Is this the KU basketball thread or the movie thread or the 23 and Me thread?

I told you all I wasn’t kidding.

I just assume he's trolling all the time... that's really the simplest explanation.



I know, preachin' to the choir.

LMAO

Never has that helped me get out of a speeding ticket.

What a sack punch for NM State.

Auburn did everything they possibly could to lose that game and still won.

So are we getting embrassed yet?

Not yet. Still up by 3

KJ Lawson looks like he's moving in quick sand. LMAO

Thanks for the points though.

Best 13 seed ever?

Undoubtedly.

They active their Villanova-lite abilities in the second half.

They usually really activate them under 12 minutes in the second half. I suggest an early panic just to make sure you're ready for the real thing when there's 6 minutes left.

Dotson on the bench with an apparent ankle injury. No bueno.

Only up by 20? FIRE BILL SELF!!1

Well, I guess we can turn the panic down from a 12 to a 10. Advanced analysis shows that sustaining a 10.7 plpg (panic level per game) is incredibly beneficial while watching your team play.

He'll be fine

Yeah, but will his heal be fine?

Wow, Northeastern is ****ing garbage. That's not even a D1 team. My gawd......

I think his heal is fine. Maybe. Panic level up to 11.4

What the **** did Northeastern do to bring this wrath down upon their heads?

Can’t say I saw this coming

THEY'RE DESTROYING ****ING VILLANOVA!!!

Better luck next year nova

Oh, they've only hit 6 of 24 threes.

If they hit their "normal number of 3s" and were 12/24, they would only be down by 12!

Alright, good win. Hopefully we can beat Villanova to play the UNC

KU played one of their best games when they had to.

Not sure if this gameplan would work against a bigger team, such as Auburn.

Even though they didn't play well, Auburn gonna be a tough battle on Sat.

ROFL
All these national pundits need to eat some crow. It’s not because KU is so good but the obvious wide wide gap in talent. Everyone that’s a professional analyst should have seen that gap in talent made it impossible for them to win.

I couldn't believe anyone actually picked Northeastern... they stink.

Shit missed the whole game. Didn’t even know they were on.

No one gives a shit. Go kill yourself or something.

Enough about Villanova, time to look forward to Villanova.

Did anyone catch the Villanova/Villanova game before KU/Villanova? How did Villanova look? Does Kansas match up against Villanova as well as they did against Villanova? Villanova and Villanova (and Villanova) shoot a lot of 3s, no way to get around that in the first two rounds, no matter if Villanova or Villanova won the other game.

How did we survive? Was it dicey for awhile?

Not really.....up 12 at the half......
Our size bothered the Huskies big time.
Good game for both Lawsons, and Dotson.....the rest...meh

Villanova

Been so busy and got called out early this rotation. I’m flying most of the next 4 days. Fist time in years I’ve missed opening weekend of the tourney. Feels weird.

Do we have a chance against Nova?

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Has Connect put up the Auburn scouting report yet? Or too early to worry?

They're basically Villanova

That’s what I was afraid of.

The best Villanova ever.

Wait guys, Nova just barely beat St Mary’s

https://i.imgflip.com/2/fw86u.jpg

Is this the year that the horseshoe falls out of Michigan's ass?

**** I hope so

This Cuse v Baylor game started off crazy. That was intense. Think there were 9 threes made between the two of them before the first timeout at like 13 mins.

Bayor went 6/7 there from three.

Almost reminds me of a certain game... Against a certain team. Can't place it.

He'd just be a caricature at this point to continue... if not for doing it during a Final Four run, calling a 13 seed "Villanova-lite".

Then again, plenty of people around here live off the same old bits for years, so whatever.

Remember Lou holtz? Dude was infamous for being terrified of everyone. “I tell ya I’m scared ta death of Southwest Beat-Off State”

Hey, it got us to a FF last year. Screw it.

DOOM AND GLOOM AWAY, KCC.

Nice win by KU today. Congrats!

Not unless he's Malik Newman.

It's too bad Malik had his nephew's birthday party this year and couldn't play.

Niece

While we were fortunate to get Northeastern on their worst shooting game of the year (6/28 from three), that was a good win. Dedric and Dotson showed up in a big way and that proved to be more than enough.

Unfortunately for us, though, it doesn't get any easier with Auburn. In fact, we head into Saturday as a clear underdog. If you thought Northeastern created matchup issues for KU, Auburn poses all of the same shooting problems (only tenfold) to KU while also being far better defensively. Auburn takes an incredible 49.7% of shots behind the arc (good for 7th best in the NCAA and only behind their closest comparable Villanova among tournament teams). They also hit those shots at a high 38.1% clip (23rd in the nation). They run lineups out with four and occasionally five guys who can hit threes (including two of their four bigs), which we have seen wreak havoc on Self's defense many times in the past.

