KU basketball notebook: KU-Syracuse recalled; Scot Pollard kills it

You are correct, 8086. We converted three missed front ends of one-and-one's into buckets for 6 points. If we had cashed both ends of those three one-and-one's as free throws instead, we would have had the same number of points but our free-throwing on the night would have been 18-33. People always overlook this.

April 7, 2013 at 8:46 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

KU freshman Rio Adams to transfer

Yeah, remind me again what Elijah's turnover-to-assist ratio was against Michigan? If ONLY it would have been 2-to-1!

April 3, 2013 at 11:14 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

KU freshman Rio Adams to transfer

I guess if you're happy with Sweet Sixteen losses, it all worked out great.

April 2, 2013 at 11:44 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

KU freshman Rio Adams to transfer

We would have been a hell of a lot better this year starting Naadir at point and bringing along Rio as his backup. Might have been some early-season bumps but by March we would have been hitting on all cylinders. E.J. would have backed up the other two guard positions, and all five guards would have been fresher throughout the game. Problem is, Bill cannot abide early-season bumps.

April 2, 2013 at 11:28 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

UNC coach Roy Williams: Loss stings, but not because of history with KU

Like Coach Williams, I'm still pissed off about that loss to UCLA in 1990, too.

March 24, 2013 at 10:49 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

KU earns No. 1 seed in South region

Watch them give us the very last damn time slot on a Friday again. Why can't we ever play early on a Thursday?

March 17, 2013 at 8:01 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Opinion: Separate sports, politics

Kudos, Tom, on your call to ban the phrase, "Score the basketball." Literally, "score the basketball" means to carve notches in the basketball. The people that use the phrase are illiterate. They sound just plain dumb.

March 8, 2013 at 7:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Perfect storm: Elijah Johnson buries ISU with 39 points

Gary, it would be nice to have a sidebar to this story chronicling every shot E.J. hit from the last five minutes of regulation onward and the time left on the clock when he hit them.

Also, you tell us his shooting percentages entering the game but not what they were at game's finish.

February 26, 2013 at 8:23 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Keeping up the tradition: Jayhawks impress alums, rout TCU, 74-48

Are you kidding? Tyler Self played more than Rio did. Bill was definitely sending him a message.

February 24, 2013 at 8:47 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Keeping up the tradition: Jayhawks impress alums, rout TCU, 74-48

If Bill is down on the starters for f---ing around in the second half and not building enough of a lead for the scrubs to get in the game, maybe he should consider starting the 2nd team in the second half. Seems like it always happens with KU--they run away with the first half, then f--- around for the second half. So bench the starting five for the first four or eight minutes of the 2nd half and see if that lights a fire under their asses.

February 24, 2013 at 12:11 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )