA draft you'll know I've reached the bottom of the bottle

@Kcmatt7 Yes it was a joke. The real rumor I heard was that Self plans on starting Council, Will Thangvall, Trent Perry, Atticus "Finch" Richmond, and Grant Mordini. He will begrudgingly allow Rosario and Mbiya to play spot minutes off the bench.

I am excited to watch our team play today. This era of college sports is frustrating, but its always nice to be able to set stories about recruiting and NIL on the backburner and just watch some actual basketball.