"My sister is prettier than your sister"

“Mr Barnhart:

Thank you for reaching out to ESPN. We understand your concerns about where and when your basketball games are broadcast. Unfortunately our Saturday slate was full of highly rated matchups: Kansas-Carolina, Louisville-Virginia, and Duke-Syracuse. That’s why we had to put you on The Ocho with a 6am tip time.

We discussed this matter last summer and informed you on how to remedy this issue and get back into the prime slots during basketball season If and when you’re ready to take action, you know where to find us.


Sincerely,
ESPN Programming Hotline

K-State & Iowa State when Kansas goes to the ACC or B1G.

"So you wanna fire Michael and Samir and give me more money?"

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Financially, does it make sense for them to give up SEC money though?

“Mr Bernhardt:

This letter serves notice we will not be broadcasting any of your football or basketball games this year. While no school feels they’re televised enough, tough decisions need to be made. And as the sole rights holder to all your inventory, we reserve this right.

Have a good day. And if you’re ready to remedy this we will be available.


ESPN Progrsmming Hotline

I think that could be an anti-trust violation if ESPN did that.

How?

I was working at Fox when Disney took over so this theory / rumor resonates with me a lot

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/SInow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SINow</a> has obtained the cease and desist letter that the Big 12 sent to ESPN.<br><br>In it, commissioner Bob Bowlsby says that ESPN has reached out to at least one of the eight remaining Big 12 members in an attempt to convince the school to leave in wake of the Texas and OU exit. <a href="https://t.co/j50gEBPWBY">pic.twitter.com/j50gEBPWBY</a></p>&mdash; Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) <a href="https://twitter.com/RossDellenger/status/1420505265452032014?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 28, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Now I really want the Big12 to expand and grab up the top 5 AAC teams and maybe the top 2 MWC teams, and as a real pipe dream, BYU.

Screw ESPN.

American: University of South Florida, Tampa (61st percentile)

American: University of Central Florida (61st percentile)

American: University of Cincinnati (58th percentile)

American: University of Houston (45th percentile)

American: Temple University (41st percentile)

Independent: Brigham Young University (37th percentile)

Mountain West: Boise State University (35th percentile)

Mountain West: Colorado State University, Fort Collins (32nd percentile)

Glad you’re not KU’s AD^^^

Oh, so am I.

Trivia: how many times has KU played in Chapel Hill or Durham NC?



Answer:

Without looking at the answer, I can't remember a time in my lifetime (1977) that we've played in either place.


Just noticed when quoting it shows the spoiler. So I'm not that far off and I definitely don't remember it.

We’ve are 5-6 all time vs Carolina. What is the total (not avg) point differential?

What's KU's record vs Duke all time? I know we have been making up ground the past few years.

5-8

I can think of 3 of those wins off the top of my head.

2003 NCAA Tourney (Nick Collison goes crazy with the finger roll)
2013 Champions Classic (Wiggins and 1 dunk on Jabari Parker)
2018 NCAA Tourney (Malik Newman abuses Grayson Allen)

And Mason beating them at the buzzer in the 2016 Champions Classic

Broke down and bought season tix

One of my favorite wins ever, with that douchebag's shot bouncing 15 times and out at the end of regulation.

Having a hard time remembering 2003.

Ah the Kirk and Nick year.

Duke wasn't that great in 2003, beat them in the S16. Just before winning a nail-biter against Arizona (who obliterated us in Allen Fieldhouse earlier in the year)

One of the biggest things 2003 makes me think about is how F-ing good the 2002 team was. Only team that could have beat us was Maryland.

I remember Collison's epic game against Texas that year and of course the Final Four games... Duke and Arizona don't stick out for whatever reason though... well, besides that I'm now old and those guys are now like 40.

I was actually at both of those games.....Hinrich hurt his ankle earlier in the tournament and only scored 2 against Duke, but Collison had 33.

Against Arizona, Hinrich had 28, and Collison had 8.

Was SO nice seeing Bill Walton and the rest of the UA fans eat crap at the end of that game......

I forgot about that ankle injury, for some reason I thought that was what led to the too-close-for-comfort 1/16 game against Holy Cross in 2002.

Amazing to think that the 2003 team lost Gooden/Boschee/Simien from 2002, plus Hinrich to an ankle for a chunk of the tournament, and still were missed free throws away from a title.

Danny and the Miracles in the Final Four.

I was -1 years old. Might explain why that one didn’t jump out to me.

You young whipper snappers need to learn your alma mater's glorious history.

Lol my dad always calls me a fake fan because I wasn’t dedicated enough to be born a year earlier. I have to remind him that he had more to do with that than I did.

