Why not throw more? It worked for Texas fans in college football this past year

lol now the ref gives them the out of bounds call

No call on Dicks and Adams, and that bs.... HOLD ON!!

Nvm.

Wow, Tech is doing everything they can to bailout KU's missed layups and bad turnover.

That’s a makeup call lol

Still a long way to go to hit Nebraska football irrelevance tho

How did you know

LMAO

AIRBALL

Mayo is so bad lol.

I think we all know why KU had no interest in him out of high school.

Pathetic shit zeke

It was obvious what would happen there and which idiot would force a contested shot with plenty of time left

Or why anyone did considering where he ended up

I think we might have won this game if Diggy closed this one out over Zeke

All that storming back just for zeke to shit all over his shoes

Why couldn't covid have wiped out this season instead?

Zeke knew today was a home game, right?

He's so, so, so bad.

Mayo ends the day 1-7.

Was extra funny that he made the one after the buzzer.

Zeke has gotten somewhat of a pass for being a gutless choker this year

He blew the Houston game singlehandedly and I think they win this one too without him on the floor (he plays no defense, can’t dribble/pass and loses confidence in his shot if he misses one or two)

A shame because that might have been KJ’s best game in his entire career

That and running out of bounds in the national title game to give North Carolina one more shot to tie it.

And how many unforced turnovers?

He's such a sloppy ball handler.

He should just catch the ball and shoot it from wherever he is.

His stats vs top tier teams are similarly awful to his road stats, 84.6 ORtg vs “Tier A” teams on KenPom this year

Just shrivels up against any real adversity

As I said, the guy reminds me of Vick but he’s even worse

Thankfully we had big Dave save us from that choke

I can't wait for him and Juan to be done with the program.

WTF do we have to do to turn this team around?

Were the early season wins Fools Gold? Were all of those wins just poor play by our opponents? Combination of both?

The freaking talent is there, we are just not executing!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">TOM BOMB �� <br><br>Second grand slam of the season for the Jayhawks comes from <a href="https://twitter.com/tommy_barth4?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@tommy_barth4</a>!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RockChalk?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RockChalk</a> <a href="https://t.co/gMxER7flFL">pic.twitter.com/gMxER7flFL</a></p>&mdash; Kansas Baseball (@KUBaseball) <a href="https://twitter.com/KUBaseball/status/1895940108345622890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I liked it better when this was a baseball thread for a day

I can think of three very good reasons to hope the NCAA doesn’t give the extra year of eligibility and those are two of them

Program needs a reset

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Last two games combined:<br><br>Dickinson+Adams: 86 points, 36-55 (65.5%)<br><br>Guards (Harris-Mayo-Coit-Griffen-Storr): 52 points, 14-45 (31.1%) <a href="https://t.co/tvjmV6Mlzw">https://t.co/tvjmV6Mlzw</a></p>&mdash; Derek Johnson (@DJohnsonRadio) <a href="https://twitter.com/DJohnsonRadio/status/1895947892638302692?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Zeke Mayo with the game on the line: <a href="https://t.co/j98UGSrlOb">pic.twitter.com/j98UGSrlOb</a></p>&mdash; phoggy (@PhoggyThoughts) <a href="https://twitter.com/PhoggyThoughts/status/1895944414985666805?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Darryn Peterson could learn a lot from them while he sits on the bench.

Nothing good of course, but he’ll learn a lot.

I mean we beat a fringe tournament UNC team at home by 2, Michigan State who has a laughable big 10 to play in, and Duke in their first big game ever for their best players. Not exactly amazing.

At the end of the day, this game says what we are. You can't blame this on effort or being lazy. Yes Mayo didn't play well but Hunter Griffen KJ did. We dominated the boards and points in the paint. We didn't really have foul trouble impact us, while it hurt them fairly significantly. We even got a rare second chance at a blown call at the end. And yet we lost. They just made more plays and beat us.

Can we beat anyone? Sure. But so can any NCAA tournament team. You can't judge our season on 1-2 wins and say that's who we are. We have far more of these losses than big wins. It is what it is at this point. We are a 6-10 seed and who knows what will happen in the tournament, but there isn't anything to suggest we can go on a deep run.

