Official Gonna Have Our Way with the Cougars Thread

[Shirley]

Johnny Furphy Highlights vs. Houston | 2/3/24 | 17 Pts, 8 Rebs, 2 Asts

[Shirley]

Kansas coach Bill Self met with reporters after KU's win over Houston.

[twocoach]

Bill Self is now 14-0 in top 10 showdowns at Allen Fieldhouse when KU is the lower ranked team.

Self also improved to 2-0 as a home underdog at Kansas. (Both wins by 10+)

[twocoach]

If Baylor beats Iowa State tonight then KU will be tied for 1st in the Big 12.

[randylahey]

That's why Elmarko doesn't play.

He's reminds me a lot of a young tyshawn

[randylahey]

Nobody is going to complain about DH after this game.

People only complain about dajuan after losses

[randylahey]

"Overrated!"

That was embarassing. We don't chant shit like that at Allen fieldhouse. Cause everybody gets beat here. And houston ain't overrated

Never interrupt a rock chalk chant for that

[randylahey]

Felt like the best effort from hunter this year. Making hustle plays, diving on the floor. There was one play I saw him box someone out so hard he pushed them both off the court under the basket

That hunter dickinson is very likable

[ChalkRocker]

just think how much better it could have been if not for all the turnovers

Most of the turnovers were just so careless - not trying to make a fancy play -just basic passes.

this

BONESY!!!


best wishes.

[TDub]

Kansas coach Bill Self met with reporters after KU's win over Houston.

I mightve mentioned this before but, I like this Bill Self guy, I think he just might work out as a HC.



I also watched Kelvins presser. I like him too, he's a good coach, and he's not a whiny lil Scott Drew type.

[twocoach]

Kansas coach Bill Self met with reporters after KU's win over Houston.

Thanks for posting this. I really enjoyed it. It's easy to be a good interview after one of the most dominating performance of the college basketball season but he really does a great job in these interviews. He seems very genuine and is respectful while also managing to be a great teacher of the game and in-game actions.

He delivers this what what I'd call "can't call it cockiniss to think you're great if the facts show that you're great" confidence/arrogance. You cannot succeed at this level without some swagger and arrogance.

Age, grandkids, a second title and a major heart health scare have softened Self a bit. He's 61 and seeing that he is much closer to the end of his career than the beginning. I like this version of him. I'd bet he is trying to figure out when to chew some ass and when to laugh it off. Based on how well he teaches his players to accomplish physically and mentally challenging tasks at the highest level for an elite percentage of the time asked to do it against the most consistently high level of opponent year in and year out, I believe that he will figure it out and adjust quite well and continue to perform at perhaps an even higher rate.

The transfer portal has given Self a chance to tinker with his roster to try to fill roster holes fresh every season. There will always be some misses in both recruiting and in players from the portal, but that had always been the case. You can just minimize your negative impact of them in today's system. Transfers will calm a bit in the next five years but they still have to deal with the incompetent ncaa.

Yes, there are discussions happening with the Big 10 and the SEC. It says a lot about the lack of respect that the ncaa member insituations have with the ncaa. But e er best case scenario, the rest of Bill Self's career will happen under the current ncaa tourney model. It will take more than a decade to pull all of these athletic departments out from under the umbrella of the ncaa.

This is an interesting new era in Self's professional career.

[mjl2]

Great win!

Hunter's defense has improved sooooo much. And of course his offense is great.

Furphy is so good. The biggest thing is he already understands his role. Doesn't try to do too much, but understands what Self means when he says to be aggressive. Moves great without the ball. He gone after this year me thinks.

KMac didn't take bad shots, and played great D. Needs to take care of the ball, this is his sixth game with 5+ tos this season.

KJ only missed one shot last two games. Such a stud, but really needs to help more on the defensive glass.

Rock chalk.

[jhawks99]

Great win!

Hunter's defense has improved sooooo much. And of course his offense is great.

Furphy is so good. The biggest thing is he already understands his role. Doesn't try to do too much, but understands what Self means when he says to be aggressive. Moves great without the ball. He gone after this year me thinks.

KMac didn't take bad shots, and played great D. Needs to take care of the ball, this is his sixth game with 5+ tos this season.

KJ only missed one shot last two games. Such a stud, but really needs to help more on the defensive glass.

Rock chalk.

Nice to see you posting

[DrPepper]

Very nice February statement win. I thought I was getting tired of college basketball (portals, my own life's distractions), but I think I was just tired of losing (spoiled fan).

