**** OFFICIAL 2013-2014 Kansas Basketball Repository Thread, Part 2 ****

[ArrowheadHawk]

#10 (23-8,14-4)

Players

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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

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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

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1/8/2014 Oklahoma Norman, Okla. W(90-83)(10-4,1-0)
1/11/2014 Kansas State Lawrence, Kan. W(86-60)(11-4,2-0)
1/13/2014 Iowa State Ames, Iowa W(77-70)(12-4,3-0)
1/18/2014 Oklahoma State Lawrence, Kan. W(80-78)(13-4,4-0)
1/20/2014 Baylor Lawrence, Kan. W(78-68)(14-4,5-0)
1/25/2014 TCU Fort Worth, Texas W(91-69)(15-4,6-0)
1/29/2014 Iowa State Lawrence, Kan. W(92-81)(16-4,7-0)
2/1/2014 Texas Austin, Texas L(69-81)(16-5,7-1)
2/4/2014 Baylor Waco, Texas W(69-52)(17-5,8-1)
2/8/2014 West Virginia Lawrence, Kan. W(83-69)(18-5,9-1)
2/10/2014 Kansas State Manhattan, Kan. L(82-85)(18-6,9-2)
2/15/2014 TCU Lawrence, Kan. W(95-65)(19-6,10-2)
2/18/2014 Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas W(64-63)(20-6,11-2)
2/22/2014 Texas Lawrence, Kan. W(85-54)(21-6,12-2)
2/24/2014 Oklahoma Lawrence, Kan. W(83-75)(22-6,13-2)
3/1/2014 Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. L(65-72)(22-7,13-3)
3/5/2014 Texas Tech Lawrence, Kan. W(82-57)(23-7,14-3)
3/8/2014 West Virginia Morgantown, W. Va. L(86-92)(23-8,14-4)

Big 12 Championship
3/13/2014 Texas Tech/Oklahoma State Kansas City, Mo. 2PM ESPN2

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

Agree. The difference between Embiid in and out is ridiculous.

I think Self should consider playing some zone without him. I know he hates it, but the rest of these guys aren't good enough at man to get by without Embiid. We'll just see more games like tonight otherwise.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

I think Self should consider playing some zone without him. I know he hates it, but the rest of these guys aren't good enough at man to get by without Embiid. We'll just see more games like tonight otherwise.

I think Black and Traylor can hold down the middle, but the guards are going to have to do A LOT better job of keeping their guys out of the middle. Sooooo many points of rotation errors when the big man has to help.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

I think Black and Traylor can hold down the middle, but the guards are going to have to do A LOT better job of keeping their guys out of the middle. Sooooo many points of rotation errors when the big man has to help.

I honestly don't know if the guards have it in them, at least to do it over an entire game. There have been so many mistakes in that area all season. We're pretty stuck here and it might take the drastic measure (at least for Self, it's drastic) of going zone.

[Prison Bitch]

This game illustrates why Self is obsessed with shutting down the lane and preventing easy buckets. The entire 2nd half and OT, Ellis and Black kept hedging out on the 3 (because they were hot from outside) and KSU kept rolling to the basket for layups. In the college game you MUST keep them throwing up long jumpers because 90% of the time they will go cold. And if not, you lose, so what. But chip shots are killers.


This is the first team he's had here that gives up easy buckets. Embiid had masked that quite a bit since he became a starter but when he's out, our post D goes to shit

[Bambi]

Almost feel Self lost this game on purpose.

Why? I suppose we're about to find out...

[Chiefspants]

Originally Posted by Bambi

Almost feel Self lost this game on purpose.

Why? I suppose we're about to find out...

LOL

[Pants]

Originally Posted by Chiefspants

LOL

I love the guy, but the things that come out of his mouth sometimes...

[ArrowheadHawk]

Game over, time to move on. Take care of business and wrap this conference up, it just got a little bit tighter.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

This game illustrates why Self is obsessed with shutting down the lane and preventing easy buckets. The entire 2nd half and OT, Ellis and Black kept hedging out on the 3 (because they were hot from outside) and KSU kept rolling to the basket for layups. In the college game you MUST keep them throwing up long jumpers because 90% of the time they will go cold. And if not, you lose, so what. But chip shots are killers.


This is the first team he's had here that gives up easy buckets. Embiid had masked that quite a bit since he became a starter but when he's out, our post D goes to shit

Exactly.

[Prison Bitch]

Also, Andrew's shooting is becoming a huge concern. He had those 2 games where he went off, I believe KSU and Iowa State but outside of that he is not hitting anything lately. I read recently he's shooting 23% off the dribble which is terrible. If we took out his layups and dunks he'd be about 30-35% from the floor. I don't see how anyone could trust him to score efficiently for 6 straight games in March. It's almost inconceivable at this time.

[KC_Connection]

Even without his shot, Wiggins can get to the line at will (as he showed last night again with 15 FTs). Not worried about his ability to score.

[TambaBerry]

We just missed Traylor big time last night, also we didnt see enough of Landon Lucas. I have no idea what this guy has to do to get playing time.

[Prison Bitch]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Even without his shot, Wiggins can get to the line at will (as he showed last night again with 15 FTs). Not worried about his ability to score.

His ability to score efficiently should scare the crap out of you. He took an enormous amount of shots last nite (both from the field and the FT line) to score so few points in an OT loss.

[sedated]

I can't help but think the defense suffered not only because of Embiid's lack of minutes but because Tharpe and Greene played so many minutes. They are both below average defenders on the perimeter.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

His ability to score efficiently should scare the crap out of you. He took an enormous amount of shots last nite (both from the field and the FT line) to score so few points in an OT loss.

Wiggins has scored efficiently all season precisely because he can get to the line at will and he makes his FTs at a high clip. His production would be the last thing I'm worried about on this team right now.