Opinion: Note to Self: Hire Mitchell Wiggins

ma & pa wiggins are fsu alums and pushing hard for their son to be a seminole legacy. if hiring dad is an option, it should be on the table everywhere. hard for me to think that dad would go anywhere but his alma mater, based on what i've read.

April 29, 2013 at 11:36 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Notebook: Michigan's Mitch McGary on low blow: 'It was intentional'

have a really hard time figuring that the low blow was intentional. what purpose could it serve? of course if you get hit in the junk by someone you will think it's intentional!

ej made some weird decisions again and I was really disappointed at first, but he's human and he's a jayhawk. basketball helps bring us together as jayhawks but there is so much more in life than just basketball. so let's stick together and move on to many more fun-filled seasons to come.

paul pierce's twitter comment makes me proud to be a jayhawk. i am just as proud today as I was yesterday. rcjh

March 30, 2013 at 8:18 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

KSU coach Bruce Weber on loss to Jayhawks: ' ... we caught 'em at the wrong time'

he kinda looks like b-web.

February 12, 2013 at 11:31 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Opinion: This KU loss looks, sounds different than others

reality check

point guard. it sucks, but ej has to go. statistically, he's a mess. i think he's a head case, big time. tk, you point out some nice comments he made yesterday, but great leaders are not born overnight, and this guy has had 3+ years and has apprenticed with some of the best (sherron, tt). comes off as saying what he thinks people want to hear. the one thing he said that did make sense..."results." his results? disaster, and he's had all the time in the world to figure it out. to be clear, the only thing that matters -- the only thing -- is results. W's and not L's. period. not post-game comments.

ej lacks sound judgement about when to shoot and when to pass. he's dished while driving instead of drawing fouls, taken poor shots when the lane was clear instead of driving hard for the easy layup, given up open 3's at crunch time, and hoisted 3's with 20 seconds on the shot clock mid-game. he seems to be missing explosiveness on drives and rebound attempts. meanwhile tharpe looks much more like he's got his head in the game when he's on the floor. anyway, enough of the annecdotes, the numbers over the 3 losses to osu, tcu, and ou:

min fgm fga fg% ftm ast to ast/to pts pts/min
ej 101 9 37 24% 3 11 10 1.1:1 26 .257
avg 33.7 3 12.3 1 3.7 3.3 8.7

nt 66 8 27 30% 6 8 4 2:1 26 .394
avg 22 2.7 9 2 2.7 1.3 8.7

the formatting is screwing the table up bigtime, but here's the takeaway: despite 2/3 of the playing time, tharpe has as many points, and twice as many made free throws, while sporting a fg% that's 25% greater than ej, an assist-to-turnover ratio that's nearly double, and scoring points at a 50% greater pace than ej.

draw your own conclusions about who should handle the ball.

February 10, 2013 at 10:43 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Opinion: Could KU be too nice?

best comment ever.

February 8, 2013 at 8:09 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Sealed with a kiss: Travis Releford's 'unbelievable' game lifts KU over K-State

ku senior night @ bramlage

January 23, 2013 at 7:29 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Opinion: Travis Releford's making the most of his shots

25%. 5 is 25% greater than 4.

other than that, no concerns.

January 9, 2013 at 7:19 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Kansas men eager to play again

my thoughts on msu game were ku looked soft. i suppose another way to say that is they lack toughness. i'll accept that description. i think this team is LOADED with talent but passive due to personality and youth. if they can get tough, if they can come out expecting to win, and expecting to dominate, and expecting to intimidate their opponents -- regardless of the quality of the program or the caliber of the coach (i'm looking at you, ohio state -- another big 10 opponent, incidentally), this team will gather steam as the year progresses and go on a deep march run. if these guys don't grow up real fast, however, they will win their share of games but probably be a bit disappointing. rcjh.

November 15, 2012 at 11:52 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Bill Self a fan of new recruiting rule

also, kevin's brother kelvin is thinking the same thing.

June 15, 2012 at 8:10 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Bill Self a fan of new recruiting rule

or you're just old. no one under the age of 50 talks on the phone anymore, it's all texting. especially kids.

June 15, 2012 at 8:09 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )