****OFFICIAL Jayhawks v. Mountaineers Game Thread****
 

Last regular season conference game. Let's go, Jayhawkers.

When: 11:00 AM CST
Where: Morgantown, West Virginia
Double Where: ESPN

Kansas Jayhawks 23-7, 14-3

Andrew Wiggins - 16 PPG
Naadir Tharpe - 9.2 PPG
Perry Ellis - 13.2 PPG
Tarik Black - 4.9 PPG
Wayne Selden - 10.2

West Virginia Mountaineers 16-14, 8-9

Juwan Staten - 18.2 PPG
Eron Harris - 17.6 PPG
Terry Henderson - 12.1 PPG
Devin Williams - 8.3 PPG
Remi Dibo - 7.4 PPG

Other Big 12 games of note.

Baylor @ KSU 12:30, ESPN3
Ok. State @ tISU 1:00, ESPN

Should be a good game. Staten is a fun player to watch.

As long as the hawks don't have jet lag they should win easy

This game IS NOT on ESPNU. :thumb:

And Staten and Harris are really good ball players and our guard play isn't the greatest. If those two play well they'll have a shot at the upset.

I don't know about win easy. But yes the jayhawks should win. But if they play with a lack of focus like last Saturday then they probably won't win.

Hopefully they're handing out give-a-****s in the locker room, because unless they really want a 1 seed, I'm thinking the players didn't break any.

If KU is motivated to play this game hard, it would really surprise me. I've been expecting a loss in this one for weeks now, WVU is going to clearly want this one much more.

The implications of it are that a WVU win likely means KU plays OSU on Thursday. If KU wins, they'll likely play either WVU or Tech on that date.

I looked for a Big 12 tournament scenario, but to no avail.

Have you found anything? I think most of us here would like another shot at OSU, assuming Embiid is healthy.

If all three of WVU, BU, and OSU lose today (which would mean all the favorites won), BU will be the 6, OSU the 7, and WVU the 8.

If WVU wins and the other two lose (which would mean all the home teams won), WVU will be the #6, BU the 7, and OSU the 8.

It's also very likely there will be a 3 way tie for third between Texas, KSU, and ISU (which I believe KSU would take in a very complicated tiebreak due to going 1-1 against KU and OU).

Where are the scenarios if KU wins? Are you that sold on this team losing in Morgantown? Or is a KU win irrelevant?

If KU wins, WVU will be the 8 regardless of what anybody else does.

No, not sold on them losing. I wouldn't bet WVU straight up or anything. Just don't think they'll be all that motivated to win, which means a close game in a hostile road environment. So basically the kind of game that hasn't ended well for this team this season.

I can never root against KU. So, a win then possibly facing WVU again works for me.

Unlike others, I have no great urge to face Smart again. OSU would be a far more difficult opponent than anybody else in the 1-8 matchup. A win of any kind from OSU, BU, or KU today would ensure that doesn't happen.

I was about to say I hope Black stays out of foul trouble today... as he picks up his first foul.

Aaaand another....

What the hell are these officials even looking at? Neither one of those were fouls.

Have a seat Mr. Black.

Self is pissed.

He should be pissed, there has been little to no contact at all and the officials blow the damn whistle every time WVU drives the ball.

Agreed.

I'm not use to watching KU in these grey uniforms. I mean they are fine but it's like your GF wearing a blond wig & cheating on her only it's not cheating it's fantasy.

Effort level isn't where it needs to be defensively. So we're back to normal.

LOL. WTF with this game?

They're playing like a team who knows this game has virtually no implications on anything. It's not surprising.

Whelp.

Jesus. Place is empty.

PG play again eating up the hawks.

U daddy yet?

Foul on us? straight up and gets run into so foul on us?

He wasn't set.

I agree. It's really lame you can just run into someone standing straight up and the foul is on them.

I don't understand the mindset by Lucas there.

If you're going to try and take the charge, at least fall down.

Staten raping the big men.

Terrible post defense if Williams already has 12 points.

Staten just working. Can't blame the refs for zero effort on defense

Nope. Will be Monday one way or the other.

KU doesn't exactly have much post defense without Embiid.

KU's going to have to try a little bit to actually keep this close.

Wide open.

This team just doesn't have the desire needed to play good defense.

Never seen a Self coached team anywhere near this piss poor on defense...it's so annoying.

At least Wiggins and Perry have shown up. I guess.

WVU is playing to physical for Kansas

Rule changes have killed KUs defense

Yeah, before this year it had been forever since we regularly saw teams just score at will on us for like 10-12-20 minutes at a time.

Nice dunk! KU showing some LIFE

There's zero ****s given. Price of clinching early I guess with a young team.

The hand check rule changes have made the game pretty pathetic IMO

I get the idea, but it's just not possible

We have no.answer for Staten or Williams.

Holy shit Traylor.

Sweet block!

Black got fouled twice, no big deal.

Wiggins hit on the face by Staten on the way to the hoop there.

Sweet dunk too.

Nobody said the refs would be on our side today.

fyp..we drive..no call..they drive..a foul no matter what really happens.

The refs have been bad, but, it really doesn't even matter because we aren't playing any defense at all. Even if they were officiating better we'd still be getting our butts kicked at this point.

This is some bad officiating. Hopefully we've woken up though.

Just put your head down, dribble into the defender, get foul call

I wouldn't argue our defense has been anything but horrid, but the refs are playing a HUGE part in it.

Andrew White sighting.

Oh shit. It's Whitehead. Should have known.

We finally get a stop and then throw it away. Sounds about right.

See ya later, White.

White derp.

Our guards can't stop Staten, but Traylor dominates him off the dribble? WTF?

Hi White, by white

Frankamp is so bad right now.

Why is white still on the squad?

To be fair, that was a terrible pass.

LOL and Perry stops Staten.

He should flop for your approval

Dick in the butt foul

Wow. Over the back is the call there?

By Frankamp, 0 for 4?

I guess Self is sending a message to Tharpe because Frankamp has been brutal since he's come in.

ROFL Was he trying to bank that FT?

I didn't see the defender jump. I wish they would have shown a replay.

Wesley sighting? Oh noz, we've given up.

Staten has AIDs. Ban.