**** OFFICIAL 2015-2016 Kansas Basketball Repository Thread ****

[Reerun_KC]

Regular Season

Spoiler!

FRI, NOVEMBER 13 NORTHERN COLORADO, W 109-72
TUE, NOVEMBER 17 MICHIGAN STATE, L 73-79
MON, NOVEMBER 23 CHAMINADE, W 123-72
TUE, NOVEMBER 24 UCLA, W 92-73
WED, NOVEMBER 25 VANDERBILT, W 70-63
TUE, DECEMBER 1 LOYOLA (MD.), W 94-61
SAT, DECEMBER 5 HARVARD, W 75-69
WED, DECEMBER 9 HOLY CROSS, W 92-59
SAT, DECEMBER 12 OREGON STATE, W 82-67
SAT, DECEMBER 1 MONTANA, W 88-46
TUE, DECEMBER 22 SAN DIEGO STATE, W 70-57
TUE, DECEMBER 29 UC IRVINE, W 78-53
SAT, JANUARY 2 BAYLOR, W 102-74
MON, JANUARY 4 OKLAHOMA, W 109-106 (3 OT)
SAT, JANUARY 9 TEXAS TECH, W 69-59
TUE, JANUARY 12 WEST VIRGINIA, L 63-74
SAT, JANUARY 16 TCU, W 70-63
TUE, JANUARY 19 6 P.M. OKLAHOMA STATE, L 67-86
SAT, JANUARY 23 1 P.M. TEXAS, W 76-67
MON, JANUARY 25 8 P.M. IOWA STATE, L 72-85
SAT, JANUARY 30 6 P.M. KENTUCKY, W 90-84
WED, FEBRUARY 3 8 P.M. KANSAS STATE, W 77-59
SAT, FEBRUARY 6 11 A.M., TCU, W 75-56
TUE, FEBRUARY 9 6 P.M. WEST VIRGINIA, W 75-65
SAT, FEBRUARY 13 1 P.M. OKLAHOMA, W 76-72
MON, FEBRUARY 15 8 P.M. OKLAHOMA STATE, W 94-67
SAT, FEBRUARY 20 5 P.M. KANSAS STATE, W 72-63
TUE, FEBRUARY 23 7 P.M. BAYLOR, W 66-60
SAT, FEBRUARY 27 11 AM,. TEXAS TECH, W 67-58
MON, FEBRUARY 29 8 P.M. TEXAS, W 86-56
SAT, MARCH 5 3 PM IOWA STATE, W 85-78

Big 12 Tournament

Spoiler!

http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-brac...ketball-men/d1

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

I was hard on Lucas this season. And deservedly so. He was disaster. He has turned it around. Whether it was Self coaching him up or maybe his teammates wanting him in the lineup.

Whatever it was his play has elevated the team. We were getting beat on the boards. Driving the lane too easy. He deserves the props for turning his season around and making this team better.

Originally Posted by Buehler445

Yes. Thank God for Landen Lucas.

I watched the Arizona WSU game with my Buddy and I told him that I would rather have Lucas than Kaleb Tarzuski. Tarzuski has way more to work with but if the game is on the line give me Landen. And if you look at their recruiting ranks they shouldn't even be in the same universe. If Tarzuski would have come to KU Self would have made him a mountain of money.

Self is God. He took a physically limited JAG player and made him a key cog in the #1 overall team in the country. A lot of it is on Lucas wanting it, but man.

This will never be mistaken for Self's toughest team, but I think Lucas has played a major role in changing its identity from the soft, finesse team of the past few years to what it is now defensively. And that would have been an unbelievable thing to say in December.

[DanBecky]

Originally Posted by BWillie

Hes banged up. There was no reason we should have played him vs West Virginia in a meaningless game.

Pretty dumb statement in itself. Self plays to win. Mason was the best chance.

[George Liquor]

We're going to win this shit.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by DanBecky

Pretty dumb statement in itself. Self plays to win. Mason was the best chance.

Agree to disagree. I dont care about the Big 12 tournament. I care about the conference regular season title streak and final fours

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

We got a group of us down here going to watch the game together. How about you guys? You watch in your man cave? Have others over? Go hang with other fans?

Here...




Couldn't pass up those matchups, especially since there's no way in hell I'm making it to Louisville.

[saphojunkie]

Some posters on here need to remember this season the next time the Jayhawks drop a tough couple conference losses and they want to panic.

And winning the WVU big 12 champ game was absolutely vital to this teams mentality. They are done losing. Period. This team wins, no matter who or where they gotta play. If you didn't know that then you didn't watch the game in Norman.

[CoMoChief]

Originally Posted by saphojunkie

Some posters on here need to remember this season the next time the Jayhawks drop a tough couple conference losses and they want to panic.

And winning the WVU big 12 champ game was absolutely vital to this teams mentality. They are done losing. Period. This team wins, no matter who or where they gotta play. If you didn't know that then you didn't watch the game in Norman.

They weren't playing well at the start of conference play. So there was reason for concern.

Then Graham started to come along. So did Lucas, while being a liability on offense, Lucas has come up huge as a rebounder (esp offensive reb) and defender. He's really come a long way and he's only going to get better. Hopefully he can develop some foot work over the summer and work on some post moves because he is not good around the basket offensively.

