***** Official 2016/2017 Kansas Basketball Repository Thread *****

[saphojunkie]

Now with 800% more crapshoot!

Roster:

Spoiler!

RETURNING PLAYERS:
Frank Mason, sr.
Landen Lucas, sr.
Devonte Graham, jr.
Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, jr.
Dwight Coleby, jr.
Carlton Bragg, soph.
Legerald Vick, sop.
Tyler Self, sr.
Clay Young, RS JR.

INCOMING PLAYERS:
Josh Jackson - Rivals #1 player, ESPN100 #3 overall player



Udoka Azubuike, fr.



Mitch Lightfoot, fr.


Evan Maxwell, jr. (sits out year due to transfer rules)

Malik Newman, RSSOPH (sits out year due to transfer rules)

SCHEDULE

Spoiler!

WASHBURN (EXH.)
TUE, NOVEMBER 1
LAWRENCE, KAN. ALLEN FIELDHOUSE

VS. EMPORIA STATE (EXH)
MON, NOVEMBER 7
LAWRENCE, KAN. ALLEN FIELDHOUSE

ARMED FORCES CLASSIC
INDIANA
FRI, NOVEMBER 11
HONOLULU, HAWAII JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM
STATE FARM CHAMPIONS CLASSIC

CHAMPIONS CLASSIC
DUKE
TUE, NOVEMBER 15
NEW YORK, N.Y. MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

VS. SIENA
FRI, NOVEMBER 18
LAWRENCE, KAN. ALLEN FIELDHOUSE

CBE HALL OF FAME CLASSIC

MON, NOVEMBER 21 TBA
TUE, NOVEMBER 22 TBA
KANSAS CITY, MO. SPRINT CENTER

VS. UNC ASHEVILLE
FRI, NOVEMBER 25
LAWRENCE, KAN. ALLEN FIELDHOUSE

VS. LONG BEACH STATE
TUE, NOVEMBER 29
LAWRENCE, KAN. ALLEN FIELDHOUSE

VS. STANFORD
SAT, DECEMBER 3
LAWRENCE, KAN. ALLEN FIELDHOUSE

VS. UMKC
TUE, DECEMBER 6
LAWRENCE, KAN. ALLEN FIELDHOUSE

VS. NEBRASKA
SAT, DECEMBER 10
LAWRENCE, KAN. ALLEN FIELDHOUSE
JAYHAWK SHOOTOUT

DAVIDSON
SAT, DECEMBER 17
KANSAS CITY, MO. SPRINT CENTER

@ UNLV
THU, DECEMBER 22
LAS VEGAS, NEV. THOMAS & MACK CENTER
SONIC SEC/BIG 12 CHALLENGE

BIG12/SEC CHALLENGE
@ KENTUCKY
SAT, JANUARY 28
LEXINGTON, KY RUPP ARENA TV: ESPN/2/U

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE TBA

PHILLIPS 66 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP
FIRST ROUND
WED, MARCH 8
KANSAS CITY, MO. SPRINT CENTER

QUARTERFINALS
THU, MARCH 9
KANSAS CITY, MO. SPRINT CENTER

SEMIFINALS
FRI, MARCH 10
KANSAS CITY, MO. SPRINT CENTER

FINAL
SAT, MARCH 11
KANSAS CITY, MO. SPRINT CENTER

NCAA MEN'S BASKELL CHAMPIONSHIP

FIRST ROUND
THU, MARCH 16 - FRI, MARCH 17


SECOND ROUND
SAT, MARCH 18 - SUN, MARCH 19


SWEET SIXTEEN
THU, MARCH 23 - FRI, MARCH 24


ELITE EIGHT
SAT, MARCH 25 - SUN, MARCH 26


FINAL FOUR - GLENDALE, ARIZ. UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX STADIUM
FINAL FOUR
SAT, APRIL 1

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
MON, APRIL 3
GLENDALE, ARIZ. UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX STADIUM

Notable dates:

Late Night in the Phog
Oct 1 6:30 PM
Allen Fieldhouse
Students enter at 4:30PM, general public at 5:00 PM

Champions Classic:
Nov 15, 2016 - Madison Square Garden. KU vs. Duke

CBE Hall of Fame Classic:
semis & finals at Sprint Center in KC.
Nov 21 - 22 (early games date & time ).

Armed Forces Classic
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickham, Hawai`i: Nov. 11 (ESPN)
Indiana vs. Kansas
Arizona vs. Michigan State

BIG 12/SEC CHALLENGE
Kansas vs. Kentucky
Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY
Jan 28, 2017



Let's go get Lucky 13. And a damn National Championship.

[Hootie]

only 3 players in the history of the NBA have a FT % over 90 for their careers - Nash, Price and Curry.

So yes, while the Jayhawks seem to be a shitty FT team which is a recipe for disaster in March - maybe don't expect them to hit 9 out of every 10

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by TambaBerry

it is, I was an 85% free throw shooter in highschool and these guys are 5 times the athlete I am. It's absolutely ridiculous that a college ball player can't shoot above 70% especially someone who isn't a big center with massive hands.

dude - NBA teams don't shoot 85% from the stripe

85% is ridiculously good

Michael Jordan was a career .835 free throw shooter

maybe try not over-exaggerating?

