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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: Is it really Tharpe's selfie? (NSFW, DO NOT CLICK)

« on: April 01, 2014, 03:41:40 PM »

this story is just heating up folks. 

 

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: "If it wasnt for the University of Kansas..."

« on: February 25, 2014, 03:15:00 PM »

AC/DC sales would plummet

 

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: "If it wasnt for the University of Kansas..."

« on: February 25, 2014, 12:20:36 PM »

kstate would be a proud member of the Missouri Valley Conference

Hmmm, would love to hear you expand on this.

I'm going to agree that KSU would have probably been a mid to low major agg school if it wasn't for KU.  just my opinion. 

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: KU's new basketball dormitory facility

« on: February 25, 2014, 09:37:51 AM »

So who gets to live in it after the first phase is completed?  Just bball players?  Now that it is only privately funded, can they make it just for bball players?

from what I understand it was always going to be privately funded.  they just wanted a bond from the state in order to get started while they collected the money.  ?

So they just had to go out and get someone to fork over some cash up front instead. 

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: Shockers

« on: February 25, 2014, 07:20:20 AM »

BPI has the shockers at #7 which IMO is closer to reality.  They are a solid team with veteran and experienced players who haven't let a game slip against second rate competition.  They haven't played enough tournament teams though to give them the clout needed for a 1 seed in my book.  The committee shouldn't award them for playing a soft schedule and not losing, precisely the opposite: no 1 seed for super weak scheduling teams from horrible conferences regardless of record (set a precedent).  Marshall needs to get off his high horse and play some road games at major schools if he wants to avoid this in the future.

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: KU's new basketball dormitory facility

« on: February 25, 2014, 07:00:45 AM »

Donor for apartments

Kansas announced during the first half of Monday’s game against Oklahoma that the planned “Fieldhouse Apartments” project, which will eventually house the school’s men’s and women’s basketball players, is moving forward.

The primary donation, KU announced, came from the family of Kansas alum Kent McCarthy. The donation will allow KU to begin phase one of the $17 million project. Earlier this month, the Kansas legislature denied the school additional bonds for the project.

The apartments, KU said, will be named for Kent’s late mother, Marie S. McCarthy. Born in 1929, Marie grew up on a farm in central Kansas during the 1930s before attending KU.

“My mother loved everything about the University of Kansas and the state of Kansas,” Kent McCarthy said. “She never missed watching a KU basketball game. My father Charles, who thankfully is still with us, and Marie were married for 62 years, and I think the only thing ‘Grams’ loved more than Kansas basketball was being a grandmother.”

According to a plan submitted to the Kansas Board of Regents in January, the first phase would include a commons area and 33 bedrooms at an estimated cost of $11.6 million. According to the same plan, private donations would finance $7 million to 7.5 million of phase one. KU athletic director Sheahon Zenger said KU was still searching for other donors for the project.

KU officials said Monday that they would meet with architects to review the plans and that the cost estimates could change.

In a statement, KU coach Bill Self said he was looking forward to the new housing for his players.

“We have the best venue, and we will have the best housing,” Self said. “I see a world of positive in this project as we strive to maintain and even exceed what the Kansas basketball program has been achieving.”

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2014/02/24/4847403/kansas-announces-donor-for-basketball.html#storylink=cpy

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: Does any current KU player crack our starting rotation?

« on: October 02, 2013, 04:27:13 PM »

only tharpe until second semester. 

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: Will Spradling = The Key

« on: September 27, 2013, 02:38:43 PM »

  

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: Guess Our Starting Lineup

« on: September 12, 2013, 02:11:04 PM »

sprads
lawrence
nino
shane
gip

lets hope to be .500 in the league. 

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: oscar IS THE WORST

« on: September 12, 2013, 01:15:23 PM »

 

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: oscar IS THE WORST

« on: September 12, 2013, 12:52:36 PM »

I'd really like to see someone photoshop weber's head on top of a pic of wooly wearing the neckbrace. 

 

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: :frown:

« on: August 12, 2013, 04:39:41 PM »

I am thinking

1. OSU
2. KU
3. 4. 5.   OU, BU, ISU
6. WVU
7. Texas
8. KSU
9. TCU
10. Tech

Do we have to go over our starting lineup again?

you have osu above ku.  that must be a typo right? 

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: Glad we cut ties with these terrible human beings.*

« on: August 12, 2013, 04:36:24 PM »

wow.

 

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: McLemore was paid, EMAW is sole conf champ.

« on: May 06, 2013, 02:45:18 PM »

this is amusing.  You guys are setting yourself up for a huge disappointment...again.   

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: May need to bail my wife out if this continues...

« on: March 26, 2013, 08:36:08 AM »

Sounds like the OP and his wife should stop wearing trashy college gear everywhere after the team loses and the rival wins...while living in KU country.  problem solved. 

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: Someone defend oscar Weber

« on: March 22, 2013, 04:23:59 PM »

he knew he had a timeout left right? 

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: Julius Randle: Role Model, Hero

« on: March 22, 2013, 09:53:43 AM »

KU has the #3 ranked recruiting class for next year.

#12 #26 -Wayne seldon 6'5 220lb SG/SF(will be like bmac but way better off the dribble)
#28 #37-Joel Embiid 6'11" 230lb C(this dude is nasty...check out his clips) youtube search Judge, Wally
#43#25 -Brannen Greene 6'6" 215lb SG(can flat out shoot)
#47 #31-Conner Frankamp 6'0" 155lb PG(the next Kirk hinrich  , dominated on the USA team)
#134-frank mason 6'0" 175lb PG(next Sherron Collins only lighter  )

so see KU is in great position to be a contender next year along with our return players. we still have a shot at Andrew Wiggins who the experts say is the best prospect since Lebron(doubt he comes here but who knows)

I'm not sure if my corrected rankings do to your argument but, at the very least, you don't know how to use the interwebs very well.

