****Official TCU Horned Frogs @ Kansas Jayhawks Game Thread****
 

TCU vs KU at Allen Fieldhouse
3pm CT
ESPN 2

Jayhawks looking for better showing vs. TCU

By Gary Bedore

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Kansas head coach Bill Self glances at the scoreboard during a timeout late in the second half at Wilkerson-Greines Activity Center on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 in Fort Worth, Texas.



Kansas University basketball coach Bill Self has compared the end of the Jayhawks’ 64-61 victory over TCU on Jan. 28 in Fort Worth, Texas, to a trip to the dentist for a root canal.

That is, a painful experience.

Remember, the Horned Frogs, who trailed by 11 points with 3:35 left and nine with 1:40 to play, missed a possible game-tying, overtime-inducing three-pointer at the buzzer.

“We were fortunate. They made it interesting late,” said Self, whose Jayhawks (21-5, 10-3) meet TCU (16-10, 3-10) in a 3 p.m. rematch today in Allen Fieldhouse.

“They whipped us on the glass last time. We have to address our deficiencies and do a better job,” he added.

Chris Washburn had 12 rebounds, Trey Zeigler 11 and Kenrich Williams nine for a TCU team that won the board battle decisively, 50-40. The Horned Frogs had 26 offensive rebounds to KU’s nine.

“I’ve always said if you are going to play somebody twice, you want to win. But if you make a perfect scenario, make the first game a hard game,” Self said.

“I think obviously what happened with Oklahoma State, with what happened with Kansas State, then what happened with us down there, are three good reminders that this team’s very capable of playing with anybody.”

TCU enters today’s game after home wins over both KSU (69-55) and OSU (70-55).

“A lot of times their best offense is going and getting it off the glass. We’ve got to do a much better job. We were really poor in Fort Worth with that,” Self said.

Frank Mason III scored 16 points and was the only Jayhawk in double figures at TCU. Brannen Greene and Landen Lucas had seven rebounds apiece. West Virginia outrebounded KU, 37-32, in Monday’s 62-61 win over the Jayhawks in Morgantown.

“Long shots mean long rebounds. We don’t have a good rebounding, defensive rebounding team, per se, from a size standpoint,” Self said. “If you’re not big, you need to do some things from a physical standpoint to put you in better position to get those rebounds.

“You’ve got to hit somebody in position. Your rotating position has to be better. We’re not going to win a lot of jump balls with our standing height with our bigs. If you don’t put a body on physical guys, then obviously they control you. One shove, not necessarily a foul, but one hard move that creates contact can displace you and all of a sudden it becomes jump balls.

“And our guards have to clean up. Frank and Wayne (Selden, Jr.), Kelly (Oubre, Jr.), Brannen (Greene) and Devonté (Graham) are all doing a poor job. Kelly is the best of the five. But all are doing a poor job of running down rebounds,” Self added.

Freshman point guard Graham said rebounding has been an emphasis.
“We’ve got to start doing our jobs better. We’ve got to help the bigs out rebounding,” Graham said of the guards. “We do a bad job of boxing out and rotation box out. We’ve got to start focusing on that. Like coach tells us, do our job and we’ll be better off.

“It’s more wanting to be that guy, be that alpha dog and get your nose dirty a little bit,” Graham added of the key to guards grabbing boards. “I don’t think it’s hard to be aggressive against anybody. You should always want to be aggressive.”

TCU’s Anderson: Senior guard Kyan Anderson scored 17 points off 5-of-18 shooting in the first game. He hit two of six threes and five of seven free throws. Anderson, an 87.2 percent free-throw shooter, has dished five or more assists in five of the past six games.

“Frank and Devonté have to be good. Our ball-screen defense has to be better. Of course, we got to keep him out of the paint. I mean that even from a running start, from an offensive-rebounding standpoint,” Self said.
“We need to make sure we keep him away from the basket as much as possible, which we didn’t do a very good job of the first time at all. He’s a nice player. He controls their team. I don’t know how many he had last night (nine versus K-State), but I don’t think he scored a lot. I know at one point it wasn’t like he was scoring, but he totally controlled the game with the pace. He’s a good player.”

