snoodmonger

sammy owned remmy. sweet.

Pretty shocking to me that no Big 10 team has a winning record in the challenge. (MSU is the closest at .500, per wikipedia.) It's also pretty shocking to me that you guys care so much about winning the challenge.

nice wakeup call for KU that not every team is going to be as easy as Texas AM Corpus Christi

if you can't beat UNC, then you might as well give up on this season early.

not sure who's worse, Jordan Webb or our O-Line. Webb better not be our starter next year.

OU is atrocious this year.

Additional salt in the wound--that Alabama team you guys beat just lost to 1-3 St. Peters.

The one downside of A&M beating Nebraska this past weekend is that I think they jump us in the Cotton Bowl's eyes. Out of all five 8+ win teams in the Big 12, we're lowest on the totem pole IMO. with the way NU is playing, they could get beat by CU this weekend, though.

Heard rumors for the past few weeks that he wants to transfer back to Southern California. to USC or just a school in SoCal?

You can write off Rush and Henry, but you'd be jumping the gun. Neither will be stars, but both will have fine careers. better than anyone Mike Anderson has produced. There's no evidence to suggest playing for Mike Anderson will enhance your ability to even get to the NBA. Phil Pressey should be an interesting experiment. It'll be interesting to see if he gets there. No one should be touting Self's ability to get the most of his kids in the pros. He has Darnell Jackson to hang his hat on and that's it. I would rather have Weber's track record with DWill and Luther. Cole Aldrich was not NBA material coming out of HS. Neither was Sasha Kaun, and he got drafted. We'll see if Sherron sticks, but it's saying something getting someone his size on an NBA roster. If you haven't seen a ton of growth in the Morris twins, you're kidding yourself. Absolutely no one would have said Marcus was a possible All-American and NBA draft pick coming out of HS. I'll admit that Arthur, Rush, Henry, and Wright were going to the NBA regardless of who coached them. The debate would be, wold another coach have gotten them more ready? I'm sure you'll say no because it burns you to say anything good about Self. I would say yes, with the exception of Wright. I'm sure all would be in the NBA HOF by now if they'd played under MIke Anderson or Weber though. Dwilliams and Head played for Self, too. So he gets an assist on those two. You want one to brag about for Weber and Weber alone, go with DMac. He's turned into a big-time player under BW. Self does really well with kids he can develop. The kids that are elite level talent coming in don't get any better under Bill and definately don't get the chance to shine like they do in other places. Self coached Deron for a year. In that year Deron shot 30 percent from the free throw line, I am not giving him credit for DWill. Just like I am not gonna punish Self for having Aaron Miles and Wayne Simien. well, i don't deny part of your point. Star freshman players can definitely get a chance to shine more at other schools (UK comes to mind) A lot of that is due to his philosophy. It's definitely team oriented. And he gets married to upperclassmen and defensive players at the expense of some younger, higher-rated talent. I think he tried to change that somewhat last year with X Henry. I still think you're wrong about elite talent not getting better, but we'll agree to disagree. As for DWill, free throws seems like kind of a random stat to make your case on. He had a good freshman year under Self. Named All-Freshman Team by CollegeInsider.com Second on the team and ranked third in the Big Ten in assists, averaging 4.53 per game Led the league in assists in conference play with 77 (4.81 apg), edging out teammate Dee Brown by one assist Ranked second in the Big Ten behind Brown in assist/turnover ratio at +2.46 Second on the team with 46 steals, an average of 1.44 spg (ninth in Big Ten) I totally agree that the majority of the development credit for Williams should go to Weber. He coached him for longer. But it's not like he was some bum who randomly got good under Weber. He was already a good player his Fr year and was a star in the making.

lot's of likely baseless rumors that Taylor Martinez quit the team at NU.

Barnes and UNC struggling again. Barnes 4/12 for 11 points. UNC down 5 with 2 minutes left.