[KUTradition]

https://www.si.com/college/2024/02/04/h ... the%20game.

[Shirley]

Great win!

Hunter's defense has improved sooooo much. And of course his offense is great.

Furphy is so good. The biggest thing is he already understands his role. Doesn't try to do too much, but understands what Self means when he says to be aggressive. Moves great without the ball. He gone after this year me thinks.

KMac didn't take bad shots, and played great D. Needs to take care of the ball, this is his sixth game with 5+ tos this season.

KJ only missed one shot last two games. Such a stud, but really needs to help more on the defensive glass.

Rock chalk.

Nice to see you posting

^^^

[Shirley]

"...and I'm not even counting the refs..."

Kansas DOMINATES Houston!! | 'NOBODY comes into the Phog as a FAVORITE!' | AFTER DARK

[ousdahl]

Cable and internet have been down across the county all day

Appreciate the updates here you guys!

Is that because of a snow storm?

Possibly?

It did snow all Friday night and all day Saturday, with road closures to boot.

But dunno if that was a factor in telecom outages or was just a coincidence.

After posting that, the area 5g got so overwhelmed I couldn't refresh the game thread or even google the score, so I decided to just go make the proverbial lemonade and spend the afternoon skiing instead.

Went back home, still no internet, so I spent the evening listening to CDs like the good old days.

Wake up, internet is back! So finally catching up on a replay this morning. We looked good!

Now trying to decide if I’m a bad fan for not figuring my way around the road closures and driving to another county to catch the game.

[dolomite]

Kansas coach Bill Self met with reporters after KU's win over Houston.

Thanks for posting this. I really enjoyed it. It's easy to be a good interview after one of the most dominating performance of the college basketball season but he really does a great job in these interviews. He seems very genuine and is respectful while also managing to be a great teacher of the game and in-game actions.

He delivers this what what I'd call "can't call it cockiniss to think you're great if the facts show that you're great" confidence/arrogance. You cannot succeed at this level without some swagger and arrogance.

Age, grandkids, a second title and a major heart health scare have softened Self a bit. He's 61 and seeing that he is much closer to the end of his career than the beginning. I like this version of him. I'd bet he is trying to figure out when to chew some ass and when to laugh it off. Based on how well he teaches his players to accomplish physically and mentally challenging tasks at the highest level for an elite percentage of the time asked to do it against the most consistently high level of opponent year in and year out, I believe that he will figure it out and adjust quite well and continue to perform at perhaps an even higher rate.

The transfer portal has given Self a chance to tinker with his roster to try to fill roster holes fresh every season. There will always be some misses in both recruiting and in players from the portal, but that had always been the case. You can just minimize your negative impact of them in today's system. Transfers will calm a bit in the next five years but they still have to deal with the incompetent ncaa.

Yes, there are discussions happening with the Big 10 and the SEC. It says a lot about the lack of respect that the ncaa member insituations have with the ncaa. But e er best case scenario, the rest of Bill Self's career will happen under the current ncaa tourney model. It will take more than a decade to pull all of these athletic departments out from under the umbrella of the ncaa.

This is an interesting new era in Self's professional career.
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I would say Self is more in his “prime” than nearing the “end”. Don’t place so much emphasis on the age of 61. I prefer the old adage of “old age and trickery often outbests youth and skill”. Who knows how many championships he has left in him. That’s almost an insult to say 61 is nearing his “end”.

[LosCondorAzule]

The following was all copied from twitter: #Kubball

Kelvin on playing at Allen Fieldhouse: It's like getting in the World Series, and you can't hit Verlander or Sandy Koufax. Adds that it's sacrilegious that Houston was favored.

On the scale of bad nicknames to good nicknames, how do we feel about Big Game Johnny? I'm throwing it in the hat:

-The Wizard of Aus (I think this is my favorite)

-Just throwing these out there… Australian Stallion, Kansas Kangaroo, Aussie Assassin, Thunder from Down Under. Wizard of Aus is pretty dope, though.

-Johnny Nets

-Johnny Ballgame

-By the time we have a nickname for him he will be getting drafted #8 overall to the Hornets.

-His Dad hashtagged him #Wizardof Oz and #TheFurfinator

-idk but he need an NIL deal with @JohnnysTaverns if that doesn’t exist already

-Game Day Johnny aka G’day Johnny

-The Gunner From Down Under

-Furphy's Law, for the win.

- IN Merica Furphy is changed to Murphy
and we just call ya Murph