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Kansas Jayhawks
Location: Lawrence, Kan. | Founded: 1866 | Enrollment: 29,624 | Colors: Crimson and Blue
Coach: Bill Self | Home Court: Allen Fieldhouse | Capacity: 16,300

Record: (5-0, 0-0 Big 12)
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Jayhawks report: Notes, quotes
 

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Notes, quotes · Strategy and personnel · Getting inside
 

 

--Last offseason, junior Brandon Rush declared for the NBA draft but a torn knee ligament forced his decision to return to Kansas for one more season. The reward turned out to be quite rich -- an NCAA national title. But Rush is back in the NBA draft, as announced to the media at KU on April 16.

"No turning back from here," Rush said a press conference in Hadl Auditorium. "I've been hearing late first round, early second, just depends on how I do in my workouts."

--Sophomore Darrell Arthur has also thrown his name into the ring for the draft but won't sign with an agent. He'll be in a situation similar to the one Rush was last year and can opt to return to Kansas by June 16 if he doesn't hire an agent before that.

"I thought this would be the best way to go through with it, without an agent," Arthur said. "If it's good, I'll stay, if not, I'll come back and try to get another national championship."

Arthur said his goal is to be in the top half of the first round. Many times, teams will give specific players assurances or promises before the draft. If Arthur doesn't get such word, he could easily be back at KU in 2008-09.

--On April 23, junior guard Mario Chalmers, arguably the player most responsible for the new national title banner coming to Lawrence, became the third starter from the KU national title team to enter the NBA draft.

"If it doesn't work out positively," Chalmers said, "I'll come back and help us win another national championship. If I hear anything that's not in the first round, I'll just come back."

Chalmers told the Wichita Eagle he has been told he's projected anywhere from 25th to 35th. There are 30 picks in the first round.

Players who entered the draft have until June 16 to withdraw their names from draft consideration and retain their college eligibility.

FINAL RECORD
37-3, 13-3, tied first in the Big 12.

WHAT WENT RIGHT
A one-point loss at Oklahoma State galvanized the team. Players met without coaches after returning to Lawrence and mapped out a goal to win it all. When the Jayhawks were at their best, they triggered their offense with steals that led to transition and were adept converting lobs into dunks. Although the offense was high-powered, Kansas could win at a different tempo and didn't get overly flustered by opponents slowing the pace.

WHAT WENT WRONG
Very little. When Kansas struggled it was usually because the big men were in foul trouble or shots weren't falling. It could go cold, sometimes off open looks. And, when the guards failed to generate steals, the defense sometimes suffered against opponents who were quick to the rim. Unselfishness usually enabled Kansas to work through these difficulties.

QUOTE TO NOTE
"As a coach, you love to win. But it's totally different when you win when you're not supposed to win and you have to do it through toughness and guys stepping up and just making plays when it doesn't look good." -- Kansas coach Bill Self.

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November 30, 2009 5:16 pm

 Well, after seeing the new coaches poll out today  http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/
story?id=4700669
 I thought it was only fitting to start a thread in anticipation of the Feb 8th showdown between Kansas and Texas.  They may not be 1/2 in the polls when they meet in Feb. but there is no ...(more)

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November 28, 2009 10:45 am
It is very early and with the exception of Memphis we have only faced athletes far inferior to our own but I thought it would be nice to look at where we are at this point.   I know long posts are tough to get through so I am going to paraphrase as much as possible.  In fact I'm not going to comment on each player, just a few items I have noticed.

The first name I would l
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November 30, 2009 4:19 pm
(POLL) Looking at the remaining pre-conference schedule... not much I am nervous about.  Sure, playing at UCLA is rough (yes, I know they lost to Portland by almost 30)... Michigan and Cal are not as good as we all thought going into the season... looking at the Big XII, there are a couple teams playing really well, Texas will give us a fight... OU is better than their record.  A&M is much ...(more)
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November 24, 2009 12:17 pm
After watching a few games this year, and I know its early, I think there is about 4 teams that could really challenge KU for the National title.

