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3 years 2 months ago - 3 years 2 months ago #26251 by HawkErrant
... and our Jayhawks host the Wildcats in the first of two Sunflower Showdown games on another...

... Buh duh DUH duh DUH DUH duh duh duh duh DUH DUH DUH ... BALL NIGHT!

#23/22 KU (11-6, 5-4) versus Kansas State (5-13, 1-8 ). TV Game voices will be Ted Emrich (play-by-play) and Lance Blanks (analyst), KU radio voices will be Brian Hanni (play-by-play) and Greg Gurley (analyst). For those watching live and wanting to hear the radio instead of the TV talking heads, check out kuathletics.leanplayer.com/ . Pause your TV for about 15 seconds for a "real time" narration of the game, (Thanks, Bayhawk!) Note that you can also use leanplayer to listen to "Hawk Talk with Bill Self".

Don't forget to check out the JAYHAWK GAME DAY LIVE pregame show on ESPN+!

The ESPN pregame prediction favors KU to win 95.4% of the time compared to 4.6% for KState.

ESPN: AP and Coaches Poll rankings

Articles and fun facts courtesy of KU Athletics

KUAD Game Preview: v KState

KUAD Game Notes: v KState
40 pages of KU facts. (Remember it was published before the latest polls were announced today).



Let's get real, RCBers -- if our Jayhawks can't win this game... SMH. >sigh<

LET'S GO JAYHAWKS!

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3 years 2 months ago #26277 by HawkErrant
OP updated for change from Mon Feb 22 to Tue Feb 23.

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3 years 2 months ago - 3 years 2 months ago #26283 by HawkErrant
... Cumberland, Maryland, home of my old schools Allegany High School (GO, CAMPERS!) and Allegany Community College (now Allegany College of Maryland -- GO, TROJANS!) (texkan's nurse here, moonlighting with VNA Kansas -- he's now had his morning meds and I've shut down the rambling reminiscing mode, you are welcome! Enjoy the game and your Jello shots!), and where as I write this it's about 10 degrees warmer up in the mountains of Morgantown than it is in the rolling hills of Lawrence -- but still FREEZING cold!!! -- our Jayhawks swoop into the Mountaineers' cabin for another...

... Buh duh DUH duh DUH DUH duh duh duh duh DUH DUH DUH ... BALL DAY!!

Our #23/22 Jayhawks (12-6, 6-4) and the #17/18 Mountaineers (12-5, 5-3) tip off at 1:00 PM (CT) on CBS, with Spero Dedes (play-by-play) and Bill Raftery (analyst) our talking heads. KU radio voices will be Brian Hanni (play-by-play) and Greg Gurley (analyst).

For those watching live and wanting to hear the radio instead of the TV talking heads, check out kuathletics.leanplayer.com/ Pause your TV/device for about 15 seconds for a "real time" narration of the game, (Thanks, Bayhawk!) Note that you can also use leanplayer to listen to "Hawk Talk with Bill Self" when it is available (check the KU leanplayer schedule).

ESPN.com: College Basketball Rankings (AP and Coaches polls)

ESPN's Basketball Power Index favors WVU 65.9% to 34.1%. The current spread favors WVU by 2.5 points.

KUAthletics.com Video: Agbaji, Self talk WVU

KUAthletics.com: Game Preview - @WVU.

KUAthletics.com Game Day Notes
A 40 page edition of Game Day Notes comprising a media and fan mini-mother lode of KU info.
Enjoy!

KUSports.com: Game Day Breakdown - @WVU
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The life you save may be your own -- or your loved one's, or your friends, or ...
(A PSA from your friendly neighborhood retired Army Medical Service Corps Jayhawk, who spends way too much of his time tracking the constant uptick of the death toll, which in less than a year has surpassed the total US dead in World War II and is closing in on HALF A MILLION U.S. dead as I write this -- over 470,000 this morning according to Worldometers. It's Public Health, YOUR health and the health of your family and friends, your fellow Americans. It is NOT politics, it is SCIENCE! Thank you.)
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3 years 2 months ago #26329 by HawkErrant
OP has been updated for recently announced schedule changes.

TONIGHT
Thu Feb 11 ISU AFH 6:00 PM the rescheduled game, moved up an hour and to ESPN

2nd SUNFLOWER SHOWDOWN pushed back a day
Wed Feb 17 Kansas St Manhattan TBD

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3 years 2 months ago - 3 years 2 months ago #26330 by HawkErrant
... and the winds of change have our Jayhawks hosting the Cyclones an hour earlier AND on ESPN instead of the originally announced time & channel for the rescheduled AFH game on another subfreezing Kansas ...

... Buh duh DUH duh DUH DUH duh duh duh duh DUH DUH DUH ... BALL NIGHT!

