**** OFFICIAL 2014-2015 Kansas Basketball Repository Thread

[ArrowheadHawk]

11 straight Conference Championships!

Ranking #9 (26-8,13-5)

Non-Con Schedule (11-2)

Spoiler!

11/14/2014 UC Santa Barbara Lawrence, Kan. W 69-59 (1-0)
11/18/2014 Kentucky Indianapolis, Ind. L 40-72 (1-1)
Orlando Classic
11/24/2014 Rider Lawrence, Kan. W 87-60 (2-1)
11/27/2014 Rhode Island Orlando, Fla. W 76-60 (3-1)
11/28/2014 Tennessee Orlando, Fla. W 82-67 (4-1)
11/30/2014 Michigan State Orlando, Fla. W 61-56 (5-1)
12/5/2014 Florida Lawrence, Kan. W 71-65 (6-1)
12/10/2014 Georgetown Washington, DC W 75-70 (7-1)
12/13/2014 Utah Kansas City, Mo. W 63-60 (8-1)
12/20/2014 Lafayette Lawrence, Kan. W 96-69 (9-1)
12/22/2014 Temple Philadelphia, PA L 52-77 (9-2)
12/30/2014 Kent State Lawrence, Kan. W 78-62 (10-2)
1/4/2015 UNLV Lawrence, Kan. W 76-61 (11-2)

Conference Schedule

Spoiler!

1/7/2015 Baylor Waco, Texas W 56-55 (12-2,1-0)
1/10/2015 Texas Tech Lawrence, Kan. W 86-54 (13-2,2-0)
1/13/2015 Oklahoma State Lawrence, Kan. W 67-57 (14-2,3-0)
1/17/2015 Iowa State Ames, Iowa L 81-86 (14-3,3-1)
1/19/2015 Oklahoma Lawrence, Kan. W 85-78 (15-3,4-1)
1/24/2015 Texas Austin, Texas W 75-62 (16-3,5-1)
1/28/2015 TCU Fort Worth, Texas W 64-61(17-3,6-1)
1/31/2015 Kansas State Lawrence, Kan. W 68-57(18-3,7-1)
2/2/2015 Iowa State Lawrence, Kan. W 89-76(19-3,8-1)
2/7/2015 Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. L 62-67(19-4,8-2)
2/10/2015 Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas W 73-51(20-4,9-2)
2/14/2015 Baylor Lawrence, Kan. W 74-64(21-4,10-2)
2/16/2015 West Virginia Morgantown, W. Va. L 61-62(21-5,10-3)
2/21/2015 TCU Lawrence, Kan. W 81-72(22-5,11-3)
2/23/2015 Kansas State Manhattan, Kan. L 63-70(22-6,11-4)
2/28/2015 Texas Lawrence, Kan. W 69-64(23-6,12-4)
3/3/2015 West Virginia Lawrence, Kan. W 76-69(24-6,12-4)
3/7/2015 Oklahoma Norman, Okla. L 73-75(24-7,12-5)
Big 12 Championship
3/12/2015 TCU Kansas City, Mo. W 64-59(25-7)
3/13/2015 Baylor KC, Mo W 62-52(26-7)
3/14/2015 Iowa State KC, Mo W 66-70(25-8)

Fri, March 20 NMSU at Kansas Omaha, NE CBS at 11:15a.m. CT

Players

Spoiler!

New Players
Hunter Mickelson - F Transfer
Cliff Alexander - 5 Star C
Kelly Oubre - 5 Star F/G
Devonte Graham - 4 Star PG
Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk - (Not Ranked but equivalent to 5 Star) G

Players Lost
Tarik Black - Graduation
Andrew Wiggins - NBA Draft
Joel Embiid - NBA Draft
Justin Wesley - Graduation
Niko Roberts - Graduation
Christian Garrett - Graduation
Naadir Tharpe - Transfer
Andrew White - Transfer
Conner Frankamp - Transfer

Returning Starters
Wayne Selden, Jr. - G - Sophmore
Perry Ellis - F - Junior

[saphojunkie]

At this point, I'd like to see the starting lineup of:

FRANKAMP
SELDEN
GREENE
ELLIS
CLIFF

with Oubre, Mason, and Traylor the first off the bench.

