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KU Baseball isn't my area of specialty, but I just saw it and thought I'd pass it on.

Bit of a blow to start the season, thank you Bensa.

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Statistical Rearview: Lone Star Lockdown

Defensive intensity, focus and effort.  It's been the missing piece when the Jayhawks have struggled with inferior competition at times this year.  Last night the Jayhawks showed all of those qualities and it reflected on the scoreboard in a game where it's two All America candidates were fairly average.  Some might point to it as a sign of depth as Brent Musburger did in the broadcast, I'd point to it as a sign of the scoreboard taking care of itself when you make life hell on your opposition.  Rather than relying on an offense that might outscore Texas, Kansas came out and shut the Longhorns down, controlled the glass and forced turnovers.  Handle business in those areas and it's hard for the Jayhawks not to come out ahead with the talent they can put on the floor.  Texas is a good team, Kansas essentially put them away five minutes into the second half and Bill Self might just be getting it through to this team what it takes to be a champion.

 


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Jayhawks Beat Longhorns, 80-68; All But Clinch Sixth Straight Big 12 Title

Kansas center Cole Aldrich rejects a shot attempt by Texas center Clint Champman during the first half of Monday's game in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)

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Kansas center Cole Aldrich rejects a shot attempt by Texas center Clint Champman during the first half of Monday's game in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)

Being definitvely the best is fun, isn't it?  And, to do so with such regularity is even better.

It's tough to win if you can't get a good shot, let alont score.  All throughout his tenure as head coach at Kansas, Bill Self's M.O. has been defense.  His teams have reached a 55 game streak of holding opponents under 50 percent shooting, been in the top ten in defensive efficiency five of the last six year (shoutout to KU Grad 08) and on and on.  To this point this year, the Jayhawks have played good, but not great defense for much of the season.  Well, on Monday night, they took that next step and played "Bill Self defense."  Your opponent must shoot poorly to go scoreless for eleven minutes, yes, but it also takes a great deal of tremendous defense.  Texas isn't a particularly good shooting team, nor are they organized enough in their offensive sets to withstand the kind of defense displayed Monday night.

Also, enough cannot be said of the job coach Self did to get his boys ready for a monumental road game just 48 hours after playing at home.  Those Saturday-Monday turnarounds are the absolute worst.  Especially when the second leg is on the road.  Luckily, we get to do it all over again this coming week - Iowa State on Saturday, at Texas A&M on Monday.

Player of the Game - Xavier Henry - 15 points, 5 rebound, 3 assists, 0 turnovers.  Nobody has been tougher on Xavier than myself during his recent extended slump, shall we call it?  More on him after the jump, though.

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Kansas vs. Texas 2nd Half Thread

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In the mix for six?  Very solid half, but 20 more minutes of basketball to go.  Win and it's looking REALLY good.

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Kansas vs. Texas Big Monday Open Game Thread

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Kansas Jayhawks
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Monday, Feb 8, 2010, 8:00 PM CST
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Kansas Travels to Austin for a Big Monday with Texas
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Big Monday in the Big Twelve.  Hopefully the early game doesn't go too far past the 7pm tip for this one.  Open thread up an hour early for this one as Kansas takes on yet another top 15 opponent on the road.  Another tough test, should be a fun night...might even require an overflow thread.  If you're new around here don't hesitate to jump in and if you haven't registered yet, what are you waiting for?  Register here.

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I know we're getting ready for a basketball game tonight but I wanted to post a highlight video of Bubba Starling. Starling as you'll recall was one of the big names in for junior day this past weekend and you'll see why folks are excited. Hats off to Jayhawkslant for the tape and making it a freebie for all Jayhawk fans to enjoy.

OGT in about an hour.

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Kansas Travels to Austin for a Big Monday with Texas

To kick things off how about a few quick notes on this so called "rivalry" between Kansas and Texas.  We can debate this all night long but I think it's safe to say the Kansans view Texas more as their biggest obstacle and not as their biggest rival.  Regardless of how you view it tonight's game is certainly a huge one in terms of a potential sixth consecutive conference title.  Losing certainly doesn't do tremendous damage to the Jayhawks chances, but winning would have to get pretty close to securing it.

  • Kansas and Texas rank 1-2 in Big 12 wins since the league started in 1996-97. Kansas is 180-36 (83.3 percent), while Texas is 150-66 (69.4 percent).
  • Kansas has won or tied for a league-best nine Big 12 regular season championships, including each of the last five. Texas is next with three.
  • Kansas and Texas have played in the Big 12 Championship title game three of the last four years, with all three going to KU.
  • Since the start of the Big 12, Kansas (2002, 2003, 2008), Texas (2003), Oklahoma (2002) and Oklahoma State (2004) have advanced to the Final Four.
  • Each of the last five KU-UT match-ups have been decided by 10 points or less with three of those by four points or less.


PPGFG%FT%3P%RPGORPGDRPGAPGTPGSPGBPGFPG
Kansas KU 83.7 49.3 68.8 41.0 41.5 13.4 28.1 18.0 13.1 8.7 6.4 18.6
Texas TEX 84.1 48.0 61.0 34.3 43.8 15.2 28.6 15.7 14.0 8.3 5.9 19.9
Kansas KU Opponents 62.7 36.6 67.8 32.6 33.9 13.0 20.9 12.7 14.9 6.2 3.4 20.6
Texas TEX Opponents 67.7 38.8 65.6 30.7 36.5 13.1 23.4 11.0 16.6 7.1 3.6 21.3

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Dylan Admire Talks Kansas Junior Day

Photo courtesy: National Underclassman Combine Website.

Photo courtesy: National Underclassman Combine Website.

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This past weekend the Kansas Jayhawk football staff hosted their first of what appears to be two junior day's geared toward giving football prospects the opportunity to get to know a little bit more about Kansas and the football program.  The staff hosted players from Illinois, Missouri and all across Kansas who were in Lawrence taking in the campus, visiting the facilities, seeing what the program has to offer and of course watching the Jayhawks get a win over the Huskers in basketball.

One such visitor that is drawing a lot of attention early on in the recruiting process is offensive line prospect Dylan Admire out of Blue Valley West in Overland Park Kansas.  Admire spent Friday in Nebraska where he received an offer from the Huskers and then made his way to Lawrence on Saturday.  Admire has really seen his stock soar following a strong showing at this years army underclassman combine and while it's still early in the process, it's pretty clear that he's one of the top targets in the Kansas City area for Coach Turner Gill. 

Following his trip Dylan gave Rock Chalk Talk a few minutes of his time before settling in to watch the Superbowl.  The Jayhawks will be looking for several offensive lineman with this year's class and Admire will certainly be one we'll be watching here at Rock Chalk Talk. 

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