***** 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.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by DJJasonp

Anyone read the ESPN article from Brennan recapping the game last night?

Guy insinuates Baylor lost because of home-cooking officiating.

I know I'm kind of a homer, but I felt the refs were letting them play way more than they should have in the first half - which benefits Baylor way more than KU.

And the free-throw disparity? They're not a team that slashes to the bucket like our guards/forwards do....

Excerpt:

Oh, I don't know, maybe because they shot 27 free throws and we shot six? Because Kansas was called for 10 fouls in 67 possessions in a close game, and we were called for 21? Because it's hard to play five on eight?

http://www.espn.com/blog/collegebask...kansas-through

They called a lot of fouls on rebounds. And frankly I wasn't watching close enough to see if the KU guy had position or whether they were crap fouls, but you can expect some of that when Baylor has THAT much more length than us, if we execute and get position.

There was a missed call on Jackson at the end, in that shit ass slop heap possession. They also missed a call on him early.

The only other thing that stands out is that Lindsay fool fouling out with 8 minutes left (WTF Drew? The only other moron I've ever seen do that is Martinstien with Denis Clemente), but I wasn't paying enough attention to know if he was getting hosed or not. Nobody else was in serious foul trouble that I can remember.

And it's not like we were exempted. Lucas had to sit a good long time in both halves because of foul trouble and at least one of the ones on Montley was pretty weak.

They committed a lot of fouls on Jackson away from the ball. Vitale commented one time that it was smart because Jackson is shit from the line. Vitale is an idiot, because when the ****stick executed the tackle, there was no way to know if Mason was running free (he wasn't) to know if it was a good play or not. But they did it several times. I don't know if they were legit fouls or not. They were off camera and weren't replayed. Maybe they were and they were trying to get Jackson to lose his cool, IDK.

But yeah, the crux of the issue is our guys were driving and theirs were spotting up. And towards the end, they would shoot a bad shot, get the board, rinse and repeat until we fouled them. So the fouls they got weren't because they were making us defend space.

It may very well have been home cooking but it didn't feel like it.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by Mr. Plow

Buehler has got a lot to say this morning.

Sorry man, there is a lot of interesting stuff to think about this year. It's a lot better than, "well, Perry played soft this game and we looked like dog balls." or "Hey Perry brought his game, and what do you know, we look good."

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by DJJasonp

Anyone read the ESPN article from Brennan recapping the game last night?

Guy insinuates Baylor lost because of home-cooking officiating.

I know I'm kind of a homer, but I felt the refs were letting them play way more than they should have in the first half - which benefits Baylor way more than KU.

And the free-throw disparity? They're not a team that slashes to the bucket like our guards/forwards do....

Excerpt:

Oh, I don't know, maybe because they shot 27 free throws and we shot six? Because Kansas was called for 10 fouls in 67 possessions in a close game, and we were called for 21? Because it's hard to play five on eight?

http://www.espn.com/blog/collegebask...kansas-through

Any opposing fan would insinuate that, including us. Baylor, in theory, is a big post team so they should command multiple defenders and fouls. The fact that they totally did not try to get Motley involved more in the 2nd half is part of it though, and mind boggling. He was destroying us in the 1st half. Maybe the zone had alot to do with that.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by BWillie

Any opposing fan would insinuate that, including us. Baylor, in theory, is a big post team so they should command multiple defenders and fouls. The fact that they totally did not try to get Motley involved more in the 2nd half is part of it though, and mind boggling. He was destroying us in the 1st half. Maybe the zone had alot to do with that.

It's their MO. They did the same shit against KSU. They won that game, but they completely went away from the inside game, which defensively looks a lot like ours, except DJ Johnson is more prone to foul trouble against that kind of length. Nope. Not Baylor. We'll show them by jacking a bunch of 3s.

[Fansy the Famous Bard]

because Scott Drew.

[O.city]

Eh, the article makes that statement but it's not terribly slanted imo.

I think some of you guus are being a little tough on lucas. He's not great by any means, but he was pretty fantastic last night at the normal things he's fantastic at.

Guarded, rebounded etc.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by O.city

Eh, the article makes that statement but it's not terribly slanted imo.

I think some of you guus are being a little tough on lucas. He's not great by any means, but he was pretty fantastic last night at the normal things he's fantastic at.

Guarded, rebounded etc.

Moreover, everything went clear to **** when he was on the bench.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

Moreover, everything went clear to **** when he was on the bench.

Yep.

I do think Lightfoot is getting better, but he's just not ready. Azibuke going down really sucked, plus the whole Bragg shit hapoening.

Any news on what's going on with him?

[saphojunkie]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

They called a lot of fouls on rebounds. And frankly I wasn't watching close enough to see if the KU guy had position or whether they were crap fouls, but you can expect some of that when Baylor has THAT much more length than us, if we execute and get position.

There was a missed call on Jackson at the end, in that shit ass slop heap possession. They also missed a call on him early.

The only other thing that stands out is that Lindsay fool fouling out with 8 minutes left (WTF Drew? The only other moron I've ever seen do that is Martinstien with Denis Clemente), but I wasn't paying enough attention to know if he was getting hosed or not. Nobody else was in serious foul trouble that I can remember.

And it's not like we were exempted. Lucas had to sit a good long time in both halves because of foul trouble and at least one of the ones on Montley was pretty weak.

They committed a lot of fouls on Jackson away from the ball. Vitale commented one time that it was smart because Jackson is shit from the line. Vitale is an idiot, because when the ****stick executed the tackle, there was no way to know if Mason was running free (he wasn't) to know if it was a good play or not. But they did it several times. I don't know if they were legit fouls or not. They were off camera and weren't replayed. Maybe they were and they were trying to get Jackson to lose his cool, IDK.

But yeah, the crux of the issue is our guys were driving and theirs were spotting up. And towards the end, they would shoot a bad shot, get the board, rinse and repeat until we fouled them. So the fouls they got weren't because they were making us defend space.

It may very well have been home cooking but it didn't feel like it.

Why do I feel like I've read this twice this morning?

[BWillie]

I had to sit in the row because some asshats must have jammed themselves in the wrong row, but that was an great game to attend. As loud as I can remember a game being. ESPECIALLY a weekday game. Way to show up Jayhawk Nation.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by saphojunkie

Why do I feel like I've read this twice this morning?

What am I missing?

[saphojunkie]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

What am I missing?

I'm being literal - I feel like I read that exact post somewhere else, but can't find it. I was on jayhawkslant, but don't see it anywhere.

Honestly, I feel like I'm either psychic or insane.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by saphojunkie

I'm being literal - I feel like I read that exact post somewhere else, but can't find it. I was on jayhawkslant, but don't see it anywhere.

Honestly, I feel like I'm either psychic or insane.

I pulled it right out of my broke down brain, and didn't put it anywhere else. If you saw it somewhere else, then there is some other halfwit like me around somewhere.

[BigRedChief]

Azibuke wrist cost us for sure. We would be a lot stronger team. Our inside game is very woeful at times.

Is everyone ready to toss aside the dogma of tourney play that guard play is the key to success? We got boatloads of that. Josh is turning it up a notch. If he had played like he has these last two games, he'd be the consensus player of the year.

One bad night in the tourney and your out. But, I like our chances.

[Reerun_KC]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

I pulled it right out of my broke down brain, and didn't put it anywhere else. If you saw it somewhere else, then there is some other halfwit like me around somewhere.

Jesus god no. One of you is enough.