***** 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/

[Fansy the Famous Bard]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

I put this season on Self. He should have recruited better shooters.

He has two spots tied up with sub par talent. KJ should be the 6th man off the bench on a potential Tournament winner team. Harris has fallen off a cliff.

So why didn’t recruit more shooters? Is there a consensus opinion?

Because he was down 3 scholarships?

[Kiimo]

Originally Posted by bdj23

Ncaa tournament isn't a "crapshoot". A good team will almost certainly win it every year.

If you don't understand college basketball as a game please don't post in this thread

[Chief Pagan]

Originally Posted by DJay23

I questioned the use of the word luck because it means one of two things to me:

- Either luck is the word used to describe the outcome of a series of events, that are either unfortunate or fortunate, brought about by chance.

- Or it's a mystical element that you either have or you don't, that guides the outcome of events to be fortunate or unfortunate.

It sounds like you are using it in the former. It's pretty cringey when people use it in the latter.

Well for instance if you play enough no limit hold'em poker tournaments, even just say monthly ten person games with friends. You soon find out that unless the players are really uneven, winning is a combination of skill and luck. The same three or four win most often, but yeah. You can be all-in and your opponent only has a one in four chance to hit their flush on the last card. And he hits his flush and you bust out. You played it perfectly, got unlucky and lost.

And every now and then one of the worst players of group ends up winning. Poker is a game of skill, but luck matters.

Winning, is a combination of talent, hard work, and luck.

College basketball teams aren't so mismatched after the first round that you can't lose to say some bad foul trouble, and random lucky three point shooting in one game.

The 6 round single elimination tournament where the number one seeds don't even get to play on their own courts increases the luck element.

[George Liquor]

Originally Posted by Kiimo

If you don't understand college basketball as a game please don't post in this thread

Pure cope

[Kiimo]

Originally Posted by bdj23

Pure cope

lmao we won it all two years ago I feel zero reason to cope, stop posting stupid shit or maybe just stop posting

[mabbott]

Originally Posted by bdj23

Pure cope

If it is so easy to win, why have there only been 7 teams that have had back to back NCAA basketball championships?

It is not "easy" and there are many "good" teams in the tournament.

[KC_Connection]

Final +/- numbers for #KUbball for 23-24:
H Dickinson +242
K McCullar +233
KJ Adams +196
D Harris +182
J Furphy +117
E Jackson +84
J McDowell +15

N Timberlake -6
P Cassidy -14
P Braun -17
W Evers -20
M Jankovich -22
D Wilhite -23#Jayhawks

— Creighton Coover (@kucr8ton) March 25, 2024

Timberlake...

[smithandrew051]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Final +/- numbers for #KUbball for 23-24:
H Dickinson +242
K McCullar +233
KJ Adams +196
D Harris +182
J Furphy +117
E Jackson +84
J McDowell +15

N Timberlake -6
P Cassidy -14
P Braun -17
W Evers -20
M Jankovich -22
D Wilhite -23#Jayhawks

— Creighton Coover (@kucr8ton) March 25, 2024

Timberlake...

Supports what the eye test says about Braun

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by smithandrew051

Supports what the eye test says about Braun

Its kind of amazing Braun isn't good at basketball. Seems to have good size, some touch, length, very good athleticism, decent shot but still just not very good.

[cmh6476]

Anyone else planning to tune into the wimmen's game later?

[cmh6476]

Making a run

[GabyKeepsMeWarm]

Originally Posted by cmh6476

Making a run

Totally! Lady Jayhawks putting up a fight in L.A.!

[Fansy the Famous Bard]

Originally Posted by GabyKeepsMeWarm

Totally! Lady Jayhawks putting up a fight in L.A.!

they had a lot of fight in them last night, but damn their perimeter defense is horrid.