Self owns Drew!

KU getting really sloppy. Come on guys, stop wasting possessions.

This game is turning into the bastard child if the Big East and Big 10 ****ed.

Not a great scoring lineup in right now.

KU is playing too loose and stupid right now. Baylor is making a move.

and another crappy possession.

scott drew is an embarrassment of a coach

Kind of a boring game.

Elijah making Baylor's best on the ball defender look silly.

Truth.

It's funny you say that because I was just thinking the same thing. I'll take boring though. If it got exciting at this point that would probably mean Baylor got back into the game and we don't want that.

Boring game Jizzmaster.

:ZZZ:

i hope we can keep baylor in the 40s

How the **** is that not a self pass? It didn't touch the back board or the rim.

That was sweet!

Well this isn't good.

No sweet.

****!!!!!!

Ruh Roh

no bueno. That doesn't look good :(

Oh ****.

Please make it a bad cramp

I think he rolled it over. May have to sit a few games, but I would think not serious. HOPEFULLY!

I dont think you can get a cramp in your ankle...

What was someone yelling in the background when it was quiet?

please be cramps please be cramps please be cramps

Don't ruin the mojo.

Oh god damn it. I turn on the game and Ben is down.

He walked off the court, hope it isnt bad

Looked like a sprain.

No disputing that, sir.

F.

KUsports.com ‏@KUsports
McLemore's on his feet but appears to be favoring the right ankle pretty heavily. Heads straight to the locker room. #kubball

Well, time for Elijah to lead.

Assuming B-Mac is out a few games.

I was just thinking to myself before that how we're fortunate to be so healthy. F.

he didn't roll it very far


depends on how flexible he is

Well, you Twatterers keep us on the loop re: Ben's ankle.

That's how it looked to me live.

BMac shouldn't have been in there, the game was over. Give White, Adams, etc. some much needed minutes.

Looked like a twisted ankle to me at first, but he reacted strangely, and the replay showed his whole leg get twisted kind of weird. Hopefully Im just being paranoid. Good news is that the first thing he grabbed was the ankle.

So essentially everyone is hoping that he is a pussy and overreacting...?

His reaction seemed like it was more than a rolled ankle. I hope he is just a pussy. :-)

KU played well for the first time since December tonight. Great defensive effort even if they missed most of the shots they usually make. Could have been an absolute blowout if they did.

Too bad about Ben, could be a sprain. That could keep him out a while. I don't think he's the player they can least afford to lose to injury, though. That would be Withey and the defensive presence he brings to this team.

@KansasSports

RT @cjmoore4: Self says on radio interview McLemore has a sprained ankle. Should be OK. McLemore says he heard a pop.

Just shoot him with up with some morphine before each game.

It almost worked in Varsity Blues!

Jayhawk-Talk.com ‏@JayhawkTalk

Self says ankle sprain. Says Ben heard a pop but doc checked it out and thinks a few days off it might be enough. Hope he's right! #kubball

Is a pop normal?

3m Nate Bukaty Nate Bukaty ‏@nate_bukaty

Self on McLemore's ankle: "I would imagine, with a few days off, he'll be OK." Everyone breathe now.

Good thing Texas is terrible.

I was just going to type the same thing. I've rolled my ankle way worse than that and more than a few times and I don't think I've ever heard it pop.

On the road though anything is possible for the home team. It's a good thing defense travels.

I agree with this.

Uhhh, yeah.

Still not terribly worried.

Texas is ****ing atrocious.

I've heard mine pop. Rolled and sprained many times. Every time it has happened to me my initial reaction was intense pain and then "****" why did this have to happen. It will probably linger for awhile

FWIW, I've had a "knuckle cracking"-like pop when I've turned an ankle before.

Texas' defense is quite good (12th best defensive efficiency in the country). Their offense is abysmal (253rd best offensive efficiency in the country, which is quite ridiculous and even worse than Texas Tech to give some perspective).

They should be able to get by without McLemore on Saturday provided they actually give an effort.

I thought this post on phog.net was pretty funny...

"My ankles sound like a pack of black cats every time I get off the couch."