Screwing ESPN isn’t possible. They are the ones with the BILLIONS. And now they entered the Disney fold, no one is going to gamble and **** with the big dog and just see what happens.

I couldn't remember for sure but when you said Duke wasn't that good, I was curious. They were the #3 seed and KU was the #2 seed in that region. Sure, they weren't the usual #1 seeded Duke teams but they were still good enough to get a 3 seed.

I was thinking the same thing. You were correct in your initial memory.
Kirk did go down with a serious ankle injury in the first round against Holy Cross. KU was down 2 at halftime. It was a miracle that he was able to play the next game. And he played well.


http://www2.kusports.com/news/2002/n...has_notsofond/

I'm going to the 2021 ESPN Events Invitational in Orlando during Thanksgiving. Could not believe how cheap tickets were. It was like $150 for the lower bowl for all games per person. The flight on the other hand...

Looks like the teams in it are North Texas, Dayton, Miami, Alabama, Belmont, Drake Iona.
So should be KU vs Bama and Nate Oats in the Championship game.

I looked it up, not only were they the 3 seed in the region, they were #7 in the country.

That Arizona game earlier in the year, wasn't KU up like 20 in the first half before collapsing the rest of the way?

Correct....they were kicking their ass. Shots stopped failing and then they lost by 17.

They were up 13 at half.....30 point swing.....

That was one of the most ridiculous things I'd ever seen out of a KU team. :grr:

We landed a 5 star recruit for next year. MJ Rice.

“Rice is a powerfully-built wing who is a true matchup nightmare in the high school game. He has the physical build of a Mack truck but combines his powerful frame with a great amount of athleticism and skill. He is simply a strong-bodied wing who can score at all three levels. His strength allows him to be extremely effective on the drive as he bullies and overpowers opposing defenders on his way to the rim where he is an elite finisher.”

Sounds a lot like another Wayne Selden.

The Adidas bag man is back baby.

We got Grady Dick because he's been a KU fan all his life. But getting another 5-star with no real KU ties. We're back baby. NCAA ain't gonna do shit.

Speculation from some people is that he's going pro and won't play college ball. Although I'm not sure why anyone would go through committing if they have eyes on the pros.

Some kids just like the attention. Not saying that is the case here because I have zero knowledge of the kid.

I heard he was using us to get a McDonald’s AA invite. If that’s true, then it’s probably a play to increase his NIL cash.

UNC skated because the NCAA didn’t have purview to punish schools for that.

ticket selection for season tickets happening in about an hour for me

schedule is out, just need some game times now

https://kuathletics.com/sports/mbball/schedule/

That was the excuse anyway.

NCAA doesn't follow it's own rules much of the time.

December 11th....D Day.....

Border War is back.....

Let the hatred flow again!!!!

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/FamousOnly...restricted.gif

So I guess now that the dates are set, networks get to pick times for games they want?

Mizzou will likely be wishing they hadn't pushed so hard to get back on the schedule.

Cant wait for Thanksgiving games in Florida.

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Funny gif but Im ready for the rivalry to return. There is too much hate for each other to not play it.

I'm not sure about anyone else but I don't really hate Mizzou anymore. They are doing their own thing over there. We aren't peers in either football or basketball.

The games against each other (and living in KC to hear the shit talk) might reignite that but who knows.

If you hate them so much, how many games of theirs have you watched last 10 years?

So, Nov. 9th and Jan. 29th are the big dates, along with the regular Big Whatever schedule.

I'm with you. Once they vanished, aside from the friendly digs at the MU fans here who show up to show how much they miss us, I don't think about them.

I think the thing that will likely have killed the rivalry are college students lack of awareness of the rivalry today.

A couple of students at KU keep up the student organization I started there. MU came up in a conversation over the summer and they may as well have been Boise State to them. Made me realize that freshmen today were 8 the last time KU-MU played a conference game.

Compare that to my freshman year (the last year MU was in the conference) and the anticipation on campus before that game was unlike anything I ever experienced (until my senior year when Kentucky came to town). I just don't think we're going to have that energy from either campus anymore, which, at the end of the day, is what sustains an intense college rivalry like that.

This. :clap:

Great point.

But **** you for making me feel so old. ROFL


Sidenote: Congrats on getting a new college organization to hang on for close to a decade. I graduated in 2007 and was involved in Greek Life. I was shocked at the changes in the organizations that has transpired in 14 years. And those were established organizations. Healthy reminder the college scene is a short term one. Also a reminder of just how amazing Self's tenure has been.

I'm really intrigued to see how the Great White Hype does.

