Regardless of your politics, all Jayhawks should send out a great big Thank You to Stormy Daniels. Highest 60 Minutes TV rating fin ten years.
Which means that the overtime managed to expose millions of otherwise unaware Americans waiting for the interview to the greatness that is Kansas basketball.
Not a bad “opening act!”
On this date in 1891, Doc Naismith staged the first basketball game at the Springfield, Massachusetts YMCA.
A description of the scene, from “The Basketball Man” by Bernice Larson Webb:
"The first basketball game in history…was played in a YMCA gymnasium with a total floor space approximately forty-five feet wide and sixty-five long, and a playing field approximately thirty-five by fifty feet. Lights set into the ceiling were dim. Boundary lines of the basketball court were imaginary ones, with Indian clubs, dumbbells, and all the other gymnastic apparatus shoved hastily out of the way against walls and into corners. The equipment was simple - a ball and a pair of peach baskets…The uniform was long trousers and short-sleeved jerseys.
"There were nine players on each team…a goalkeeper, two guards (right and left), three center men (right center, left center and center) two wings (right and left) and a home man. or goal thrower, stationed in this order from the goal…equivalent, in modern terminology, to three guards, three centers and three forwards.
"Although Naismith rules called for both a referee and an umpire, he served as the sole official in this game, and probably found that more penalizing was necessary than one man than could handle fairly. Fouls, indeed, far outnumbered scores in this first trial game of basketball.
“Furthermore, because the bottoms were left in the peach baskets, a scoring ball would remain in the basket, ten feet above the floor, until someone got it out. Naismith, undaunted, asked janitor Stebbins to get a stepladder and take care of that problem. Stebbins was on hand with his ladder, therefore, to recapture the one ball that tumbled into a peach basket, effectively aimed by William R. Chase from near mid-court for the single point of the game.”
HAPPY NAISMITH DAY !!!
Love hearing all the memories about Max from everyone on this board.
As a kid in the Sixties, Max’s voice was my introduction to the world of Jayhawk basketball and its long tradition. I think of him and Don Fambrough as the two KU “lifers” that I grew up with. Another KU legend gone, but one never to be forgotten.
Rest in peace Max.
How pleasant. Almost November and we’re still talking KU football ! (In a good way.)
Nite all !
As someone who lives in the Seattle area, I’m surprised how quickly the needle has gone from Prudence to Panic.
FYI, nearly all of the deaths in Washington state have been elderly patients with underlying conditions, most at a single suburban nursing home located nowhere near the Seattle U. campus. The actions by Chicago State and UMKC seem way over the top.
(Interesting to note that the Roos are leaving the WAC at the end of the season anyway.)
By the way, last week I had dim sum lunch at a Chinese restaurant in downtown Seattle. According to a lot of people on the Interweb, I SHOULD BE DEAD BY NOW !
Looks like Jacque has the Nets on a roll. 2-0 after beating the Lakers at Staples Center.
@approxinfinity A belated shout out for all you do on this board.
A nice change of pace from all the Pac 12-centric media out here on the coast.
As ambivalent as I am about chat rooms and social media in general, this board has managed to keep things pretty classy, save the odd flareup or two.
Flying back to KC later this week, and I plan to spend a day in Lawrence reminding myself just how lucky I am to be a KU alum. Makes it worth having to deal with my Northwest friends who keep telling me to “shut up about Kansas already.” (Nope.)
See you all next season. (Or maybe sooner!)
PROUD TO BE A JAYHAWK !!!
Good news from Eugene, Oregon…KU runner Sharon Lokedi just won the 10,000 meter race at the NCAA Championships.
Not only did she set a new school record, she broke a 30-year-old meet record to boot !
ESPN2’s been carrying the meet live. It was cool to watch her race at Hayward Field, a neat old venue I visited a few years ago. It’s sort of track & field’s version of Allen Field House. This is last major meet there before they tear up the track and rebuild the facility.
She’s got a chance to double when she runs the 5000 meters on Saturday.
Rock Chalk Jayhawk !
