**** OFFICIAL 2013-2014 Kansas Basketball Repository Thread ****

[ArrowheadHawk]

#18 AP/ #20 Coaches (10-4,1-0)

Players

Spoiler!

Returning Players
1 Naadir Tharpe Guard 5-11 170 Jr.
3 Andrew White III Guard 6-6 210 So.
4 Justin Wesley Forward 6-9 220 RS Sr.
10 Evan Manning Guard 6-3 170 So.
11 Tyler Self Guard 6-2 165 So.
20 Niko Roberts Guard 5-11 175 Sr.
21 Christian Garrett Guard 6-3 185 Jr.
31 Jamari Traylor Forward 6-8 220 RS So.
33 Landen Lucas Forward 6-10 240 RS Fr.
34 Perry Ellis Forward 6-8 225 So.

Incoming Class
SF ***** Wayne Selden
C ***** Joel Embiid
PG **** Conner Frankamp
SF **** Brannen Greene
PG **** Frank Mason
SF ***** Andrew Wiggins

Transfers
Hunter Mickelson
Tarik Black

Non Conference
11/8/2013 Louisiana Monroe Lawrence, Kan. W(80-63) (1-0)
11/12/2013 Duke Chicago, Ill. W(94-83) (2-0)
11/19/2013 Iona Lawrence, Kan. W(86-66) (3-0)
11/22/2013 Towson W(88-58) (4-0)
11/28/2013 Wake Forest Paradise Island, Bahamas W(87-78) (5-0)
11/29/2013 Villanova Paradise Island, Bahamas L(59-63) (5-1)
11/30/2013 UTEP Paradise Island, Bahamas W(67-63) (6-1)
12/7/2013 Colorado Boulder, Colo. L(72-75) (6-2)
12/10/2013 Florida Gainesville, Fla. L(61-67) (6-3)
12/14/2013 New Mexico Kansas City, Mo. W(80-63)(7-3)
12/21/2013 Georgetown Lawrence, Kan. W(86-64)(8-3)
12/30/2013 Toledo Lawrence, Kan. W(93-83)(9-3)
1/5/2014 San Diego State Lawrence, Kan. L(57-61)(9-4)
Conference

Spoiler!

1/8/2014 Oklahoma Norman, Okla. W(90-83)(10-4,1-0)
1/11/2014 Kansas State Lawrence, Kan. 1 p.m.
1/13/2014 Iowa State Ames, Iowa 8 p.m.
1/18/2014 Oklahoma State Lawrence, Kan. 3 p.m.
1/20/2014 Baylor Lawrence, Kan. 8 p.m.
1/25/2014 TCU Fort Worth, Texas 8 p.m.
1/29/2014 Iowa State Lawrence, Kan. 8 p.m.
2/1/2014 Texas Austin, Texas 3 p.m.
2/4/2014 Baylor Waco, Texas 6 p.m.
2/8/2014 West Virginia Lawrence, Kan. 3 p.m.
2/10/2014 Kansas State Manhattan, Kan. 8 p.m.
2/15/2014 TCU Lawrence, Kan. 3 p.m.
2/18/2014 Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas 7 p.m.
2/22/2014 Texas Lawrence, Kan. 6:30 p.m.
2/24/2014 Oklahoma Lawrence, Kan. 8 p.m.
3/1/2014 Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. 8 p.m.
3/5/2014 Texas Tech Lawrence, Kan. 7 p.m.
3/8/2014 West Virginia Morgantown, W. Va. 11 a.m.
Big 12 Championship
3/12-15/2014 TBD Kansas City, Mo. TBD Details

[alnorth]

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At 12:09 p.m. ET Tuesday in a high school gymnasium in West Virginia, Bill Self saved college basketball.

Self was a time zone away, but that was the moment when 18-year-old Andrew Wiggins, the best high school player since Kevin Durant and perhaps even LeBron James, stood before his high school classmates at St. Joseph Central Catholic School and, in the least LeBron-y move ever — only one news reporter — announced where he’d be attending college.

Instead of joining a recruiting class with a record six McDonald’s All-Americans at John Calipari’s Kentucky program for a one-year stopover before heading to the NBA, Wiggins decided to take his paradigm-shifting talents to Kansas and turn Self’s team into an immediate national title contender.

Are college basketball fans losing out on something special, on Calipari’s already historic recruiting class becoming a college hoops all-star team for the ages, one that would warrant discussion for a possible undefeated season? Are we cheated out of a Kentucky team we would talk about for generations?