Kansas (13-7, 7-5) versus Iowa State (2-12. 0-9). TV Game voices will be Mark Neely (play-by-play) and Lance Blanks (analyst) (oh, joy... ramble on...), KU radio voices will be Brian Hanni (play-by-play) and Greg Gurley (analyst). For those watching live and wanting to hear the radio instead of the TV talking heads, check out kuathletics.leanplayer.com/ . Pause your TV for about 15 seconds for a "real time" narration of the game, (Thanks, Bayhawk!) Note that you can also use leanplayer to listen to "Hawk Talk with Bill Self".

Don't forget to check out the JAYHAWK GAME DAY LIVE pregame show on ESPN+!

The ESPN pregame prediction favors KU to win 90.9% of the time compared to 9.1% for ISU (NB: ISU's chances are better than KState's were last week. Just noting.)
The spread is 15 for Kansas, but I think that is just a bit too much.
I also hope KU beats ISU *and* the spread!

ESPN: AP and Coaches Poll rankings (What's wrong with these pictures? You got it. Got to earn a place...)

ESPN: Kansas looks for home win vs Iowa State

Articles and fun facts courtesy of KU Athletics

KUAD Game Preview: v ISU (video and article)

KUAD Game Notes: v ISU
40 pages of KU facts. (Remember it was published before the latest polls were announced today).

Hope you have had a great day and have an even greater night!
As always, be safe out there *and* be a potentially life saving hero -- MASKS ON!

The life you save may be your own -- or your loved one's, or your friend's, or ...

(A PSA from your friendly neighborhood retired Army Medical Service Corps Jayhawk

who spends way too much of his time tracking the constant uptick of the death toll, which in less than a year has surpassed the total US dead in World War II and is closing in on HALF A MILLION U.S. dead -- over 484,000 as I write this, according to Worldometers.
It's Public Health, YOUR health and the health of your family, your friends and your fellow Americans.
It is NOT politics, it is NOT civil liberties, it is SCIENCE!
Thank you.)

(available at your University of Kansas Bookstore!)

LET'S GO JAYHAWKS!

ROCK CHALK! JAYHAWK! KU!

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
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3 years 2 months ago - 3 years 2 months ago #26342 by HawkErrant
... and the winds of winter find our Jayhawks VISITING the Cyclones less than 48 hours after the beat down in AFH on a NATIONWIDE subfreezing ...

... Buh duh DUH duh DUH DUH duh duh duh duh DUH DUH DUH ... BALL DAY!

Kansas (14-7, 8-5) at Iowa State (2-13, 0-10), and our beloved birds must bring the same energy level they last displayed in AFH in order to break the 6 game road losing streak they are on, as even this season's lowly Cyclones will be up for the upset in Hilton. TV Game voices will be Dave O'Brien (play-by-play) and Fran Fraschilla (analyst) (hey, at least it's not Lance Blanks...), KU radio voices will be Brian Hanni (play-by-play) and Greg Gurley (analyst). For those watching live and wanting to hear the radio instead of the TV talking heads, check out kuathletics.leanplayer.com/ . Pause your TV for about 15 seconds for a "real time" narration of the game, (Thanks, Bayhawk!) Note that you can also use leanplayer to listen to "Hawk Talk with Bill Self".

Don't forget to check out the JAYHAWK GAME DAY LIVE pregame show on ESPN+!

The ESPN pregame prediction favors KU to win 85.6% of the time compared to 14.4% for ISU, with the spread at 11.5 for Kansas.

ESPN: AP and Coaches Poll rankings

Articles and fun facts courtesy of KU Athletics and KUSports.com

KUAD Game Preview: at ISU

KUAD Game Notes: at ISU 41 pages of KU facts.

KUSports.com/Tait - Game day breakdown: Kansas basketball at Iowa State

KUSports.com/Jackson - Getting to know: Iowa State basketball

KUSports.com/Tait - A closer look at Bill Self's two-games-at-a-time approach to Big 12 basketball

KUSports.com/Tait - Basketball Friends | Jayhawks Digging In On Defense

KUSports.com/Smith - Jayhawks will go as far as David McCormack can carry them this postseason

KUSports.com/Smith - Bryce Thompson exceeds expectations in return, raising KU's ceiling for stretch run

Hope you are having a great day and have an even greater night!
As always, be safe out there *and* be a potentially life saving hero -- MASKS ON!

The life you save may be your own -- or your loved one's, or your friend's, or ...

(A PSA from your friendly neighborhood retired Army Medical Service Corps Jayhawk

who spends way too much of his time tracking the constant uptick of the death toll, which in one year has surpassed the total US dead in World War II and is closing in on HALF A MILLION U.S. dead -- over 492,000 as I write this, according to Worldometers.
It's Public Health, YOUR health and the health of your family, your friends and your fellow Americans.
It is NOT politics, it is NOT civil liberties, it is SCIENCE!
Thank you.)