Mich. St.    -  Obviously
Syracuse   -   A lot of talent and they will be tested
Texas      -   This roster looks like an all-star team
UK&nbs
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November 25, 2009 12:14 pm
I know a lot of people are concerned about the Chemistry of KU, but I am not concerned at all.  Like any team KU' team has it's obstacles and growing pains that need to go through.  After the game against Memphis I posted some observations on Kusports.com that I thought needed fixing.  Here are my thoughts, but in the long-run I think they will all be addressed.

1) M
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November 30, 2009 11:10 am

Wow!  The Kansas talk was good but Florida was there too.   This is pretty disappointing for me, worse than Barnes.  I really felt good about this kid coming here.

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July 20, 2009 5:20 pm
According to www.rivals.com Josh is seriously looking at Kansas.  His mother recently contacted Coach Self about her son attending KU.  While Josh is considered a "Nike" guy, he is willing to look at Kansas as an option.  Josh recently decided not to attend the University of Tennessee, many believe it's because they are an Adi ...(more)
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November 27, 2009 9:27 pm
I know its Tennessee Tech tonight and Oakland the other night, but these guys are fun to watch. Already an unselfish team. They're passing better. Moving the ball like Self wants. Yeah there's lapses from time to time. But they're getting steals. Some great alley oops. Hitting some threes. The Morris twins are both much improved. Xavier looks like the real deal. Getting the high low tonight. Yeah ...(more)
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October 26, 2009 8:09 am
The #1 2010 recruit will be in Lawrence the weekend of October 31st.  He has already made visits to Connecticut and Kentucky.  The fact that he is making an official visit to ...(more)
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November 28, 2009 10:11 am
My oberservations from last nights game.

1) Did anybody see MSU lose to Florida last night?  I actually have no problem with MSU as I am a Tom Izzo fan, but it sure does seem like that MSU faithful feel like they should be "Owed" something with their negative comments towards KU.  Oh well, they have been banged up with some injuries, but I knew MSU was kind of lookin
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October 12, 2009 10:41 pm

This is great news for KU fans as one of the two top point guards in the country, Josh Selby, will be visiting Late Night in the Phog this Friday night.  I am pumped!  Maybe, just maybe, Selby will commit after this event.  Self has a very good track record of getting recruits to commit after this event.  FANS: SHOW SOME LOVE FOR ALL THE RECRUITS!  THIS IS A HUGE YEAR I ...(more)

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November 24, 2009 11:34 pm
Hey Everyone....I just wanted to comment on what, for me, has been the most pleasant surprise of the young season thus far. The Morris Twins. And I saw a post earlier that I believe was from Shoe Shine Boy about how the twins should not be classified as the same player, and he is right, but I have seen the same improvemements in each of them so I will lump them together in this post. Sorry!!
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November 30, 2009 2:52 am

Resor - info for your Know Your Foe - Alcorn State article:

Their RPI is #338 out of 347 teams; their strength of schedule is a little better at 297/347; and their record is 0-8 so far.

RPI: http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas
ketball/polls/rpi/index2

Perry Ellis / Evan Wessel and the Heights Falcons might be a more competitive matchup, right?

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November 29, 2009 3:54 am
(POLL)

I know we haven't seen Morningstar yet but based on who's played so far, which returning player is the most improved?  I've posted my pick in other threads but I'll withhold it for this post so as not to bias your vote Smile if I could anyway.

Candidates are listed in alp ...(more)

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November 25, 2009 5:18 pm
Well, I still can get video on the espn360 website.  I can get to the site; I can see the thumbnails of games and the links on the site - everything but video.  The player has the pause, full screen, volume, etc but the player's screen stays blank and never plays anything.

I spoke w/ my ISP and they told me it won't work with a wireless connection (which I'm not) and I could
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