***** 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.

[Prison Bitch]

1. Duke 4-1
2. UNC 13-2
3 UK and KU at 8-1
5.Oregon 18-1
6. UCLA 20-1


http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-.../odds/futures/

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by C3HIEF3S

Was in the locker room today and saw Landen had a boot on his right foot. Could be minor, but it wouldn't surprise me if he's hurt.

hes been wearing it a couple weeks. theres something with his foot that they don't want to become a stress fracture. so they are being preventative, at least what i've heard. maybe that is why he's not playing with an free mind, maybe afraid of injuring himself.

what is it you do that allows you to be in the locker room? Are you Tucker Vang?

[BWillie]

KU versus Long Beach State in 30 min.

count me in as one of those that want to see Frank Mason continue his insane average of 21.5/5/5

MVP MVP MVP

[KCFalcon59]

Wish I could watch it. Just another game blacked out for no good reason.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by KCFalcon59

Wish I could watch it. Just another game blacked out for no good reason.

This.

[BWillie]

ESPN3

VPN

THE END

Cmon guys. It's not that hard.

[Prison Bitch]

[Buehler445]

How does a VPN get around the blackout?

[Baby Lee]

SD - http://www.sportwoop.com/Long-Beach-...s--ESPN3-.html

[Baby Lee]

KU on cruise control in a snoozer.
Looks like Self getting irritated with half-hearted effort with a huge lead. TO called w/22pt lead.

[Dunit35]

Why didn't anyone tell me I could get ESPN 3 on my Xbox one? Just bought this Friday. Erection.

[DanBecky]

Vick has been playing great lately. Svi as well. Bragg still needs to get back on track, if he was ever on in the first place.

[Buehler445]

Mason still logged 28 minutes . Wish self would sit him some.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

Mason still logged 28 minutes . Wish self would sit him some.

I doubt Mason wants to sit one minute. Any chance of an NBA career is going to depend on just ridiculous production this year. And playing 35 mpg a game helps that.

[C3HIEF3S]

Originally Posted by BWillie

hes been wearing it a couple weeks. theres something with his foot that they don't want to become a stress fracture. so they are being preventative, at least what i've heard. maybe that is why he's not playing with an free mind, maybe afraid of injuring himself.

what is it you do that allows you to be in the locker room? Are you Tucker Vang?

No, but I will say that Tucker is very down to Earth and a pretty funny individual.

I do work as a marketing intern in the AD. I did similar work at my old school, but that honestly sucked ass compared to the same thing at KU. It's not always glamorous work by any stretch of the imagination, but it's been a hell of an experience working behind the scenes and during games (football, M+W basketball (including Late Night), volleyball, soccer so far + office work). We (interns) basically do the promotions that the full-time staff plan and implement. Right now, Men's and Women's basketball are going on, which are completely different days of work for interns. For MBB, there are a TON of full-time staff from the office working the game, pretty much everyone. Interns don't really do much during MBB. I am usually standing in the Northwest (mens entrance) or Southwest (womens entrance) tunnel with a full-time staff member to basically help them if they need anything. Things like "fan trivia", t-shirt toss, and the flag in the student section are all interns usually do during men's games.


From the UNC Asheville game, you can see us rolling up the K flag over the student section after the under 4 timeout. Men's games are the easiest because it's the biggest production with the most full-time people working. Women's games OTOH are a completely different story. The interns run almost all of the show and it's where we get most of our useful experience. Usually one or two full-time staff will be on headset next to the scorers table running through scripts during game, while a couple more interns will be in the NW and SW tunnels on the headsets (as opposed to full-time staff during MBB), directing and preparing for in-game promotions that the interns who aren't on headset that day do.

I've found out that working in sports means that not being noticed means you had a hell of a day of work. As such if we ever brought the K flag over the student section upside down we'd be in for it for sure. Just ask the Browns marketing staff how their flags went this year :


For example, the locker room access that I have had has come from ball signings that the marketing office sets up for the team four or so times a season. But so far ~1000 fully signed balls by the team has come out of the locker room. How it's set up is that the coaching staff and players will line up around the locker room and they basically form an assembly line, sign the balls, and then give the balls to us. Not glamorous or recognizable work, but it's cool to be up close with those guys. Just listening to Bill tell stories about his past players, and talking about different referees that he likes and others that he doesn't is a pretty fun way to spend a couple hours. Side note, Jerrance Howard is a hell of a guy, always says hello to everyone he sees whether it's a full-time staff member or an intern.

Though, working in sports humanizes the athletes to me for sure. I wish I could've gotten a quick picture of the locker room, but I have to act like I have been there before even though I am going insane on the inside because of the people sitting two feet away from me . If you go to any games this year, there's a good chance you'll see me on the court or right near it.
Took this during the SIENA game, basically an idea of my vantage point :