@bskeet said in Kansas Jayhawks vs TCU Horned Frogs Game Chat Tues. 1/6 8:00 CT:

I think it's worth taking both Flory and Tiller out and see if they can handle speed at every position.

If we can't rebound, it won't matter. That's where they're killing us. -11 on offensive rebounds is the difference in the game. We're shooting 54% from the field, problem is TCU has taken 19 more shots than KU to this point.

@BShark said in Kansas Jayhawks vs TCU Horned Frogs Game Chat Tues. 1/6 8:00 CT:

Seems like I was wrong about the defense being good. Can't get a stop in league play.

Defense hasn't been terrible tonight. It hasn't been great either, but I won't complain about a team shooting 40% from the field. This team can't rebound for shit tonight.

Rebounding has been atrocious tonight. Someone needs to challenge Flory and Tiller's manhood to get some rebounds. KU has 1 offensive rebound and TCU has 12. No reason TCU should have 18 more FG attempts at this point.

I will also add that Melvin Council is absolutely Tyshawn Taylor, good and bad. He no showed the first half, microwaved the second half, and committed a stupid foul that cost KU a chance at the end of the game. That And 1 was one of the most brain fart fouls in recent memory. You're down 1 and you trying to catch up on a breakaway lay up. Don't foul unless you can prevent the made basket in that moment and Council didn't do that. As great as Council was in the 2nd half, he also absolutely cost KU a chance to send the game to OT as well.

I think we saw the result of this team not playing a game for basically two weeks. They just looked off today. I think next season, we need to make sure we have a buy game the week between Christmas and New Year's against a localish team like UMKC, Mo. State, Omaha, SEMO, or someone like that.

@wissox83 said in Conference Play Discussion:

My study of the conferences is done by looking at ESPN on my computer (easier to do on computer) and click on "Standings". It shows every conference and their records. It also has each teams records against ranked teams. So I start counting ranked wins.

Big12 has 13 ranked wins collectively, with Arizona leading the nation with 5. We've only got 1 while losing 3 against ranked teams, but of course the DP absence factors into that.

The SEC has 9 ranked wins. Vandy is 13-0 but has a super soft schedule.

The Big East only has 5 ranked wins with UCONN securing for of those, so pretty weak otherwise.

ACC has 11 ranked wins, BIG has 15 so I guess they lead in that category, but they all have 2 conference games already so that skews that data a bit.

What's interesting too is that no other conferences have any wins against ranked teams except Gonzaga has 4 ranked wins, but no other team in their conference has done anything. In other words no mid majors or low majors have any big surprises.

Your last paragraph is courtesy of the portal and these low and mid majors not being able to retain those players.

NIL hasn't been awful for football as it's created a bit of parity, but has been absolutely terrible for college basketball.

@wissox83 said in Darryn Peterson:

@kjayhawks2.0 I think that means he'll play!

Next question is, full game or not?

Next question, since it's on Peacock will I be able to watch it? @beddieku23 thinks any old fool should be able to watch it without subscribing, while I guess I'm an old fool then.

NBC brought back their NBCSN sports network so check your channel line up to see if you have NBCSN and you may not need a Peacock subscription to watch the game tomorrow.

Good performance tonight in a game that KU hasn't always shown up for in the past. Davidson isn't a bad team and KU has made them look pretty bad tonight.

And ISU hit a contested corner 3 to win it at the buzzer.

Nichols ties it with 5 seconds left.

Audi Crooks is an absolute beast of player. 41 so far today.

Women are coming down to the Final possession against ISU. Down 2 with 16 seconds left and possession.

Hate to see a player like Mahomes tear his ACL. Hope he has a a speedy recovery and is ready for the start of next season.

Nice birthday present for me to see KU get a quality road win tonight!

Didn't expect KU to win tonight, but was hoping for a bit more of a fight. This has just been an absolute ass whooping tonight.

Always fun putting a beat down on Missouri. Now time to change a flat tire.

Sweet 16 opponent will be the winner of KSU/Nebraska that play today. I'd love for it to be KSU so we can smack the kitties again, but it would also take out the title favorites.

@approxinfinity said in Darryn Peterson:

@kjayhawks2.0 I’m calling “fan fiction “ on this one.

Kyrie Irving — 11 games → #1 pick
Darius Garland — 5 games → #5 pic

What will cost him millions is if he comes back before he is ready.

The 2026 draft class is way stronger than 2011 or 2019. Kyrie was the only hyped player coming out in 2011 and Garland probably could've been the 2nd pick behind Zion without his meniscus injury at Vandy.

You don't see many projected draft classes that get hyped as competition to 1984, 1996, and 2003 and 2026 is because it has 3 face of the NBA level prospects in Peterson, Dybansta, and Boozer along with several others projected to be potential all star level players.

I've been saying from when his injury happened that this isn't the year to load manage because of how deep this class is. Peterson sitting out doesn't line up with any previous reports about his work ethic and drive. There's a reason why 12 year NBA vet CJ McCollum is on record saying Peterson was NBA ready last season.

@kjayhawks2.0 said in Kansas Jayhawks Vs UConn Huskies Game Thread 12/2 8PM CT:

Bill Self released a statement saying DP will not go tonight, he is still not a 100% and is considered day to day at this point. @jayhawk_69 I keep hearing he never plays another game here from multiple sources so at this point can we not pay him and just send him on his way? If he doesn’t comeback for conference play and be able to go it ends up being a complete waste of millions.

Absolute worst advice he could get would be to sit out this season. The 2026 draft is projected to be one kfnthe deepest in years and could one day be discussed at the same level of 1984, 1996, and 2003 drafts. Peterson voluntarily sitting out the season would potentially drop him from #1 to outside the top 10 costing him millions of dollars. I feel like this is more the staff and trainers being overly cautious and protective of Peterson because he's potentially the best player Bill Self has ever coached.

KSU lost by 16 at home to BGSU. Colorado is currently losing at home to Cal Baptist early in the second half.