Pussy? I know you were probably joking, but let me tell you that is a very painful injury.

At this point it's ankle day to day.


He's gonna be in the facility getting round the clock treatment I'd imagine.

Kansas Gameday ‏@KUGameday

Postgame Press Conf: Elijah on Ben "He's alright, think he panicked more than anything. Ben will bounce back, I'm sure." #kubball

I rolled my ankle pretty bad about 2 or 3 years ago. Thought I had heard a pop. I thought for sure I broke it. Xray showed no break. Just a bad sprain. I was on crutches for a couple weeks or so before I could attempt to get back onto the basketball court. Wore an ankle splint that allowed me to hoop but also gave the ankle good support.

@captainoverreaction Ben Mclemore dead of complications due to an ankle injury.

Good thing you're a wussy.

And not Super Ben.

:)

No shit. He'll be back high flying Saturday against Texas.

I still think KU will be more than okay without him Saturday.

I went from elation... to OH SHIT! In like 10 seconds...

Hope BMac is back on Saturday...

Kansas Gameday ‏@KUGameday

Postgame Press Conf w/ @coachbillself: On Ben "I think he's fine, he twisted his ankle." Hopeful he won't be out more than 2-3 days.

Thomas Robinson had a sick alley oop on Sportscenter's Top 10.

Can't find a link yet though.

The Phog ‏@phoggg

Now I can sleep. #kubball RT“@GaryBedore: Self said it is Grade one sprain. Day to day on Ben. Hes been evaluated. So it's a sprain”

Rock chalk! Praying Ben's ankle is alright.

Man, Baylor is not good. They had the talent to whop the shit out of us as poorly as we shot.

We played really solid defense, but seriously. They should have pounded us pretty good as poorly as we shot.

I enjoy laughing at Percy Jackson. End.

Hope BMac is OK. RE: "Pop" Every time I've sprained my ankle more than just a little tweak it has popped very noticeably. Must be his first one though because he didn't look like he had any support or tape there. I don't know how a kid can make it 2 years out of highschool without rolling one.

The thing I noticed about McLemore is that he is naturally fast. I kept thinking he was looking lackadaisical guarding Heslip, like he didn't give a shit and wasn't trying, but he'd beat him to the spot every time. Dude is other-worldly good. Just wild.

I liked what Young was doing in there save missing bunnies. He continues to make me eat crow. Good on him.

That flagrant BS is so goddamn horse shit. God that pisses me the **** off. They don't call a ****ing body on the D, even though he was riding Releford like the Donks rode a used up Manning, He can't go low or the defender will hack like crazy, which won't be called. Releford barely touched him with 0 ****ing malice. Boop Flagrant. The glorious thing was they missed both the freethrows and didn't make the basket on the posession. Either way, ****ing horseshit rule. If you're going to try to ride him off the ball, get your face out of the way.

It's a stupid rule that makes no sense. Say it every season and yet it continues to persist as a flagrant.

Here's to Ben getting a few days off to rest the ankle.
Ku had more fouls and less FT's than the opponent.
But the officials let them play....

Loved the comment from Fran to KY...."your kinda of nuisance"

Assist to TO ratio sucked...10 to 14....Gotta do better than that going
forward.....

Overall, a win at home and 3-0 in the conference.....

Up next....UT

man, Baylor beat Kentucky at Rupp Arena in Lexington... so, they have their moments. That was the first loss at Rupp for Calipari.

I hope they keep been out until the KSU game. I dobt want him hobbled or off at all. Let him heal...dont challenge him to get on the floor earlier than he needs to.

I know. It is mind boggling. Kentucky is pretty down this year, but still. Baylor can be so dominating, and then play the game they played last night.

Scott Drew.

yup....worst coach in the Big12. He's even worse than Rick Barnes.

He's had in recent years, some of the best talent in the nation, and lots of it, come through the doors of Baylor and he's NEVER done shit with any of it.

Them there Beakers are pretty darn good! Mizzou should buy some!

I agree. However, I doubt that dude played up that close on Travis again for the rest of the night.

I dunno....I see this as something defensive players are going to start doing more because of end result.