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Anything pertaining to basketball: college, pro, HS, recruiting, TV coverage
Game thread: KU v Duke, Madison Square Garden, Tuesday NOV 18, 8:00 PM CT ESPN
1 month 4 weeks ago #34107
by HawkErrant
"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"
Tuesday November 18, 2025.
One hundred and forty years ago on November 18, 1885 in Jamesport, Missouri, roughly 120 miles northeast of Lawrence, Kansas and The University of Kansas, future KU legend and Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Forrest Clare Allen (later known as Phog and /or Doc) was born.
Happy Birthday, Doc!
Also on this Tuesday tomorrow our #24 Jayhawks are in NYC to play #5 Duke in the State Farm Champions Classic on another Kansas Men's Basketball......
... Buh duh DUH duh DUH DUH duh duh duh duh DUH DUH DUH ... BALL NIGHT!
KUAthletics.com: No. 24 Kansas to Face No. 5 Duke in Champions Classic Tuesday at Madison Square Garden
KUAthletics.com: Game Notes - KU v Duke
All kinds of cool info on the KU v Duke series and the State Farm Championship series in these Game Notes.
Injury Status at Covers.com Covers historically updates Injury Status for each regular season and postseason game.
As I post this I have yet to see a "MBB Duke Fan Card - University of Kansas" on KUAthletics.com, so here's the rosters for each team for Tuesday night's game.
AY2025-26 Duke Blue Devils MEN'S BASKETBALL ROSTER
AY2025-26 KANSAS JAYHAWKS MEN'S BASKETBALL ROSTERLEGEND
$ Walk on (grandfathered in, so don't count against roster limits; no new W in the future under current guidelines)
~ Redshirting this season
* Past Redshirt
# Transfer with 1 year to play
No official word as of this post date, but everything is pointing to KANSAS once again being without the services of Darryn (DnP) Peterson.
Needless to say if he cannot go KU's chances are significantly reduced against a very talented - but young - Duke squad.
I say start Gee Ngala and score some POINTS to try to win this thing and give Doc Allen and all his fans a very nice birthday present!
LET'S GO JAYHAWKS!
One hundred and forty years ago on November 18, 1885 in Jamesport, Missouri, roughly 120 miles northeast of Lawrence, Kansas and The University of Kansas, future KU legend and Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Forrest Clare Allen (later known as Phog and /or Doc) was born.
Happy Birthday, Doc!
Also on this Tuesday tomorrow our #24 Jayhawks are in NYC to play #5 Duke in the State Farm Champions Classic on another Kansas Men's Basketball......
... Buh duh DUH duh DUH DUH duh duh duh duh DUH DUH DUH ... BALL NIGHT!
KUAthletics.com: No. 24 Kansas to Face No. 5 Duke in Champions Classic Tuesday at Madison Square Garden
KUAthletics.com: Game Notes - KU v Duke
All kinds of cool info on the KU v Duke series and the State Farm Championship series in these Game Notes.
Injury Status at Covers.com Covers historically updates Injury Status for each regular season and postseason game.
As I post this I have yet to see a "MBB Duke Fan Card - University of Kansas" on KUAthletics.com, so here's the rosters for each team for Tuesday night's game.
AY2025-26 Duke Blue Devils MEN'S BASKETBALL ROSTER
Jon Scheyer Head Coach
# Name POS HT WT CLASS HOME
1 Caleb Foster G 6' 5" 205 lbs JR Harrisburg, NC
2 Cayden Boozer G 6' 4" 205 lbs FR Miami, FL
4 Isaiah Evans G 6' 6" 180 lbs SO Fayetteville, NC
5 Sebastian Wilkins G 6' 8" 220 lbs FR Boston, MA
6 Maliq Brown F 6' 9" 225 lbs SR Culpeper, VA
7 Dame Sarr G 6' 8" 190 lbs FR Oderzo, Italy
8 Darren Harris G 6' 5" 195 lbs SO Herndon, VA
12 Cameron Boozer F 6' 9" 250 lbs FR Miami, FL
13 Cameron Sheffield G 6' 6" 205 lbs SR Alpharetta, GA
14 Nikolas Khamenia G 6' 8" 215 lbs FR Los Angeles, CA
15 Ifeanyi Ufochukwu C 6' 11" 240 lbs SR Benin City, Nigeria
20 Jack Scott G 6' 6" 220 lbs SR Pelican Island, NJ
21 Patrick Ngongba II C 6' 11" 250 lbs SO Manassas, VAAY2025-26 KANSAS JAYHAWKS MEN'S BASKETBALL ROSTER
# NAME POS HT / WT CLASS HOME
0 Nginyu Ngala# G 5-10/180 Gr Montreal, QC Canada
1 Jayden Dawson# G 6-4/195 Sr Omaha NE
3 Tre White# G 6-7/205 Sr Dallas TX
6 Samis Calderon F 6-8/200 Fr Espirito Santo Brazil
7 Kohl Rosario G 6-5/185 Fr Miami FL
11 Jamari McDowell SG 6-4/180 So* Manvel TX
12 Wilder Evers$ G 6-4/195 Jr* Birmingham AL
13 Elmarko Jackson PG 6-3/195 So* South Kent CT
14 Melvin Council Jr# G 6-4/185 Sr Rochester NY
15 Bryson Tiller F 6-10/240 Fr* Atlanta GA
21 Will Thengvall$ G 6-3/185 So Wichita KS
22 Darryn Peterson G 6-5/195 Fr Canton OH
25 Justin Cross$ F 6-8/200 Sr* South Kent CT
34 Paul Mbiya C 6-11/260 Fr Dem Rep Congo
40 Flory Bidunga C 6-9/220 So Dem Rep Congo
REDSHIRT THIS YEAR
2 Corbin Allen G 6-6/185 Fr~ Kansas City MO Oak Park HS
WINTER BREAK ADD?
