***Official '22/'23 Defending Natl' Champion KU Men’s Basketball Repository Thread***

[cmh6476]

The Team:

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

The Schedule:

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

[Mr. Plow]

Originally Posted by KC Hawks

KU drops two spots from #6 to #8 in the AP Poll after winning by 28 at Mizzou.

Why do we play these losers again?

It hurts us to beat them in basketball and they are too scared to play us in football.

[RockChalk]

Originally Posted by Mr. Plow

It hurts us to beat them in basketball and they are too scared to play us in football.

"We don't care. You guys lost by double digits in last 6 of 7 games" - TomBardnt, somewhere

[Mr. Plow]

Originally Posted by RockChalk

"We don't care. You guys lost by double digits in last 6 of 7 games" - TomBardnt, somewhere

[Kiimo]

Kansas blows out their arch rival in their arena who was undefeated and top 30


AP drops them two places. Makes sense.

[RockChalk]

Originally Posted by Kiimosabi

Kansas blows out their arch rival in their arena who was undefeated and top 30


AP drops them two places. Makes sense.

Think it had more to do with voters unwilling to move UT/Houston down too many spots

[smithandrew051]

I’m going to predict that Purdue as number 1 won’t last long.

[RockChalk]

Originally Posted by smithandrew051

I’m going to predict that Purdue as number 1 won’t last long.

I can't stand to watch their big. It's painful to watch him play

[ChiefsFanatic]

Originally Posted by RockChalk

IU sucks. Like Mizzou, their record is a product of a very weak schedule. Outside of beating Xavier, they don't have a quality win (unless you think UNC is a good win). If we don't beat them by 15+, I'll be surprised.

If you think Indiana is bad like MU, you definitely haven't watched them play enough. Or, you just don't really understand basketball.

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[RaidersOftheCellar]

Originally Posted by RockChalk

IU sucks. Like Mizzou, their record is a product of a very weak schedule. Outside of beating Xavier, they don't have a quality win (unless you think UNC is a good win). If we don't beat them by 15+, I'll be surprised.

"Sucks" is strong. I think they're pretty good. Probably a legit top 25 team. But I do expect KU to win.

[RockChalk]

Originally Posted by ChiefsFanatic

If you think Indiana is bad like MU, you definitely haven't watched them play enough. Or, you just don't really understand basketball.

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Pretty good understanding of it. Maybe sucks is too strong of a word, but I definitely don't think they are even close in caliber to us.

[cmh6476]

Originally Posted by RockChalk

Pretty good understanding of it. Maybe sucks is too strong of a word, but I definitely don't think they are even close in caliber to us.

So like 8 of 10 times we beat them, unlike maybe 9 of 10 for Missouri?

[ChiefsFanatic]

Originally Posted by RockChalk

Pretty good understanding of it. Maybe sucks is too strong of a word, but I definitely don't think they are even close in caliber to us.

I have watched a couple of their games, and they are more athletic than we are, and it's not close.

Self coached teams, especially his teams that are not stacked with 4 & 5 Star Players, often get beat by teams that are substantially more athletic, even if that team doesn't have any stand out stars.

Oklahoma State has beaten Self several times just because they were more athletic, although they did have a star or two in a couple of those games.

We have lost to unranked teams in the preseason who were just more athletic.

We got run in the tournament a couple of times by teams that were more athletic.

But in almost all of those games, we had the better players, and almost certainly a better head coach and coaching staff.

So, just thinking that a team isn't the same caliber is just naive at best, and arrogantly ignorant at worst.

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[RockChalk]

Originally Posted by ChiefsFanatic

I have watched a couple of their games, and they are more athletic than we are, and it's not close.

Self coached teams, especially his teams that are not stacked with 4 & 5 Star Players, often get beat by teams that are substantially more athletic, even if that team doesn't have any stand out stars.

Oklahoma State has beaten Self several times just because they were more athletic, although they did have a star or two in a couple of those games.

We have lost to unranked teams in the preseason who were just more athletic.

We got run in the tournament a couple of times by teams that were more athletic.

But in almost all of those games, we had the better players, and almost certainly a better head coach and coaching staff.

So, just thinking that a team isn't the same caliber is just naive at best, and arrogantly ignorant at worst.

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Guess we'll see on Saturday

Sorry my different scout of Indiana from yours struck such a chord

[Pablo]

Does anybody else feel like indiana sucks dick from behind and are a bunch of slow country bumpkins????

[RockChalk]

Originally Posted by Pablo

Does anybody else feel like indiana sucks dick from behind and are a bunch of slow country bumpkins????

I agree with you and believe Saturday's game will support our shared opinion of them.

But ChiefsFanatic believes they are the likely National Champion based on his posts so far.