(available at your University of Kansas Bookstore!)

LET'S GO JAYHAWKS!

ROCK CHALK! JAYHAWK! KU!

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
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3 years 2 months ago - 3 years 2 months ago #26369 by HawkErrant
... and the winds of winter have blown our Jayhawks westward to Manhattan for another subfreezing Kansas ...

... Buh duh DUH duh DUH DUH duh duh duh duh DUH DUH DUH ... BALL NIGHT!

#23/24 Kansas (15-7, 9-5) versus hapless Kansas State (5-17, 1-12, the 1 being a win over winless ISU) in part 2 of the 2021 Sunflower Showdown.

Can you say TRAP GAME? Normally I'd say KState could never be a trap game, but this year they are so bad...

TV Game voices will be Rich Hollenberg (play-by-play) and Robbie Hummel (analyst), KU radio voices will be Brian Hanni (play-by-play) and Greg Gurley (analyst). For those watching live and wanting to hear the radio instead of the TV talking heads, check out kuathletics.leanplayer.com/ . Pause your TV for about 15 seconds for a "real time" narration of the game, (Thanks, Bayhawk!) Note that you can also use leanplayer to listen to "Hawk Talk with Bill Self".

Don't forget to check out the JAYHAWK GAME DAY LIVE pregame show on ESPN+!

The ESPN pregame prediction favors KU to win 93.9% of the time compared to 6.1% for KSU.
The spread is 12.5 for Kansas.

Here's to earning a SWEEP!

ESPN: AP and Coaches Poll rankings

Articles and fun facts courtesy of KU Athletics and others.

KUAD Game Preview: at KSU

KUAD video: Jayhawks Preview Dillons Sunflower Showdown

KUAD Game Notes: at KSU
42 pages of KU facts.

KUSports.com - Tait: Game day breakdown: No. 23 Kansas basketball at Kansas State

Wichita Eagle - Robinette: Three ways K-State can challenge KU without a typical homecourt advantage at Bramlage

SBNation_KState Slate - Luke Sobba: KU looking forward to docile Bramlage Coliseum:

Here's a little something unrelated to today's game -- The Jayhawker Podcast | Chicago Born, Lawrence Made



Hope you have had a great day and have an even greater night!
As always, be safe out there *and* be a potentially life saving hero -- MASKS ON!

The life you save may be your own -- or your loved one's, or your friend's, or ...

(A PSA from your friendly neighborhood retired Army Medical Service Corps Jayhawk

who spends way too much of his time tracking the constant uptick of the death toll, which in just one year has surpassed the total US dead in World War II and HALF A MILLION U.S. dead -- over 500,150 as I write this, according to Worldometers.
It's Public Health, YOUR health and the health of your family, your friends and your fellow Americans.
It is NOT politics, it is NOT civil liberties, it is SCIENCE!
Thank you.)

(available at your University of Kansas Bookstore!)

LET'S GO JAYHAWKS!

ROCK CHALK! JAYHAWK! KU! [/quote]

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3 years 2 months ago #26370 by HawkErrant
I had missed the KUAD Video, have added it to the game post.

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3 years 1 month ago #26382 by HawkErrant
... and to escape the cold heart of Texas the Red Raiders of Texas Tech travel north to Lawrence, where our Jayhawks are planning to scorch them in Allen Field House when the conference foes engage again on a Big 12 Saturday...

... Buh duh DUH duh DUH DUH duh duh duh duh DUH DUH DUH ... BALL DAY!!

#23/24 Kansas (16-7, 10-5) versus #15/11 Texas Tech (14-6, 6-5). who hope to pay back our Crimson & Blue clad lads for the L the Jayhawks hung on them TWO MONTHS AGO(!) in Lubbock.

Man, do I hope our guys come out on fire in this game! Our recent first half shenanigans won't stand against a quality Tech squad.
(I also hope that asteroid gets enough sleep Friday night. This came is not real early, but it's still way too early Hawai'i time -- 9 AM in the Islands at game time -- when he's trying to get his post online for us to read beforehand.)

TV Game voices will be Bob Wischusen (play-by-play) and Dick (Groan) Vitale (he's an analyst, I tell ya, the guy has got game and he knows how to talk it, if only he would stay in the game he's working and not wander away to far off realms that have nothing to do with the game at hand!), KU radio voices will be Brian Hanni (play-by-play) and Greg Gurley (analyst). For those watching live and wanting to hear the radio instead of the TV talking heads, check out kuathletics.leanplayer.com/ . Pause your TV for about 15 seconds for a "real time" narration of the game, (Thanks, Bayhawk!) Note that you can also use leanplayer to listen to "Hawk Talk with Bill Self".

