McHighlights

TheShiver put together a highlight video of Ben McLemore at the 2011 Next All American Classic in Chicago, IL.


Video link

If Richmond wins, so do the terrorists

According to The Atlantic, rooting against Kansas means rooting against America. We can dig it.

Flop? Not Even Close.

This was a comment that needed to be shared. It was posted on KUSports.com in the comments of an article today. Credit goes to the poster. The discussion was on how big of a flop KU would be if they didn't reach the Final Four this year with our bracket.

SaulGood (anonymous) says…

I've seen nothing in this tournament so far if I haven't seen KU buckle down and focus on playing like a team. I'm tired of "ifs" and "maybes". I don't do brackets for this very reason - when the tournament begins, what the heck is the value of a number next to your state/college? This tourney proved...that number means exactly squat.

You know what? I could talk about "if" KU loses and "maybe" it'll be this huge flop/choke/disappointment, but I have been extremely lucky to have watched some of the greatest basketball I've ever seen this year. I've seen two kids from my home state hold a team together and practically alternate pushing this team through to wins. I've seen a young man's heart broken, and in the wake, the responsibility of taking care of his family foisted upon him, and I've seen him keep playing like there's no tomorrow and the sky's the limit. I've seen a pair of brothers punch their tickets to becoming millionaires within the next five years. I've seen a player go from being the most conceited, selfish, careless jerk on the court to being one of the most reliable, productive, work-oriented point guards with unbelievable talent at his disposal.

The words "choke" or "flop" simply don't come to mind for me like they seem to for others here.

Admirable success and one hell of a season, no matter what the result, are the only things I see.

I'm going to watch Friday's game with my father, with whom I've seen more KU games than any other person on the planet. This is the man who taught me to understand the value of integrity on the basketball court, and to play hard, no matter who the opponent is or what the stakes are. And no matter what the final score is, I will support my 'Hawks after they blessed me with a terrific display of amazing basketball.

You can keep your "chokes" and "flops" to yourself.

And we were just learning how to hate you

It's hard to believe that it's already been five years since the coke jokes were flying around at Quin Snyder's expense. In that five years, we have familiarized ourselves with a new brand of mediocrity from Mike Anderson and his "Most annoying 35 minutes of basketball". The fun was just getting started then Arkansas snatched him away leaving Missouri coach-less, title-less and with an awkwardly out-of-date website.

Our fans are better than Your fans.

"PANTS ON BACKWARDS....clap.....clap.....clap clap clap"

Hard to talk about Gottlieb without posting the video. Only 1 minute long, enjoy it. (Ending to that game was awesome.)

Pullen POY??

I think Jacob Pullen deserves player of the year as much as the Taliban deserves the peace prize. "Player of the YEAR" award, not "Player of the Last Three Weeks" award. Suspended for allegedly stealing clothes, or receiving them for somewhere in the $0 range, tells his team he will not play with them if they go to the NIT, lays an egg most of the season, but comes on strong for the last 5 games. Not exactly a POY resume in my opinion. I think KU, UT, and CU have better options for POY, some more than one. Then again Gottlieb can't even get his pants on the right way, how is he going to effectively pick the POY.

Edge to Mizzou? I think not.

KU - 78
MU - 69

Awww...you shouldn't have!

Thanks Texas for the easy path to our seventh straight conference title! I suppose KState should get some credit, but let's not kid ourselves. KState just happened to be in the right place at the right time. Texas was due for a meltdown. It has become the legacy of Rick Barnes. Even our little blog here saw it coming (although not with this accelerated schedule).


Looking back in history, we can see why this should not come as a surprise. Going back to the last 10 years, Texas has at least one two game losing streak every year.  In half of those 10 years there was a period with 3 loses in 4 games. And lest we not forget about last years 5 loses in 7 games debacle that saw them going from a #1 ranking to completely falling off the radar.


Here is the raw data:

2010/11 - 3 of 4
2009/10 - 3 of 4 | 5 of 7
2008/09 - 3 of 4 | 4 of 6
2007/08 - 2 of 3
2006/07 - 2 of 3 twice
2005/06 - 2 of 3
2004/05 - 3 of 4
2003/04 - 2 of 3
2002/03 - 2 of 3
2001/02 - 3 of 4


By comparison, you'd have to go back to 2005 to find the last time Kansas even had back to back losses.

It's just... Missouri

Jacob Pullen sums it up pretty well.

“With Kansas, we have the utmost respect for them and that program,” Pullen said on Thursday. “Mario (Little) is from Chicago, and Sherron (Collins) was from Chicago. I know a lot of those guys. Some of us spent the summer with the (Morris) twins. With them, it’s nothing personal. It’s a wholesome rivalry. I can’t say the same about Missouri. 

“It’s just a combination of things with them. It’s just … Missouri.”

Well said.  Good luck today.


Source: Rivals

McLemore Dismissed

Ben McLemore dismissed for apparently violating an undisclosed team rule.  Not even to Lawrence yet and already learning from his upper classmen.  I do not recommend letting him near the football team, ex-girlfriends, airsoft rifles or Facebook for at least a couple of weeks.



Complete article at here.

TWOD - From the department of redundancy department

Today's TWOD (TWeet Of the Day) is brought to you by Markieff Morris (@Kansastwin21), who tweets:

F.O.E over everything

Which when decompressed actually reads "family over everything over everything".  


Maybe the Morri should stick to dunks and eager elbows and leave the confusing tweets to the rest of us.

Nobody's Perfect

It is true, the Jayhawks will not have an undefeated season this year.  Fortunately, no one else will either.  Many felt like the sky was falling when we lost to a K-State team that was heading in the wrong direction.  But truth is, some team with at least two losses will win the title this year.  (Sorry SDSU, not gonna happen.)

Kansas may be back on track to make a deep run in the tourney this year.  With all of our injuries and suspensions this year we have not found the Bill Self style cohesiveness yet this year.  We have not had an opportunity to gel into a complete team.  The loss to KSU may be just what this team needed to finally become a team.

Kansas needed a late loss to Oklahoma State in 08' to start playing complete games.  I would think there is nothing like a loss to KSU to instill that kind of spark.  If I was Bill I would play the KSU court storming to my guys before every game. 

My point is, everyone has lost a game in college basketball this year.  Most have lost more than one.  Although there is no clear cut #1 best team in the country this year, whichever team picks the right time to gel will have the best shot at winning it all.

Duke has not looked dominant since the loss of Kyrie Irving, and the ACC is weak.  Texas I believe has peaked too early and may be heading the other direction. Ohio State has played well, but seem to have lost the unbeatable attitude they had been carrying.  Pitt looks really good, hope we don't end up on their side of the bracket, or worst case as the #2 seed in their bracket. 

KU has had more distractions and injuries this season than any in recent memory.  Some of which have distracted our guys, but some have really pulled them together as a team.  This team has opportunity to pull together and do something very special this year.  Here's to another rock chalk championship, IF we can get it together in the last three games.

March 5th

Texas is known for their meltdowns, and for KU to have a chance to win their seventh straight conference title, they are going to need a Texas-sized meltdown. It seems the best chance for Texas to leave that door open is March 5th at Baylor.


Of course, KU has to win out to make all this happen, but isn't that the assumption that all arguments are based on?