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Game Thread: KU v Tennessee, Players Era MTE WED 6PM CT TNT

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1 month 3 weeks ago - 1 month 3 weeks ago #34167 by HawkErrant
SUBJECT LINE UPDATED 1:30 AM CT 2025-11-26

Original OP follows...

As I write this Tuesday evening after the KANSAS win over Syracuse no one yet knows what who will be playing who and when on Wednesday and Thursday. That information will not be available until after all of today's games are over.

Today's games don't end until well after midnight Central Time.

Remaining games for today are
No. 7 Michigan vs. No. 21 Auburn, 7:30 p.m. | TNT (in progress as I write this)
No. 12 Gonzaga vs. Maryland, 8:30 p.m. | truTV
Oregon vs. San Diego State, 10 p.m. | TNT
No. 8 Alabama vs. UNLV, 11 p.m. | truTV

Here's the schedule template for Wednesday & Thursday, Days 3 & 4.
Source: NCAA.com| 2025 Players Era Festival Schedule-Scores-TV
NB: following times are all ET, not CT!
• Wednesday, Nov. 26
Game 1 Consolation, 1 p.m.
Game 2 Consolation, 3:30 p.m.
Third-Place Game, 7 p.m. | TNT
Game 3 Consolation, 8 p.m.
Championship Game, 9:30 p.m. | TNT
Game 4 Consolation, 10:30 p.m.
Game 5 Consolation, 12 a.m.
•Thursday, Nov. 27
Game 6 Consolation, 2 p.m.
Game 7 Consolation, 4:30 p.m.
Additional men's matchups will air Nov. 26 and Nov. 27 based on the first two days of competition.

I will post the next KANSAS game information as soon as I learn of it.

LET'S GO JAYHAWKS! W6!

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1 month 3 weeks ago - 1 month 3 weeks ago #34168 by HawkErrant
Wednesday November 26, 2025. 0120 HOURS

It looks as if our Jayhawks will take on Tennessee
in the 3rd place game on TNT at 6 PM CT!

This promises to be the game they'll have their toughest fight!
Can Self's studs survive Barnes' boys on this November...

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

Reseeding after the first two days our Jayhawks end up in the Top 4 of the Players' Era MTE.

As I get ready for bed these are the Top 4 seeded matchups for Wednesday...

#1 Michigan vs #2 Gonzaga championship game 8:30 PM CT TNT
#3 Tennessee vs #4 Kansas 3rd place game 6:00 PM CT TNT

#5 Iowa State would normally play #6 St. John’s, but as they won't do rematches they won't play again.

Per ESPN
Iowa State plays Syracuse 12:00 PM CT TNT
Houston plays Notre Dame 2:30 PM CT TNT
St John's plays Auburn 7:00 PM CT TruTV
Alabama plays Maryland at 10:59 PM TNT

#17 Tennessee defeated #3 Houston 76-73 to earn the 3rd place seed and the opportunity for Bill Self and Rick Barnes to go head to head once again!

AY2025-26 Tennessee Volunteers MEN'S BASKETBALL ROSTER 
Rick Barnes	Head Coach
#  Name			POS 	HT	WT	CLASS	HOME
0  Ja'Kobi Gillespie	G	6-1	188	Sr	Greeneville, TN
1  Amari Evans		G	6-5	220	Fr	Pittsburgh, PA
3  Bishop Boswell	G	6-4	204	So	Charlotte, NC
4  Clarence Massamba	G	6-5	192	Fr	Paris, France
6  DeWayne Brown II	F	6-8	251	Fr	Hoover, AL
7  Grant Hurst		G	6-2	205	Sr	Cleveland, TN
10 Nate Ament		F	6-10	207	Fr	Manassas, VA
11 Gavin Paull		G	5-11	160	So	Austin, TX
12 Cade Phillips	F	6-9	221	Jr	Jacksonville, AL
13 J.P. Estrella	F	6-11	240	So	Scarborough, ME
21 Campbell Duncan	G	6-6	205	So	Austin, TX
23 Jaylen Carey		F	6-8	267	Jr	Southwest Ranches, FL
24 Troy Henderson	G	6-1	186	Fr	Richmond, VA
34 Felix Okpara		F	6-11	243	Sr	Lagos, Nigeria
35 Ethan Burg		G	6-3	199	So	Mishmar HaShiv'a, Israel
77 Amaree Abram		G	6-3	200	Sr	Port Arthur, TX

AY2025-26 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			OUT
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 			OUT
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
LEGEND
$ 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

Injury Status at Covers.com Covers historically updates Injury Status for each regular season and postseason game.

Both Peterson and Dawson are out again.

After Tuesday's performance I expect we will see JMc starting for the second game in a row.

LET'S GO JAYHAWKS!
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1 month 3 weeks ago #34170 by USAF Jayhawk
Pay close attention to the TV times and channels. Multiple sources are reporting the schedule, and several have KU at 7pm CST, others at 6PM. Some show them playing on TNT, others show them playing on TruTV (YoutubeTV shows those games at different times so...???).
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1 month 3 weeks ago #34171 by HawkErrant
The 6 PM v 7 PM confusion is one of failing to indicate time zones. This CBS Sports article lists ETs.
www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/new...-in-2026-and-beyond/

Concern to me is that the
KU v Tennessee Game Notes show 4 PM CT on TNT, but that differs from every other source I’ve seen.

Unfortunately my DirecTV onscreen guide has not yet been updated for the specific games.
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1 month 3 weeks ago #34177 by HawkErrant
Just got back from the vampire's - er, laboratory - at LMH and checked JayhawkSlant -

6 PM CT on TNT.

Errata in the KU Game Notes.
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1 month 3 weeks ago #34179 by konza63
Tennessee is stout (obviously, beating Houston yesterday), but this is the draw I prefer at this particular point in the young season.

I’d much rather play them (without DP) than Michigan or Gonzaga, who will play in the other top game. Michigan is a juggernaut we don’t want to see sans DP, and we owe Gonzaga a major butt-whooping after last year’s tournament blowout and the game before that. For either or both, I prefer to get them in the tourney with DP back in the saddle.

As for playing Tenn, yes, it’s an uphill battle with us not having our stud and also Dawson for depth, but it’s a great developmental opportunity, we’re now playing with house money, and there’s no shame in losing to a Barnes team (if it were to happen) this early without our stud.

But as Bill Self no doubt is telling the guys today, “We’ve come this far, so why not go out and win it?” Play loose, have fun, and keep evolving.

Go Hawks and Happy Thanksgiving to all you RCBers!
“With kindest regards to Dr. Forrest C. Allen, the father of basketball coaching, from the father of the game.”

1936 inscription on the portrait of Dr. Naismith, displayed above Phog Allen's office desk at KU.
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1 month 3 weeks ago #34188 by HawkErrant
KU 81, Tennesee 76

Wow!

Just wow!

Tre White fouls out with 16:52 to go in the game and KU down 38-48.
No White, no Dawson, no Peterson -- game over...
Tennessee up 55-43 with 15:00 to go in the game...

But someone forgot to tell Big Dawg Mel, EJ and the rest of the KANSAS crew.
With Mel channeling Tyshawn Taylor and EJ channeling Milt Newton, and simply excellent play by whoever else came in for KU to pick up the slack, the KANSAS JAYHAWKS leave Las Vegas with 3 wins in 3 days against solid competition and $300K for NIL.
WOOF! WOOF!

REALLY, really impressed and proud with how the guys came together to overcome the adversities and go on to defeat the Tennessee squad that sent Houston packing on Tuesday.

And I am left wondering -

Did we just witness Elmarko Jackson's breakout game?
Did we see the reason HCBS and the staff have been so high on EJ despite our disdain for EJ?

Time will tell -- but I obviouslly hope this was the start of something big!

Now the question becomes how will this team respond with the eventual return of DnP?

If they continue to play like this and Peterson adds his distinctive uniqueness to the collective to make the whole greater than the sum of the parts, these Jayhawks can fly very, very high this AY!
Is it entirely possible that the opponents' resistance will be futile?

Fingers crossed, Jayhawks fans, fingers crossed!

And a Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!

ESPN,com: KANSAS 81 Tennessee 76

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1 month 3 weeks ago #34191 by Riverhawk
Ditto to all your points and thoughts. This is a fun team to watch, much more quick and athletic than last year's group. Peterson being out has actually turned into a positive as it gave minutes to Jackson and Mc Dowell who responded beautifully. Now, if Peterson can just get healthy, this team might become a tough out for anybody.
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