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    Kcmatt7

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    • RE: Trouble?

      This sort of feels like a last stand for the NCAA.

      Who takes them seriously anymore?

      California, under threat that their schools could be banned from post-season play, all but unanimously passed their law that allows players to take money and not lose their scholarship. 20+ more states in the process of drafting a similar bill now.

      The NBAPA agents all refused to follow the NCAAs rules for agents.

      Will Wade literally talked about how much he paid for a player on the phone. Wade was reinstated and that player played the rest of the season.

      Sean Miller has an assistant convicted in the scheme. There is as much evidence against him as anyone, somehow not fired.

      Duke conducted an internal investigation, when we all know what got Bagley to North Carolina. We have evidence of Zion being offered by several schools. But they found nothing…

      Miami paid Nassir Little. Jim Larrañaga still the coach. And Little played all season at UNC.

      Avenatti is singing like a bird with a former AAU coach from California. Says Bol Bol went to Oregon for cash with documentation. Says Ayton went to Arizona for cash with documentation. Says Bagley went to Duke for cash with documentation. Not a peep from those schools.

      Wendell Carter Jr. a player for Duke - Parents went to lunch with an agent. That agent, alone, somehow wracked up a $100+ tab on his own. Carter’s parents didn’t even eat… Must have been a hell of a steak.

      KU landed two guys who were paid, and went for a third. And we’re denying the hell out of it being our responsibility.

      Maryland paid De Sousa and not a word has been spoken about Turgeon in the national media. Much less Maryland coming out and making an official statement.

      Collin Sexton only got a 4 game suspension and Avery Johnson finished the season.

      Personally, I think KU will and should fight this to the death. I think they SHOULD take it to court. And, on top of the obviously circumstantial evidence presented in the NOA, my argument would be that the NCAA is unable to fairly and broadly enforce the rules and is unable to monitor their member institutions. There were 30+ programs named at the trials. Unless all of them were investigated with the same thoroughness as KU was, they are unable to fairly apply the rules across the board. The NCAA themselves, lack institutional control. I’d argue that they should have known that Apparel sponsors were offering impermissible benefits as much as KU should have known. I’d argue that the NCAA didn’t take control of recruiting until 2018, when they set up rules for AAU events. I’d argue that the commission they put together themselves realized how widespread this was, and that it’s a failure of duty on their part that it took this long to investigate. If they were unwilling to investigate the underbelly of College Basketball until recently, how on Earth is one single member institution supposed to combat it?

      The issue is widespread, and that is largely due to the fact that the NCAA has been unwilling to use their resources, which consist of a billion dollars of revenue, to combat impermissible benefits from 3rd parties and protect the “NCAA Collegiate Model.” If they are unwilling to do it, why should KU be? If they cared, there would be 30+ schools under investigation right now. There would be an official NCAA employee working in the compliance department at every single NCAA institution in the country. But there isn’t. Because the NCAA arbitrarily applies the rules when they feel like applying the rules. And they do that after taking no steps to prevent rules from being broken.

      I’d love to see the NCAA rules enforcement process get audited by a major accounting firm. They have no controls and no prevention process. They, as the parent company over 300+ institutions, knew that those institutions were essentially “under attack” and prone to corruption with a 3rd party. Yet, their “prevention process” is to simply ask that people who have millions of dollars at stake turn themselves in. And institutions who have tens of millions of dollars at stake to also turn themselves in. It may be the right thing to do. And acting with integrity should be expected from us fans. But the NCAA has a duty to it’s other member institutions to enforce the rules and put in processes that create as even of a playing field as possible. Yet, they don’t, haven’t and won’t.

      The NCAA created this issue when they allowed 3rd party money to infiltrate college athletics. And it’s the NCAA’s fault they did nothing to prevent the wide-spread corruption since. They can’t all of a sudden decide they don’t like it when they are the ones who created it…

      posted in KU Basketball
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    • RE: Positive/Feel Good Stuff

      I’ve got a feel good for you @BShark - Mrs. Kcmatt7 is with child… And on the same day I got to see the heartbeat for the first time I hit my first (probably only) hole-in-one of my life. Funny when you have a day you pretty much know is going to be one of the top 10 days of your life no matter what.

      posted in General Discussion
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    • RE: this blows!

      KU overachieved this year after Doke went down. Bill did an amazing job using what he had. And I think he took a giant step forward as a coach this season that we will see come to light next year when we have depth.

      I like to compare Bill to Roy. Because they are both All-Time greats and have now coached at KU basically as long as each other.

      RoyvsBill.JPG

      To me this shows that HCBS has been better than Roy Williams while he was at KU. Bill has a better winning percentage. Bill is 7-2 in the Sweet 16 vs. Roy’s 5-4. Bill is 1/2 in NC championship games. Roy is 0-2. Roy didn’t win his first NC until he was in his 17th season as a head coach and 55 years old. And now he has won 3 in 11 seasons. Bill can do the same.

      posted in KU Basketball
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    • RE: Mere Chat Room

      Second post like this in the last year. Never understand the complaining and not “being the change they wish to see in the world.” WHY DONT ALL OF YOU POST HOURS OF CONTENT FOR ME TO ENJOY FREELY?

      Also Ironic to call those who are still here “easily offended” while those who left somehow, not?

      Anyways I’m just going to turn this into an appreciation post. I love all of you who take time out of your life to contribute here in any form or fashion. I’ve posted almost 8k times. @approxinfinity 12k times AND runs the site. @BShark has 27k posts. @FarmerJayhawk is over 6k.

      Most of you have been here a long time. I myself have been posting here longer than I have know my wife. Over 7 years now. You all are borderline family.

      I do agree we used to have more ANALYSIS. I myself used to make long posts, but life has prevented me from that level of analysis where I take 2 hours of my day to make a post. I’d love to see more of it, but totally understand that everyone has life commitments. Myself included.

      In the last two years I’ve gotten married, bought a house that needed a lot of TLC, gotten a huge promotion, picked up golf (my handicap is under bogey golf now) and published my very first article. My wife is in the midst of starting a business and now we are thinking about getting a puppy.

      Life happens and we all have to balance our time. If this place is still around when I’m retired I promise to have more ANALYSIS posts.

      posted in KU Basketball
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    • Absolutely Great Story about Doke

      http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2767373-think-reaching-the-final-4-is-tough-then-you-havent-met-kansas-udoka-azubuike

      I LOVE this team. Unbelievable what all had to happen for this group of guys to all end up on the same team.

      posted in KU Basketball
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    • RE: Make Love, Not War!

      bskeet said:

      Kansan vs Kansan outside of the game is not healthy. It’s fun to have a rivalry, but fans should remember we have to be united for bigger issues and opponents.

      I’ll root for KState over Alabama… or any SEC, ACC, etc opponent for that matter.

      After the band fellatio, I quit rooting for KSU for anything. How their fans reacted to that is pitiful.

      Same with this stupid fight. “He wAs JuSt PlAyInG tO tHe wHistLe.”

      They can’t even accept that a single one of their players had anything to do with the situation. That maybe their bench shouldn’t have reacted that way. I’m not trying to say Silvio was innocent. He was absolutely the main reason the scuffle started. But they literally can’t own up to the smallest of things.

      It’s a repeat of the way they acted with the band thing.

      “iT wAs StAr WaRs dAy.”

      No it was clearly a penis and if you’d at least own up to that I’d respect you.

      So KSU can burn to the ground and I wouldn’t care one single bit. I hate their fans. I hate where their school is located. I think their campus is ugly. I hate the way it smells there. I hate how fake “country” it is. I hate their colors. I hate EMAW because it sounds like a donkey noise. I hate the stupid thing they do at games where it looks like everyone is practicing giving a BJ.

      Frankly, I hate everything about KSU. And I hope that during the next conference realignment they get relegated to the Mountain West where they belong.

      posted in KU Basketball
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    • RE: RJ Hampton

      Hampton’s twitter is cracking me up. “PEOPLE ARE MAD I TOOK BAGS.”

      No dude. Nobody is mad you went and got paid. They’re mad you tried to pretend you were staying (even though Slater was basically all over this) to get hype.

      posted in KU Basketball Recruiting
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    • RE: Vick Has Earned The Start

      You risk completely shooting down Svis confidence. Then you may not even have a spot up shooter.

      You can play Vick more than Svi all you want, but at this point in the season, changing the starting lineup is drama a team on a roll doesn’t need.

      posted in KU Basketball
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    • How we got here.

      This team is now special. They were before, but they have now cemented a legacy. And, now, this week has been a great time for reflection.

      What I’ve been awe struck by is how many things had to happen to put this special team together.

      • Devonte - Not only did he have to born and raised by a VERY young mother, he could have just as easily been an App State Mountaineer. Yet somehow Bill was the only Blue Blood to swoop in and steal a NPOY candidate. Simply amazing story and an amazing person.

      • Doke - Raised by Christians in a war torn African country, he is not only lucky to be alive, but lucky he was tall enough that someone saw basketball potential in him and was able to ship him out of there. Had JoJo not put in a good word for us, he could have just as easily been at FSU.

      • Newman - The plan didn’t go right. He was supposed to go to MSU, show off his scoring ability, and be in the lottery. Didn’t happen. Somehow, Bill gets a second chance to recruit this guy and lands him. He had struggles all season and could have just as easily thrown in the towel. But the staff kept pushing him, and now we are looking at a scorer that can’t be stopped.

      • Svi - We took a chance on a 16 year old from Ukraine that we never saw play in person. Convinced him and his parents that shipping that youngster thousands of miles away was what was best for him. Turns out, it might have been. But a kid who could have easily been playing pro ball in Europe right this second, took a chance on Bill and on KU.I hope he reaches his NBA dreams.

      • Vick - Original commit to SMU. Larry continues to impact KU basketball to this day. He shipped him on up to Lawrence instead. He thought about playing High School ball another season instead of coming to KU, but chose to come instead. And I think it is safe to say that the extra season under Self and at the college level has helped him a lot.

      • De Sousa - The kid was playing High School basketball three and a half months ago. Somehow Bill has turned him into the 2nd best big on this roster in a short time, when Bill has been known to bring Freshmen bigs along slowly. Not only that, but again, somehow De Sousa had to end up in the good ole USA. And there had to be a scholarship available for him to even be able to play for KU. What was once a heavy Maryland lean on the recruiting sites, is now a strong backup to Doke. Would Preston have been able to be unselfish enough to allow this run to happen? I don’t know. But I know that somehow, Silvio was in the right spot at the right time.

      • Mitch - From KC originally. Moved to Arizona. Once he proved he could play D1 ball, all the big boys were after him. He could have been a contributing piece to an Arizona team or even a starter for a lesser school. Yet he chose to come be apart of this tradition.He knew he would have to take a back seat for at least his first few years. And he shows it with this bench celebrations and overall enthusiasm for being a Jayhawk. Thank goodness he is such an unselfish player.

      • Garrett - The grinder.The hustler. Mr. Defense. Again, he knew coming here he would have a tough time cracking the rotation. He knew his limitations. He went from PG to playing the 4, and didn’t show an ounce of disdain. He wanted to come be apart of something special, and now he is. Again, a more selfish player wouldn’t have come here. They would have stayed closer to home and gone somewhere he could have played PG and been a starter. Well, Mr. Garrett, now you are headed back to Texas as one of the last 4 remaining. the definition of a guy who will do whatever it takes to win.

      I still just can’t believe Bill was able to align the stars with this bunch. This group is special.

      posted in KU Basketball
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    • My Response to Pat Forde's Article: Either Bill Self is an Idiot or Clean. You can't Have Both.

      Patty Pat Pat. You sad sack of Mizzou trash. You couldn’t help yourself. You have been awaiting this moment. Kansas was finally named in the FBI probe, officially. A glorious moment for the little brother to the East. We know that, on a forum, we would be giving the same crap to anyone else. But, when a “journalist” from your rival clearly writes an nationally published article in an attempt to defame a program, and then claims that work as good journalism, I have a problem.

      Pat Forde doubled down on his takes on the Petro show a couple of days ago. I was disappointed with how the interview went, as Petro kept alluding to what he really wanted to say, but ended up not having the guts to actually put Forde on the spot. But I did take two things for Petro’s show. The first, that Pat Forde has as much pull in the CBB world as anyone on this Board. When your named and unnamed source have to be the same person, and they are simply a TV personality that can’t get a Head Coaching job, you have absolutely no clout in the business.

      The Second, and most important one, is that either Bill Self is either a complete idiot, or he is clean and knows it.

      In Pat’s article, he rips us for Cliff, JJ, Billy and De Sousa. When he was on Petro, he challenged people to find “any inaccuracies in my story.” Well, I will concede that he probably doesn’t have any inaccuracies, but simply information withheld from the story to fit his narrative. Basically, today’s bullshit that somehow passes for “journalism.”

      Instead of commending KU’s compliance department for somehow unearthing the financial schemes, and holding out Billy and Cliff, he acts as if Bill Self knew and that the compliance department is protecting him. How Cliff could be held against Bill Self I have no idea. Bill Self didn’t take out the loan for Cliff’s mom. But somehow, that makes KU dirty. He uses the same information that, Yahoo themselves released, that had JJ’s mom included, but failed to mention that several other CBB stars over the past two years were on that same list. Why? Because providing all of the information discredits what Pat wants you to believe. Pat Ford is on a mission to prove that Bill Self is basically the Don Corleone of CBB.

      Of course, that theory only works if you think Bill Self is a complete F-ing idiot. How dumb would you have to be, to sit a player that you paid, only to bring in another kid that you paid AFTER the FBI probe was announced. You would have to be a complete moron. Only a complete f-ing idiot would be that dumb.

      So, is Bill Self dumb, or is he clean? You can’t have both Pat. Either Bill is so confident that him and his staff aren’t involved in anything dirty that he doesn’t care who he brings in, or he is a complete moron who has cheated his way to the top.

