A few links on a snowy Thursday in Lawrence …
• **It’s being called the Bill Self Shuffle.**
Kansas coach Bill Self, in urging his team to get back on defense at the end of the first overtime in Wednesday night’s 68-67 double-overtime victory over Oklahoma State, produced a dance move MC Hammer would be proud of.
A GIF of Self’s shuffle already has been synced up with MC Hammer’s hit, “Can’t Touch This,” and KU’s Douthart Scholarship Hall already has done its own take of the dance during today’s snow day.
• **Here are the highlights from Wednesday night’s game from ESPN.**
Also, Deadspin has video of the final two possessions in double-overtime, which includes Naadir Tharpe’s floater and Travis Releford’s hustle play to run the clock out.
• Yahoo! Sports’ Jeff Eisenberg discussed Tharpe’s game-winning shot, saying …
> Of the 10 shots he attempted prior to
> Kansas’ final possession, Tharpe
> missed all but one of them, drawing
> the ire of coach Bill Self and
> Jayhawks fans watching from home with
> his rushed perimeter jumpers early in
> the shot clock. Tharpe also made a key
> defensive blunder in the final minute
> of the first overtime, giving up a
> game-tying corner 3-pointer to Forte
> after he left the sharp shooter to
> help on a slashing Marcus Smart.
>
> All was forgiven though when Tharpe
> redeemed himself …
• **KU has moved up to No. 6** in Mark Titus’ Power Rankings on Grantland.com.
In the blog post, Titus — one of the funniest sports writers out there — gives his analysis of KU’s YouTube Harlem Shake video.
Titus then says this about KU:
> I’m not sure about Kansas’s chances of
> winning the national title, but I know
> this much: No team in college
> basketball is having more fun this
> season than the Jayhawks.
• **Speaking of Grantland, the site’s founder Bill Simmons** still is in shock at the NBA trade that sent former Kansas forward Thomas Robinson from Sacramento to Houston.
In his email exchange with Zach Lowe, Simmons says this:
> You know I’m prone to hyperbole from
> time to time, but I truly believe this
> — that’s the worst trade anyone’s made
> in years. A lottery team giving up
> Robinson … I mean … it’s
> unconscionable. No, he wasn’t playing
> that well for the Kings, but can you
> think of a worse situation for him?
• **And finally, I couldn’t believe when a friend wrote to tell me** this classic “Vishal! I’m in the TV!” KU video clip just celebrated its ninth anniversary.
I think most KU fans should remember it, but if not, there’s an explanation of what happened in the comments under the video.
One of my favorite parts is at the end, when color man Jon Sundvold just keeps talking after the free throw like nothing happened. I’d have to think he was wondering what the heck was going on as well.
