Open Game Thread :: Game #21 :: Colorado Buffaloes 9-10 (1-4) @ Kansas Jayhawks 16-4 (5-0)

Oklahoma is losing to Iowa State in Ames.

Another big chance for Boomer Sooner to lose. They probably need to lose one of these type of games some time for us to share them for the conference title; it’d be nice for it to happen today, I suppose.

all wearing matching Adidas basketball sneakers, with the exception of Curtis Townsend. He chose black; the rest of the coaches are rockin’ whites.

in Columbia today!!! Before the ‘Hawks roll into town?!?! What the hell… That just can’t be.

they’re scarin me right now, fourteen point halftime lead down to 6 with a lotta time left

quick check in an I’m going to see if the corner bar has ESPNU, if not I’ll be back on listening to the radio and on the OGT…

Really hoping ISU can pull this off…

We need MU to run Baylor crazy and try to tire them out before Monday…

If I don’t see you all today, I’ll definitely be here in force for Big Monday and then I’ve got some potentially really cool signing day stuff next week.

Now, they’re up one with 5 minutes left to play.

Let’s go Clones!

Mario
MK Morris
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MC Morris

Six point game, now, with under 2 to play.

Huge three from Austin Johnson…

would hands down be the best coach vs. coach death match in the Big 12…can’t really think of anyone else that would make me too nervous…well maybe Pat Knight, if he’s anything like his dad. I would say Frank Martin but I’m pretty sure he would get so amped up he would have an aneurysm before the actual fight.

All they really have is Griffin and Warren.

But Brady on Warren, and we should be fine there. Double the hell out of Griffin, and a solid performance from our offense could very likely equal a Kansas victory.

We really could win that game…

they got internet at the gym though, so if we actually end up losin a game (not bloody likely), i’ll stop in to check on things…

should be a blowout anyways

Anyone besides KC, me and hunter here?

And, KC, is there a reason why you aren’t at the game tonight? No tickets, no motivation for such a crappy game?

The Boston U-Hartford game that, literally, no one cared about is over, so we’ll get to our game on time.

Thank goodness, because I would have gone crazy if we would have missed our game due to that epic matchup.

on the radio, and have the UT-KSU matchup on the tube, on mute. If anything interesting comes form this should-be-blowout, I’ll give a heads up.

This time, we’re going to do it differently, though. Only narrow it down to like three finalists; seven is waaaay too many.

But we are clearly showing we’re the better team.

7 already.

and find stuff to post, while listening on the radio. I will probably ramble all afternoon.

boucning back from last game

Cole is just destroying teh Buffs. This was the type of bounceback game he needed from the terrible showing up in Lincoln. We need him in a big way in Waco.

and Cole get the breather before the under 12….good coaching

is going to step up and be a factor the rest of Big 12 play?

After a huge game Wednesday night, another big play from MK. Hopefully they are truly getting better and on the upswing, and not just having a good week or something. Because we could really use at least one of them to step up.

Him and Higgins form a nice duo. Thorne is a junior, sure, but those two alone could make them semi-dangerous next year.

always so boring….the vibe around here is less than stellar too, hard to blame anyone but the Buffs

He really has improved defensively, not where we want him to be but getting better.

We’re still not in danger, but we aren’t quite out of the blue yet.

I’ve gotta go, might be able to check in during the second half, Rock Chalk!

More, more and more turnovers. Texas hasn’t scored in over 6 minutes.

That sucks. OK, sit Cole out the rest of the half, and hope he isn’t too terribly hurt.

A huge defensive play, and a huge three.

So I’ll lurk. Watching Indiana-Ohio St., with IU up 2 at half. Good game so far. I really want to see IU win.

It’s back down to a ten-point game. Damn.

I’m not worried whatsoever, but I don’t want it to be close at all, ever.

I’m forced to the radio, though, team playing uninspired?

just woke up from a nap to see K-State smacking Texas. What’s the score here?

Nice hustle, there, Sherron.

OK, eight-point lead. We should still be fine, but seriously.

How about we hustle some, how about we get the ball to Cole, and how about we pick up a lead.

Cole just really struggles rebounding against smaller guys.

WE WERE UP BY 21 AT ONE POINT!!!!!

Come on.

Like, at all. We’re getting open shots and everything, they just won’t fall.

We score here, though, and get a stop and we should be fine.

Clearly extended the arm.

Come on, Jayhawks. Let’s get something going…

And the crowd is goin’ again!!

and Cole’s mask does look awful. Come on, we can afford a decent mask.

Texas is another contender for the Big 12 crown; it’d be nice for them to pick up another L to a pretty bad team in K-State.

When it matters most, he steps up.

Finally, Sherron actually hit a shot.

Finally.

crapping their bed against Texas. Had a 16 point lead 5 minutes ago, now it’s 7 with 4:30. Texas has the crowd back into it and momentum.

Sherron still isn’t feeling it. Two straight missed shots. We should still be A-OK, but this is entirely more nerve-racking than I expected it to be.

We better score this possession, or at the very least run down 34 seconds.

I’ll lose it if we lose this game…

is going on? Probably a good thing I can’t see this happening.

I’m still entirely confident we win. Which can be really dangerous, because if we don’t, it sucks a lot.

I was the same way for the UMASS game; fully expecting a win the entire time, even though we were losing by so much the first half.

I just assume these kinds of things.

We’re going to win, though, I promise.

Game over.

We just hit one, and the contest is ovah.

lead down to 5 with 2:50 left. Switch over as soon as this finishes.

Way too close, but a win is a win.

Warden, you sticking around to talk about that>?

Hunter?

KC?

keeps a man on Abrams, and fights through screens and rotates out on him well, they should hold onto this one…

if the guard backs out instead of attacking, like Clemente just did. Way too easy to trap out of it.

and then that over the back gets called? It’s been real inconsistent here.

I don’t think anyone has ever travelled so many times in a single season.

This is why they are K-State.

to defend the inbounds play under the basket?? You have a man. Stay with him. If there’s a pick, pick up the guy that your guy is picking for.

Texas fouled Denis Clemente like five times, that possession, none of them called.

Let’s see if he can hit the free throws…

Terrible call.

Just, awful.

just back from the bar, happy we won and very interesting to see this KSU Texas score

I say K-State gets a 5 second called against them, and Texas gets a wide open slam under the basket on the inbounds. Then, KSU gets ANOTHER 5 second called, just because they are KState.

Clemente makes the FT’s, then Texas gets a three to tie it.

Texas runs away in OT.

not a fan of it there because it was next to impossible to get the ball back to Clemente.

look for the Frank Martin explosion soon

Just make it a two instead of a three, cause Pullen only made 1 FT.

This game is pretty much over. The Horns should run away in OT.

Clemente has the ball? I need to see a replay of that bs. DO NOT ACT LIKE IT DIDN"T HAPPEN

K-State might survive this!

just got back, how was the game that close?

41 seconds left and still tied. 79-79.

3 by K-State! Up 3 with 14 seconds left!

What a clutch shot from Fred Brown.

IF Anderson can make his FTs, they should win.

Why is he in the game in the first place, though?

the announcers point out the clock starting a little early. But forget about the horn sounding earlier.

Missed both and get the rebound.

K-State has given them every opportunity but Texas has to convert still

be happy that Frank Martin’s head didn’t explode, right? I mean, him being head coach at KSU is almost automatically 2 wins a year for us.

Stupid High School dance, so I’ll be gone the rest of the night. All postgame content will have to wait until tomorrow, Super Bowl Sunday.