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  SCORING LIKELY TO DECREASE WITH NEW SHOT CLOCK
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  I think scoring will up up slightly this year. Taking 5 seconds off the clock isn’t going to change the offense teams run, just make them start earlier. This change means teams would have an extra 10-12 possessions at most so we’re talking maybe 5-6 points for a really slow, grinding Big 10 style game and maybe 1-2 points for a normal game.
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  Driving I-70 Eastbound to land of Ahhhh's
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  @brooksmd Heading back tomorrow
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  ROY MIGHT HAVE TO VACATE BOTH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
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  @drgnslayr And we wouldn’t be bombarded with some of the outlandish uniform color schemes.
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  VICK TO DECIDE
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  @jayballer54 About right. When he committed I think his hs coach or AAU coach said he would decide within a couple of weeks on whether to re-classify or not.
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  OUR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RUN
  • KUSTEVE  

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  The two biggest concerns I have for Kansas this year are the leadership issues that have plagued KU the past couple of seasons and can Diallo stay out of foul trouble enough to be the rim protector KU lacked last season. This is by far the most talented KU team since the 2010-11 team that lost to VCU and there is not a dominant team in college basketball.
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  Departing Coach Gossip During Recruiting Season
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  @jaybate-1.0 I’m curious. Who are the current ShoeCo’s ombudsmen that dictate college sports? Who replaced Sonny Vaccaro? George Raveling? World Wide Wes? There must be many of these guys out there laying down the law just like the mob still does in NYC. Why does Kansas remain an Adidas school? Come on, it can’t be because they save a few bucks on shoes. Found this tidbit on WWW’s Wiki page: "Wesley was also very visible in the months leading up to LeBron James’ defection from agent Aaron Goodwin. Goodwin, who signed James out of high school, had helped him earn a lucrative contract with Nike. James signed with Rose during the summer of 2005. John Calipari has been quoted as saying, “Wes is a goodwill ambassador to our program.” After Kentucky claimed the title over Kansas, Kentucky Wildcats star Anthony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist climbed into the stands and shared a celebratory hug with Wesley, who was sitting in the Kentucky family section inside the Superdome.” There is no way WWW can put up a fight with Nike. He has to have some protection.
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  Paschal
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  @JayHawkFanToo oh no duh, you got me!! I’m more embarrassed than you were!
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  I need a puke bucket...
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  @drgnslayr Banker Drysdale was always threatening to transfer Miss Hathaway to Moosejaw, Alaska. As a kid I always wanted to visit there and Beverly Hills to see the difference.
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  Off-Season Pop Quiz
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  @HighEliteMajor I know that movie so well, I knew the line you were referencing before I even hit “play”
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  Espn Insider article
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  I wonder if the Harrison twins have abandoned their relationship with John Lucas? He built them into the players they are today. Took them in when they were in the 8th grade and worked with them all the way through Kentucky. They were nothing but physical specimens back then. It is hard to believe they aren’t better than they appear to be. They’ve been coached up for so long. I just don’t see a high enough basketball IQ. When something gets thrown at them they panic instead of counter.
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  Vick commits
  recruiting vick lagerald 2015 lagerald vick • • dylans  

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  LaGerald Vick retweeted Harold Rivera ‏@memphishoopers · 8h8 hours ago Team Thad defeats Supreme Court 67-65 behind @KUAthletics commit @starboomain74 dbl dbl 27 pts n 12 rebs. rebs.
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  Cliff mystery revealed
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  These kids are required to watch a film EVERY time they go go an armature tournament starting when they are finishing middle school. They have coaches and counselors to help them in high school and college alike. Some of these kids aren’t the brightest of the bunch (parents as well) but there are knowledgable people all around them that can keep them informed and out of trouble. It keeps happening, and everybody looses but the scumbag.
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  Nic Moore from SMU to join us for the WUG
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  @wrwlumpy Young Nic certainly spewed the right stuff to his interviewer. I hope the kid shines; and that he helps us advance far enough into this summer tournament that our squad earns a wealth of July gametime exposure and experience. Nic has played three years and has earned recognition as one of a handful of top dogs in his league. Maybe his talent and particular patterns will open Bill’s eyes to something new for the Jayhawk Play Book.
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  Recruitigasms...
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  @ralster. My other BIG issue (personally) with a dumbed-down playbook, is that it doesn’t speak well for the current roster’s intelligence level, if they cannot execute what '08 and '12 could execute. 2008 and 2012 were teams loaded with upper class men throughout the rotation and both had senior PG’s who multi year starters running the show. The past 2 years have been teams with a lot of freshmen and sophomores in the rotation and had sophomore PG’s in their first year of starting. Nobody should’ve realistically expected the past two teams to be able to run the more complex sets that the 2008 and 2012 teams could because the experience just wasn’t there. The 2015-16 team will be mostly upper classmen in the rotation with a multi year starting PG like the 2008 and 2012 teams. This team is also going to get over a month of unlimited practice in the summer with all be one player (Greene) able to practice for about 3 weeks before they leave for South Korea. Do not underestimate just how huge those practices will be for this team, especially with someone the caliber of Nic Moore running the second team against the starters. This is a year (barring injuries) that anything short of a Final Four will be a huge disappointment unlike the past two years.
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  winter project
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  @clevelandjayhawk Very nice! Are you a home brewer? Those gold caps look like the ones I use.
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  WUG - Pluses and Minuses...
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  @ParisHawk " I didn’t mean to imply Hudy doesn’t work year round, simply that the players can’t do their normal summer regimen plus practice." You made a good point about the guys getting a reduction in strength conditioning this summer. Guys may do some weight during the season, but not much. The big strength developmental push is in the off-season. It is too easy to throw off shooting touches and have some injuries or sore muscles that would hurt guys’ performances in games if they were hitting it hard during the season.
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  Cliff and Frank the Tank
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  I never was really sure if the NCAA kept Cliff from playing or was it Coach Self because he felt there would be 8 games vacated if Cliff played in them. There was just two much riding on the chances that this would turn bad at the time. Conference wins and NCAA tournament wins could have been vacated. I do feel Cliff was improving and that he would have played much more in those 8 games than he did at the first of the year. We needed him and that is what made it so frustrating. We needed those other 5 fouls and rebounding and he needed those last 8 games to show he belong in the NBA, but we will never know how it would have turned out just like the year before without Embed. Coach Self is a master at team development and his teams don’t usually shine until the end of the season because he is always teaching and training and developing his players for improvement. Sometimes people get injured or just ware out. but sometimes they step it (TT) up and decide this is the time, it’s either now or never and sometimes they just don’t understand it is up to them not their momma or anyone else. Some people figure it out early because they have parents that help them along the way and some people don’t figure it out till later in life because they just don’t have the mentors or they think they don’t have to listen to mentors because they did not have the positive parenting that enables success. The world is full of achievers and non-achievers, extroverts and introverts, inherited traits and learned behavior. I’m not sure we can spend our time trying to figure out what actually transpired with Cliff because there may be too many variables in his life that any Coach or mentor can have a positive affect on. Frank has a passion, and a toughness that inspires even me at 65 years old. I hope it translates into the league someday.
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  Tevin Mack
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  @BeddieKU23 I’d be happy with his defense and stuffing ability for the first year. That is more than we had with Cliff!
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  Kentucky wanted to get 8 guys drafted, not win NC championship.
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  One word wraps up John Calipari and that word and definition is found here! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunism I think his picture was right next to that wiki definition the other day? Wish I would have added the link when I saw it…