**** OFFICIAL 2012-2013 Kansas Basketball Repository Thread ****

[ArrowheadHawk]

#1 Seed South Region (31-5,14-4,5-0)

Roster

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1 Naadir Tharpe Guard 5-11 170 So.
2 Rio Adams Guard 6-3 190 Fr.
3 Andrew White III Guard 6-6 210 Fr.
4 Justin Wesley Forward 6-9 220 RS Jr.
5 Jeff Withey Center 7-0 235 RS Sr.
10 Evan Manning Guard 6-3 170 Fr.
11 Tyler Self Guard 6-2 165 Fr.
15 Elijah Johnson Guard 6-4 195 Sr.
20 Niko Roberts Guard 5-11 175 Jr.
21 Christian Garrett Guard 6-3 185 So.
23 Ben McLemore Guard 6-5 195 RS Fr.
24 Travis Releford Guard 6-6 210 RS Sr.
31 Jamari Traylor Forward 6-8 220 RS Fr.
32 Zach Peters Forward 6-9 240 Fr.
33 Landen Lucas Forward 6-10 240 Fr.
34 Perry Ellis Forward 6-8 225 Fr.
40 Kevin Young Forward 6-8 190 Sr.

Non-Con Schedule

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Fri, Nov. 9 SE Missouri State at Kansas (W 74-55)
Tue, Nov. 13 Michigan St. at Kansas Atlanta, Ga. (L 64-67)
Thu, Nov. 15 UTC at Kansas (W 69-55)
Mon, Nov. 19 Washington State at Kansas Sprint Center (W 78-41)
Tue, Nov. 20 St. Louis at Kansas Sprint Center (W 73-59)
Mon, Nov. 26 SJSU at Kansas (W 70-57)
Fri, Nov. 30 Oregon State at Kansas (W 84-78)
Sat, Dec. 8 Colorado at Kansas (W 90-54)
Sat, Dec. 15 Belmont at Kansas (W 89-60)
Tue, Dec. 18 Richmond at Kansas (W 87-59)
Sat, Dec. 22 Kansas at Ohio St. (W 74-66)
Sat, Dec. 29 American at Kansas (W 89-57)
Sun, Jan. 6 Temple at Kansas (W 69-62)

Conference Schedule

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Wed, Jan. 9 Iowa State at Kansas (W 97-89 )
Sat, Jan. 12 Kansas at TT (W 60-46)
Mon, Jan. 14 Baylor at Kansas (W 61-44)
Sat, Jan. 19 Kansas at Texas (W 64-59)
Tue, Jan. 22 Kansas at Kansas State (W 59-55)
Sat, Jan. 26 Oklahoma at Kansas (W 67-54)
Mon, Jan. 28 Kansas at West Virginia (W 61-56)
Sat, Feb. 2 Okla. St. at Kansas (L 80-85)
Wed, Feb. 6 Kansas at TCU (L 55-62)
Sat, Feb. 9 Kansas at Oklahoma (L 66-72)
Mon, Feb. 11 Kansas State at Kansas (W 83-62)
Sat, Feb. 16 Texas at Kansas (W 73-47)
Wed, Feb. 20 Kansas at Okla. St. (W 68-67)
Sat, Feb. 23 TCU at Kansas (W 74-48)
Mon, Feb. 25 Kansas at Iowa State (W 108-96)
Sat, March 2 West Virginia at Kansas (W 91-65)
Mon, March 4 TT at Kansas (W 79-42)
Sat, March 9 Kansas at Baylor (L 58-81)

Post Season
Thu, March 14 TT at Kansas (W 91-63)
Fri, March 15 Iowa State at Kansas (W 88-73)
Sat, March 15 Kansas State at Kansas (W 70-54)
Fri, March 22 (16)Western Kentucky vs (1)Kansas (W 64-57)
Sun, March 24 (8)UNC vs (1)Kansas (W 70-58)
Fri, March 29 (4)Michigan at (1)Kansas Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX 6:37PM

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by teedubya

And you all are right... #1 seed is a huge advantage... especially with them playing in KC... I just don't feel with 4 losses we deserve it... then you look at the rankings, and the only team that has less than 4 losses is Gonzaga. What a strange ****ing year. LOL

I made almost exactly the same post last week. It's a weird year but ought to make for a hell of a tournament.

[teedubya]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

I made almost exactly the same post last week. It's a weird year but ought to make for a hell of a tournament.

This could be an epic tournament. I'd bet money that at least one #2 seed goes down in the first round. With the teams all having 4 losses... shit a #1 could go down. Doubtful, but if it were to happen, this would be the year.

[CoMoChief]

Originally Posted by teedubya

I want KU to be a #2 seed, so they have a chip on their shoulder... if they get a #1, I could see them becoming complacent. Don't like that.

I don't agree w/ this at all.

It's win or go home...either they want a Final Four or they don't.