Don't forget to check out the JAYHAWK GAME DAY LIVE pregame show on ESPN+!

Now THIS is an interesting pickle! The ESPN pregame prediction just barely favors Tech to win 50.1% of the time -- *in* The Phog! -- compared to 49.9% for KANSAS... but the spread favors KU by 2!

In other words, it looks like a TOSS UP!

Here's to KANSAS earning the SWEEP!

ESPN: AP and Coaches Poll rankings

Articles and fun facts courtesy of KU Athletics and others.

KUAD Game Preview: v Tech

KUAD Game Notes: v Tech
41 pages of KU facts.

KUSports.com - Tait: Game day breakdown: No. 23 Kansas basketball v #15 Texas Tech Great stuff, Matt!


Here's a little something unrelated to today's game -- KUSports.com - Tait: Kansas basketball coach Bill Self says KU has discussed adding a game during upcoming off week



Hope you have had a great day and have an even greater night and Saturday!!!
As always, stay warm and stay safe out there! Be a potentially life saving hero -- MASKS ON!

The life you save may be your own -- or your loved one's, or your friend's, or ...

(A PSA from your friendly neighborhood retired Army Medical Service Corps Jayhawk

who spends way too much of his time tracking the constant uptick of the COVID-19 death toll, which in just one year has surpassed the total US dead in World War II and surged past HALF A MILLION U.S. dead -- over 507,000 as I write this, according to Worldometers.
It's Public Health, YOUR health and the health of your family, your friends and your fellow Americans.
It is NOT politics, it is NOT civil liberties, it is SCIENCE!
Thank you.)

(available at your University of Kansas Bookstore!)

LET'S GO JAYHAWKS!

ROCK CHALK! JAYHAWK! KU!

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3 years 1 month ago - 3 years 1 month ago #26407 by HawkErrant
... and the Jayhawks travel to the thawing heart of Texas to try to even the score against the teasips this year on another Kansas Jayhawks Big 12...

... Buh duh DUH duh DUH DUH duh duh duh duh DUH DUH DUH ... BALL NIGHT!

#17/19 Kansas (17-7, 11-5) versus #14/160 Texas (13-6, 7-5) as our Crimson & Blue clad lads look to make up for the L the teasips hung on them earlier in Allen Fieldhouse.

Once again, we need to come out on fire in this game! Fingers crossed for a hot hand or two - or three - in Blue for this game, and a much better showing on tdefense!

TV Game voices will be Bob Wischusen (play-by-play) and Jay Bilas (analyst), KU radio voices will be Brian Hanni (play-by-play) and Greg Gurley (analyst). For those watching live and wanting to hear the radio instead of the TV talking heads, check out kuathletics.leanplayer.com/ . Pause your TV for about 15 seconds for a "real time" narration of the game, (Thanks, Bayhawk!) Note that you can also use leanplayer to listen to "Hawk Talk with Bill Self".

Don't forget to check out the JAYHAWK GAME DAY LIVE pregame show on ESPN+!

The ESPN pregame prediction favors tu to win 58.8% of the time, compared to 41.2% for KANSAS. The spread favors tu by 2.5.

Here's to KANSAS beating the odds and earning the equalizer!

ESPN: AP and Coaches Poll rankings
Note the Jayhawks jump in the standings since last week!

Articles and fun facts courtesy of KU Athletics and others.

KUAD Game Preview: @Texas

KUAD Game Notes: @Texas
41 detailed pages of KU facts.

KUSports.com - Tait: Game day breakdown: No. 17 Kansas basketball @ #15 Texas


Now let's take a look back at the most recent game, in particular A closer look at Marcus Garrett's mid-February masterpiece vs. Texas Tech by Matt Tait.

And here's a little something else as well, some controversy:
KUSports.com - Smith: Kansas only Big 12 team to enter week on target to play full league schedule on time
KUSports.com - Tait: Enough with the fuss about Baylor not playing enough Big 12 games; let it play out & see what happens




Hope you have had a great day and have an even greater night!!!
As always, stay warm and stay safe out there! Be a potentially life saving hero -- MASKS ON!

The life you save may be your own -- or your loved one's, or your friend's, or ...

(A PSA from your friendly neighborhood retired Army Medical Service Corps Jayhawk

who spends way too much of his time tracking the constant uptick of the COVID-19 death toll.

It's Public Health, YOUR health and the health of your family, your friends and your fellow Americans.
It is NOT politics, it is NOT civil liberties, it is SCIENCE!
Thank you.)

(available at your University of Kansas Bookstore!)

LET'S GO JAYHAWKS!

ROCK CHALK! JAYHAWK! KU!

