Traveling

how did they miss that travel?

I like how the refs have to keep rewatching the travel they missed

Never expect that level of miscommunication and poor execution in your favor.

Missed the travel, though.

That was a ****ing travel.

Because that's something you'd might want to keep for the last couple of possessions especially if they were fortunate enough to get within 3 points.

Lolol the ref stares right at the players feet leaving ground. Points at it....and doesn't call it.

Hahaha college refs never change

That was a travel. Good thing they air balled. Refs have missed a lot

It was a clear travel even in real time

That was shitty.

Come on Remy make both

Remy, that's about the dumbest thing you could have possibly done there.

He wasn't shooting

True, but you can't put yourself in the position for these refs to even call that. Stupid play.

That Remy Martin kid looks like Joaquin Phoenix.

Ball game.

Wasn’t pretty, but we’re still alive.

Let’s get it.

The winningest program of all time.

ELITE 8!

RCJH

Proud to be a Jayhawk.

Ugly, ugly stuff with very little contribution from anybody but Remy and Wilson. Doesn't matter now. On to the next threat Sunday.

Survive and advance :thumb:

Cyclones are coming

KU has the easiest Regional final matchup.

So?

We've played more seasons, 154 more losses than the current # 2, UK.

Yeah **** playing St. Peters.

Could be. Miami and ISU are opposites (one is great offensively/terrible defensively and one is great defensively/terrible offensively). Not sure who we'd rather play.

Ugly wins are better than ugly losses. RCJH

Choose playing the good offense, they could always go cold that night.

Where is Rusty at?

Probably true. And ISU is one of those hacking/grabbing teams that is a disgrace to the game. I'd also rather not deal with their fans that day either.

Had to turn it off for a bit in the 2nd half and didn't even care a little... it was right after Providence guy missed 6 lay ups in a row and then KU had the charge and had wasted a few possessions in a row.

It got extremely stupid at one point, but a win is a win... not sure I've ever seen Self's face so red for so long.

I know Providence is a 4 seed, but holy **** that would have been bad with how horrible they were for much of the game.

Iowa state is about to get destroyed

fun to see Self do his magic

great to have a dominant team locally

Will Rams Fan stop by to congratulate us on becoming the winningest program ever?

I am relieved we got an ugly win, it is what it is.

FTR, I see Miami winning this game.

I saw in the other thread he said he didn't even care that UK lost to a #15 seed (after conveniently no showing since that game was played). LMAO

Yeah no.

Saint Peters Peacocks.

Miami's big steps out and shoots the 3 ball. ISU plays more traditionally.

Has KU ever played Miami in basketball? I can't recall a single game between them.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb...r_by=date_game

4 times, all between 1986 and 1991.

Makes sense

FTR: We had 2 close games with ISU this year.

Do we want a 3rd game with them and so much riding on it?

I’m torn.

That’s true, but Self is also better with time to prepare. He’s played Iowa State twice, so he knows them better. That seems like an advantage for us.

I guess it doesn’t matter who we want though.

Great win

Just finished for all you dooshbags who watch live

Every tourney Win is great

And you all thought the Kansas offense was bad tonight. Iowa state and Miami say hold my beer

True. Rock chalk!

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ISU has a way of turning every game they play into this kind of shitfest. Something to think about.

I like Larranaga. Doesn't seem like an asshole like a lot of these coaches.

Heh, probably didn't word that well... had plans that took me away from the TV, but just shut it off about 5 minutes early because of the stupidity and I had to go anyway... tuned back in with about 5 minutes left and watched the last 45 minutes, heh.

But really, it was ****ing stupid for a while.

When did Charlie Moore get so good?

Just finished the KU game. I managed to avoid it. Fast forwarding is nice. Between about the 10 minute to the 4 minute mark of the second half I had it moving, I was getting antsy not knowing.

Anyway, a win is a win. Doesnt matter who we get next Self traditionally struggles in the Elite 8.

Self can do all the coaching of these guys he wants, it won't matter if most of the team keeps choking like they have been. Someone else other than Remy Martin will have to show up at some point.

No dooshbag here.

I just finished myself.

Has anybody heard what time we play Sunday?

2:20 ET.

I wanna make love to your face

Miami can't beat us. Have no defense and not slow enough paced. Its over. We've made the Final Four.

That is if we for some reason decide to play McCormack at all. I don't even see a role for him vs Miami. They play 5 out.

So the better offensive team and the stretch 5 it is. I can just see the threes being hit in McCormack's face already. Dangerous times ahead.

He should not play in this game. At all. Never. Its not the game for him.

If he doesn't play we destroy Miami.

Self always plays McCormack. He plays the guys he trusts. He did it against a literal 5 guard lineup against Creighton, you think he won't do it against a 6'10 guy?

KU is in trouble. Deep trouble.

Here it is!

No team has beaten Kansas this year that can't play defense. Its not going to happen, buddy.

KU by 11.

Don't need defense when you're dropping threes on McCormack all game.

Sorry, I don't do live shows. But if you are talking about videos...

If it wasn't a KU game, I would have turned it off.

Too bad Cyclones fans, your team still sucks in the end. Better sell all those tickets to KU fans by Sunday.

Play him 6 min. KJ 15. Lightfoot 8. Wilson at the 5 the rest.

McCormack will play over 20 minutes easily as usual. Will also get torched in a number of them defensively.

I'm willing to hope Self learned his lesson at the Creighton game. As soon as he went Wilson at the 5 it saved the game.

Self went back to McCormack in that same game in the last 5 minutes. He will do it again.

What was up with Robert Kraft shipping in a bunch of Providence fans?

For the second time in the Self era, KU will play a double digit seed in the NCAA Tournament E8. It didn't end well the first time and unfortunately for us, Miami is significantly better than the VCU team that ended the Morris brothers' road in 2011.

The Hurricanes are one of the best offensive teams in the country (18th in adjusted offensive efficiency) with exceptional shooters all over the floor (top 30 in both effective FG% and 2PT FG%) and do not turn the ball over whatsoever (just 6th at turnover rate). They value the ball and regularly get good shots each and every possession. This is problematic in two ways for KU: it means that Miami is a very efficient offensive team to deal with and it means that Miami limits their opponents' transition opportunities (which is especially important against a team in KU that excels in that regard better than just about any in the tournament).

Miami is also dangerous due to their 5-out lineup construction (think a lesser Villanova). They play a 6'10 big (Sam Waardenburg) for the majority of the game who is the best shooter on the team (shooting 42% from 3PT on 95 shots). They spread teams out and create space for their shooters in this regard, making it especially hard on traditional, slow-footed bigs like McCormack to get out and cover them. This is a team that Self may very well have to adjust his own lineup to deal with, but it may not be quite as simple as playing Wilson at the 5 (because of Waardenburg's size advantage and ability to also score down low--shooting 63% on 2s).

While Miami is not known for their defense, it is notable that they are 9th in the country at steal rate. They force turnovers which allows them to get their own transition game going. KU will have to limit their own turnovers if they hope to get through this one.

Taking all of this into account, this matchup is most certainly not a favorable one and we haven't even gotten into the Charlie Moore revenge factor. While KU certainly has the talent to overcome these deficiencies, they're going to need a mammoth effort in this one. Better be ready.

Ah our good luck charm, thanks for posting. :)

Check out which team is at the bottom of the list of NCAA teams with similar profiles to 2022 Miami: https://barttorvik.com/profile-compa...i+FL&year=2022

Dangerous, dangerous times.

Its a great matchup for us as long as we limit McCormack's minutes,. Even if Self doesn't its gonna be a nightmare for Miami. No shitty defensive team has given us problems all year. Riddle me that KCC. If Miami would have been in the Big 12 they would be the worst defensive team, by alot. One of the reasons we jettisoned Charlie Moore.

That Villanova team you cited was still a great defensive squad. This years Creighton also very good.

Miami is soft. I saw them in Orlando this year and they looked like the 2nd worst team there.

We win 80-68. Nice Final Four Jayhawks. Nice season.

VCU was over a decade ago. It has no relation to this team at all and a totally different team in player make up.

We all know Self is going to play McCormack and going to play him a lot. He trusts the guy. Even if he didn't, though, the team still doesn't have a particularly good option to deal with Waardenburg (who can also score down low). Truly a matchup nightmare.

Miami is also miles better than they were in Orlando against Dayton. Like a completely different team. Larranaga has had them firing on all cylinders since they blew out fellow E8 UNC in January and also went into Cameron and shoved against Duke.

This is not the team we wanted to see here.

Right, that 2011 KU team was quite a bit better than this one. Didn't matter though.