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he's playing terribly, and allegedly his foot is really slowing him down.

way to show up, KU.

the big 12 sorta sucks this year. i wouldn't be surprised to see early exits from Big 12 teams.

the rumor is impermissible benefits

god as much as i hate bosh, wade was worse during that video. i'd forgotten how shameful that display was. it says it all that the PA announcer would describe three guys as "your miami heat."

According to this article, 22% of NFL players are living paycheck-to-paycheck.

A professor at GW who was honored at halftime for donating $ to GW's AD was kicked out of the same game for mouthing off to the refs. My favorite part of the video is the high-five he exchanges with the guy holding the baby. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2011/03/video_of_gw_professor_getting.html

GET OUT OF TOWN I'm sure you're shocked.... at least i put some reasoning in there.... gotta give me some credit. But your logic wasn't consistent. You said you had to be consensus all-conference to win player of the year, then you put 2 non-consensus players ahead of the guy from Colorado Re-read what I posted. I said Pullen was consensus, AND on the all defensive team. I said Marcus wasn't consensus, and wasn't on the defensive team. A little different that saying someone had to be consensus. Also, who are the 2 other players that weren't consensus? I count one in Hamilton. Pullen was the only other I put ahead of him. well, the funny thing is, you're posting the Big 12 first team/defensive team, as voted on by the coaches. And they already handed out their player of the year. And it went to Marcus.

well, the fact marcus morris wasn't a consensus first teamer is absurd on its own, so I'm not comfortable using that as a reason to eliminate him from contention. Maybe he shot one of the voters with a BB gun hopefully scott drew

he's a better shooter than Jake Pullen.

well, the fact marcus morris wasn't a consensus first teamer is absurd on its own, so I'm not comfortable using that as a reason to eliminate him from contention.

Pullen has done a great job of leading his team back from the dead, but he was also part of the reason that team stood on the brink. He's also overvalued as a defender, and his A/TO ratio is barely above 1. I don't think you should have to be on the best team to get consideration for the award, but I do think the team's results relative to expectations should be a consideration. This was the preseason pick to win the conference, and they needed a huge end of season run to climb into 4th place.

Jordan Hamilton, I'd pick. It should be Marcus Morris, imo, but I'd have no beef with Hamilton.

Big 12 POY--who do you guys have? Because I'm seeing a lot of support for Pullen, which I think is a joke.

impressive performance by OSU.

that's 15

This is all true except for calling Missouri's system "junk." There's nothing radical or unusual about full-court pressure. And that junk system forced Kansas to eclipse their turnover average by the half. I thought the officiating was poor for both teams, but the game highlighted nearly all of Missouri's deficiencies: regression from English, inconsistency in the paint and poor shot selection. Defense from the guards was better, but they still miss Tiller/Taylor and Missouri's defense won't be at the level it was two years ago until they get another Tiller. I think it's pretty gimmicky. Mizzou's half-court sets are atrocious. Maybe I haven't watched enough of them, but if they're not running out, they look bad. They did do a nice job forcing TOs today. But even with that, they still couldn't score the ball. And that intentional foul was one of the worst calls I've seen in a long time.

I expect KU to play them in the second round. lol. that's exactly how i feel.

man, i gave ole' Roy a hard time at the start of this season, but he's really got UNC playing well. They're a very dangerous team.

I expect KU to play them in the second round.

Conspiracy theory? No. Star treatment? Yes. It happens in college sports. Don't deny it. I clearly said that I don't watch enough A&M games to comment on them. I guess that means I think they're on the up-and-up. That leaves ISU (of which I don't watch many games either). But, I do know that most of their games are over at half, home or away. There are going to be less fouls in general in the second half of games like that. As to why they have less on the road instead of home? I don't know. Anomaly? They are so far out of it on the road that they aren't fouling at the end of the game? I could also care less. I don't watch them get ridiculous amounts of bad calls go their way in close games. As for sleeping at night, I can assure you that kU/Mizzou basketball has not cost me one moment of sleep, ever. The Cubs and Packers are so much more important to me. I can sleep at night, but just putting out there I consider the Big 12 to be like the conference that Gonzaga is in. There is no way that one team should win it every freaking year. Kentucky, Duke, UNC, Michigan State, or UCLA don't do that in their conferences and most of them have been as good over the last 10 years as Kansas. actually, every one of those teams has had bad years over the last seven seasons. So they could have not won it all that one time. And when was Duke bad? If they were bad, weren't you then after your National title? Even in your rebuilding years you pimp smack the Big 12. Makes it hard for me to take that conference seriously. Duke was 8-8 in conference in 2006-2007. They weren't a bad team, but they weren't the Duke caliber teams we've come to expect. I think KU's seven consecutive conference titles is an amazing streak. (Self has the same amount of home losses at KU as he does conference titles: 7.) But there are some things that can probably be considered mitigating factors. 1. KU has shared a few of the seven. There are no tie-breakers in Big 12 conference race. If there had been tie-breakers, they would have finished second at least once (off the top of my head.) I don't know if other conferences handle it differently. 2. KU did get to play in the North, which was kind of sucky for part of that run. Overall, though, it does speak somewhat to the quality of the Big 12. We've had only four different programs make the Final Four since the Big 12's inception. And really, only KU and UT have been consistent threats.