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
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3 years 1 month ago - 3 years 1 month ago #26438 by HawkErrant
... and the Jayhawks host the Bears of Baylor in The Phog for another Kansas Jayhawks Big 12...

... Buh duh DUH duh DUH DUH duh duh duh duh DUH DUH DUH ... BALL NIGHT!

#17/19 Kansas (17-8, 11-6) versus #2/2 Baylor (18-0, 10-0) as our Crimson & Blue clad lads try yet again to avenge an L from earlier in the year. So far, only the teasips have been able to sweep the Jayhawks this season, but the Bears are certainly well positioned to do so, as asteroid's analysis indicates.

We've had the Defense to win in recent games, the question is will the Offense show up enough to record the biggest W of the season to date? Fingers crossed for a hot hand or two - or three - in Blue for this game, to accompany another solid showing on Defense!

TV Game voices will be Dan Shulman (play-by-play) and Jay Bilas (analyst), KU radio voices will be Brian Hanni (play-by-play) and Greg Gurley (analyst). For those watching live and wanting to hear the radio instead of the TV talking heads, check out kuathletics.leanplayer.com/ . Pause your TV for about 15 seconds for a "real time" narration of the game, (Thanks, Bayhawk!) Note that you can also use leanplayer to listen to "Hawk Talk with Bill Self".

Don't forget to check out the JAYHAWK GAME DAY LIVE pregame show on ESPN+!

The ESPN pregame prediction favors BU to win 76.2% of the time, compared to 23.8% for KANSAS. The spread favors BU by 4.

ESPN: AP and Coaches Poll rankings

Articles and fun facts courtesy of KU Athletics and others.

KUAD Game Preview: v BU

KUAD Game Notes: v BU
42 detailed pages of KU facts.

KUSports.com - Tait: Game day breakdown: No. 17 Kansas basketball v #2 Baylor

KUSports.com - Smith: Jayhawks might be catching No. 2 Baylor at perfect time to pull off an upset

KUSports.com: Jackson -- Kansas coach Bill Self previews Baylor ahead of rematch on Senior Night

KUSports.com: Jackson -- Kansas guard Marcus Garrett reflects on career ahead of Senior Night (as noted earlier on the RCB, fellow seniors Mitch Lightfoot and Chris Teahan have opted to stay for a "super senior" season; Marcus may eventually decide to as well, but for now... Baylor)





Hope you have had a great day and have an even greater night and Saturday!!!
As always, stay warm and stay safe out there! Be a potentially life saving hero -- MASKS ON!

The life you save may be your own -- or your loved one's, or your friend's, or ...

(A PSA from your friendly neighborhood retired Army Medical Service Corps Jayhawk

who spends way too much of his time tracking the constant uptick of the COVID-19 death toll.

It's Public Health, YOUR health and the health of your family, your friends and your fellow Americans.
It is NOT politics, it is NOT civil liberties, it is SCIENCE!
Thank you.)

(available at your University of Kansas Bookstore!)

LET'S GO JAYHAWKS!

ROCK CHALK! JAYHAWK! KU!

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
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3 years 1 month ago #26469 by HawkErrant
Viewing venue per ESPN.com game info. www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game?gameId=401307902
Still no change on the KUAD Official Schedule (reads "ESPN Networks"), which has me wondering if the may be trying to get on ESPNU or ESPN2, but unless there are changes those channels already have scheduled games, so...

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3 years 1 month ago - 3 years 1 month ago #26491 by HawkErrant
... and the Jayhawks play their final home game of the year in venerable Allen Fieldhouse hosting the Miners of UTEP for the 2021 Phog Finale on another Kansas Jayhawks...

... Buh duh DUH duh DUH DUH duh duh duh duh DUH DUH DUH ... BALL NIGHT!
(And a good time to once again note the contribution of jaythawk1 and his #1 son in creating and providing the Ball Day and Ball Night pics used in this thread! Thanks again, fellas!)

#13/14 Kansas (18-8, 12-6, 12-1 Home) hosts University of Texas - El Paso (12-10, 8-8, 2-8 Away) as our Jayhawks, in preparation for what we hope will be a highly successful postseason, look to close out the final home game of the AY2020-21 season with a win for the 38th year in a row.

Of note is that these two programs have met just four times in the past, the first being in the 1966 NCAA Tournament when then Texas Western beat the JoJo White led Jayhawks in the Midwest Regional Finals and went on to win it all. KANSAS won the last meeting on Nov. 30, 2013 in the third-place game of the Battle 4 Atlantis 67-63 to finally get a win in the series, now standing at 3-1 UTEP. This will be the first meeting between the two schools in Lawrence. The Miners, one of the best ball handling teams in Division 1 (only 10.9 turnovers per game), have won their last 4 games by an average of almost 16 points, holding their opponents under 60 points per game during the streak.