Selden is the best player on the team, and when the guy is in the zone it's not even really close. But sometimes the guy disappears. Sometimes the guy looks like a slam dunk top 5 NBA lottery pick and sometimes it almost looks like he plays lazy and takes plays off, especially on defense. He seems in the zone ever since the start of the Big12 tourney. Maybe he understands he can make himself a lot of money and he's turning it up. Whatever the case may be, its a great time for him to bring his A game.

Team has chosen a good time to start gelling.

[Fansy the Famous Bard]

This isn't even a great KU team. We have an inconsistent PG, a finesse low-post scorer that gets garbage points, a roll-player Big man that has been forced into a starting role, a litany of "great shooting" wings that aren't really great shooting, and a second PG that is just now starting to find his way. They aren't great defensively - much improved from what they were in at the beginning of the season, don't get me wrong. But they are NOT a great defensive team by any stretch of the imagination. I can't even really put what this team does well outside of Graham's great play recently...

You match this team up against '08 or even Tyshawn\TRob on paper they won't even compare... Yet they have risen above it all. Is it that this year is void of great teams? Is it that they are battle-hardened through a brutal conference schedule? I just can't figure this team out.

But to me, the season that this team has put together says all you need to EVER know about Bill Self as a head coach. What a masterful job.

In the end, this non-Great team may be one of the Greats.

[Prison Bitch]

Not a great KU team? Relative to the field they are great. #1 in Pomeroy, Sagarin and the RPI, top seed in the tourney, 14 game winning streak sounds great to me

[Fansy the Famous Bard]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

Not a great KU team? Relative to the field they are great. #1 in Pomeroy, Sagarin and the RPI, top seed in the tourney, 14 game winning streak sounds great to me

That's just it, compared to the field they are very good.... this team has so many flaws and don't do anything great.... They don't pass well, they are inconsistent shooters, they aren't great rebounding, defensively this was one of the worst (at the beginning of the year) under Self, etc etc... Our star player is an undersized finesse junk scorer in the post.

There is nothing about this team that would make you think they are great or the best team in the country... except that they just keep winning... over and over again... against tough competition, too.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by fahrenheit

This isn't even a great KU team. We have an inconsistent PG, a finesse low-post scorer that gets garbage points, a roll-player Big man that has been forced into a starting role, a litany of "great shooting" wings that aren't really great shooting, and a second PG that is just now starting to find his way. They aren't great defensively - much improved from what they were in at the beginning of the season, don't get me wrong. But they are NOT a great defensive team by any stretch of the imagination. I can't even really put what this team does well outside of Graham's great play recently...

You match this team up against '08 or even Tyshawn\TRob on paper they won't even compare... Yet they have risen above it all. Is it that this year is void of great teams? Is it that they are battle-hardened through a brutal conference schedule? I just can't figure this team out.

But to me, the season that this team has put together says all you need to EVER know about Bill Self as a head coach. What a masterful job.

In the end, this non-Great team may be one of the Greats.

I agree that it kind of feels that way watching them at times but based on Kenpoms pythagorean ratings this team is equal to the 2012 Trob/Tyshawn team and best Ku team since 2010

[Mr. Plow]

Originally Posted by RockChalk

March Madness app on your phone.

I was at a wedding in 2014 in October during Game 2 in Baltimore. Big group of friends went together and 2 of us had the game on our phones in the church (we shut it off when the ceremony actually started). Then every table at the reception literally had at least 2 people showing the game on their phones, with groups huddled around them.

This worked like a charm.

[Lzen]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Was reported a few days ago that he's still dealing with foot and hip issues that came out of that WVU war game. Certainly wasn't good today (although he did come back in and helped stabilize them when UConn got within 9 with nine minutes left).

Mason was not good last night on offense especially. But yeah, he was pretty good on defense and the other things. I hope Self lets him rest all week.

[the Talking Can]

Originally Posted by fahrenheit

That's just it, compared to the field they are very good.... this team has so many flaws and don't do anything great.... They don't pass well, they are inconsistent shooters, they aren't great rebounding, defensively this was one of the worst (at the beginning of the year) under Self, etc etc... .

wut?



they share the ball more beautifully than any team in college, they're one of the best 3 pt shooting teams in the country, their offense is ranked 9th in pomeroy, and the defense is ranked 5th...they outrebounded conn last night by 20

you must be watching some other team


ku fans just can't accept success, this is by any metric, or any eye test, a great college basketball 'team'...the best at ku since 2008

[Lzen]

Originally Posted by the Talking Can

wut?



they share the ball more beautifully than any team in college, they're one of the best 3 pt shooting teams in the country, their offense is ranked 9th in pomeroy, and the defense is ranked 5th...they outrebounded conn last night by 20

you must be watching some other team


ku fans just can't accept success, this is by any metric, or any eye test, a great college basketball 'team'...the best at ku since 2008

Right? I don't know what team that guy is watching but it's not KU. Either that or he doesn't know what a great college basketball team looks like. I wouldn't say this is the best since 08. though. Those 2010 and 2011 teams were pretty great, too.