Hell, I think at 1 point the Jayhawks were 28-36 from the line against WVU and Frank Mason himself was like 16-18. Seems like FT shooting has been a HUGE problem for KU this year but I think it pretty much won them the game against WVU based off reading the box score.

(seems like another CP thing where everyone is a 90% free throw shooter and it's so easy to shoot free throws on national TV in front of 20,000 people with the game on the line in 1 and 1 situations!)

[Hootie]

http://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball...rrent/team/150

only 2 teams in Division 1 shoot over 80% as a team

Harvard shoots 75% and they are a bunch of Como level geniuses

...guess it's not as easy as just 'practice more!'

[TambaBerry]

Why is it so hard to believe that I shot 85% as a high school senior. I'm not saying my team shot that. Also, Michael Jordan shot probably 100 times the amount of free throws I did over his career. You guys are missing the point completely, some of their free throws aren't even close. It's all about muscle memory and concentration.

[Fansy the Famous Bard]

Originally Posted by Romosexual

dude - NBA teams don't shoot 85% from the stripe

85% is ridiculously good

Michael Jordan was a career .835 free throw shooter

maybe try not over-exaggerating?

Hell, I think at 1 point the Jayhawks were 28-36 from the line against WVU and Frank Mason himself was like 16-18. Seems like FT shooting has been a HUGE problem for KU this year but I think it pretty much won them the game against WVU based off reading the box score.

(seems like another CP thing where everyone is a 90% free throw shooter and it's so easy to shoot free throws on national TV in front of 20,000 people with the game on the line in 1 and 1 situations!)

I'm not saying he's not over-exaggerating, but it's not out of the question. I can relate, as I shot 80% my Junior year. Of course i only shot 10 FT's that year.

[Chiefspants]

I don't know what you're talking about.

I clocked myself at 4.37 yesterday, never missed a freebie in high school, and am at 6'4 with shoes on.

Of course, I didn't run a 40 yesterday, never played basketball in high school, and would be at 6'4 if I borrowed my gf's 6 inch heels.

[TambaBerry]

Originally Posted by Chiefspants

I don't know what you're talking about.

I clocked myself at 4.37 yesterday, never missed a freebie in high school, and am at 6'4 with shoes on.

Of course, I didn't run a 40 yesterday, never played basketball in high school, and would be at 6'4 if I borrowed my gf's 6 inch heels.

sorry that some of us were actually decent high school athletes. I'm 6'2" without shoes on.

[Chiefspants]

Originally Posted by TambaBerry

sorry that some of us were actually decent high school athletes. I'm 6'2" without shoes on.

It was just a joke, bro. I was going for the whole self-depreciating thing there.

[Lzen]

http://www.wibw.com/content/news/K-S...413836003.html

[Lzen]

Yeah, I wish KU would figure out how to shoot better FTs. Still, it's ridiculous to say I shot ____ % in high school and compare it to Division 1 basketball in front of 16k and many more thousands or millions on television. I also think that having a short bench affects the FT shooting.

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by TambaBerry

Why is it so hard to believe that I shot 85% as a high school senior. I'm not saying my team shot that. Also, Michael Jordan shot probably 100 times the amount of free throws I did over his career. You guys are missing the point completely, some of their free throws aren't even close. It's all about muscle memory and concentration.

It's not hard to believe that you and Como shot 85% and 90% from the Free Throw line ...

what I compared you two studs with were actual pro players (1 being the best of all-time) and actual all-time statistics (only 3 over 90% for a career and they were all less than 91%) ... and actual team statistics

and then showed only 2 teams are even over 80% with none being over 82% an the entire division 1 ...

with Harvard in the top 15 at 75%

...but yeah, just muscle memory and repetition!

Do I think KU is a poor free throw shooting team? Yes. Is yelling, "muscle memory and repetition!!!!" a reasonable way to think the problem should be fixed?

I mean, good God. They can't shoot free throws. I'm pretty sure Bill Self, a hall of famer, is smart enough to think of 'hey, maybe we should just practice free throws more!' if that was a reasonable idea for fixing their inability to make important free throws.

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by Lzen

Yeah, I wish KU would figure out how to shoot better FTs. Still, it's ridiculous to say I shot ____ % in high school and compare it to Division 1 basketball in front of 16k and many more thousands or millions on television. I also think that having a short bench affects the FT shooting.

Very true. Fatigue plays a massive part into free throw shooting. Which is why, in high school, we used to run wind sprints and then have to shoot a free throw (with a miss equaling more sprints) at the end of practices.

...I'm sure Bill Self isn't smart enough to realize to practice free throws, though. Must have slipped his mind this year.

[Fansy the Famous Bard]

So glad to have Hootie back. He's one of a few here with every one of his posts turns each discussion into a cesspool of animosity.

[Hootie]

my bad, KU should shoot 90% from the FT line. Carry on.

[Fansy the Famous Bard]

Originally Posted by Romosexual

my bad, KU should shoot 90% from the FT line. Carry on.