Big XII Tourn. Semifinal: Texas v. Kansas

[Guest Lobo]

Texas opens this morning as a 1-point favorite.  Tipoff at 8:35p-CST on ESPN2.  My only inside tip is that somebody close to the KU program indicated another player for the Jayhawks may not be cleared to play tonight.  

As stated in another thread, last time somebody beat Kansas 3 times in one season was nearly 40 years ago---Oklahoma State in the 82-83 season.  

Have not been following bracketology like y'all have this month, but I would think we solidified a #3 seed with the win last night over Texas Tech.  Maybe in some bizarro-world, we could win the whole conference tournament and move up to the last #2 seed (if some others ahead of us stumble today-thru-Sunday).  But I'd say that's slim.  I think no matter what happens tonight, we're locked in as one of the last 2 #3 seed selections with a really narrow path to moving up beyond that.  Any other year, we'd worry about geographic proximity but at this point it's just varying degrees of shitty places in Indiana.  

Anyway, it's Lenten Friday.  But I'm drinking tonight for this game.  Should be good.  

[El Diablo 4232]

Please beat KU. KTHXBAI. 

[Machinator 32102]

 

[Js1 86945]

McCormack is their 3rd leading scorer and 2nd leading rebounder and top shot blocker.   He's also their best finisher (51% FG) and top FT shooter (80.2%).

Game @ KU - 0-4, 8 points (8-8 FT), 5 boards

Game in Austin - 5-9 for 12 points (2-4 FT), 4 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, 2 turnovers

Enaruna did not play the game in Lawrence.  In the game in Austin, he was 2-6 for 5 points (1-2 FT), with 5 boards, a block and steal and a turnover.

[CheesePie 238]

Big opportunity for Jericho to drag his nuts all over Mitch Lightfoots forehead tonight, he's shown the ability to bully athletically inferior defenders recently. Here's hoping he can keep up the solid play.

[Texas Flood 1381]

Fuck Kansas

[rivin 199]

Let's beat them three times this season.

[ztejas 44114]

1 hour ago, Lobo said:

My only inside tip is that somebody close to the KU program indicated another player for the Jayhawks may not be cleared to play tonight.  

You can't just go on the internet and post stuff like this. The Nevada State Gambling Commission will come knocking and you don't want to be around when they do.

But, if true, Texas actually has a really good chance to win tonight. We didn't play that well against Tech. Kansas is a better matchup for us and they are missing a couple key guys. 

Yeah yeah, 3 times in one season, Bill Self, something something Bob Bowlsby...

Texas is the better basketball team going into tonight. That doesn't always result in a win, especially with Shaka at the helm, but I'm not scared to death over here. Kansas is very beatable as displayed twice already.

Edited March 12, 2021 by ztejas
Wrong idiom

[CowtownHorn 5126]

[Dr. Teeth 5868]

Sims, Brown and Jones just need to live in the paint and dominate. With two contributing guys out, KU should be tired. We need to push the tempo and hand it to Sims down low. Seems easy enough.

[jimmyjazz 46979]

13 minutes ago, Dr. Teeth said:

Sims, Brown and Jones just need to live in the paint and dominate. With two contributing guys out, KU should be tired. We need to push the tempo and hand it to Sims down low. Seems easy enough.

Hence, we'll just bomb away from the 3 and go 4-27 in the process.

[Teryor 4966]

 

TO THE FINALS FUCK YA WE DID IT GUYS

[jimmyjazz 46979]

Wait, they canceled the game?

[Native Horn 3569]

That tweet is unclear.  The player was removed, or KU was removed?

[Machinator 32102]

 

[Slacks 7027]

Let's not start sucking each other's covid just yet.

[4th&Five 41904]

 

[jimmyjazz 46979]

That's terrible writing.  It makes it sound as if the player was removed from the tournament, not the team.

[Slacks 7027]

Ah, damn... I wanted to see that game.

[Steamboat1874 4284]

We need to get out of KC now !

Fucking let BU or OSU have the damn thing.

[Queen Bitch 1692]

 

[Dr. Teeth 5868]

Not sure why they would play tonight or why we would not force them to forfeit.

