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Kansas Jayhawks and the 2008 NFL Draft
April 26, 2008 by
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Tomorrow, as I'm sure all of you know, is the 2008 NFL Draft. And tomorrow, the Kansas Jayhawks' three year stretch of going 0fer in the Draft will end, as up to six Jayhawks could, quite possibly, hear their name called on either Saturday or Sunday. This makes it one of the...
Have We Finally Broken Free of Our "Mini-Slump"?
April 26, 2008 by
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Before I dive headfirst into this week's content, I just want to semi-apologize. I had quite a fun President's Day Weekend, and that was the reason I never got around to summing up our demolishing of the Colorado Buffaloes, a game that needs little, if any, summation. In the...
General Thoughts on the Villanova Wildcats
April 22, 2008 by
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We will get into some player-by-player previews a little later on, but for now here are some general thoughts and such about tonight's opponent, the #12 seed Villanova Wildcats. Note: All information was obtained through KenPom's page on Villanova. There are huge discrepancies...
Are We Really Already in the Elite Eight?
April 22, 2008 by
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It's official. That was the shortest trip to the Elite Eight I have ever experienced. All three games, I was fully expecting to win from the opening tip, and never once did my hope waver. This isn't what you expect once you enter the one-and-done nature of March, where one...
Kansas Wins Big 12 Conference Championship for the Third Straight Year
April 21, 2008 by
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That was, probably, the best game I have seen all year. Just from a pure basketball-loving perspective, how up-and-down the first half was was absolutely and incredibly phenomenal. I couldn't get enough. The second half was pretty sick as well, there wasn't nearly as much scoring...
A Quick Player-by-Player Look at the Villanova Wildcats
April 21, 2008 by
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This will have to be somewhat short, only providing the simplest of profiles on each player. G Scottie Reynolds :: He is the star of the team, the straw that stirs the drink. He leads the Wildcats in minutes, points, assists, points per shot and steals. Without him, they are a meddling...
Know Thy Enemy: Villanova Wildcats
April 21, 2008 by
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Editor's Note: First off, I apologize for the complete inactivity this week. There is no excuse, and I apologize. With that being said, tomorrow will be jam-packed with preview content before tomorrow's incredibly late start. Uh-huh. Until then, learn it from an expert on the...
Recapping the (Arguably) Greatest Night in Kansas Basketball History
April 18, 2008 by
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Before we delve into breakdowns of players and such, I want to defend the title. Sure, this is our third National Championship, and the 1988 one was awfully special, with the whole underdog thing and all. Still, that was 20 years ago, and it isn't one of those years where everyone...
My, How Quickly Things Can Change
April 18, 2008 by
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Finally, we are starting to wrap up this whole National Championship thing. The rest of the weekend, we will wrap up the 2007-08 season, before moving on to recapping both the football and basketball seasons. We have months before we actually get to talk about real-life games again...
Keys to Victory
April 08, 2008 by
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Here is just some pretty basic stuff that we will need to do in order to win. Figure Out a Way to Stop Derrick Rose :: All day long, I have tried to think up ways that we can shut down Derrick Rose. I still haven't come up with an answer. I don't think Chris Douglas-Roberts...
Some Deeper, More Thought-Out Thoughts on Carolina
April 06, 2008 by
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For the first time all season, I really have no idea what to expect. Every game this season prior to San Antonio, all thirty-eight of 'em, I had a general idea of what to expect. And when looking at all thirty-eight games, I expected a Jayhawk win. Of course, three times we didn...
A Player-By-Player Look at the Portland State Vikings
April 06, 2008 by
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This week has flown by, and we now stand (or sit) only 14 (or so) hours away from the beginning of the Madness. Right at the forefront at the Madness are our Kansas Jayhawks, who battle the Portland State Vikings bright and early tomorrow afternoon, 12:20 ET. Here are breakdowns of...
