The bigger problem than the turnovers is you have to take Releford or McLemore out or make Releford be the 4. Releford is the best stopper by about 13 miles. McLemore does well on D, but you have to evaluate the defensive dropoff between Releford and Tharpe, which is enormous. McLemore should not sit ever. Releford has played some 4, but if he has to guard big men, you've taken away the best thing he does.

It's a personnel thing, not a turnover thing.

Let's do the damn thing!

game is going to be U-G-L-Y ... both teams are sloppy and often can't shoot worth a shit, flip a coin.

KU has a lot more talent but the inability to shoot makes every game a struggle.


Focus/effort lapses have become a habit the last few years for KU so they could lose.

If KU is focused and finds their shooting then it's a blowout for KU ... that goes for just about every KU game though.

KU has scored in the 60's in 4 of the last 5 games...seems like they're due for a breakout...

Is it nationally televised?
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Nope. Big 12 network.

Kentucky vs Alabama gets priority on ESPN tonight.

I understand.....it's a little bit of both

and it's a bad situation when you have a team that can guard the perimeter well.

That is BULLSHIT

And since it is not an ESPN game, I’m sure it will get buried in ESPN’s coverage.

#3 at #11, and we will get 2 highlights stuck somewhere between the Lakers and Ray Lewis.

I can understand that having 2 highly ranked teams playing and all...oh wait a monumental ****up for sure.

Many not fortunate enough to be among the 12,528 stuffed into Bramlage Coliseum for tonight’s Sunflower Showdown between Kansas and Kansas State will find the game on TV, only it won’t be televised by the usual destinations for showcase Big 12 basketball games, ESPN or CBS.
The game, which tips off at 7 p.m., is part of the Big 12 Network, which is aired on stations in most major markets, including KMCI-TV, Channel 38, in Kansas City.
Shouldn’t this game get the maximum exposure, a Big Monday on ESPN or a Saturday afternoon on CBS?
In most years, a game between the league’s two highest ranked teams — Kansas is third in the Associated Press poll, the Wildcats 11th — would get that treatment.
But a few things occurred for this game to land where it did on the calendar and dial.
Games for television are assigned in July. KU at K-State is typically great theater in any year, but the uncertainty of the Wildcats’ strength likely played a role in keeping it off Big Monday and the major networks. Kansas State was picked to finish fifth in the preseason Big 12 poll.
Also, Kansas is the league’s top draw most years and ESPN likes the Jayhawks on the road for Big Monday: A better chance of upset drama.
Putting this KU-K-State game on Big Monday would have given KU three Big Monday road games this season. It has happened before, but it’s not a preferable situation.
The most important factor is the Big 12 Network needs quality inventory to sell the entire package. Usually, the best matchups are snapped up by CBS, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU.
But the league wants all of its games on television, and the Big 12 Network completes the picture by carrying 32 games.
Having the occasional high-quality matchup helps the Big 12, through its agreement with ESPN Regional Television, sell its product in markets throughout the nation. Nine TCU league games are televised by the Big 12 Network, but so are four Kansas games, including tonight's.
“If you’re an affiliate in Kansas City and you’re going to get four Kansas and five Kansas State games over the course of nine weeks, you’re more willing to accept the entire package,” said Big 12 senior associate commissioner Tim Allen. “It helps us build the Big 12 Network.”

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/01/22...#storylink=cpy

KSU ranked #11 just makes me laugh. And they may beat Kansas tonight. But outside of McGruder I see no talent on that team. KSU is a team to me that always perennially looks like dog shit but some how wins games. Probably just the hard nosed Frank Martin and Bob Huggins coaching. Maybe they play differently this year.

If we play our A or B game tonight, this will be a double-digit laugher

I thought tonight's game as in Lawrence?