? Jaden Nickens G 6-3/170 Fr Simi Valley CA$ Walk on (grandfathered in, so don't count against roster limits; no new W in the future under current guidelines)
~ Redshirting this season
* Past Redshirt
# Transfer with 1 year to play
No official word as of this post date, but everything is pointing to KANSAS once again being without the services of Darryn (DnP) Peterson.
Needless to say if he cannot go KU's chances are significantly reduced against a very talented - but young - Duke squad.
I say start Gee Ngala and score some POINTS to try to win this thing and give Doc Allen and all his fans a very nice birthday present!
LET'S GO JAYHAWKS!
"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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1 month 4 weeks ago #34112
by HawkErrant
"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"
Happy Birthday, Bay!
How cool to share yours with Phog!
You also share it with Sojourner Truth, W.S. Gilbert (was he the model of a modern major general?), conductor Eugene Ormandy, George Gallup (the poll founder), Imogene Coca (I always loved her!), Moon River's Johnny Mercer, astronaut and 1st American in space Alan Shephard, Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale), actress Linda Evans (a Big Valley Dynasty herself), Wilma Mankiller (Native American activist and 1st woman chief of the Cherokee Nation), Raiders DB Jack Tatum, Alan Moore (Watchmen, V for Vendetta, Swamp Thing), QB Warren Moon, Kirk Hammett (Metallica quitarist), Maryland Terrapin hoopster Len Bias
, and goofy actor Owen WIlson among others.
I share mine with Petula Clark
, Anna-Frid Lingstad (ABBA 
), Erwin Rommel (yes, the famous German general), Kansas City's own Ed Asner, Claus von Stauffenberg (German antifascist colonel who attempted to assassinate Hitler), José "Bill" Meléndez (American Emmy Award-winning character animator of the Peanuts TV specials), Judge Joseph Wapner (People's Court), C.W. McCall (William Dale Fries, Jr - "this here's the Rubber Duck, and I'ma gonna put the hammer down!"), Jonny Lee Miller (Elementary, my dear Watson...), Sam Waterston and Beverly D'Angelo, to name just a few.
Our KU lads gave us a present for my birthday last Saturday, here's to them giving you one tonight!
ROCK CHALK!
How cool to share yours with Phog!
You also share it with Sojourner Truth, W.S. Gilbert (was he the model of a modern major general?), conductor Eugene Ormandy, George Gallup (the poll founder), Imogene Coca (I always loved her!), Moon River's Johnny Mercer, astronaut and 1st American in space Alan Shephard, Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale), actress Linda Evans (a Big Valley Dynasty herself), Wilma Mankiller (Native American activist and 1st woman chief of the Cherokee Nation), Raiders DB Jack Tatum, Alan Moore (Watchmen, V for Vendetta, Swamp Thing), QB Warren Moon, Kirk Hammett (Metallica quitarist), Maryland Terrapin hoopster Len Bias
, and goofy actor Owen WIlson among others.I share mine with Petula Clark
, Anna-Frid Lingstad (ABBA ), Erwin Rommel (yes, the famous German general), Kansas City's own Ed Asner, Claus von Stauffenberg (German antifascist colonel who attempted to assassinate Hitler), José "Bill" Meléndez (American Emmy Award-winning character animator of the Peanuts TV specials), Judge Joseph Wapner (People's Court), C.W. McCall (William Dale Fries, Jr - "this here's the Rubber Duck, and I'ma gonna put the hammer down!"), Jonny Lee Miller (Elementary, my dear Watson...), Sam Waterston and Beverly D'Angelo, to name just a few.Our KU lads gave us a present for my birthday last Saturday, here's to them giving you one tonight!
ROCK CHALK!
"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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1 month 4 weeks ago #34120
by HawkErrant
GREAT question, DT!
I have no idea how the website I got that from determined that Tiberius was born on that date.
IF they did their due diligence they would have run the Gregorian (current world standard) calendar back from its inception to whatever day Tiberius was born on under the system current at the time of his birth.
No idea if they did that.
And of course all such records from antiquity are suspect.
So I took their factoid as accurate, assuming (I know, I know...) they did their homework.
(To be frank I only included him so I could make the James T. Kirk comment! )
(And being frank is so hard for me as I'm an Eric... just sayin'
)
"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"
asteroid wrote: When you say it's the birthday of Tiberius, is that in the Gregorian calendar (which did not exist in 42 BC), the Julian calendar (which was adopted only three years earlier, and whose leap year rules weren't implemented properly for some time), or something else?
GREAT question, DT!
I have no idea how the website I got that from determined that Tiberius was born on that date.
IF they did their due diligence they would have run the Gregorian (current world standard) calendar back from its inception to whatever day Tiberius was born on under the system current at the time of his birth.
No idea if they did that.
And of course all such records from antiquity are suspect.
So I took their factoid as accurate, assuming (I know, I know...) they did their homework.
(To be frank I only included him so I could make the James T. Kirk comment!
)(And being frank is so hard for me as I'm an Eric... just sayin'
) "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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