**** 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

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by the Talking Can

yeah, pierce...once he got it going it was obvious he was better than everyone


if you watch mclemore's high school footage, he looks a lot like kobe bryant did in high school...just next level clowning

he's not kobe, by any stretch...but he's been NBA bound since before he stepped on campus

What sets Kobe Bryant apart from everybody else is his footwork. Sadly Mclemore is nowhere close to Kobe in that regard

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by saphojunkie

I'm completely happy with KU not being ranked #1 ever. Anymore, I feel like it's nice to have some ground in front of you to make up.

I'm still waiting for the other shoe to drop, but it looks as though we might run the table in the Big 12 this year.

Turning Bramledge into the Hawktagon pretty much killed the only legitimate hope a team had of taking us down. We could still lose a conference game, but there is zero reason for any team to believe they can beat us.

Why? I want them to be ranked #1 as much as possible. Gets our team exposure and gives us the opportunity to play every game with a bullseye on our back and learn how to play w high expectations.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by BWillie

Why? I want them to be ranked #1 as much as possible. Gets our team exposure and gives us the opportunity to play every game with a bullseye on our back and learn how to play w high expectations.

Agreed. The incredible success of KU's basketball program rarely gets the respect it deserves from the national media, so I'd have no problem seeing it. Also can't be scared of that success and being the best.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Agreed. The incredible success of KU's basketball program rarely gets the respect it deserves from the national media, so I'd have no problem seeing it. Also can't be scared of that success and being the best.

I agree with all that. But in reality I don't care until it comes time for seeding.

[Chiefs Pantalones]

@ESPNLunardi: Final top line/s (thru 1/26): Kansas/SOUTH (w/Gonzaga), Michigan/MIDWEST (w/Syracuse), Duke/EAST (w/Indiana), Florida/WEST (w/Arizona).

[Pants]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

I agree with all that. But in reality I don't care until it comes time for seeding.

Just out of curiosity, I decided to look up KU's average seed since Bill Self took over. It's 2.2.

It's an astounding 1.5 in the last 6 years.

Let's look at other traditional powers just to compare (last 9 years, a.k.a. The Bill Self Era):

Duke: 1.9

North Carolina: 2.0 (missed the tournament in 2010, however, so let's just imagine they made it as an 18 seed that year and the average drops to 3.8).

Syracuse: 3.1 (missed the tournament twice in that time period, so the new average using the above logic is 6.4).

Kentucky: 4.5 (missed the tournament in 2009, so again, let's imagine they made it as an 18 seed and the new average is 6.0).

UCLA: 4.8 (missed the tournament a whopping 3 times making their new average a dismal 9.2).

[Chiefs Pantalones]

We haven't even reached our potential yet. We haven't been playing our best basketball. Soon.

[teedubya]

God, I love KU basketball. It brings us KU brethren so much joy. Even when we lose in the tourney... it's ok... we have a great, fun ride every year. I feel blessed to be a Jayhawk.

[CoMoChief]

Originally Posted by Chiefs Pantalones

@ESPNLunardi: Final top line/s (thru 1/26): Kansas/SOUTH (w/Gonzaga), Michigan/MIDWEST (w/Syracuse), Duke/EAST (w/Indiana), Florida/WEST (w/Arizona).

That'd be fantastic...This Kansas team would wipe it's ass w/ Gonzaga.

[CoMoChief]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

17 wins in a row is also the 3rd longest win streak in the Self era trailing 20 (2007-2008) and 18 (2010-2011) both of which were to start seasons..

Shoulda won that MichSt game.

Oh well...I don't like it when Kansas is #1 in the reg season.

[CoMoChief]

Originally Posted by teedubya

God, I love KU basketball. It brings us KU brethren so much joy. Even when we lose in the tourney... it's ok... we have a great, fun ride every year. I feel blessed to be a Jayhawk.

It's just nice to actually root for a team that has success in some way or another in a town that has their choice of the Royals or Chiefs...and I just don't care about SKC or what they bring to the table.

I mean up until 2007-08, while living w/ STL Cardinals fans when they're winning WS and going deep into playoff runs, I thought I'd never see any of my favorite teams win anything. I was too young to remember 1985 not to mention I wasn't even living in KC at the time, I was living in Peoria IL, and again, too young to remember the 85 Bears, but my dad remembers, he went to many games that season. Certainly not old enough to remember the Chiefs SB's in the 60's and 1970. And I was living in KC during Jordan's Bulls so I didn't feel that hometown/state connection like I would have if I stayed in Peoria, even though he was my favorite player, it just didnt feel like it was "my team" I've been to a couple of Bulls games when he played, but I didn't grow up going to those games like I did the Royals and Chiefs.

Then Mario Chalmers hit that 3 pointer. I knew they'd win the game when that happened and sure enough they did. After all of the letdowns from the Roy Williams era, having one of the best teams in college history (1996-97) only to fudge their pants in the tourney....after being Bucknelled and Bradley'd and McNamara raining 3's and KU's inability to hit a FT in the title game against Syracuse.

God damn that was a fantastic feeling when Chalmers nailed that 3. Too bad I didn't get to feel the love w/ hundreds of other people in the bar....I was in a bar in Columbia, MO at the time.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by CoMoChief

God damn that was a fantastic feeling when Chalmers nailed that 3. Too bad I didn't get to feel the love w/ hundreds of other people in the bar....I was in a bar in Columbia, MO at the time.

Sideny NE. I went to a bar for the first half of the UN****s game. I couldn't ****ing take that. I had to go home and watch it at my home.

Then when Chalmers hit that three I must have sprinted a mile inside my house. It's a good thing I lived in the country or I'd have disrupted the entire town.

[Ceej]

Originally Posted by CoMoChief

That'd be fantastic...This Kansas team would wipe it's ass w/ Gonzaga.

I always think Gonzaga is over-rated every year.

This year I think they're pretty legit. They've got NBA size and talent in the front court.

[CoMoChief]

Originally Posted by CJizzles

I always think Gonzaga is over-rated every year.

This year I think they're pretty legit. They've got NBA size and talent in the front court.

KU HAS JEFF ****ING WITHEY!!!!

[Ceej]

Originally Posted by CoMoChief

KU HAS JEFF ****ING WITHEY!!!!

Thanks!

I had no idea!