[CurlyDumps 4618]

7 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

That's terrible writing.  It makes it sound as if the player was removed from the tournament, not the team.

Those are actually replies. This was the original tweet:

edit: nm, saw that the original tweet was posted too.

Edited March 12, 2021 by CurlyDumps

[Steamboat1874 4284]

2 minutes ago, Queen Bitch said:

 

That photo is obviously shopped.

No Big XII ref can throw a ball in the air that straight.

[Native Horn 3569]

2 minutes ago, CurlyDumps said:

Those are actually replies. This was the original tweet:

 

And that is the tweet that isn't clear.

[jimmyjazz 46979]

1 minute ago, CurlyDumps said:

Those are actually replies. This was the original tweet:

I was talking about the tweet.  The noun preceding "has been removed" is "player".

[GSU&UT 1799]

4 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

We need to get out of KC now !

Fucking let BU or OSU have the damn thing.

Seriously, they need to just get all the teams in Indy so they can start quarantining.

[Js1 86945]

WE WIN!!!!

[BigOrange1 6608]

what an absolutely bonkers year this has been.

[Horn80 6313]

1 minute ago, Js1 said:

WE WIN!!!!

Strike up the aggy band.

[Js1 86945]

 

[perfectchaos007 6766]

2 wins + 1 forfeit win over KU this season! Hook em!

[Js1 86945]

Just now, perfectchaos007 said:

2 wins + 1 forfeit win over KU this season! Hook em!

KU was SCAREDDDDDD

[Dr Fear 1286]

2 minutes ago, Js1 said:

 

Can KU even play in the tournament?  They were talking about the protocols last night post game, teams enter the bubble on Monday.

Edited March 12, 2021 by Dr Fear

[Js1 86945]

1 minute ago, Dr Fear said:

Can KU even play in the tournament?  They were talking about the protocols last night post game, teams enter the bubble on Monday.

They claim they are 

[CurlyDumps 4618]

1 minute ago, jimmyjazz said:

I was talking about the tweet.  The noun preceding "has been removed" is "player".

Yeah I missed the post with the original tweet. And I see how that was confusing. That shit irritates me too.

 

Sucks for OU. Imagine if they catch a positive test.

[Js1 86945]

 

[Teryor 4966]

1 minute ago, Dr Fear said:

Can KU even play in the tournament?  They were talking about the protocols last night post game, teams enter the bubble on Monday.

Players need a week of negative tests and they need at least 5 healthy players. 1st round is Friday/Saturday, I'm sure they'll be placed in a Saturday game which might cost them a seed line, who knows.

[ztejas 44114]

Kansas didn't want this smoke for a 3rd time. 

Baylor better watch their ass. SHAKA IS COMING FOR THAT FIRST TOURNEY TITLE. DREAD IT, RUN FROM IT, SHAKABALL STILL COMES.

[RexWilson 1499]

[Celery Man 21076]

 

[Horn80 6313]

Be funny if Kansas misses the tournament. 

[CurlyDumps 4618]

One does not simply fire the Big 12 Tourney Runners-up.

One more year! One more year!

[Dr Fear 1286]

1 minute ago, Horn80 said:

Be funny if Kansas misses the tournament. 

Yeah, they won't be needing that 3 seed haha

[ztejas 44114]

Just now, CurlyDumps said:

One does not simply fire the Big 12 Tourney Runners-up.

One more year! One more year!

Why would Baylor fire Scott Drew?

[kingkoopa6 8594]

ayyyy!

[Js1 86945]

We get a night off so I hope OSU and Baylor goes 5 OTs with 2 sprained ankles per side. Just in case. 

[jimmyjazz 46979]

3 minutes ago, Js1 said:

 

More ace wordsmithing.  That one initially reads like the championship game will be against Kansas.  Obviously the back half of the 2nd sentence clarifies, but jeez, guys.  "Journalist?"

[Horn80 6313]

2 minutes ago, Dr Fear said:

Yeah, they won't be needing that 3 seed haha

It will be good for their fans.

[Patrick Bateman 3966]