This, that: KU leads the all-time series, 8-1. ... TCU coach Trent Johnson is 2-4 versus KU. Prior to a 2013 home victory, his only other win over the Jayhawks came with Nevada on Dec. 21, 2003, which ended in a 75-61 home Wolf Pack decision. ... Self is 12-4 vs. TCU, including a 6-1 mark as KU coach. ... TCU is shooting 52.7 percent in its last two games, both wins. ... TCU is 9-1 when scoring 70 or more points. ... TCU is 14-2 when outrebounding its opponents. ... KU has a 21-game homecourt win streak. ... KU is 64-9 in games following losses in the Self era. ... Brannen Greene is 18-for-30 (60.0 percent) from three-point range in his last nine games and leads the Big 12 in three-point field goal percentage in conference games at 55.3 percent. ... Cliff Alexander is 38-for-59 (64.4 percent) from the field in Big 12 play with 18 blocked shots. Alexander has at least one blocked shot in 15 of his last 17 games, including a career-high-tying four at Texas Tech (2/10). ... In his last five outings, Frank Mason III has 30 assists against nine turnovers. Mason has multiple steals in three of his last five games and nine games this season. He has 10 steals in his last six contests. ...

Wayne Selden Jr. has scored in double figures in five of his last six games. His five straight 10-plus point games prior to West Virginia (2/16) marked his longest consecutive double-figure scoring mark as a Jayhawk. Selden’s 13 games of multiple threes are best on the KU team this season. Selden is averaging 14.0 points in his last six games and 9.9 for the season. ... After his 2-for-2 effort from three at West Virginia, Kelly Oubre, Jr., has made multiple treys in four of his last five games and nine times this season. Six of those have been against Big 12 competition. The Jayhawks are 8-1 when Oubre connects on two or more three-pointers. ... Graham has 31 assists against nine turnovers in the last 12 games. He has at least one steal in six of his last eight games.

Recruiting: Brandon Ingram, a 6-8 senior forward from Kinston (North Carolina) High, will attend the North Carolina-Georgia Tech game at 11 a.m. today in Chapel Hill and the Duke-Clemson game at 3 p.m. in nearby Durham. Rivals.com’s No. 19-rated player nationally also has KU, Kentucky, UCLA and N.C. State on his list. ... KU assistant Norm Roberts watched No. 7-rated Cheick Diallo, 6-9 senior from Our Savior New American in Centereach, New York, play on Thursday night, zagsblog.com reports. Diallo also is considering Kentucky, Iowa State, St. John’s and Pitt.

TCU (16-10, 3-10)
F — Kenrich Williams (6-7, Soph.)
F — Karviar Shepherd (6-10, Soph.)
F — Chris Washburn (6-8, Sr.)
G — Trey Zeigler (6-5, Sr.)
G — Kyan Anderson (5-11, Sr.)

KANSAS (21-5, 10-3)
F — Perry Ellis (6-8, Jr.)
F — Cliff Alexander (6-8, Fr.)
G — Frank Mason III (5-11, Soph.)
G — Wayne Selden Jr. (6-5, Soph.)
G — Kelly Oubre Jr. (6-7, Fr.)

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You're going to win this by 15+

Revenge game?

Maybe, but that TCU squad is actually pretty good this year.

Revenge for what?

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College GameDay coming to Kansas next weekend

By J-W Staff Report


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ESPN College Gameday crew members Rece Davis, left, Hubert Davis, Digger Phelps and Jay Bilas broadcast live from Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011.



Kansas basketball will be a part of hosting ESPN’s College GameDay for the first time in two seasons, the network announced Saturday.

The Jayhawks will co-host GameDay next weekend, with the show originating at Wichita State in the morning and moving to Lawrence for an hour of live pre-game (at 3 p.m.) before KU’s 4 p.m. home matchup with Texas.

With the Texas at Kansas game beginning immediately after the hour-long ESPN College GameDay show from Allen Fieldhouse, there will be no public access for the show. Only UT-KU game tickets will be allowed for admission. Doors open for students two hours prior to tip and 1.5 hours for general public.

The selection was made as part of ESPN's new flexible schedule for GameDay, being used this season. Sites are announced the week prior to games. 

The 2014-15 season marks the 11th year for ESPN's College Gameday. KU has hosted the morning show five times (2005, 2007, 2008, 2011 and 2013) and has been the road team on five occasions (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2015), including its Jan. 17 game at Iowa State.
Kansas is 5-5 all-time on GameDay (4-1 home and 1-4 away).