Later the ref who made the call said it was so close on the line that if Jo Jo had worn different color sneakers he might have called the shot good.
My main gripe with the movie (like every Disney sports movie) is that they’re so busy trying to create a feel-good atmosphere that they can’t get the details right. Like the mention of “Division I basketball,” a term that didn’t exist back then. And KU playing in white-and-red uniforms?
And tonight it’s “Glory Road” on ESPN, the story of the 1966 Texas Western team, now UTEP.
Of course, Texas Western beat KU in double overtime to win the Midwest Regional.
(BTW, that scene in the movie that shows the Miners team getting racially harassed in Seattle was fabricated “for dramatic effect.” In fact, Seattle U. had several black players on their roster and had been integrated for years. Back in the late Fifties, Elgin Baylor led them to the NCAA Finals.)
Had a bit of trouble with the link. Here’s the text, which should shock absolutely no one:
STUDY: KU SPENT 3RD-HIGHEST AMOUNT IN FOOTBALL CONTRACT BUYOUTS IN PAST 15 YEARS
By Benton Smith
It came as no big surprise when a new study on spending in high profile college athletics found that the University of Kansas has paid more than most to get rid of football coaches.
An analysis of coaching buyouts over the past 15 years published by AthleticDirectorU.com revealed that, among public universities, KU ranks third in football severance spending in that span, having paid $23,731,412 to its former head coaches and assistants, a result of the unsteady program’s high turnover in the past decade-plus.
Les Miles became KU’s fifth head coach in 11 seasons when he took over the program before the 2019 campaign, and in the years prior the athletic department parted ways with Mark Mangino, Turner Gill, Charlie Weis and David Beaty, leading to significant good bye bills.
None of KU’s fired coaches following Mangino experienced on-field success. Gill went 5-19 in two seasons, Weis was 6-22 in two-plus years and Beaty went 6-42 in four seasons.
The study showed that Florida the No. 1 spender on football buyouts — the list didn’t include private institutions — with $24.8 million spent on its former coaches, and Nebraska spent the second most, at $24.3 million.
Per the study, KU’s buyout spending kicked off in 2010, the year after Mangino and KU reached an agreement on his departure, with $3,648,300.
The next big costs came in 2012 following Gill’s firing, leading to $8,325,063 in payments.
KU spent $413,937 in 2014, but took another large hit in 2015 after firing Weis, paying $6,629,760 in severances.
In 2018, KU spent another $254,313 on buyouts. Then came a $4,460,039 price tag in 2019, after Beaty was fired. KU remains in a court battle over paying Beaty, and put the $3,000,000 for his buyout in escrow in the meantime.
The data, compiled for ADU from NCAA financial reports for the 52 public Power Five universities, found that athletic departments spent a combined $491,770,668 in football and men’s basketball severance payments over the past 15 years — though some institutions did not have data available for the entire 15 years.
The study, authored by Andy Wittry, noted Power Five schools’ spending increased significantly in the last two years.
During the period covered in the study, KU’s basketball program spent $90,000 in buyouts. All of that money was spent in 2009.
They’re showing the Chiefs-Rams 2018 Monday night game this evening on ESPN.
A real heart-wrencher, but an epic game nonetheless.
And now CBS brings back bad memories…the 1997 final, Arizona (who upset overall number 1 seed KU) vs. Kentucky.
Shoulda been us in the final. What a loaded lineup, The Truth, Jacque, Pollard, LaFrentz, Haase.
Was pulling for Nova in that '85 final. I’d watched Georgetown win the title the year before at the Kingdome (RIP, imploded 20 years ago last week).
I thought the Hoyas were a bunch of cheap-shot artists, though I admired Ewing’s game. The Big East refs let players get away with a lot of stuff back then.
@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Games on tv:
@nwhawkfan Didn’t KU have a 20 point lead at one point in the 1st of that game?
I think it was around 15 or so midway thru the first half. Then the Vols made their comeback.
Correction on the date of that game…2012, not 1992. (Got distracted watching the 1995 men’s final.)