**** 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

[Silock]

Originally Posted by Bambi

You're missing the point. But whatever. Keep complaining about the university looking to the future. It's so fun to have the thread flooded with them every time KU plays a game.

No, YOU are missing the point. It's just not cool to constantly brag about what you HAVE when others DO NOT. That's a basic rule of common decency that you have somehow managed to ignore completely.

It's fine for the university to look to the future, but it's ****ing naive to think that they couldn't have also worked out a deal that includes the metro area and still gives the benefit of national coverage to the 5 other people that care.

[saphojunkie]

Dude all of you just shut the **** up.

[Kiimo]

Man sapho that worked for like a day and a half!

[Chiefs Pantalones]

Bill Self hinted today that Embiid might stay another year. He said the typical "it's whatever is best for Joel" bs then at the end said Joel's family is well off with money. He said Joel has told him that he still has a lot to learn about life/America before he goes to the next level.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by Chiefs Pantalones

Bill Self hinted today that Embiid might stay another year. He said the typical "it's whatever is best for Joel" bs then at the end said Joel's family is well off with money. He said Joel has told him that he still has a lot to learn about life/America before he goes to the next level.

I had a feeler about this!

[Reerun_KC]

Originally Posted by Pants

I had a feeler about this!

In your pants?

[Silock]

Originally Posted by Chiefs Pantalones

Bill Self hinted today that Embiid might stay another year. He said the typical "it's whatever is best for Joel" bs then at the end said Joel's family is well off with money. He said Joel has told him that he still has a lot to learn about life/America before he goes to the next level.

Jesus Christ.

Embiid + Cliff + Ellis = Interior DOMINATION

We would be soooo sick if Selden stays, too. I don't know how you wouldn't win a NC with that squad. It would be like MKG and AD's UK team.

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by Chiefs Pantalones

Bill Self hinted today that Embiid might stay another year. He said the typical "it's whatever is best for Joel" bs then at the end said Joel's family is well off with money. He said Joel has told him that he still has a lot to learn about life/America before he goes to the next level.

*Sigh*

I don't even want to hear/read things like this.

False hope.

[CoMoChief]

Originally Posted by Pablo

*Sigh*

I don't even want to hear/read things like this.

False hope.

Well there could be something to this..

If this isn't a guy that necessarily needs the NBA money right now, then the financial motive isn't there, esp if he knows the money will be there the following year, and possibly more assuming he's the #1 overall pick. I don't think he would be the #1 overall pick this season unless he starts logging 25/15 per game.

He's only been playing for a couple years. Thats ****ing insane. But that also meas he has A TON to learn about the game, and what better place is there to do that? NBA lifestyle is also different. Being on the road all the time, all the time, fame, freedom, money for an 18-19yr old in the US?

A lot of former KU guys (current or former NBA guys) come back over the course of the season, many of them are mentors, have each others cell numbers etc. Embiid is going to learn a lot about the differences and he'll make the decision whether or not he's ready for the real outside world as a celeb/pro athlete. And that's not really even touching on his game/development.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by Reerun_KC

In your pants?

No doubt.

It's still there.

[DJJasonp]

Originally Posted by Buck

San Diego State is playing pretty good ball right now. Will be a fun matchup on Sunday. Good luck.

I was at the aztec game the other night when they played that church-league team from Encinitas (about 150 is the TOTAL student body).

And yes - the "college" is in a strip mall!


I think KU is going to dominate in the paint. The only thing I'm worried about is Thames and SDSU's guard play.

Our guards have to play good, pressure D on state's guards....or they'll be able to keep it close.


I root for the aztecs for my wife (a state grad).......but not Sunday.

If they should somehow win...... I wont be able to show my face, will have to deactivate my facebook, etc etc.

the egotistical hawk fan in me thinks the aztecs are nowhere near the Big 12 level of bb.

but I also know that on any given day.....

I also know that Fisher lets his kids do their thing.......which sometimes is great (versus Arizona).....and sometimes horrible (Syracuse last year).

Should be fun

[Kiimo]

Folks if Embiid is projected top three in the draft, which he is, then he'd be making a terrible decision to stay. I have written him off to the NBA long ago.


That said if he does, championship. Cliff, Oubre and Embiid are type-A dominators and you mix that with Ellis, a senior point guard and guys like Frankamp and Greene shooting better (they will) I mean....I don't know how you stop that.

[Prison Bitch]

I've rarely heard a player or coach suggest he might leave. Why anyone would believe Embiid would return, is truly mystifying.

[Pablo]

I think he could figure out how to adjust to American culture and life pretty well if somebody threw 30+ million at him; or whatever a Top 3 pick gets.

He gone.

I'm not even going to entertain the notion that he's here next year.

And he could absolutely be the #1 pick this year. When you're drawing endless Hakeem comparisons, the sky is the limit.

[Chiefspants]

One of my friends is close with one of his tutors. From what I've heard, Embiid is eager to earn money to support his family.

As much as I love watching Embiid on the floor, he'd be making a mistake to stay another year. It would be devastating if he had a Nerlens Noel type of injury if he stayed for his sophomore year.