Looks like KU is going to have to win out to have first all to themselves. I don't see ISU losing again.

The game they lost this week.

But they didn't lose to TCU, they lost to West Virginia.

Yeah I know. Guess I should've worded that better. They'll be out for blood today.

Bounce back game.

There you go. ****in smarty pants...

:D

Let's hope its not a giveback game.

If you guys want me to ban him from the thread just let me know! Kidding, kidding.

OU squeaked out one today in OT at Lubbock.

ISU starting to leave UT behind. Kansas can't afford to give anymore ground back. That dream of a 3 game conference lead has all but vanished.

Anyone with a stream?

KC Native? Yes.









j/k :D

I've been watching this osu-wvu game for 5 minutes and I've counted about 5 blatant travels against wvu that were not called. A whole lot of fouls being called too. imagine that.

Yes, it's been dark yellow for the past week. Been sick.

So Texas has been absolutely no help this week to KU against ISU and OU. Makes the B12 race a whole lot tougher.

Texas has been a huge disappointment this season.

They only have 2 wins over tournament teams all season (WVU, Iowa). Remarkable considering how strong the B12 is. Are they even a tournament team themselves?

Ut down 6 with 121 to go.

The finish to this Texas game is going to take ****ing forever.

What a series of events for Perry. ROFL

I see Kanas is full on with its big 10 offense.

4 points in 5 mins. Exciting!

Sloppy ball movement.

Gosh this team is hard to watch.

Toughest season to watch since self's first year.

Just brutal basketball at times.

It must be unbearable to sit and watch a KU game with Reerun.

Cliff needs to sit. He is just awful all across the board.

Yup, the light has not come on for Cliff.

Thats a little harsh. He is struggling but he isn't that bad across the board.

LMAO

Uh oh. I upset the puppies and unicorn crowd. Sniff sniff.

Seldon needs to quit handling the ball.

I just don't know why it has to be either doom/gloom or puppies/unicorns. There is a lot of ground in between those extremes.

This is CP. There is no middle ground.

Exactly.

Traylor leads the universe in illegal screens. (sigh)

Touche

I keep wondering when he is going to learn to not do that. :doh!:

I almost posted that but erased it.


Well played.

Live by the three...

Graham is playing well.

Graham's play has been pretty impressive this half.

Frank ****ing rules.

Mason just did a Magic Johnson impersonation.


Or perhaps a more recent comparison would be Steph Curry.

That was sick.

Oh man.

Cliff gonna get some pine time.

Wow, was that ever a tic/tac foul. Let 'em play. Sheesh.

I don't get that foul. They've been letting them play inside but then call ticky tack stuff like that?

Toughest schedule in 35 years. Huh.

At least that team had a decent tournament run.

Just point and shoot. Greene is fun to watch.

Lucas is so bad. Wish Cliff wasn't so terrible defensively, so he could play over him.

FYP

:D

Graham is on fire.

Lackluster first half. I'm not impressed.

Jamari passing up open dunks for whatever reason.

Greene gave up a wide open lay up too. But, I guess he dribbled to get there and felt really uncomfortable.

Luckily DG hit the three.

I know it's matchup pending, but we're likely not getting out of the first weekend of the dance, guys. Relax and enjoy the season while you can. Don't stress it. It's still been a fun time.

Depending on who comes back next year, improvement and added recruits, I think next year is the year we make a run at another national title.

Fitting that they have Bill Self at the end of the Big 12 conference commercial saying "one true champion".

Isu knocking on the back door.

Ellis still having trouble with lay ups.

And free throws.

Ok, I've officially accepted the refs are against ku this year. The guy misses a dunk and they call it out on KU???????????

Clifford. My man. Clank?

We will be fine

Refs have taken control.

It's panic time!

This game has no pace. Zero. Refs are running this thing now, not the players. Suck City.

Meanwhile, Dicky V is knob slobbing the ACC on ESPN. Tune in if you really hate yourself.

Thanks. I'll pass.

Seldon doing some dishing right now.

Damn, KU is now in the 1 and 1.

THAT didn't take long!

We seem to be moving better this half. Coach must've woken em up at half time.

I didn't see the foul on the three point shot.