I think Pop is going to be pushing hard for Becky Hammon to take over and get her shot at making history. If I had to put money on it, that’s the direction I think the organization will go. And I don’t think HCBS would leave in the middle of the NCAA investigation. Just doesn’t seem like something he would do.

I’m with D’tae on this one. Yes, HCBS and Long have to say all the right things, but that doesn’t mean KU fans have to be “embarrassed” or ashamed. That’s freakin’ lame.

The punk who stole the ball had it coming from Silvio to volleyball spike his layup attempt. And yes, Silvio deserved a technical for standing over him. That stuff happens every night at all levels of basketball.

And then Silvio was trying to get back on the court when he was assaulted by the crazy KSU bench player in warmups. That dude rushed Silvio and attacked him (wearing glasses no less!! :-D). Silvio was forced to defend himself. Unfortunately, the crazy bench player took the action into the seats behind the basket.

In my opinion, the ONLY thing Silvio did wrong was pick up the chair, which he dropped on his own back once he figured out it was not a good idea. No one took it away from him, as the East coast media on ESPN reported. Jerrance Howard was in the immediate vicinity, but he didn’t pull it from Silvio.

I think Silvio should get five games suspension, max. And that’s it. IF anything else, maybe McCormick gets one game.

Silvio just let his anger get the best of him after being punked twice by two different wildcats. Yes, in hindsight, he no doubt wishes he walked away after power-blocking the guys layup. I totally understand why Self said the things he did in post-game, but I actually think Squeaky’s presser was more appropriate.

@DoubleDD Mueller is just letting Donald stew in his own juices for a while. It’s the best way to keep him in check for now. Mueller knows fully well that it takes 2/3 senate vote to get him completely out. Trump’s striving for full dictatorship. If he were to win the 2020 election, top of his agenda will likely be a constitutional amendment to remove term limits for POTUS. Mueller knows what he’s doing in this situation.
And ironically, the longer Trump stays in office without getting an impeachment, the more it hurts the Republican party. If Donald goes all the way through this four years, the blue wave in 2020 will look like a tsunami compared to the one we just witnessed for the midterm. Republicans need him out of there asap, but they are too intimidated by him to stand up for themselves. Classic budding dictatorship scenario.

I watched most of the Kings/76ers game last night. The Kings were behind by double digits, then Frank came in and dominated the game as the point guard. Dished, lifted his teammates, and also scored a career high of 16. No way the Kings win that game without him. He has some kind of torso injury because he was wrapped and in warmups toward the end of the game. Otherwise, he is their closer and would’ve been in there for the last 5 minutes or so. Funny, I was watching ESPN Sportscenter this morning just to see what they said about the game, because I couldn’t hear the announcers at the sports bar where I was watching, but Frank was constantly in the camera and was no doubt getting compliments from the announcers. But the “highlights” on ESPN didn’t say a word about Frank or show his killer plays. Once again, ESPN was clueless and missing the summarizing that game. Very disappointing ESPN. Frank was a freaking stud out there and toyed with Philly’s guards. And it’s obvious that the King’s bigs love and prefer to play with Frank at the point. Fun to watch!

We need a good quality leaker ala White House staffer to get us some info on what is going on in practice! Did Whitman break Lightfoots nose? Did Dedric throw a punch at Dok? I can’t believe the LJWorld staff can’t find out what’s going on in practice. C’mon Keegs and Tait, get the scoop on Slug-gate!

Looks like Billy Preston stands a good chance to win the starting 4 spot. After the game, Townsend had nice comments for Garrett. He did look good, particularly on defense.

@DanR Dotson totally crushed it in Hawaii and ever since he has been out of sorts (from a leadership standpoint). Remember he and Doke won co-MVP for the tournament. I was in Hawaii for the Maui Invitational, and it was interesting after the game that Doke grabbed the MVP trophy and wouldn’t let Devon have his time with it during the celebration after the game. Dotson made a comment, something like “Doke can have this one”, seemingly conceding the trophy to him because he couldn’t get it back from him anyway.

I’m wondering if that has caused a riff between the two of them. Another thing that has me wondering is I read an article a couple of days ago saying that Dotson hasn’t given Doke a lob since the Colorado game, and that was only one lob, I think.

Maybe there’s nothing to this, but Dotson’s attitude lately is reason for concern. He’s been pretty emotional on the floor too towards other players and the refs. Being verbal towards other players can be a good thing if done from the right perspective, but I’m not so sure Dotson has that nailed down. I also wonder if Doke is becoming the leader of this team now. Agbaji is not taking that on, Dotson is struggling to do it, Garrett is the quiet glue-guy. Maybe Braun will step up? mostly kidding

@FarmerJayhawk Amen to that! Eff Dick Vitale and others on ESPN.

@HighEliteMajor You make Bill Self’s case by stating “It would highly energize our fan base.” That fact doesn’t matter because we already have a highly energetic fan base that sells out every game and travels all over the place to watch the Jayhawks play. I was in Maui for the three games there and KU must’ve held 80% of the tickets for each of the three games. I thought surely BYU, who has a campus on Oahu, would snatch up their fair share of tickets… nope. Jayhawk fans muscled their way in and bought them up, got on a plane, and showed up at the games.

Economically, there is no benefit to playing WSU. It’s not going to create more donor funds or get existing donors to give more than they already are.

HCBS is doing such a good job of filling AFH and winning, that until that changes, he’s right in saying that we don’t benefit from playing WSU. If there was some recruiting benefit, maybe, but there just isn’t.

Marcus Garrett had 5 assists in 6 minutes last night! That dudes playing time has got to be on the rise. I didn’t see the game, but if anyone did, please report on how he did. Hopefully it wasn’t all garbage time because of being a pre-season game.

@dylans Haha! true statement there!

Watching games this past weekend most of the better teams are full of grown men. Kelvin Sampson must make that a requirement in the portal.

Maybe it’s a summertime workout motivation and cheeseburger problem or just plain genetics. Either way or both, hope we can get these guys and new transfers bulked up for the physical game that Coach Self prefers to play. Rock Chalk!

Hello Jayhawk fans,

One thing that bugged me this year is the lack of bulk on anyone other than KJ (excluding anyone that just transferred in last year). Specifically DeJuan and Hunter, but also Zeke.

What the heck is Ramsey Nijem doing with these guys?!? It didn’t look like DeJuan put on an ounce of muscle in his 5 years in Lawrence. Hunter totally lacked an athletic build.

How does a player spend 5 years in the program and still be skinny and lack bulk/muscle? No way that should be allowed.

Ramsey is doing our players and team a complete disservice.

Maybe in the day of NIL and getting guys for 1 year, you don’t mess with their physique, much like you wouldn’t try and change their shooting motion for just one year. But guys that have been around for 2-5 years?

Do we need a new strength and conditioning coach?

@jayballer67 Yeah, watching at the game. No getting after the players or the refs, for that matter. Bill will block his mouth while letting loose with some profanity in the huddle so no-one can read his lips while dropping the f-bomb. Definitely needed some of that action.

@drgnslayr That lack of fire was what I saw as well. Usually Self would’ve called a timeout or two and tore into them a bit. That’s not Norm’s M.O. He just went to the bench, rather than check the starters in a timeout.

Norm might be a good recruiter, but he’s not a passionate game-day coach. I didn’t see him ever work the refs either.

Just Bill working the refs would’ve been worth 2 points! We got none of that from our coach that day.

Even though it wouldn’t have been the politically correct thing for Bill to do, he would have been better off appointing Dooley.

HC Record: Roberts 0.457 (7 yrs) HC Record: Dooley 0.548 (13 yrs) HC Record: Self 0.769 (30 yrs)

Just checking in to Buckets after the weekend. I think it begs to be said that Norm Roberts was soft in how he handled his coaching duties during the games.

We have come accustomed to hearing Coach Self use that adjective to describe the team when they aren’t giving it their all.

There would be no other way to describe Coach Roberts game demeanor than SOFT. And he didn’t step up to the plate when Coach Self and the Team needed him to tear into the players when they got off to a decent lead against Arkansas and then let them back in the game so Ark could gain their confidence.

Very poor job by Coach Roberts. Lacked intensity, fire and sense of urgency. Soft.

@HawkChamp It seems to me like Zach will be more of a stretch 4 option, and as he develops, play the 3 in the League. I realize a stretch 4 is not really Coach Self’s style, but if he can knock down shots reliably, then hey. Darrell Arthur was the last to play that style, unless I’m forgetting about someone.

@Crimsonorblue22 Awesome, thanks!

Hey, does anyone have reference to an article that talks about the hardships that DaJuan overcame growing up? I heard Coach Self mention it a couple weeks ago and am interested in knowing about that. Coach said that when he was talking about how much the Braun family has helped DaJuan.

OK, here’s what google says…

To qualify for a Division I Medical Hardship Waiver:

• The athlete can’t have participated in more than 30% of the number of games or dates of competition in their sport.
• The athlete also must not appear in a contest after the midpoint of the season.
• The athlete must have contemporaneous documentation from a medical professional that their injury or illness prevents them from being able to continue participating in their season.