He's either going to be very useful or a huge liability me thinks. But fascinating. Haven't seen many D2 players go to a Blue Blood before like this. He was the very best scorer in all of D2 and Boschee reps it.

I remember being in Lawrence in 2012 during the championship game vs Kentucky and thinking I was soo old then watching it with college kids even though I was only about 5 years removed from college. Still kicking myself for not watching the 2008 championship in Lawrence.

Run DMC will be performing at Late Night this year

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">THIS WEEK 🙌 <a href="https://t.co/9LQJVzJXS6">pic.twitter.com/9LQJVzJXS6</a></p>&mdash; Kansas Basketball (@KUHoops) <a href="https://twitter.com/KUHoops/status/1442511298944774146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Never forget.

https://i0.wp.com/www.sportsgossip.c.../10/awaaga.jpg

most of the times for tipoffs have been posted

Anyone going to KU-Mizzou?

I bought my tickets for that one.

yep

This JP story is awesome. Great job by the team.

Self called DaJuan Harris the most improved player

Thoughts from the Late Night Scrimmage....

DaJuan Harris and David McCormack looked like the best players on the court. Harris was dropping dimes and getting steals as usual. Drilled a 3 and was attacking the rim beautifully. McCormack had some real athletic moves that kind of surprised me and then went 1-2 from 3pt land mucb to the chagrin to coach Self. For some reason Self is not a fan of his centers shooting 3s. McCormack was our best FT shooter last year, there is no reason he cant step out.

Braun looked like Braun. But he missed alot of threes badly. Had some nice finishes on dunks but we all know he has the hops, he just doesn't have the agility and craftiness in the paint.

Remy Martin was a delight. Easily the fastest player on the team with the ball. Yesefu may have something to say about that but Remy is just fluid with the ball. You could tell even in a Scrimmage his focus was being a PG and focusing on moving the ball. Was great to see as his volume shooting was the only real knock against him coming from Arizona State.

Ochai looked good. Stroke looks solid. Made a couple nice threes even though as a whole the team had to of shot 65% of their shots from distance. He actually had some drives where he actually used his body and didn't shy away from contract which was refreshing to see.

Jalen looked like the same guy. Hard to take much from the scrimmage as Wilson takes advantage of mismatches by going up against slower 4s.

Cam Martin looked almost as good as advertised. Missed some shots but had some good finishes and showed his knack for scoring around the basket in one instance.

Yesefu had great straight line speed and has a few good dishes but Id like to see more before I can say much about him either way.

Clemence looked bad. Bricked his shots but does have a nice shot. Was fed some great passes by Harris and Remy a couple times and had no idea with what to do with them around the basket.

Many interesting comments from Self since he helped announce most of the Scrimmage. Said Harris was the most improved player. Seemed to hint Cuffe and Pettiford as redshirt candidates. Clearly still hates when any tall person steps out to sboot 3s. Said Jalen and JCL were teams best shooters. Pettiford and Yesefu as best athletes. Had positive things to say about Clemence, seemingly may be more than a 3rd stringer this year. Mentioned trying to play 10 deep.

We are clearly going to be good. Just need interior defense. Perhaps KJ Adams could fill that role. Self lauded over his ability for always being by the ball and impacting the play. Even compared him to a smaller T-Rob at one point, albeit a poor mans.

Yesufu looks a lot like a young Sherron. Built like a tank and explosive.

KJ Adams seems like a Jamari Traylor type. If he’s a high energy guy like that, he’ll get minutes.

Cam Martin looked good even if he missed some 3’s. We know he can hit from deep, so I’m not worried. He looks kind of stiff though with a bit of an awkward build. I think he can give good minutes though.

Clemence was by far the most disappointing. He was left alone under the basket once with no defenders around him and he basically froze up. Self also called him soft once, so I’m not expecting much from him.

BWillie covered most of my other thoughts already.

Going to be an interesting year to say the least!

B12 play is going to rough and tough, OSU, Tx and Baylor is easily top 15 programs this year, along with the usual pain in the ass trips to Norman and Morgantown! The non conf. is challenging as well.

RCJK :KU:

Lulz you probably don't even know who Run DMC is ROFL

You probably can’t name two players on the mutt hoops squad.

Whoever they are, they decided to glom onto KU hoops to stay relevant. Smart people.

MU fan no longer cares or follows their universities actual sports teams. It's all SEC SEC SEC now since their program is irrelevant.

I have 2 tickets to the preseason game against Emporia State next wednesday the 3rd at 7pm at AFH, section 2 row 7. $30 for the pair if anyone is interested.

Remy Martin is a stud