***** Official '23/'24 KU Men's Basketball Repository Thread *****

[cmh6476]

The Team:

https://kuathletics.com/sports/mbball/roster/

The Schedule:

https://kuathletics.com/sports/mbball/schedule/

[Mr_Tomahawk]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

I don’t know, perhaps you should make a list? They’d probably be at least in the bottom third or quarter. Still doesn’t mean regular season losses matter much at all, particularly for this group.

I did. They are bottom 5.


But you speak like a politician.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Mr_Tomahawk

I did. They are bottom 5.


But you speak like a politician.

The team overall might be but if you think this starting lineup is bottom 5, you’re either lying to yourself or plain wrong. And I speak like someone who knows how meaningless these regular season games are for a team like this.

Don’t really get caring this much about losing to a top 10 team on the road by single digits. Hell, the bench lineups Self put out there were enough to lose this game today by themselves (which he wouldn’t do in any tournament game). The starters would have had to play 40 minutes or something close to that to give them any chance and they weren’t gonna do that.

[Mr. Plow]

This team is just so boring to watch.

[George Liquor]

Originally Posted by Mr_Tomahawk

Where would you rank this team, at this point of the season, against Self's other KU squads.



This should be a 2-word answer/response.

This team seems like final four or lose in the second round by 25 to the 5th seed.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by Mr. Plow

This team is just so boring to watch.

Yeah basketball wasn't as entertaining before the point line

[SithCeNtZ]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Bottom tier as I’ve said all season. But this team’s peak level with their starters is much higher than that and that’s all that matters in 2 weeks. The rest doesn’t matter at all.

Yea what's interesting is this team is built more like an aging NBA team gunning for a title with no depth. You don't care about losing to Orlando on a random Tuesday in January on a back to back, you are waiting for the playoffs to play your guys 40 minutes every game and nothing else matters. That's basically where we are, although hopefully this game spurs Jackson to get some confidence.

[Mr. Plow]

Originally Posted by bdj23

This team seems like final four or lose in the second round by 25 to the 5th seed.

Yup. They are either going to lose terribly in the 1st/2nd round or they'll win the whole thing.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by SithCeNtZ

Yea what's interesting is this team is built more like an aging NBA team gunning for a title with no depth. You don't care about losing to Orlando on a random Tuesday in January on a back to back, you are waiting for the playoffs to play your guys 40 minutes every game and nothing else matters. That's basically where we are, although hopefully this game spurs Jackson to get some confidence.

Yeah, see the Lakers’ run to the WCF last year out of the play-in (after a regular season of LeBron/AD injuries, resting and coasting). Not dissimilar from what we’d be hoping for here with this group.

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by Mr. Plow

Yup. They are either going to lose terribly in the 1st/2nd round or they'll win the whole thing.

Yeah we get one of these bench scrubs to actually contribute and it's a dangerous team. I know that's asking alot

Kinda like it was asking alot for Chiefs WRs to catch the ****ing ball in the playoffs...

[RustShack]

I wouldn’t complain if you guys beat Houston next weekend. Well hopefully Oklahoma and/or UCF pull it off before that. I’m just hoping Houston loses at least one of these last three, if not two of them.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by RustShack

I wouldn’t complain if you guys beat Houston next weekend. Well hopefully Oklahoma and/or UCF pull it off before that. I’m just hoping Houston loses at least one of these last three, if not two of them.

We aren’t beating Houston next week.

[TEX]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

We aren’t beating Houston next week.

I sure hope not, but UH does not match up well with Dickenson. If KU can play strong inside, they'll have a decent shot.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by TEX

I sure hope not, but UH does not match up well with Dickenson. If KU can play strong inside, they'll have a decent shot.

Haven’t played a single great road game all season. It won’t start at Houston in a game they have nothing to play for in.

[TEX]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Haven’t played a single great road game all season. It won’t start at Houston in a game they have nothing to play for in.

That's true. And UH is very tough at home. I'll be at the game. UH has a lot of respect for KU and so do the fans. We know what a stellar program KU Basketball is. Should be a good one!

[ForeverIowan]

Would be pretty darn surprised if Houston, Iowa State, Baylor and Kansas arent all in the sweet 16. I think 3 of the 4 make the elite 8. The Big 12 is so battle tested.

BYU will live and die by the three. They could make a deep run as well.