So, seldon is going to be the #1 pick next year?

Frankamp is no Captain Kirk. KH was an absolute freak in HS and much taller than Frankamp. Conner is a bitch and is going to be somewhere between Tyrel Reed and Jeff Boschee.

Frank Mason is no Sherron. Maybe lighter than him (who isn't?  )...but definitely not close talent-wise. He'll probably be better than Tharpe, though...

a lot of dumb here.  Kirk Hinrich wasn't close to as accomplished and polished as frankamp is at the same age.  Hinrich wasn't that highly recruited, collison was.  Hinrich jumped into the top 100 at #62 in the final rankings.  frankamp has been a top 40 guy all along and played on (led in scoring) the u17 USA team etc...  He dominated aau ball, hinrich didn't really develop into the player that we remember until his frosh and soph years at ku.  now, frankamp dropped in the rankings the last year and i'm sure there are theories on why but the fact remains: frankamp>hinrich and it's not even close when comparing high school/ aau/ international level accomplishments. 

mason is ranked well below tharpe for a reason, he might be a diamond in the rough but only time will tell.  KU already has two guys that can handle the ball coming in (selden and frankamp) so mason is a project and probable bench warmer. 

Selden is probably not a one and done.  he is though a very good player and has the body and game to step in and play right away. 

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: Without getting defensive

« on: March 15, 2013, 11:11:23 AM »

We gave up too many offensive rebounds last night.

typical problem running 4 out 1 in motion.

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: -1

« on: March 15, 2013, 11:08:18 AM »

going to be a great game.

sprads needs to get comfortable on the bench next to weber for this one.  he can't match up with their guards to save his life...not even forte.  if they go small it plays into webers hands a bit...unless shane gets into foul trouble guarding nash.  If nash plays well they are tough to beat, need to shut that guy down and force smart to shoot from outside. 

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: Without getting defensive

« on: March 15, 2013, 11:04:39 AM »

spradling can't guard anyone decent except maybe Heslip and gipson is too short to really alter any shots around the rim.  Plus, true power forwards have their way with Shane at times.  All of this adds up to some inconsistent defensive play depending on the lineup.  some games they are good and some they are average. 

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: The last time oscar was in his first year with a new team

« on: March 13, 2013, 04:11:13 PM »

do you really mean to tell me you're claiming townsend doesn't have a shady past and hasn't been paying players for years?

I'm not claiming that.  I was referring to your claim he paid Sherron, no proof of that happening.  Before you ask, yes I have read your long post about the history of bill Self's cheating and in there there is no proof other than your speculation about Sherron.

ya i guess you're right.  i don't have a picture of the scumbag handing sherron a bag of cash.

it makes complete sense that when bill self was looking for an assistant it was townsend's impeccable employment history that made him so attractive.

All I am saying is that all of this with Sherron is purely speculative.  Nothing wrong with having suspicions, but to try and pass them off as fact when there is no evidence is pretty petty and disingenuous in my mind.

the oscar/sherron/aau crap is speculative.  the idea that oscar was unable to recruit local talent is wrong. in 2011 he signed a class ranked 11th nationally, including 4 top 100's, all from the chicago area.

there's no disputing kurt townsend's history and there's nothing petty or disingenuous about acknowledging it.

actually it's well known and documented and you just proved my point: weber didn't have a decent class with players from chicago until 2011.  he still lost all the best players pretty much during his time there. 

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: The last time oscar was in his first year with a new team

« on: March 13, 2013, 08:25:58 AM »

the team that Self left Weber at Illinois was loaded with talent.  Even Scott Drew could have coached those guys to an elite eight probably.  That's not a dig on Weber, he's a damn good game coach, but the greatness of that 05 team was mostly Bill Self's recruiting. 

weber needs to have some success with this years team (in the tournament) and capitalize on it through recruiting.  At Illinois he followed up the 05 title game run by pissing off a bunch of aau coaches in chicago and sealing his fate on the recruiting trail for a while.  He won't make that mistake twice.

Deron Williams hates Bill Self.

well he did leave him so I don't blame him if true.  I heard that a long time ago but I'm not sure it's true today. 

weber tried to go behind two aau coaches backs and sign players when their 'handlers' weren't around.  Sherron Collins was one of those players fwiw.  They (aau coaches) basically black listed him and pretty much all the elite talent refused to talk to him or his staff after that for a while.  Illinois is a job that revolves around the ability to recruit chicago, so he kind of screwed himself. 

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: The last time oscar was in his first year with a new team

« on: March 13, 2013, 06:30:15 AM »

the team that Self left Weber at Illinois was loaded with talent.  Even Scott Drew could have coached those guys to an elite eight probably.  That's not a dig on Weber, he's a damn good game coach, but the greatness of that 05 team was mostly Bill Self's recruiting. 

weber needs to have some success with this years team (in the tournament) and capitalize on it through recruiting.  At Illinois he followed up the 05 title game run by pissing off a bunch of aau coaches in chicago and sealing his fate on the recruiting trail for a while.  He won't make that mistake twice. 

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: Being the Big 12 basketball champions

« on: March 09, 2013, 07:17:52 PM »

emaw. 

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: Bill Self losing his touch

« on: March 09, 2013, 07:15:32 PM »

bill self has finished no worse than 2nd in conference play in the last 14 years at 3 different schools in 3 different conferences.