Kansas vs Arkansas Official Game Thread

[InfiniteJ]

I love Coach Roberts, but the plays coming out of timeouts weren't great.

[Sparko]

Roberts lacks the fire. He should have been screaming tonight. Hate to lose a game playing soft. And have Yes take that last shot from Ames.

[InfiniteJ]

Listening to KJ and Jalen now...sad stuff, man.

[Jayhawkerr]

Lost it at the free throw line. Just like in the Syracuse game with Nick.

[pdub]

Yea.
But that was in the final.
This was to a 12 loss Arkansas team.

[Jayhawkerr]

That was not a 1-8 second round matchup. NCAA cooked this one up. Davis goes lights out in the second half. Perfect storm. Never expected them to repeat but did think they would get past today.

[Jayhawkerr]

Yea.
But that was in the final.
This was to a 12 loss Arkansas team.

Makes it sting worse.

[Back2Lawrence]

GGs Davis, Council, and rest of Arkansas squad. Kind of a perfect confluence of mistakes and breaks going against us to allow them to win. But such is life!

Get well Coach, and fuck you Illy for telling me not to cash out! Hahaha

Rock Chalk Y’all. Probably see y’alls again if the foosball team doesn’t suck to start year!

[Sparko]

Call the charge and Kevin hits the game winner. Or bail out the 8th seed.

[twocoach]

Exciting year. But not in a good way. Teams were grabbing and holding all year. CBS was bragging about defense, but the play has been offensive. I almost stopped watching during the season. And Arkansas should not have been an 8 seed. The NCAA practically pulled a gun on KU to stop them this year.

its a little early for me to judge, but i never thought we were winning it all. we had a nice season and all, but was i ever really convinced? no, not really.

Agreed. I hoped they did but a lot of things had to go exactly right to not get tripped up by their weaknesses.

Last year's title takes some sting off. Bummer end to a season but it's hard to win in the tourney with a HoF coach, let alone without.

[pdub]

This team over performed.
They weren’t a top team but played their asses off and were well coached ( per usual ).

We are a better team than Arkansas but just not tonight. But I couldn’t see us winning six without a ton of breaks.

[Sparko]

This team on the run was good enough to win it all. In a foul fest, not so much. Not deep enough.

[Mjl]

First ten minutes they went after I t on the defensive glass. Like that was a point of emphasis.

Then they forgot and gave up 15 offensive boards. 15.

[surly]

bill self's absence lost that game along with awful free throw shooting down the stretch.
respectfully, captain obvious.

[shindig]

Yeah, this loss stings, but it’s only a game. Just hope Coach Self is back and healthy. Coach Robert’s seems like a good guy, his coaching is more like D Manning, doesn’t yell or scream or seem to even get fired up. Self’s face would have been red and I think he would have come out with a different game plan in the second half. He’s a master of second half adjustments.

On to next season. Re-build, see who returns or leaves and get a couple shooting guards.

[MICHHAWK]

the rest of the BIG 12 best represent well into the second weekend.

[KUTradition]

isn’t silly just how often free throws can play such a big part in a win/loss?

[Sparko]

isn’t silly just how often free throws can play such a big part in a win/loss?

In a game where every shot resulted in a push or a grab, free throws caused a palpable flinch. Like Beard's girlfriend making a valid point.

[pdub]

I think the game was both: too controlled by the officials and not enough if that even makes sense.

And I’d prefer not enough in the end because, I dunno, I like basketball not free throw shooting contests.

[ChalkRocker]

Ripping the shirt off.

Thoughts?