That's an understatement. If Diggy Coit takes all of his minutes (in which Zeke went 1 for 7 with 5 turnovers with horrific defense), they probably win that game with how good KJ/HD were.

They've showed as a team when they play well that their ceiling is quite a bit higher than what they'll be seeded (I don't see them dropping below a 6 btw, losses to Tech/Houston/Zona won't hurt their overall resume at all) but with their execution in late and close situations it is hard to imagine anything better than a 2nd round exit. They'll lose to the first team they play that's on their level or better.

Yeah, despite the atrocious offensive possessions at the end (which like you said, it's just who they are), this loss is easy to shrug off in the grand scheme of things... I fully expected it to get out of hand in the 2nd half and to their credit, they got back into it and had chances to tie it at the end.

They could be ranked in the top 10 right now and a loss like that wouldn't have raised major red flags or sounded alarms. :shrug:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bill Self real postgame quote:<br><br>&quot;We were trying to keep up with them by shooting 2s to their 3s. And that&#39;s hard to do.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/FbiiagLrpQ">pic.twitter.com/FbiiagLrpQ</a></p>&mdash; Another KU Burner (@KUBurner) <a href="https://twitter.com/KUBurner/status/1895956712089403638?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Just incredible effort.

KJ played the best game of his career.

Still lose at home.

We aren't good. But Tech is.

Duke was young.

Mich State shot awful. Just awful.

This is simply not a good basketball team.

Have room on your avatar for Zeke next?

I am team KJ.

The man who shut down Cooper Flagg.

Our floor slapping general.

Amazing performance today wasted.

I’ll give them credit today, they were trying like hell, but tech just had more talent than we did. I don’t think there is a single nba player on this team. We’re in the position “now” that Iowa st, Texas, Oklahoma, okie st were in trying to beat us in the 20-teens when we could win without trying because we had overwhelming talent. The transfer portal combined with NIL dollars has leveled the playing field to a point that is detrimental to KU.

Flory is a NBA player. Doesn't play in the games though

You’re right. I meant as of today. He should be ready for the nba next year, but I suppose some agents will get in his ear and give him terrible advice to leave early.

Flory should return next year.
He isnt on any mock drafts for 1st rd that I have looked at.

The shine on Zeke has worn off.

He turned that shinola into shit.

Players have bad games. Its a shame the way alot of KU fans talk about him and he's born and raised in Lawrence.

I appreciate everything he's done.

83.9 ORtg in 13 games against Tier A opponents this year (compared to a 104.6 overall), he wilts when it matters and always has

Interesting statement ku just posted on social media as an official statement from HCBS

Be that as it may. I will cherish a Lawrence kid playing for the Jayhawks. Sometimes it is more than about winning, especially this year with a weak team. If there is anyone I'm rooting for it's Zeke Mayo.

I prefer players that help KU win over Lawrence kids

Hoping for more of the former next year

NSFW

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Who is the best high school prospect since LeBron? Kansas commit Darryn Peterson, according to James’ ex-coach. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KUbball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KUbball</a> <br><br>(by <a href="https://twitter.com/Josh_Schulman04?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Josh_Schulman04</a>)<a href="https://t.co/byJHYvFwZK">https://t.co/byJHYvFwZK</a></p>&mdash; Through The Phog (@ThroughThePhog) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThroughThePhog/status/1895896825040920804?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Best since LeBron, you say? Save us Darryn.

Thats on Self,
The lack of effort from this team has been shocking to me. At least Self coached teams played hard in the past. Either he has lost his touch on how to coach the players these days or he recruited the wrong players. Either way, this is on Self.

So true Mike!!!