TV Game voices will be Dave Armstrong (play-by-play) and Chris Piper (analyst) (YAY!), KU radio voices will be Brian Hanni (play-by-play) and Greg Gurley (analyst). No real need to for this game, but for those few watching live and wanting to hear the radio instead of Dave and Pipe, check out kuathletics.leanplayer.com/ . Pause your device for about 15 seconds for a "real time" narration of the game, (Thanks, Bayhawk!) Note that you can also use leanplayer to listen to "Hawk Talk with Bill Self".

Don't forget to check out the JAYHAWK GAME DAY LIVE pregame show on ESPN+!

The ESPN pregame prediction favors KANSAS to win 95.3% of the time, compared to 4.7% for UTEP. The spread favors KANSAS by 18!

ESPN: AP and Coaches Poll rankings

Articles and fun facts courtesy of KU Athletics and others.

KUAD Game Preview: v UTEP

KUAD video: Preview v UTEP

KUAD Game Notes: v UTEP
42 detailed, fun-filled pages of KU facts.

KUSports.com - Tait: Game day breakdown: No. 13 Kansas basketball v UTEP

KUSports.com - Tait: Kansas basketball program happy to fit Thursday's clash with UTEP into valuable down time

KUSports.com: Tait -- Thursday’s trip to Allen Fieldhouse not entirely new for everyone on the UTEP roster

KUSports.com: Smith -- How the Jayhawks' February resurgence compares with nation's best teams

A look at tonight's game from the UTEP stands...
UTEP.com: UTEP MBB Set to take on #13 Kansas in Allen Fieldhouse Thursday Night




Anna and I hope you have a great day and an even greater night this Thursday!!!

As always, stay warm and stay safe out there! Be a potentially life saving hero -- MASKS ON!
The life you save may be your own -- or your loved one's, or your friend's, or ...

(A PSA from your friendly neighborhood retired Army Medical Service Corps Jayhawk

who spends way too much of his time tracking the constant uptick of the COVID-19 death toll.

It's Public Health, YOUR health and the health of your family, your friends and your fellow Americans.
It is NOT politics, it is NOT civil liberties, it is SCIENCE!
Thank you.)

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LET'S GO JAYHAWKS!

ROCK CHALK! JAYHAWK! KU!

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3 years 1 month ago #26582 by HawkErrant
First, a moment of silence for the never played 2020 postseason.
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The conference Golden Ticket tournament runs from
Wed Mar 10 to Sat Mar 13
in the rechristened T-Mobile Center in KCMO.
All games are on ESPN or ESPN(2).

See the OP for the dates and times for KANSAS, following just below the regular season schedule & results. The Big 12 Golden Ticket Tournament in its entirety is a "pg dn" further down in the OP.

Click here to see the official Big 12T bracket , which the conference should be updating as the games are played.

LET'S GO JAYHAWKS!
ROCK CHALK! JAYHAWK! KU!

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3 years 1 month ago #26624 by HawkErrant
... and the Jayhawks are looking forward to proving the adage about beating a team three times in one season as they play the Texas Longhorns in the Big 12 Golden Ticket Tournament on another Kansas Jayhawks Big 12...

... Buh duh DUH duh DUH DUH duh duh duh duh DUH DUH DUH ... BALL NIGHT!

#11/12 Kansas (20-8, 12-6) plays #13/16 University of Texas (18-7, 11-6) as our Jayhawks, playing without Big Dave McCormack and Tristan Enaruna, look to defeat the only Big 12 team they have yet to register a win against this season.

TV Game voices will be Bob Wischusen (play-by-play) and Fran Fraschilla (analyst), KU radio voices will be Brian Hanni (play-by-play) and Greg Gurley (analyst). For those watching live and wanting to hear the radio instead of the TV talkning heads, check out kuathletics.leanplayer.com/ . Pause your device for about 15 seconds for a "real time" narration of the game, (Thanks, Bayhawk!) Note that you can also use leanplayer to listen to "Hawk Talk with Bill Self".

Don't forget to check out the JAYHAWK GAME DAY pregame show 8:00 PM CT on ESPN+!

OF NOTE -- in it's 23 previous iterations since the first Big 12 Tournament in 1997, EVERY tournament winner has been an old Big 8 university. KU has won 11 titles, ISU has won 5, OU has won 3, OKSt has won 2, and Meth U won 2 while it was in the conference. Here's hoping that old Big 8 school record continues with this year's tournament with an OKSt v KU final!

Believe it or not, the ESPN pregame matchup predictor favors KANSAS to win 60.9% of the time, compared to 39.1% for tu. Clearly it is not allowing for the absence of Big Dave (IMO).The spread consensus pick favors tu by 1 (59%).

ESPN: AP and Coaches Poll rankings

Articles and fun facts courtesy of KU Athletics and others.

KUAD Game Preview: v tu

KUAD Game Notes: v tu
42 detailed, fun-filled pages of KU facts.

KUSports.com - Smith: Mitch Lightfoot plans on keeping KU in win column while David McCormack is out



Anna and I hope you have a great day and an even greater night this Friday!!!

As always, stay warm and stay safe out there! Be a potentially life saving hero -- MASKS ON!
The life you save may be your own -- or your loved one's, or your friend's, or ...

(A PSA from your friendly neighborhood retired Army Medical Service Corps Jayhawk

who spends way too much of his time tracking the constant uptick of the COVID-19 death toll.

It's Public Health, YOUR health and the health of your family, your friends and your fellow Americans.
It is NOT politics, it is NOT civil liberties, it is SCIENCE!
Thank you.)

(available at your University of Kansas Bookstore!)

LET'S GO JAYHAWKS!

ROCK CHALK! JAYHAWK! KU!

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
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3 years 1 month ago #26640 by HawkErrant
The origin post has been updated to reflect the Bears falling to the Cowboys 83-74 and KANSAS withdrawing from the B12T because a player in KC tested positive for COVID-19. >sigh<

The Cowboys play the Longhorns for the title tonight.
GO POKES!

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3 years 4 weeks ago #26702 by HawkErrant
... and once again NCAA Tournament time finds our Beloved Birds* flying high with hope, today preparing for aerial competition against the Eagles of Eastern Washington on another KANSAS JAYHAWK...

... Buh duh DUH duh DUH DUH duh duh duh duh DUH DUH DUH ... BALL DAY!!

FLY HIGH, KANSAS!!!

(*Yeah, I just made our JAYHAWKS Killer Bs!)

3 seed Kansas (20-8 ) versus 14 seed Eastern Washington (16-7) of the Big Sky conference. The Eagles finished tied for second in the Big Sky and won the conference tourney to make the field of 68.
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TV Game voices will be Brad Nessler (play-by-play) and Steve Lavin (analyst) (y’all remember him?). KU radio voices will be Brian Hanni (play-by-play) and Greg Gurley (analyst). For those watching live and wanting to hear the radio instead of the TV talking heads, check out kuathletics.leanplayer.com/ . Pause your TV for about 15 seconds for a "real time" narration of the game, (Thanks, Bayhawk!) Note that you can also use leanplayer to listen to "Hawk Talk with Bill Self".

Don't forget to check out the JAYHAWK GAME DAY LIVE pregame show on ESPN+ at 11:45 AM CT, and the postgame show at 2:15 PM!

The ESPN pregame prediction just barely favors KANSAS to win 87.5% of the time compared to 12.5% for EW... but the odds and the upsets are the stuff of tournament legend, so let’s have none of that for this game, Jayhawks! The spread favors KANSAS by 10.5 points.

JUST WIN, JAYHAWKS!

ESPN: AP and Coaches Poll rankings

Articles and fun facts courtesy of KU Athletics and others.

KUAD Game Preview: v Eastern Washington

KUAD Game Notes: v Eastern Washington
43 pages of KU facts.

KUSports.com - Tait: Game day breakdown: No. 3 seed Kansas vs. No. 14 seed Eastern Washington, Round 1 NCAA Tournament

And here’s a little something from The Seattle News on EW and Coach Shantay Legans (like us, he’s a big admirer of HCBS)...
Playing in No. 1 Gonzaga’s shadow, Eastern Washington men eager to make NCAA tournament mark

Here’s hoping KANSAS fans everywhere have a great day this Saturday!!! I’d really love to add another game in the WINS column for KANSAS in the Top 5(+1) All Time Winningest Division I Men’s Basketball Programs!

Stay warm and stay safe out there! Be a potentially life saving hero -- MASKS ON!

The life you save may be your own -- or your loved one's, or your friend's, or ...

(A PSA from your friendly neighborhood retired Army Medical Service Corps Jayhawk

who spends way too much of his time tracking the constant uptick of the COVID-19 death toll, which in just one year has surpassed the total US dead in World War II and surged past HALF A MILLION U.S. dead -- over 507,000 as I write this, according to Worldometers.
It's Public Health, YOUR health and the health of your family, your friends and your fellow Americans.
It is NOT politics, it is NOT civil liberties, it is SCIENCE!
Thank you.)

(available at your University of Kansas Bookstore!)

LET'S GO JAYHAWKS!

ROCK CHALK! JAYHAWK! KU!

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"

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3 years 3 weeks ago #26740 by HawkErrant
Jayhawks.
Trojans.
It's the NCAA Tournament and another...

... Buh duh DUH duh DUH DUH duh duh duh duh DUH DUH DUH ... BALL NIGHT!

3 seed Kansas (21-8 ) plays 6 seed Southern Cal (23-7) as our Jayhawks look to advance to the Sweet 16 next weekend.

TV Game voices will be Ian Eagle (play-by-play) and Grant Hill (analyst), KU radio voices will be Brian Hanni (play-by-play) and Greg Gurley (analyst). For those watching live and wanting to hear the radio instead of the TV talkning heads, check out kuathletics.leanplayer.com/ . Pause your device for about 15 seconds for a "real time" narration of the game, (Thanks, Bayhawk!) Note that you can also use leanplayer to listen to "Hawk Talk with Bill Self".

Don't forget to check out the JAYHAWK GAME DAY pregame show 8:10 PM CT and the post-game show at ~10:40 on ESPN+!

This game is a tossup in everybody's estimate.

The ESPN pregame matchup predictor favors KANSAS to win 50.9% of the time, compared to 49.1% for USC. The spread consensus pick favors KANSAS by 1 (59%).

ESPN: AP and Coaches Poll rankings

Articles and fun facts courtesy of KU Athletics and others.

KUAD Game Preview: v USC

KUAD Game Notes: v USC
45 detailed, fun-filled pages of KU facts.

KUSports.com - Tait: Game day breakdown: No. 3 seed Kansas vs. No. 6 seed USC, Round 2 NCAA Tournament

KUSports.com - Jackson: Getting to know: USC basketball, Round 2 NCAA Tournament

KUSports.com - Smith: USC's Evan Mobley is a problem, capable of ending KU's season in the 2nd round

KUSports.com - Tait: Jalen Wilson arrives in Indy, expected to play tonight vs. USC
Welcome back, and play well, Jalen!

KUSports.com - Smith: A look at KU's March 3-point shooting, entering 2nd round of NCAA Tournament

KUSports.com - Tait: KU's Bill Self ecstatic to play a game inside historic Hinkle Fieldhouse

Anna and I hope you have a great day and an even greater night and we all go to bed happy this Monday night!!!



As always, stay warm and stay safe out there! Be a potentially life saving hero -- MASKS ON!
The life you save may be your own -- or your loved one's, or your friend's, or ...

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3 years 2 weeks ago - 3 years 2 weeks ago #26883 by HawkErrant
Not the finish we were looking forward to, and frankly it leads me to create a new simile –
“As frustrated as a KANSAS fan after the NCAA tournament.”

The Trojans were great, all credit to them.

But I do have some issues with this ESPN story on the game.
www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=401310895

USC rolled to an 85-51 victory Monday night inside Hinkle Fieldhouse — more than doubling the worst margin of defeat for the Jayhawks in 49 trips to the NCAA Tournament.

Tain’t so, McGee, and simple research and math shows it.

The great Phog Allen’s AY1939-40 KANSAS JAYHAWKS, playing in the program’s very first NCAA Tournament appearance, lost to Branch McCracken’s Indiana Hoosiers 60-42.

18 points.

2x18=36
85-51=34
36>34

Simple research, simple math.

Marcus Garrett had 15 points for Kansas (21-9), which had never lost an NCAA tourney game by more than 16 points.

See my previous counterpoint.

Wilt Chamberlain wouldn't have made a difference on this night.

Hyperbole, yes, but really? What an ignorant buffoon! Of course Wilt would have made a difference.

On D KU would have focused on guarding the perimeter and dared the Trojans to drive on Wilt.

On O KU would have pounded the ball into Wilt, the greatest scoring machine the game has ever seen, and if USC double or triple teamed him, the great assists man that he was would have hit the open KU player who, without a Trojan draped over him, would have been much more accurate. (And yes, I left out “for a big man” in describing his passing skills because no one that can lead the NBA in assists over a season – 1967-68 with 702 -- needs such a qualifier)

I’m NOT saying KU would have won, but by God it would have been a game!

Now to be fair to ESPN, the story is posted on its site as a no byline Associated Press story, so perhaps it was not one of the ESPN reporters.

Whoever it was – geez, get it right, will ya?

ANYWAY -- enough sad sauce.

It will be interesting to see what roster changes happen with the Jayhawks over the off-season. Based solely on known departures the incoming trio of 4* 6-10/205 PF Zach Clemence, 4* 6-6/220 forward KJ Adams and JUCO transfer 6-9/265 Sydney Curry take all the currently available scholarships. BUT it is reported that Self & Co are actively trying to land another PG and another big in the COVID crazy Transfer Circus that is happening this off-season. That indicates to me that the staff know of at least two people that they are anticipating will transfer out to get playing time at another program. Tyon Grant-Foster? Tristan Enaruna? Latrell Jossell? Gethro Muscadin? I have no idea, those are names that social media is buzzing about. Time will tell.

Til then, ROCK CHALK!

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