Conspiracy theory? No. Star treatment? Yes. It happens in college sports. Don't deny it. I clearly said that I don't watch enough A&M games to comment on them. I guess that means I think they're on the up-and-up. That leaves ISU (of which I don't watch many games either). But, I do know that most of their games are over at half, home or away. There are going to be less fouls in general in the second half of games like that. As to why they have less on the road instead of home? I don't know. Anomaly? They are so far out of it on the road that they aren't fouling at the end of the game? I could also care less. I don't watch them get ridiculous amounts of bad calls go their way in close games. As for sleeping at night, I can assure you that kU/Mizzou basketball has not cost me one moment of sleep, ever. The Cubs and Packers are so much more important to me. I can sleep at night, but just putting out there I consider the Big 12 to be like the conference that Gonzaga is in. There is no way that one team should win it every freaking year. Kentucky, Duke, UNC, Michigan State, or UCLA don't do that in their conferences and most of them have been as good over the last 10 years as Kansas. actually, every one of those teams has had bad years over the last seven seasons.

Conspiracy theory? No. Star treatment? Yes. It happens in college sports. Don't deny it. I clearly said that I don't watch enough A&M games to comment on them. I guess that means I think they're on the up-and-up. That leaves ISU (of which I don't watch many games either). But, I do know that most of their games are over at half, home or away. There are going to be less fouls in general in the second half of games like that. As to why they have less on the road instead of home? I don't know. Anomaly? They are so far out of it on the road that they aren't fouling at the end of the game? I could also care less. I don't watch them get ridiculous amounts of bad calls go their way in close games. As for sleeping at night, I can assure you that kU/Mizzou basketball has not cost me one moment of sleep, ever. The Cubs and Packers are so much more important to me. here's what i think. it's a wild theory. I think we won that game because we're a lot better than you. And because we don't run a junk system built to overwhelm inferior opponents. And because we have a dominant frontcourt, and your bigs are weak aside from Bowers, who should get way more touches. Our third best big had 15 points and 14 rebounds. In 17 minutes. I think we play are more organized offensive system that forces teams to play defense. And since those teams usually have inferior players, they tend to foul more because they're not being bailed out by bad shots. Likewise, we play better team defense, and thus tend to foul less. Meanwhile your guys were going one-on-one and tossing up crazy shots. I also think we won because, when your team was open, they still couldn't hit shots. You shot under 30%. I thought the reffing overall was terrible. It was inconsistent. And it prevented the game from having any flow. And it was the only reason you were in the game, aside from miserable ball security from KU.

Did you see CBS's explanation: Curious that those sun spots happened in perfect timing with the tip-off for the Arizona/Oregon and MSU/MU games. How fortuitous!

Not surprising that I think the game was called like crap in the first half (when you could murder a guy down low without consequence, but any contact with guards was instantly whistled.) Refs were a big part of why it was even a game at half. Missouri got plenty of calls in that game. They had 35 FT attempts to KU's 28. And keep in mind, 8 of KUs 28 came in the last minute, when MU was putting us on the line on purpose. For a team that shot 23 3-pointers, 35 FT attempts seems like an awful lot to me. It's certainly not a number you can look at and go, "The refs were out to get us!" As for eb's theory that KU gets some kind of special protection on the road, whatever helps you sleep at night, dude. But I love how in KU's case it's clearly some kind of BS conspiracy, whereas with the other two teams who get similar foul treatment, everything is on the up-and-up.