****ing pathetic from fans spewing that shit...

This thread isn't going to be as easy to search for with the baseball icon (even if it's likely a season we'll all son forget)

We already knew it was a trashy fan base

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Visual update:<br><br>Hoglund Ballpark in the 9th inning. <a href="https://t.co/WYv7EXGGms">pic.twitter.com/WYv7EXGGms</a></p>&mdash; Kansas Baseball (@KUBaseball) <a href="https://twitter.com/KUBaseball/status/1896304938030109179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Baseball school.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kansas defeats Omaha 5-1 to win the series 3-1. The fan support stole headlines all weekend but the Jayhawks are 10-1 and have remarkable depth and a manageable schedule. Dan Fitzgerald’s club has a solid argument to be a Top 25 team on Monday. <a href="https://t.co/YwQx9adHTF">https://t.co/YwQx9adHTF</a></p>&mdash; Noah Darling (@noahdarling_) <a href="https://twitter.com/noahdarling_/status/1896303917321121825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

So it only makes sense that we win tonight by double digits to keep this cluster-f of a season going...because that would make sense, right?

Normally I'd say no way, b/c UH is too good, especially at home. BUT, since I will be there, there's always the chance for the upset..

UH is like 108-7 at home since they started playing in the Fertitta Center, and I've been there for 5 of those 7 losses. LMAO

I could just as easily see KJ drilling a couple 3's on way to the 20+ point victory.

The baseball team lost a game?

https://media.tenor.com/i7ol93CA6NcA...ll-is-lost.gif

What if you hate baseball cuz I sure do

Then all you have is KJ

“Every coach is going to say they got the best kids, but we really do,” Self said. “Guys get along. But in today’s time, when kids are only here for a year, how can they be as invested as the kids you’ve coached over the last 20 years? It’s not fair to them sometimes. No question, it is different. It’s something that I personally have struggled with.”

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bill Self stuck up for his player after he got attacked on social media. But 24 hours later Self told me &quot;I shouldn&#39;t have done it.&quot; The problem with putting these people on blast is it gives them more oxygen. My story for Hoops HQ <a href="https://twitter.com/hhqsports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@hhqsports</a> <a href="https://t.co/cvcgjgMYwR">https://t.co/cvcgjgMYwR</a></p>&mdash; Seth Davis (@SethDavisHoops) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethDavisHoops/status/1896570132719419463?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

That’s an…odd…quote

He's been giving a lot of them this year.

He has a vague shot at the guys only being here a year.

Okay fine. What’s with your senior leaders in KJ and Dajuan who have been here for 4 and 5 years?

Has he not had short term guys in the past? Arthur, Xavier, McLemore, Wiggins, Embiid, Oubre, Josh Jackson, Devon Dotson, Gradey Dick…they were all two years or less in the program. They figured it out?

Transfers. We’ve had plenty that came around to be good players. Withey, Malik Newman, Remy, McCullar (until the end), etc. They figured it out?

I’m not getting his point here.

Imo it's an excuse he's using for being unable to motivate these players to play hard regularly and/or being unable to recruit the kind of player this year who can be motivated to play hard regularly. As you cite, he's done it before.

Is there any chance they don't get absolutely blasted tonight? I should have laid at -8.5 last night.

They'll either fall down big early and just give up completely or keep it close the entire time and lose at the end. Both of those have happened this year regularly.

Hard to know which one until we see the first five minutes.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tough day for the Hunter sucks at defense crowd <a href="https://t.co/0Cx2tmBEQC">https://t.co/0Cx2tmBEQC</a></p>&mdash; Adam Sullivan (@Sully_2029) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sully_2029/status/1896626615897206868?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Houston gonna rest players for us since they have the conference wrapped up?

You shouldn't have stuck up for your player who is from Lawrence KS and received racial slurs on social media? Really Bill?

BWillie takes one on the chin again...

UH doesnt usualy blow people out. They just win, usually comfortably. Kansas could present problems if they play inside out. Gonna be a good game. UH respects KU and knows they'll have to play well to win.

(I just got to the game.The atmosphere is fantastic!)

How about Ben McCollum for our next hire after HCBS? I'm sure he'll get one more stop after his success at NWMSU and now Drake.

Oats

This version of KU gets blown out in half of their road games against far worse teams than Houston.

Every stat there is suggests Dickinson is having one of the best individual KU seasons we've seen in the Self era.

Well it's been a bad day, had to put a pup down so, shit what else is going to go bad?

I'm going off the deep end on this one, WE SHOCK EVERYBODY AND WIN AT HOUSTON!

OK, here I go ! :bolt: