Christian Braun presser:
On the way out the door he was asked if he heard about Kansas beating undefeated Arizona

“No big deal. That was expected”

Svi started and scored 23

I'm back.

@Jayhawk_69 said in Kansas Jayhawks at UCF Knights Game Chat Sat. 1/3 1:00 CT:

Unfortunately this game gives us a lot of negative takeaways and only 1 positive.

The positive: Melvin Council is the real deal. He is a stud who can hit big shots, play defense, and get to the rim at will.

The negatives:

1. DP will not play a second half for us all year. It does not matter if he is "100%". It just isn't going to happen.

2. Our defense, it turns out, was a paper tiger.

3. We have no heart. This is the only explanation for us not getting any defensive rebounds. We have the size and athleticism to be great on the glass.

4. We have no toughness. Everytime we tied or took the lead we gave up an easy basket at the other end. In the last minute with a chance to win we allowed 100% 3 pt percentage, 100% shooting from the field, and gave up 2.67 points per possession.

5. Flory has not taken the step forward needed from him.

6. Tiller is not ready to be a big 12 starter.

I suppose, on the bright side, all these issues (minus number 1) are fixable, but as of now it looks like we are a bottom half of the Big 12 team.

Overreaction city, not based on our full season of work.

1. We still don't know. I wish if he was on a minutes restriction that they'd be allocated out a bit so we have him at the end of the game.

2. Our defense is really one of the better units in recent memory. Today 1st half was ugly but 2nd half was much better. Against a tall team we had 7 blocks

3. We have no heart. Really. How is that measured? I'd say we've showed a lot of heart this season in the way we've played against really good teams, even shorthanded without DP.

4. We have no toughness. One game we were down by 1 with 10 seconds left on the road against a well coached and 1 loss team. Come on man, again how are you measuring toughness? Since the championship, this is the toughest team we've had by far, we've all been saying it. Don't let a bad result (that we win if DP plays) cloud your judgment on this team. They're a fun team to watch and have given us thrills this season we haven't experienced since 22.

5. Flory has improved in many ways since his freshman year. More minutes sure, but he's been indispensible to this team.

6. I might agree on Tiller.

There was a lot of negativity on the board today. Disappointing loss for sure. End of the world? Not ready to go there.

Never knew there was a Funny category on the Bucket. Here's a few. What are some of your favorites?

Roman guy walks into a bar, holds up two fingers and says give me 5 beers.

Dyslexic guy walks into a bra.

Skeleton walks into a bar, says give me a beer and a mop.

When they installed artificial turf at KState football the cheerleaders realized they'd have to find a new field to graze in.

Nebraska stressing academics decided to put the letter N on their helmets for knowledge.

Drug dealers in Missouri not so smart. They didn't want to risk jail time so they sent one of their interns down to Mexico to get some coke they could sell. He came back with a couple of 12 packs of Pepsi saying it was cheaper.

I hate it when people use your and you're wrong. There so dumb.

@FarmerJayhawk

Yeah, even when he had an off game yesterday he got 17 points seemingly almost effortlessly.

The series was started Feb 11 1926 so we're on to the 2nd century of KU-OSU basketball!

@approxinfinity So you're saying Vitale has become a diaper dandy?

There's something about a gut punch loss that makes me philosophical. Because I have to come to grips with the disappointment so that it doesn't drag me down into the dumps I look to so many people and life circumstances that prevents me from feeling sorry for myself. That fact that it could happen again tomorrow or Sunday makes being a fan of two teams all the more 'difficult'. But it is just a game and baseball starts in 2 weeks and i have spring break in 2 weeks, and well, I'll get over it. KU surviving into next week would help. Except for one massive exception in 2022, both of my teams ending the season disappointingly every season. Even the Covid year was a BIG championship for UW and fans were excited for the postseason.

Having been a fan of 3 KU champions and 1 White Sox winner is pretty good though. I consider 1988 to be my championship since I was a senior. That's a memory that has taken me through the tough endings of so many seasons. But I do hope to see a few more before I go on home to heaven.

I know we're supposed to hate KState but I hate Kentucky way more.

Here's the rationale for my Bryson comment. For a kid to leave KU for Missouri means these rent a basketball player for a semester programs that's apparently NCAA sports now is failing. ANYONE who has bought into KU basketball as a player knows you don't go to Missouri when you've played at KU. Apparently the history of this program is not being sold to our kids. I just don't get this at all. Tiller should have been taught by now to hate Missouri. Like, I'd rather go play anywhere than there. Like the Jim Mora voice (old Saints coach) "Missouri? Missouri? You're talking Missouri? You kidding me? Missouri?" El Marko to Georgetown? Play in front of 6000 fans in a 20,000 seat arena? Play for a team that has missed the tournament more times in this century than KU has since the 50's?

@kjayhawks2.0 so yes, I exaggerated on 'fireable offense' but Bill Selfs seat must be feeling at least a little warm at this point.

Oh I just read he's going to Misery? This is almost a fire able offense for our coach. When a kid would leave major playing time at KU and go there I'm just speechless.

Do we still have Bryson Tiller?

I think Illinois and ISU taught us that our strategy should be to go to the portal and Europe and just find guys with the last syllable of vic in their name. I do like the idea of Momvic coming and whole heartedly would endorse his transfer here.

4 wins in a row against ranked teams!

Blackwell is disappointing. Says he wants to contend for a championship while leaving a team that went 4-1 against teams in this years final 4. I don't care where he goes. I reallly liked him as a player but he can't honor the only major college that offered him by staying one more season.

I've got to show this to my wife because she thinks I'm very insensitve!

@nuleafjhawk you know, we don’t suck. I don’t know why you’ve turned on KU so much. We all can see the last couple of seasons haven’t been as good as we’d like, but to tell us every chance you get your displeasure is tiresome.

Well gee this is fun.

@approxinfinity Thanks, a day late! Spring is coming slowly here but my parents are still snow on ground, lake still iced up, looks like winter etc etc. But that's Wisconsin for you.