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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: Strategy and personnel
 

The Sports Xchange
 
 
Strategy and personnel · Getting inside · Notes, quotes
 

 

THE GOOD NEWS
For starters, the first national championship for Kansas since 1988. Balance keyed the Jayhawks all season and made them difficult to defend. Then, when they played defense, their active hands created havoc for opponents. Following a players-only meeting held after a February 23 loss at Oklahoma State, the Jayhawks won their last 13 games. The unselfishness of this group allowed it to bond as a team, even with the presence of several players thought initially to be one-and-done NBA types.

THE BAD NEWS
Several key players will not return, including three seniors who were part of the primary seven-man rotation. In addition, G Brandon Rush and F Darrell Arthur declared for the NBA draft and G Mario Chalmers could soon join them, leaving G Sherron Collins as the only mainstay on the 2008-09 squad.

KEY RETURNEES
G Sherron Collins has battled weight issues and injuries since arriving at Kansas, but can provide a huge spark when healthy. C Cole Aldrich played some key minutes, including an impressive stint in the national semifinal win against North Carolina. Rush and Arthur are NBA-bound and, assuming Chalmers also turns pro, the remainder of the returnees are unproven. Chalmers is the biggest long shot for the NBA at this stage and would be one of the nation's top seniors if he decides to return.

ROSTER REPORT

--G Mario Chalmers was named the most outstanding player at the Final Four, becoming the fifth Jayhawk to earn the honor. Others were Danny Manning (1988), Wilt Chamberlain ('57), B.H Born ('53) and Clyde Lovellette ('52). Chalmers hit a 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds left to send the championship game into overtime. He also tied his own Kansas record with 97 steals on the season and ranks second all-time with 283.

--F Darrell Arthur was strong underneath in the national championship, leading Kansas with 20 points on 9-for-13 shooting, and posting a double-double by tying his career-high of 10 rebounds.

--If it had met the minimum requirement of 15 made free throws, the 14-for-15 (.933) performance from the line by the Jayhawks against Memphis would have been the second best in an NCAA title game. The only miss was by G Brandon Rush.

--The appearance at the Final Four began with a thud as G Rodrick Stewart landed wrong attempting an ally-oop dunk at the conclusion of the Jayhawks' public workout in the Alamodome. Stewart fractured his right knee cap.

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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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