Hardly. What Wiggins decided on — and what Self accomplished in out-recruiting the best recruiter in college basketball — is good for Wiggins, great for Kansas and absolutely fantastic for college basketball.

Because, really: Who wants college basketball to have its equivalent of Alabama in college football?

[Chiefs Pantalones]

Originally Posted by Braincase

Anyone have video of his announcement?

[Ceej]

If only Bill could land those awesome D2 transfers.

[Chiefs Pantalones]

Got it...

http://www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/A...e#.UZK3t8oyGSp

[Mr. Plow]

I know there are idiots in every fanbase, but man UK has some of the worst.

[Mr. Plow]

[Mr. Plow]

[Mr. Plow]

[Mr. Plow]

http://kentsterling.com/2013/05/14/k...in-responding/


Kentucky Fans Prove Classless in Attacking Andrew Wiggins, and Confused in Responding

by Kent Sterling

They are the most predictable fans in all of sports, and have the least class. The University of Kentucky has many reasons to feel shame, but the behavior of their fans toward a kid who did nothing but choose to attend Kansas today shows why teenage basketball players who decide to attend UK make a massive mistake.

A sampling of tweets to top ranked recruit Andrew Wiggins account are below, courtesy of kentuckysportsradio.com:

They outed these idiots as not being representative of Kentucky fans, who refer to themselves as Big Blue Nation. Any group of fans who are compelled to refer to themselves as a “nation” are endemic of the dingbats whose self-image is way too closely tied to the success or failure of teenagers playing college.

Kentucky fans are the worst of them, but certainly not the only pack of ornery sycophants who follow a college basketball or football program. The loon who poisoned the two iconic oak trees at Toomer’s Corner where fans gathered for generations after Auburn football games comes to mind, but as a group Kentucky fans are rabid – and not in a good way.

Threatening the lives of kids who choose to study and play elsewhere is so far outside the parameters of decent behavior that they border of the mob mentality that causes riots.

I also recall the petulant and boorish behavior Illinois fans and coach Bruce Weber showed Eric Gordon during his year at Indiana after backing off his verbal commitment to the Illini once Mike Davis was fired at Indiana. It was a heinous example of how unchecked self-immersion can turn good people into idiots.

Andrew Wiggins is going to Kansas, and reasonable people could care less. There are fewer and fewer reasonable people among Kentucky fans. That’s what the school gets for doing a deal with the devil and welcoming a coach who is paid only to win. Coaches should be hired for their ability to do a lot of different things – teach, lead, mentor, insist on academic excellence, and serve as the public face of the university. They are fired for not winning.

Oddly, here are an additional comment or two to the Kentucky Sports Radio post that chastised the author of the tweets:

NotFirst Says:
“These idiots need to die in a fire.”

Hoptownsbeast Says:
“F@#% these guys! We still BBN! Good luck Wiggins! Go Cats, Go Wiggins!”

Otis Says:
“UK has 10,000,000 fans with we’ll say 5% that are complete idiots; or 500,000 fans

UL has 500,000 fans but only 100,000 of those fans are complete idiots.
Which is better?”

Otis Says:
Wiggins did to UK what Trae Golden did to Jenny Wright

There are nearly 100 comments, and the conversation is amusing if not enlightening. Some are pleased that the five tweet authors have been outed. Others are disappointed they are getting publicity. Some belief that most of the idiots are from other schools. Many are exceptionally critical of people in Louisville, and others are critical of the anti-Louisville crowd.

The Kentucky fanbase – even those who are trying to congratulate Wiggins are becoming more and more baffled by the source of their anger. Are they upset because Wiggins opted to go to Kansas, at the morons who blasted Wiggins, the people who published the offending tweets, those who are angry, everyone who lives in Louisville, or a combination of the five subsets.

Reading kentuckysportsradio.com comments is like watching Curly Howard take the SAT. You can see the steam rise from their skulls, and finally their heads are going to explode.

By the way, congratulations to Wiggins for making a tough decision.

[ArrowheadHawk]

Big Blue Nation can eat a dick.

[Ceej]

The power of the internet and Twitter.

Would be great to watch them react if Wiggins approached them face to face.

[Mr. Plow]

Originally Posted by CJizzles

The power of the internet and Twitter.

Would be great to watch them react if Wiggins approached them face to face.

Most of them are racist, right?

[Ceej]

Originally Posted by Mr. Plow

Most of them are racist, right?

Bunch of country bumpkin racists in the great state of Kentucky.

[TLO]

Originally Posted by Mr. Plow

Winners.

[Zebedee DuBois]

I know I'm late to today's festivities, but I want to add a "Huzzah!"
Looking forward (as always) to next season!