The great escape

Maybe I'm missing something here, but nobody seems to realize this game was the showcase game of the "24 Hours of Basketball" blitz put on by ESPN. It's hard enough for these kids to wear a Jayhawk uniform onto the court at anytime of the year since there always seems to be a bright red bullseye painted on their backs. Add in a Number 1 ranking the first week of the season. On top of all this have the kids sit around all day waiting to play the last game of the night in a nationally televised contest between the 2008 National Championship contenders with a tip-off time of 9:10 PM in the evening!

Is it possible these kids might just have used up a lot of energy fretting about this game? I know, Sherron came in juiced to play, and Cole, well ... he's pretty calm most of the time. The Morris twins showed their experience. But I bet the Frosh were probably feeling some butterflies when they walked out on the court and possibly felt like they had lead weights on their wrists and ankles. It's entirely possible this young team will take home the most valuable lesson of all from this game. Go out there and have fun!

Against Hofstra they were loose and firing on all cylinders. Against Memphis they were tight and looked like they had a huge manifold leak. Give 'em a break and let them learn to play the Self System before we declare them unfit to wear the KU uniform. They'll gain experience from this "win" and hopefully will continue to grow in maturity and confidence.

Enjoy the journey to excellence just as we did that team in '07-'08!

November 18, 2009 at 8:05 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

X-cellent debut

I was awed by the crisp passing these guys made. If they can do that against better opponents this team will clean up. So often one extra pass went to a wide open X for a three. If the ball drew a double team on the perimeter a bullet to the middle produced an easy inside shot.

These kids are fun to watch!

November 14, 2009 at 10:18 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Who is nation's "hottest" college basketball coach?

It's difficult and truly subjective to pick a number one from the elite coaches in this group. Kind of like comparing cars or motorcycles, no matter what the numbers say the final choice is left to the individual buyer.

Bill's (.81/.81) record at KU is better than Roy's (.80/.78) overall/conference won/loss. Roy's record at UNC is (.83/.75) overall/conference. Throw out Bill's record at ORU and Tulsa (two lesser quality Div 1 schools) and Bill's overall won/loss record at Illinois and KU is .79 (throw out ORU and it's still .78) to Roy's overall .81 at KU/UNC. Roy has two National titles at UNC, Bill has one title at KU but the 2004 Illinois team he recruited went 37-2 the year he came to KU and lost in the Championship game that year. Could he have won it all with that team had he not come to KU? To our benefit we'll never know, however; it showed early on that Bill Self could truly recruit great talent!

As a Kansas fan I pick Coach Bill Self as number one coach in college basketball!

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November 3, 2009 at 3:49 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

No defender left behind

Maybe if there were an incentive to stay to the end, such as coupons redeemable for free food from local restaurants, or a Kansas Lottery ticket for each fan with a couple guaranteed to payoff say ... $10,000 or four or five @ $2000-$5000 along with a couple hundred tickets paying $5-10.

What better way to encourage students to participate than by appealing to their stomachs or pocketbooks!

Before I get flamed for this, a lot of professional sports teams provide incentives like this (not lottery tickets for everyone, but often for a few).

Go 'Hawks, beat CU!

October 14, 2009 at 6:35 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Oh, brother: Meier huge

The funny thing is, he should have had at least 17 catches. Todd threw an out pass to Kerry about shoulder high and Meier flat let it bounce out of his hands. Would have been a first down also. No sour grapes here, he played a HUGE game yesterday!

October 11, 2009 at 3:58 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Yankees choose Budig

100, number1jayhawker is right. The American and National League presidencies were abolished in 1999, so Budig is not in violation of any antitrust laws as part-owner of the Charleston Riverdogs.

October 6, 2009 at 2:41 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Joe-College.com ordered to pay Kansas Athletics more than $660,000

What I don't understand is the folks on here defending someone who's trying to sell t-shirts with absolutely idiotic spelling on them to people with a college education.

e.g. "I see stupid people. They're all around me and their wearing purple." A third-grader can spell better than that! Come on, the guy doesn't deserve any sympathy!

September 29, 2009 at 1:15 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

D-line shows its fangs

Mangino was quoted in the preseason that we didn't pressure the opposing quarterbacks enough last year. (ex. TTU, UT, OU) That would indicate the D-line was a concern in the minds of the coaching staff and has had some extra emphasis placed on it this season. Concerned? Maybe not. Wanting to improve immensely? Yes!

September 13, 2009 at 2:47 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Onyegbule leads defense, Keegan ratings

wayward, I vote for MadBull, because Max played like a mad bull yesterday. Every time he got up a head of steam he'd be in the backfield wreaking havoc on the quarterback.

September 13, 2009 at 2:04 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

FINAL: KU's defense dominates in 34-7 trouncing of UTEP

Shake & Bake gets one on a pass from Reesing!

Go Hawks!!

September 12, 2009 at 7:54 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )