**** 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 Mr_Tomahawk

I would put us ahead of Duke.

Duke shouldn't even be top 10 afaic.

[Buehler445]

But we probably shouldn't be 5 either.

[Chiefs Pantalones]

KU’s Elijah Johnson says Sunday’s three-hour team meeting with head coach was productive

Kansas University senior Elijah Johnson is hoping a Sunday pep talk from his coach — during a three-hour team meeting in Allen Fieldhouse — is just what he needs to turn his season around.

“We talked a lot yesterday. We talked a whole lot yesterday. ... I like the confidence he (Bill Self) is putting in me. I know he’s still riding with me no matter what. I’m just trying to grow up right now,” the slumping point guard said Monday.

He turned the ball over on the final possession of KU’s 85-80 home loss to Oklahoma State on Saturday.

“Usually I don’t,” Johnson said, asked if he needed a pep talk once in a while, “but yesterday I did. I definitely needed one yesterday and coach gave it to me. I didn’t realize until I went home that’s what I got. He gave me one.”

Self on Monday told the media that Johnson will remain the team’s starting point guard.

“He’s my guy,” Self said. “We have the best chance to win when Elijah is in the game.”

As far as other messages in the meeting in the fieldhouse, Johnson explained: “He called us in as a team. We sat over there for about three hours yesterday talking about what we didn’t do hard, what we did do hard and it balanced out the wrong way. We got outplayed. They outplayed us. There were a couple plays he showed us where players from their team were diving on the ball and there were four people on our team standing around watching them do it. The same thing with rebounds.

“Everything on the court falls back on me. I never rallied our team at the end of the game. I blame that loss on me 100 percent because no matter what was going on in timeouts on the court, regardless, a senior guard always rallies the team up and gets the fieldhouse to turn up and take care of the job. I never did that. I had a blank face out there and I didn’t like that at all.”

Johnson said he was struggling about this time last year as well and turned it around. He said he’ll fix the problem at practice.

“Personally I don’t think I’m doing a good job at practice,” he said. “I’m kind of pacing myself and it’s coming back to haunt me now. I think that’s what I’m struggling with now.”

For more on Johnson struggles, Self’s vote of confidence in the senior floor general and the Jayhawks, see Tuesday’s Journal-World and KUsports.com

http://www2.kusports.com/news/2013/f...-hour-team-me/

"Turn the season around." Lol. Top 5 team in the country, perennial title contender needs to turn the season around. Love Bill Self. Dude means business.

[Chiefs Pantalones]

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Mr_Tomahawk

Blair Kerkhoff‏@BlairKerkhoff

USA Today coaches poll: 1. Indiana. 2, Fla. 3. Mich. 4. Duke. 5. KU. 15. KState, 20, Mizzou. 22 Wichita, 24 Ok State

How is Missouri still ranked after losing to a terrible LSU team last week? There are either a lot of shitty teams in the NCAA this year or the coaches don't have a clue what they're doing (probably both, really).

Oklahoma State should also be higher than 24.

[Big Dick Jones]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

How is Missouri still ranked after losing to a terrible LSU team last week? There are either a lot of shitty teams in the NCAA this year or the coaches don't have a clue what they're doing (probably both, really).

Oklahoma State should also be higher than 24.

Because they knocked over another tomato can in Auburn since then

[Chiefs Pantalones]

Selden looks like an absolute boss.

[ChiTown]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

How is Missouri still ranked after losing to a terrible LSU team last week? There are either a lot of shitty teams in the NCAA this year or the coaches don't have a clue what they're doing (probably both, really).

Oklahoma State should also be higher than 24.

predictable for sure.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by ChiTown

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predictable for sure.

A know-nothing troll chiming in is perhaps even more predictable.

As I've been saying for weeks now (long before KU's loss to them), OSU is the 2nd best team in the B12 and the closest thing KU has to a real threat in conference. Their difficult road schedule to start the B12 season gave the illusion that they weren't in the public eye, but they clearly are. The talent is there and they just did something that no team had been able to do in three years (win at AFH). They deserve significant credit for that.

OSU was ranked 21 in KenPom before the KU game (which was 2nd in the conference) and they're 18 now (still 2nd, but by an even greater margin over KSU/Baylor). ESPN's BPI rating also has them at 18. Knowing that, they should clearly be higher...certainly above MU (49 KP, 35 BPI) and probably above that overrated KSU squad (27 KP, 38 BPI) as well.

[Silock]

It was actually two years ago that KU lost at AFH. But, your point is still valid.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Silock

It was actually two years ago that KU lost at AFH. But, your point is still valid.

Still a long time. I think it was about 4 years between losses before that Texas one. I've actually attended each of their last three losses there and I have to say that Marcus Smart's performance on Saturday may have topped both Acie Law's and Tristan Thompson's. He was incredible, just willed that OSU team to victory in a very tough building to win in.

[KILLER_CLOWN]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Still a long time. I think it was about 4 years between losses before that Texas one. I've actually attended each of their last three losses there and I have to say that Marcus Smart's performance on Saturday may have topped both Acie Law's and Tristan Thompson's. He was incredible, just willed that OSU team to victory in a very tough building to win in.

Let's be honest without Elijah killing our momentum with bad shots and turnovers we win by at least 15.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by KILLER_CLOWN

Let's be honest without Elijah killing our momentum with bad shots and turnovers we win by at least 15.

Who do you think crushed Elijah's spirit and caused him to lose any semblance of confidence? Marcus Smart. He took that game away by force.

[KILLER_CLOWN]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Who do you think crushed Elijah's spirit and caused him to lose any semblance of confidence? Marcus Smart. He took that game away by force.

I don't buy it, he simply took what was there. Elijah has been coasting all season and it finally bit him in the ass. If Self had kept Tharp in we win that game.

[Fairplay]

Originally Posted by KILLER_CLOWN

Let's be honest without Elijah killing our momentum with bad shots and turnovers we win by at least 15.

I blame Self for not pulling EJ out at the half. He kept him in, I couldn't believe it.