You can write off Rush and Henry, but you'd be jumping the gun. Neither will be stars, but both will have fine careers. better than anyone Mike Anderson has produced. There's no evidence to suggest playing for Mike Anderson will enhance your ability to even get to the NBA. Phil Pressey should be an interesting experiment. It'll be interesting to see if he gets there. No one should be touting Self's ability to get the most of his kids in the pros. He has Darnell Jackson to hang his hat on and that's it. I would rather have Weber's track record with DWill and Luther. Cole Aldrich was not NBA material coming out of HS. Neither was Sasha Kaun, and he got drafted. We'll see if Sherron sticks, but it's saying something getting someone his size on an NBA roster. If you haven't seen a ton of growth in the Morris twins, you're kidding yourself. Absolutely no one would have said Marcus was a possible All-American and NBA draft pick coming out of HS. I'll admit that Arthur, Rush, Henry, and Wright were going to the NBA regardless of who coached them. The debate would be, wold another coach have gotten them more ready? I'm sure you'll say no because it burns you to say anything good about Self. I would say yes, with the exception of Wright. I'm sure all would be in the NBA HOF by now if they'd played under MIke Anderson or Weber though. Dwilliams and Head played for Self, too. So he gets an assist on those two. You want one to brag about for Weber and Weber alone, go with DMac. He's turned into a big-time player under BW.

You can write off Rush and Henry, but you'd be jumping the gun. Neither will be stars, but both will have fine careers. better than anyone Mike Anderson has produced. There's no evidence to suggest playing for Mike Anderson will enhance your ability to even get to the NBA. Phil Pressey should be an interesting experiment. It'll be interesting to see if he gets there.

how do you figure his shot at the nba dropping? just curious. Because Mike Anderson coaches a system, not players. And it's a system that is not used in the NBA. Self coaches defense first (real defense, not trap and hack), pick and roll, and high/low. All of which will have him better prepared to succeed in the NBA than running around with your hair on fire for 40 minutes. In the end, Ben will likely get to the NBA based on his own physical attributes. But how well he's prepared and how long he stays will be directly related to how he's coached in college. Just my opinion. pretty ignorant comment. what players exactly has bill self done such a great job with in the nba with his defense first philosophies? and what players has mike anderson coached that are worse off for playing for him? if youre good enough, the nba will take you, regardless of what system you play in. Well, Cole Aldrich got drafted because of it. It certainly wasn't because he's Tim Duncan on offense. Remains to be seen if he'll be effective in the NBA. You can bag on Mario Chalmers all you want, but he's playing out of position in the NBA (dude's not a PG. Doesn't have the skill set.) But he's stayed largely because of defense. (Top 5 in steals in 08-09, top 30 in steals in 09-10) BRush's D is legit. His offense has been a disappointment. And he smokes too much reefer. as for the rest of Self's KU guys: Julian Wright has been a massive bust. X Henry--too early. Not playing. D Arthur--easing back in after missing a season. Haven't seen him play this year. Sherron Collins--for his size, it's an accomplishment to even get to the NBA. Darnell Jackson--with Self/Danny Manning's help, made himself into an NBA player. Nobody thought he'd get there. Will get more PT after Demarcus Cousins stabs a ref.

Or he could be...searching NBA database for Missouri/Anderson players.... ...still searching... ...c'mon, there's gotta be someone... ...wtf, really?.... ...maybe i'll try "Mizzou" instead of Missouri... ...search must be broken... A-ha! MAYBE HE CAN BE DEMARRE CARROLL!

how do you figure his shot at the nba dropping? just curious. Because Mike Anderson coaches a system, not players. And it's a system that is not used in the NBA. Self coaches defense first (real defense, not trap and hack), pick and roll, and high/low. All of which will have him better prepared to succeed in the NBA than running around with your hair on fire for 40 minutes. In the end, Ben will likely get to the NBA based on his own physical attributes. But how well he's prepared and how long he stays will be directly related to how he's coached in college. Just my opinion.

ben mclemore's mom is being a [expletive] and won't let him go to KU. So now he'll wait till the spring. A good, loving mother doing the best thing for her kid...and probably reducing his shot at the NBA by 40%.

Bo Pelini looking like a total psychopath after the game: CRAZY Carl Pelini allegedly attacking a TexAgs camera man after the game: http://v4.texags.com/Stories/767

well, having a chance to win was fun while it lasted

I read that earlier today. It just seems bizarre. Why would Bill Carmody run off a talented kid like Coble if he was actually capable of coming back and playing this season? There has to be something more at play here. according to some rumors, coble had no friends on the team, was on a family trip in hawaii during the italy tour, and was seen often playing pickup basketball during the summer. wow. i'd love to know what's true and what's BS in this story. Feel bad for NW, though. I really want them to break their NCAA streak.

that's bananas

wouldve been better than you regardless

KU looks pretty good. Not sure about the post defense at this point in the season. And I think 3pt shooting might not be a strength. But I love the Morris twins. Taylor looks much improved. So does Thomas Robinson. We need someone to beat Morningstar out. And we need Selby cleared.

luckily no one was at Paige Arena to see it.