      I find it hard to believe that anyone who has won 14 straight conference titles, been to 3 FFs and won a NC can be considered an idiot.

      So, Pat, go f–k yourself.

      posted in KU Basketball
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    • RE: 2023 croots

      @justanotherfan I posted on another thread, but adding through the transfer portal should be a top priority for LL and Co.

      There is probably a “nicer” way of saying it, but “trapping” kids here and getting them after they used their free transfer already is going to be important for “getting old and staying old.”

      If you can land ~8-10 multi-year guys through the portal every year, that is likely to mean you have at least 30 players on your roster every single season who have 2+ years of D1 college football experience. Throw in a minimum of 40 “home grown” guys (just 10 each class), and you’ll never see the scholarships dip below 75 ever again… And you’d be a VERY old team. It feels like the staff understands this.

      posted in KU Football Recruiting
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    • RE: Kansas football announces 13 midseason transfers, 4 early-enrollees

      It just makes so much sense for a team like KU to go after dudes in the transfer portal who are Freshman and Sophomores. Get them in with that first transfer under their belt and you can solidify the roster knowing you will keep the majority of those guys 3-4 seasons.

      The key for LL and co. is to take a page from Bill Self. “Get old and stay old.” 2023 we should be a pretty old team…

      posted in KU Football News Feeds
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    • RE: Royals 2022 Recap

      Hated the Mondesi trade. I’d have rather gambled he plays well the first half of the season and risk getting literally nothing in return.

      Dozier I don’t think they could get much more than an even more washed up relief pitcher than they got for Mondesi. He’s 3 seasons removed from his .800 season at age 30. He’s a poor defender as well. If the NL hadn’t implemented the DH, I do think Dozier would have had some trade value. Perfect late inning pinch hitter because he has HR potential and can play four positions.

      At this point, just Designate him for assignment and cut your losses.

      posted in KC Royals / Other MLB
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    • RE: 2022 Recruiting Thread

      Just rewatched highlights of this class coming in. I cannot wait to add 3 dudes who can play above the rim… McDowell has a lot of Vick in him. I do think Johnson is going to struggle to score naturally. But Elmarko could be 18 ppg as a freshman so effortlessly. Has the handles and athleticism to dominate at the college level.

      posted in KU Basketball Recruiting
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    • RE: Baylor Game Tonight

      The hope I still have for this team is that we have 50 days left to have something click for a couple of guys. There are really only two options left on the table for this team to make a deep run in the tournament.

      1. We either get our shit together and the starters start playing well enough to get us back to 1/2 seed contention which will give us the easiest path possible. But this team is in the danger zone a little bit right now… This team isn’t as bad as 2021 team with Garrett running point, but the feeling of having no levers to pull and a thin bench bring back some bad memories. A big bounce back statement game from this team would be nice, and frankly is overdue.

      or

      1. Bill sort of blows up what we’ve been doing most of the season and lets the young guys get a lot more run which might cost us some games. Mainly Udeh and Rice. See if those two can get comfortable the last 10 games and we can try to “peak” March 16th. This option is sort of waiving the white flag for the conference race mid-season, but gives us the best chance at a FF run imo. I think it would take losing the next two games in a row for Bill to ever consider doing this. Unfortunately/fortunately depending on your opinion, with the way we’ve been playing it is a distinct possibility.

      This team IS good enough to beat anyone in the country, but the margin for error is just so, so small with how poorly the bench is playing. It has really been a big disappointment to watch pretty much zero improvement from Bobby or Yes. What’s worse, is that even with how poorly those two have played we can’t hardly see minutes from MJ who might be the only guy on the bench who can actually make a difference in March.

      In Bill I trust, but my expectations for this team are essentially nothing more than a sweet 16 at the moment. And I’m pretty sure we will all be holding our breath in the 2nd round…

      posted in KU Basketball
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    • RE: Baylor Game Tonight

      Bill has no levers to pull this year

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    • RE: Baylor Game Tonight

      Juan with so many uncharacteristic turnovers the last 3 games. KJ lost his touch. McCullar can’t make a layup.

      At least Dick has his swagger back.

      posted in KU Basketball
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    • RE: Baylor Game Tonight

      Wtf happened to this team?

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    • RE: Baylor Game Tonight

      @drgnslayr said in Baylor Game Tonight:

      good lesson for us playing a team this deadly from trey. Exposes how bad our trey d is.

      Has to improve. Has been one of Bill’s Achilles heel’s for years

      posted in KU Basketball
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    • RE: Baylor Game Tonight

      Frustrating when you can’t guard the 3 playing small. Pacing to give up 80+ again when you play defensive first guards like Kev and Juando is frustrating.

      Lucky we are only down 7

      posted in KU Basketball
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