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  IT gets real now
  • jayballer54  

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  @jayballer54 I like the way you think man. Iowa state isnt as big a threat to us with Naz Long out and with The Mayor gone. Lets face it, Coach Prohm might be good but I really doubt he is equal to or greater than Hoiberg. I have great respect for Hoiberg but I hated facing his teams. The jury is still out on Prohm, on how tough he will coach but Im not as worried about him. If Iowa state can steal one game against OU then it makes life easier for KU. We will hold sway at home in The Phog and steal some games away from our tougher opponents like OU and ISU and Baylor this year. Not all of them but they should win enough road games to give us a fighting chance at winning the conference out right again. SIde note, and one I love to mention; We are going to absolutely destroy Kaintucky on 1/30/16. Judgement day will be upon those soft blue kitties in the form of 16,300 wild rabid fans breaking sound noise decibel levels.
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  Well take a minute
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  @Crimsonorblue22 He be stylin’!
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  WHICH OF THE C5 WILL GUARD MAMADOU?
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  @Bwag Good point. Bad Ball is like any offense. Its effectiveness requires correct execution. All sound offensive schemes require getting defenders moving in ways that offenders can exploit them. The high-low Carolina passing offense requires getting defenders moving with passing. Good ball requires getting players moving on the perimeter enough to get off the quick trigger trey. Bad Ball requires getting players moving enough to jump into them WHILE Big Mama is in motion. Jumping into a stationary Big Mama that resists reaching and just stands motionless with arms straight up Withey style yield either a charging foul, or an altered miss, or both. This is why Bad Ball should always attack Big Mama back side so that Big Mama has to come across the lane (i.e., get in motion) in order for Frank, Devonte, Wayne, or Perry to jump into him.
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  HAPPY BIRTHDAY COACH BILL SELF!
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  Awesome post! Couldn’t have said it better . . . except 2 National Championships. LOL Happy B-Day CS, and to a successful ending to 2016!
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  What's Wrong with this Picture?
  • VailHawk  

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  @Crimsonorblue22 My sweetie is a great cook. That roast looked just like a brisket when it was done. It just tastes amazing.
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  UC IRVINE - THE ANTEATERS. ESPNU 8 P.M. TUESDAY 12/29
  merry christmas • • wrwlumpy  

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  Tethered Balloon Rides
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  MONUMENTAL DAY - FROM THE COACH HIMSELF
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  @ralster I honestly haven’t had much time to watch many games, but I have faith in Alford as a coach. It’s just a matter of getting the recruits. Once he starts getting the players, I believe he’ll turn them into perennial top 15 team. I think USC is going to start to be a team to watch also.
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  Two good reads
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  @DinarHawk Hopefully their season ends like Napiers and Boatrights!
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  Considering Our Composite Center's Rebounding Against a Team with Short, High Mobility Big Men (SDSU)
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  Another poster put it best: the 2010-11 team was “full of hubris”. Definitely one of my least favorite KU teams. I do like this team, but I am not in love. Im not sold yet. The team this year worries me on defense. Our guards are great. Graham needs rest, but he’s the only guy who can consistently create steals. Mason is pretty solid as well. But the 3, 4, 5 positions are worrying. Greene I like, but only if we keep him on the interior bodied up with some guys. Against quick guards, I’d prefer not to have him running around screens. Use him as a big 3 or even a small 4 against shorter quicker lineups. Traylor, as he showed against SDSU is perfect against shorter lineups. As much as some posters around here like to dog on Traylor (even as they refuse that they’re doing so), they still admit that he shows up when needed. Gee, isn’t that what you want your players to do? Competent backups are important. Perry Ellis gets all the love, and no doubt I appreciate his scoring, but he sometimes hurts the team in ways that are completely ignored. I remember a play where Ellis left a wide open Greene for a poor shot, and the issue hit home for me: Perry Ellis can be a bad teammate. He doesn’t pass or defend well. And then when the shots aren’t falling, he mopes around with his head hanging low. Why has Self let Perry Ellis get away with this behavior for 4 years? Jaybate was right in how it was a mistake not to have enough internal competition for Ellis early in his career. Wayne Selden, like Perry Ellis, has made great strides in the offseason, but he also has the negative trait of relying on his offense to give him confidence. Wayne played like a boneheaded freshman in that first half against SDSU. As much as I’d like to say he got over the hump, I still don’t feel comfortable trusting Wayne Selden. As far as the rest of the lineup goes, I trust each of them will find ways to contribute. The 5 position is what it is. I can only hope that Hunter (our only true big) will be ready by March. Bragg I have faith in. Diallo I pray for.
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  Look who is supporting KU
  • JRyman  

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  @ZIG hey my son did that too!
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  Can we rename the C5?
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  The way I read Bill Self’s decision to go with Jamari and Brannen for so many minutes at San Diego: currently, they are the two team members whose mental/emotional well being needed a boost. Of course, Brannen might not have gotten such an opportunity if Wayne hadn’t fallen into foul trouble two and a half minutes into the game. The second half flow was running smoothly with Jamari, so Self chose to ride with it. Will lack of game minutes slow the development of rising superstars Bragg and Diallo? Probably. On the flipside, maybe they will concentrate more in practice sessions, determined to correct errors which their coach saw in limited game minutes. I will side with the thought that Coach knows best how to advance team play while risking less chance of a pre-Christmas loss. After all, the Aztecs went on a Denzel Valentine- type tear, closing the gap to 4 points before getting hammered. Self’s the guy earning big bucks to keep his thumb on the pulse of a 13 year Jayhawk run with an 82% winning record. Gotta hope that Bragg and Diallo stay hungry and determined to advance. Perhaps, at this stage of the season, BIll Self is protecting them from the dismal headlines and criticism recently earned by the likes of John Calipari’s struggling Labissiere.
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  SAN DIEGO AZTECS - TUESDAY NIGHT 10P.M. CBS
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  @JayHawkFanToo Wow, I misspoke. I meant to say I have come to respect Drew. Don’t have much respect for Ford still.
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  A Well Oiled Machine
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  @brooksmd saw it
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  My game thoughts and musings and amusings
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  @wissoxfan83 Thanks for posting. I think you pretty much nailed it, from my perspective. I’m looking forward to conference play to see how we stack up with Oklahoma, Baylor and Iowa State.
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  Cheick shortly will have a good game...
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  @jaybate-1.0 Cheick will definitely cash that Cheick in very soon!!
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  Well, just founfd this a little interesting
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  @BeddieKU23 that sounds fine, but there is evidence as far as DUKE anyways which was surpose to be the heavy hitter being reported and even repeated in here by some, people sayin Oh he wanted to play with and or along Giles, people sayin NO chance he is coming to KU definitely solid on DUKE. then low and behold the aticle last night says very close between KU and Fla State with Fla State a slim lead and that Duke had just hollered at him a couple of days ago, which again tells me, even if he was so rock solid DUKE, then why at the last minute they all of a sudden holler a Adulike? what that tells me is, that sure they have been recruiting Marques, but now feel they have lost out on him or not much chance of getting him, that’s why they holler at Adulike, I feel Marques ends up landing HERE have always felt we had a really got shot, just have to wait and see. ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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  Jayhalves Scale Fishtecs, Jake Beastings, KU's Big Hydra, Hangs 18/21
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  @ParisHawk HOWLING!!! I blew it!!! It may be like Halley’s Comet.
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  I haven't had this much fun since 2008
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  @DoubleDD This is what this forum is for…right? We disagree, try to make our case, agree to disagree and move on…
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  Kansas @ SDSU
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  @Texas-Hawk-10 said: John Higgins is reffing tonight. He did most of KU’s losses last year so officiating is something to keep an eye one tonight. I didn’t realize this until now, but it explains a lot. There were some pretty terrible calls and no calls – mostly times where SDSU was out of bounds and there was no call or where a ball was off an Aztec and the call was wrong.
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  ALL I WANT FOR XMAS
  • KUSTEVE  

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  @MoonwalkMafia January 5th. Close enough for me.