But I think there's a chance Lucas starts over Cliff initially. We've seen time and again how veterans get the nod to start the season. But, like Embiid, Cliff will take over that spot eventually.

[KC_Connection]

Frankamp hasn't shown anything to deserve a starting PG role over Tharpe or Mason. He's barely played at all.

[ROYC75]

Originally Posted by RustShack

Names that you will hear a lot of going forward.

Why? They foul out a lot or play no D ?

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Frankamp hasn't shown anything to deserve a starting PG role over Tharpe or Mason. He's barely played at all.

No shit.

[Silock]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Frankamp hasn't shown anything to deserve a starting PG role over Tharpe or Mason. He's barely played at all.

Agreed. About the only thing we've seen out of Frankamp is that he doesn't turn the ball over. But he doesn't create a lot, either.

Mason is going to be awesome next year, I think. Remember how psyched everyone was about this kid at the beginning of the year? He played out of his mind good. Then, he sorta tailed off, like a typical freshman. I think he's going to be outstanding next year, and if he hasn't taken the starting job by conference time, that can only mean good things, because it means Nadir is playing well. Or that we got Devonte Graham.

[saphojunkie]

I am not saying that's what I expect, but what I'd like to see.

I, personally, think Conner is the only true PG we have on the roster right now.

[saphojunkie]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Frankamp hasn't shown anything to deserve a starting PG role over Tharpe or Mason. He's barely played at all.

Did you not watch the tournament?

[Meatloaf]

Ok, KC Conn, here we go again......how about this......Tharpe has proven that he makes bad decision after bad decision both on and off the court. NOT what you want your point guard to be doing.

True, Frankamp didn't play a ton last year, but his court time did increase as the season progressed. Not sure that was true of Tharpe. I think Frankamp's arrow is pointing up, whilst Tharpe's arrow is pointing down.....except of course in the selfie.

Just saying'.....

[Fansy the Famous Bard]

Originally Posted by saphojunkie

At this point, I'd like to see the starting lineup of:

FRANKAMP
SELDEN
GREENE
ELLIS
CLIFF

with Oubre, Mason, and Traylor the first off the bench.

But I think there's a chance Lucas starts over Cliff initially. We've seen time and again how veterans get the nod to start the season. But, like Embiid, Cliff will take over that spot eventually.

hmmm oubre is the one that will probably start. He's got better handles and plays defense, greene not so much.

Tharpe
Selden
Oubre
Ellis
Mickelson

Alexander, Mason, Traylor, Greene, frannie off the bench.

[Mr. Plow]

Originally Posted by saphojunkie

Did you not watch the tournament?

Which is a better indicator of his play last year.... the 2 tournament games or the rest of the season when he played very limited minutes and couldn't beat out Mason or Tharpe for more minutes?

Frankamp should progress nicely next season and I expect him to get some more minutes, but his overall play last year was nothing to jump up and down about.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by saphojunkie

Did you not watch the tournament?

I did. I saw a shooter with no real playmaking ability at all in a couple of games.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Silock

Agreed. About the only thing we've seen out of Frankamp is that he doesn't turn the ball over. But he doesn't create a lot, either.

Mason is going to be awesome next year, I think. Remember how psyched everyone was about this kid at the beginning of the year? He played out of his mind good. Then, he sorta tailed off, like a typical freshman. I think he's going to be outstanding next year, and if he hasn't taken the starting job by conference time, that can only mean good things, because it means Nadir is playing well. Or that we got Devonte Graham.

Yes, I suspect Mason is going to be very good next season.

[Lzen]

Originally Posted by Zeke

Rusty is one of those guys that buys the basketball games. First thing he does - before playing one minute - edits all his players to 99's because the rest of the world is too stupid to understand.

[Lzen]

Originally Posted by texaschiefsfan

Can you imagine what would happen if Iowa State actually did win the conference one day? That dude will come in here and post multiple times an hour!

FYP

[Lzen]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

I did. I saw a shooter with no real playmaking ability at all in a couple of games.

No. What you saw is a freshman who was swimming and having a hard time staying afloat. The adjustment was apparently too much for him for most of the season. But like Perry Ellis, he started to get it late (later than Perry did).

As for who should start next year, I would hope that Mason can take it. Love Tharpe and his playmaking ability but he can't seem to get his head screwed on straight. And that is detrimental to the team.