Even more notably, Auburn is 1st in the NCAA in both steals and turnovers forced on defense. As we know, KU's had season long issues with turnovers, often falling to pieces in that regard on the road. Perhaps even more of a concern is Auburn's propensity for blocked shots (5th in the nation). All four of their bigs are above average shot blockers including one (Wiley) who would rank in the top 5 in BLK% if he qualified. We will not be able to crash the rim with Dotson or throw the ball into Dedric like we did against Northeastern. Those two will have to look to pass in those spots if the offense is going to keep pace with Auburn's at all. In that way, Auburn's defense effectively forces teams to take far more perimeter shots than they would like to. It sure would be nice to have Devonte, Svi, and Newman back, if only for one game.

All of which is to say is that you couldn't ask for a much worse R2 matchup if you are a Kansas fan than this one. With their great guard play, versatile high volume 3PT offense and high BLK% defence, they resemble the pre-Durant Warriors in many ways. We'll need to hit our threes, limit turnovers, and hope that Auburn by some chance doesn't hit their own shots just for an opportunity to make it to week #2.

Auburn the 1 seed, Shades of Nova.

I think you mean

"Auburn the 1 seed, Shades of Warriors"

Sagarin rank:

11. Auburn
12. Kansas

Sagarin point spread

Auburn -0.07 (yes, 7/100 of a point)

It's like shock jock radio, desperately trying to stretch out the 15 minutes of fame by staying funny or relevant AND EVEN MORE SHOCKING!!!!

"Fortunate to get Northeastern on their worst shooting game of the year" was ridiculous enough to just stop reading.

Hard to miss "pre-Durant Warriors" though..... so, we've compared a 13 seed to Villanova and a 5 seed to an NBA team.... what will shock jock have if they win tomorrow? They'll be up against the Jordan era Bulls next week? Will we have to combine NBA teams in order to discuss UNC? Maybe combine attributes from different sports.... the talent of a Jordan led Bulls team with the grit of the 2015 Royals and the toughness of the Broad Street Bullies... :rolleyes:

ROFL come on man GEEZZ :shake:
Even if they hit their 3's above the normal rate, they had no answer in the paint due to the huge difference in talent.
Get any easier? Thats as easy of a game we have had in the NCAA in a few years.
We could get our ass kicked and embarrassed. We are not a strong team. But, Auburn isn't at the level of NC, Kentucky, Tennessee etc.we don't have to be perfect to beat Auburn. That comes next week.....

You should’ve seen him October 2015. That was peak-shock jock. A Kietzman on steroids (or meth)

Hmm, don't remember that... but, those threads were so clouded with jimi/pete/etc. crying about every little thing like we shouldn't have been enjoying the greatest two seasons in 30+ years, I started avoiding the threads after a while.

So we're playing an NBA team on Saturday. Not sure why we even bother to show up.

I doubt we got Northeastern’s best shot, but it was clear that there was a huge difference between the two teams.

I’ve been very critical of this Kansas team, but I refuse to chalk that win up to Northeastern having a bad day.

We played well and we’re better. It’s pretty much that simple.

Any of their stats that might indicate they would be a tough matchup for us are probably misleading due to their 100th ranked Strength of Schedule vs our 1st ranked Strength of Schedule (via CBS Sports).

Oh yeah, anyone who wasn't/isn't hell bent on figuring out how to make every match up look like KU shouldn't even bother showing up (all for the LOLs!!) figured that out..... IIRC, Northeastern had lost to VTech and Syracuse (or something like that) by like 15-20+ and that was pretty much it as far as decent competition (compared to say UC Irvine, who beat St Mary's and a couple other tourney teams, you could actually make a case for an upset).

Yeah, there's still a chance they can rise up with a crazy day shooting AND the chance KU could play like shit (NE would probably need both to happen), but that's a relatively small chance (even given we now live in a world where a 16 has won a game).

Auburn is of course more of a toss-up, but Auburn and NMSU both showed last night why they wouldn't be heavy favorites against most teams in the tournament, by trying to out-choke each other. With my limited knowledge of Auburn, I'd assume if KU plays relatively well (for this year's team), Auburn would still have to shoot fairly well from 3 to win, given they shoot a million 3s per game.

KCC predictions are the best part of Madness now. I want us to win mostly so I can read the next iteration, his shit is that good

KenPom:
13. Auburn (+23.15)
17. Kansas (+21.86)

538:
13. Auburn (89.2)
15. Kansas (87.1)

Disregard them at your own peril, but KU will be entering this game with underdog status.

They (namely BWillie) don't call it advanced analysis for nothing.

Vegas says otherwise. All books are pick em or Aub -1

Can Virginia do it two years in a row?

Lmao UVA down by 12 in the first half

If UVA loses, they need to cancel their program

Poor Kstate...they really got screwed on site placement. Maybe theyll pull this one off.

lol K State and Kietzman

OMGVirginia

Do we have a March Madness thread or is this it?

If Virginia loses to a 16 two years in a row, do they fire Bennett?

Fans will call for it.

Brown for K-State just threw the ball into the 1st row to blow the game against UC Irvine. He's an idiot.

Icarus started a thread. I posted that I was rooting for Virginia to do it twice. LOL