Jayhawks Go 0 for 3 Saturday
April 06, 2008 by
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What opened up as a chance for Kansas to pick up three wins, one in basketball on their way to another possible conference championship, and two in a double-header on the islands in baseball. Instead, the basketball outfit never played up to its potential and choked away a chance to...
Know Thy Enemy: North Carolina Tar Heels
April 05, 2008 by
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Here are some questions with a North Carolina blogger, Sportz Assassin of the AOL Fanhouse. Also, for more UNC coverage, check out SB Nation site Carolina March. Rock Chalk: What is your take on the whole Roy scenario? Do you think Kansas fans, the one who call him a traitor and everything...
Some Initial Thoughts on Carolina
April 05, 2008 by
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I know this is technically late, being it 10:30 or whatever, but whatevs. Again, I will be pulling out some major player-by-player breakdowns sometime tomorrow, hopefully early. And, in case you are interested, I answered some questions for the folks over at 35 seconds, the EDSBS equivalent...
Open Game Thread : NCAA Tournament Game #4 : #10 Davidson Wildcats vs. #1 Kansas Jayhawks
April 04, 2008 by
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Here we are. Finally, we are at the moment we have been looking forward to since last season's heartbreak against the UCLA Bruins. A win this afternoon will mean we are heading to the greatest place on Earth. The Final Four. We are a spoiled fan base, bemoaning the fact that we...
Searching for a Memory
April 04, 2008 by
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Few sports memories stand out in my mind. Sure, I have seen thousands of games, both professional and collegiate, in numerous sports, and have memories from a good majority of them. Still, among these hundreds and hundreds of memories, some good and some bad, few stick out above others...
It Ain't About Roy, Dadgumit
April 03, 2008 by
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Sorry for this being a day later than I intended it to be. Blame the Royals, for I have been a tad distracted (despite the fact that we are in the Final Four) by the fact that my Royals are now the last undefeated team in all of Major League Baseball... As soon as the brackets were...
I Swear, Sean Sutton Looks Like a Rat
April 03, 2008 by
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I am still battling the cough and runny-nose and of the flu virus still making its way through America, but in honor of Sherron Collins, who is playing through yet another injury, this time a 'bruised right knee' suffered in Boulder, tomorrow afternoon in Stillwater, I have...
Some General Thoughts on the Davidson Wildcats
March 31, 2008 by
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Just like before, here are some general thoughts on our next opponent, the Davidson Wildcats, derived from their KenPom page. Their offense is pretty incredible. 8th in the entire country in offensive efficiency without adjusting for schedules, and still 15th even after the adjustment. Their de...
Baseball: Florida Spring Classic
March 30, 2008 by
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The Kansas baseball team is in Florida this week and I don't know if they have every played as many games in as short a span of time as they have scheduled over the next five day. Wednesday at 2PM Kansas will play Illinois. About 94 hours after this game gets underway the Jayhawks...
KU Baseball: Batting Update
March 23, 2008 by
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After 18 games I believe we have enough information now that we can start looking at individual player statistics. In addition to the traditional statistics I will also be tracking some numbers in these updates which are commonly consulted by scouts while evaluating players. One new...
Yikes.
March 18, 2008 by
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I try as hard as I can to never mention the officiating. I am a big believer in the theory that the better team (that night at least) will win the game, regardless of the officiating. I am an official (only in flag football for kids, but still have reffed something like 110 games)...
Kansas Loses to Texas in Austin (Again)
March 18, 2008 by
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We just lost our second game of the season, and it is February 12th. The Louisville Cardinals were ranked 6th in the country preseason. They lost their second game on December 8th, both of them home losses to BYU and Dayton, two good-but-not-great programs in non-BCS conferences. I...
The Sky Is, In Fact, Not Falling
March 18, 2008 by
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I promise. And while the streak-ender had an added emotional value, making the loss all that much worse, this loss is not a bad one by any means. Texas is an excellent team. A Top 10 caliber team, for sure, who can beat anyone in the country with a good shooting night. They beat the...
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