[CoMoChief]

Originally Posted by teedubya

And you all are right... #1 seed is a huge advantage... especially with them playing in KC... I just don't feel with 4 losses we deserve it... then you look at the rankings, and the only team that has less than 4 losses is Gonzaga. What a strange ****ing year. LOL

If this team didn't go through that weird 3-week funk they'd be #1 in the nation and we wouldn't even be talking about this.

Personally when firing on all cylinders, KU's the best team in the nation, and I think they could beat anyone...anywhere. I would love to have that MichSt game back, I don't know what Self's problem is with no being able to ever beat Tom Izzo.

I thought KU would lose to OhioSt at their place. I also thought they'd be KU's only loss heading into NCAA tourney. Things change. But while KU's had their problems....others are starting to have theirs now, at the worst possible time. Meanwhile KU shook that off and now has their shit together.

Anything other than a national championship game will be a failure IMO.

[Chiefs Pantalones]

Originally Posted by CoMoChief

If this team didn't go through that weird 3-week funk they'd be #1 in the nation and we wouldn't even be talking about this.

Personally when firing on all cylinders, KU's the best team in the nation, and I think they could beat anyone...anywhere. I would love to have that MichSt game back, I don't know what Self's problem is with no being able to ever beat Tom Izzo.

I thought we'd lose to OhioSt at their place. I also thought they'd be KU's only loss heading into NCAA tourney. Things change. But while KU's had their problems....others are starting to have theirs now, at the worst possible time. Meanwhile KU shook that off and now has their shit together.

Anything other than a national championship game will be a failure IMO.

I was just thinking about MSU yesterday. I want to play them again bad.

[teedubya]

Yeah, when KU is playing on all cylinders is soo ****ing fun to watch. If we can play like we have the past couple games, we are a definite final 4 team. Another final four to follow up a championship game season... HUGE for recruiting.

[Mr. Plow]

Some of you are making it sound like a 25-4 year is a bad year.

[teedubya]

Originally Posted by Mr. Plow

Some of you are making it sound like a 25-4 year is a bad year.

I'm just realistic. Losing 3 games in a row, including a loss to TCU doesn't seem like a #1 seed resume. But, when you look at all of the other shitty teams out there this year... we are definitely one of the top teams. It's just weird this year.

[Chiefs Pantalones]

Originally Posted by teedubya

Yeah, when KU is playing on all cylinders is soo ****ing fun to watch. If we can play like we have the past couple games, we are a definite final 4 team. Another final four to follow up a championship game season... HUGE for recruiting.

I want another national title. I'm hungry. After this Chiefs season we deserve it! Lol

[KC_Connection]

For the team to play to their potential, they need either EJ or Tharpe to play well. It makes the offense much, much better and creates open shots for two incredibly efficient shooters in McLemore and Releford. EJ has been getting the job done over the last two weeks.

[Mr. Plow]

Originally Posted by teedubya

I'm just realistic. Losing 3 games in a row, including a loss to TCU doesn't seem like a #1 seed resume. But, when you look at all of the other shitty teams out there this year... we are definitely one of the top teams. It's just weird this year.

It's a weird year, definitely and yeah, the TCU loss is bad. But really, it's the only bad loss. Assuming we win tonight & Saturday and don't completely flake out in the tourney, I don't see how we aren't a #1.

[Chiefs Pantalones]

Originally Posted by Mr. Plow

It's a weird year, definitely and yeah, the TCU loss is bad. But really, it's the only bad loss. Assuming we win tonight & Saturday and don't completely flake out in the tourney, I don't see how we aren't a #1.

I just wanna win a game in the B12 tourney. I could give two poops about that.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by CoMoChief

If this team didn't go through that weird 3-week funk they'd be #1 in the nation and we wouldn't even be talking about this.

Personally when firing on all cylinders, KU's the best team in the nation, and I think they could beat anyone...anywhere. I would love to have that MichSt game back, I don't know what Self's problem is with no being able to ever beat Tom Izzo.

I thought KU would lose to OhioSt at their place. I also thought they'd be KU's only loss heading into NCAA tourney. Things change. But while KU's had their problems....others are starting to have theirs now, at the worst possible time. Meanwhile KU shook that off and now has their shit together.

Anything other than a national championship game will be a failure IMO.

I'm taking the opposite approach, if for no other reason than keeping my sanity during the tournament. But, one good reason would be that one possible 1 seed has lost to TCU and another has lost to Wake Forest... and another that was at least a #2 until mid-February lost to Penn State.

On one hand, it is one of those years where if they don't make it all that far, we might look back at the path they would have had to a NC and think they really missed their chance... but, OTOH, like last year, I didn't really know what to expect at the beginning of the year and I'm happy keeping expectations low. And after watching them pull out so many close victories in the tournament last year, it wouldn't surprise me if one went the other way this year (granted, if there's one coach in the country I trust in a close game, it would obviously be Self).

[teedubya]

**** yeah, I get to watch this in my hotel room here in Silicon Valley, while I work. Kick Ass. I'm glad I don't have to watch it in shitty quality on the iPad.

[KC_Connection]

I didn't know Releford scored 36 on Saturday.