Other Games 2025-2026
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@kjayhawks2.0 said in Other Games 2025-2026:
As much as I hate Dan Hurley he will be playing for his 3rd national title in 4 years Monday and I wouldn’t bet against him. He’s easy to dislike but man you can’t question his greatness in the NIL.
He is punch-in-the-face dislikable, but agree that he has mastered the NIL era. Article about UConn/Hurley in the weekend WSJ. Notes that in recruiting they are laser focused on two traits - fitting into specific roles and character (principally willingness to buy in and put up with his s**t).
What I struggle to understand in comparing KU over the past 4 years to UConn/Hurley, FL/Golden, and May is their consistent ability to land real P5 talent starters in the portal every year and to get veteran players to run it back - not all jump to the NBA/G-league/overseas or transfer.
Karaban has stayed at UConn 4 years. FL got Condon and Hauch to come back. May was able to get 3 bigs, each arguably better than Flory and certainly better than Tiller (not to mention Mbiya), to come to MI and actually play them together.
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Appears Arizona got served a big, heaping portion of comeuppance on the big stage after Lloyd's contract signing.
Happy Easter Bucketeers!
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@mayjay I was amazed at that UM run with GLen Rice. Interestingly Illinois was in that final 4 also.
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@DCHawker You have to question our ability to evaluate talent. Pre-NIL, it wasn't THAT important because Bill's success was developing players over the course of up to five seasons. Now, player success or failure (and therefore team success or failure) is immediate.
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How in the heck did we (wearing my Wisconsin hat now) beat Michigan once and nearly beat them again but couldn't beat High Point?
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Was happy to see West Virginia beat Oklahoma for the Fox College Basketball Crown this afternoon. WV was behind by 12, came back and tied it and went to OT and then Honor Huff for WV (scored 34 total points) took over in Devonte Graham style and won it for them. They beat all other teams that went to Vegas for this losers tourney.
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Chance to redeem your broken brackets. Who you got with the final score? I'll go first. This may be more of a heart than head pick because Hurley never loses this time of year but Go Blue. 73-66.
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@wissox83 Tonight will make it SEVEN National Championships in NINE trips to the Funal Four for UCONN. How is that even possible? PLUS - UCONN is the only college program that has sent the men's and women's teams to the Final Four in the same year multiple times. SIX to be exact. No other program has done that more than once.
We suck.
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Not watching. Don't care. The college game has been ruined. Good example of $$$ ruin everything. Might as well watch the NBA. Gag. Oh, wait. The NBA has more consistency of player rosters than college ball.
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Well gee this is fun.
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@nuleafjhawk you know, we don’t suck. I don’t know why you’ve turned on KU so much. We all can see the last couple of seasons haven’t been as good as we’d like, but to tell us every chance you get your displeasure is tiresome.
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@wissox83 it was supposed to be disguised sarcasm. Sorry you're so sensitive.
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I've got to show this to my wife because she thinks I'm very insensitve!
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Congrats to everyone for playing
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@FarmerJayhawk who won?
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@wissox83 What I personally find tiresome (this is not necessarily directed just at you) is the fact that this is supposed to be a forum for people to talk about sports (mostly) and talking about sports involves passion and opinions along with facts.
I say what I feel, what I observe. I take off the Crimson and Blue glasses and I don't drink the Crimson and Blue kool-aid.
Kansas is a program on the decline. That's not my opinion, that's a fact. Kansas men's basketball had not lost 11 games in a season since 1989! The past three years we've lost 11, 13 and 11. We have been bounced from the NCAA Tournament after the first or second games (against generally far inferior opponents) multiple timnes. That's right off the kuathletics.com website. Facts. Not opinions. So people can say I'm naysayer. Say that I'm negative. Say whatever they want to say. Have me banned. Chances are I'm just telling the truth and nobody wants to hear it.
