We're preseason Number ... 19
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Help, is Late nite on ESPN+ ? other Networks ?. Thanks
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@indku1972 It was on espn+ last season and if google is correct this year too -
The KU Late Night in the Phog for 2025 is on Friday, October 17th, at 6:30 p.m. CT. While it is an in-person event, the scrimmages are streamed online via ESPN+, the KU Athletics website, and the KU Athletics Facebook page.
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I believe it is not on espn+ this year. It might be on the kuathletics website but I am not sure
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Self mentioned Dawson has been out with a knee injury but nothing serious, just limited him of late.
Most noteworthy thing to take away from yesterday
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@BeddieKU23 I know nothing of Dawson, do you know if he has a history of soft tissue injuries or knee problems? Hopefully this is a one off.
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Dawson has missed time every season and his durability was a concern when he committed. Broken hand freshman year, leg injury sophomore year, broken ankle junior year.
If he’s already dealing with a knee injury this season, that’s a concern because his past history.
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Missed 5 games last yr due to ankle injury. Missed 14 games 3 yrs ago for hand injury. Bout all I could find
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@dylans It’s pathetic that we have to hunt out how to watch Late Night… almost like they don’t want it promoted. Looking forward to seeing the fellas run, if nothing else, just to get a taste for the speed and athleticism on this team. I’ve been under the impression we will be a lot more athletic than last year’s team… but I’ve heard that before! Seriously though, I’ll be surprised if we aren’t noticeably more athletic!
Not trying to slam Harris… but often he look anemic and I know for certain DP will bring energy to our guard group.
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I don’t think there is any way to watch it without attending. Big whiff by our athletic department, as this decision will hurt our brand and our recruiting.
I hope they upload the schrimmage to youtube afterwards so I can do some ameteur scouting.
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According to AI: You can watch the scrimmages from Kansas Late Night on ESPN+, KU Athletics’ website (KUAthletics.com), and the KU Athletics Facebook page. While the scrimmages are streamed, other activities like performances and speeches are not due to copyright issues.
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I think the AI says that because it was the case in years past.
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Checked all 3, nothing
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@BeddieKU23 this makes me wonder…is there almost no talk whatsoever about college football NIL or have I just tuned it out? For a few years now ALL I hear about college basketball revolves around how much money they make, what TV commercials they’re doing, etc, etc. I really don’t notice that about football.
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It’s just as crazy in football, if not more
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@BeddieKU23 But, am I deaf? I only hear about basketball $$$
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HA!!! ESPN had this to say about our transfers (they did a story about who gained/lost the most).
Getting rid of the two below was BY FAR an addition!!!
T-2. Kansas Jayhawks (-8)
2021-24 average net score: +6
2025 ranked players added: +1
No. 73 Tre White via Illinois (+1)
2025 ranked players lost: -3
No. 63 AJ Storr to Ole Miss (-2)
No. 91 Rylan Griffen to Texas A&M (-1)
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Is it possible KU didn’t want the scrimmage footage aired as an attempt to keep us lowly ranked early in this season? Maybe they are finally seeing the value of the drgnslayr CHIP! lol
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I think we will dee an end to the late night within the next five years , people losing interest
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Cutting costs is what I’ve heard is the main reason. Basically, it was expensive to produce and i’m imagining the return on investment was minimal if not a loss. Just reading the tea leaves. I can imagine KU doesn’t have extra cash laying around for this anymore. Plus, Late Night used to be a big recruiting event and now it’s not needed in the NIL era. KU had its 26 class wrapped up before LN even happened.
Traditions are certainly fading and becoming non-existent in this new era.
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@BeddieKU23 Yep. This was basically the worst Late Night I’ve seen and I was told that this will be the norm going forward. At that rate they might as well get rid of it imo.
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Crazy to think in a few years both spring games for football and opening basketball festivities may be completely gone. Perhaps something else replaces them in the future but this is a live look at the struggles they face currently. It’s certainly bittersweet for traditions that held some value and meaning to both the programs and fans
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We wouldn’t have made the NCAA tournament without Hunter last year I think.
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@wissox said in We're preseason Number ... 19:
We wouldn’t have made the NCAA tournament without Hunter last year I think.
This is true but I also don’t love this line of discussion because if he wasn’t there the money would have been spent on other player(s) that could have been better or worse. The same is true of Dedric Lawson, who I’m not really a fan of.
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Is the information of how much NIL we paid each player available anywhere? I would be interested in this information as players now need to be evaluated not just for how good they are, but how valuable they are.
