It's been a long week and a half since the Jayhawks last played in the Phog. Stumbling in Knoxville, a late wake up call in Lincoln.  What better way to reenergize a team than a little home crowd and Allen Fieldhouse.  Students are back, classes have started and a little bit of the normalcy and routine returns that is lost during the long winter break. 

Texas Tech put up very little fight in this one.  I'll defer you to KC's recap for the good and the bad, while I'll let the stats tell the tale on my end.  Kansas controlled this one from the outset.  The Red Raiders have to be growing tired of visiting Lawrence as recent years haven't been kind.  Satruday was no different.

A quick glance at the four factors to a win show exactly why this one was out of hand.  Kansas was good but not great from the field but their defense returned to from holding the Red Raiders to a pretty abysmal shooting day. 

While the Jayhawks still struggle to take better care of the ball then their opponents, dominating the offensive boards as well as getting to the free throw line continue to be a strength.  At some point though you have to begin to wonder when Kansas starts to limit the unforced errors.  It's one thing if a defense is forcing all of the turnovers but in yesterday's case as has been all year, most of Kansas' turnovers are of their own doing.  That will be a critical stat area for the all too near game against the Missouri Tigers.

The other area particularly impressive for Kansas on Saturday, and a critical area for a National title run was in the free throw shooting department.  Kansas converted 88% of the free throw attempts on a 24 of 27 night from the stripe.

Stat	Game		Season Avg		Opp Season Avg
Points	63	89	78	85	73	60
FG Att	64	67	59	59	60	59
FG Made	21	29	26	29	25	21
FG Pct	32.8	43.3	44.7	50.2	41.5	35.5
FT Att	19	27	27	24	24	18
FT Made	16	24	19	17	17	12
FT Pct	84.2	88.9	72.4	70.5	70.9	67.0
3pt FG Att	18	23	14	19	18	19
3pt FG Made	5	7	4	8	6	5
3pt FG Pct	27.8	30.4	34.4	42.0	33.4	30.2
Rebounds	37	48	37	41	37	33
Off Rebs	15	19	12	12	13	12
Def Rebs	22	29	25	29	24	20
Team Rebs	9	4	4	2	4	4
Assists	12	18	13	18	11	12
Steals	9	11	7	8	7	6
Blocks	10	7	5	6	2	3
Turnovers	16	17	14	12	16	15
Fouls	21	16	20	18	22	20

From an individual standpoint, Tech marked the second consecutive game where Kansas relied very little on the dynamic duo of Cole and Sherron.  Player impact was spread across the board, Marcus Morris continues on his recent hot streak and the Kansas boys kept it going as well. 

The Jayhawks are easily at their best when everyone gets involved and their depth can flex it's muscle.  Saturdays nine man rotation as it essentially played out, marked a small but recent trend of Bill Self forcing others to step up.  Now maybe that isn't the design, but it certainly appears to be working. 

When Kansas has struggled early in the season it was due largly to the fact that others weren't playing well and the team looked almost entirely to Sherron or possibly Cole to carry them.  In the last two games that mentality appears to have shifted.  Those players that maybe didn't fully understand their role or perhaps lacked the confidence ot assert themselves appear to be doing so. 

The impact of the Morri, Brady, Tyrel and Tyshawn cannot be understated at this point.  If those four put together a solid game, Kansas will be tough to beat.  If Sherron, Cole and Xavier put together a good game that's obviously the case as well, but Kansas has never looked better than when top to bottom the group is clicking.  If it becomes all about the top three, the Jayhawks become easier to defend.  Baylor comes into the phog next and should present a good challenge.  Followed by a trip to Ames and another dance with Hilton magic.  Conference season is here and it's looking like a whole lot of fun

		S	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	3PM	3PA	3P%	OR	DR	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF
	J. Roberson	*	36	16	5	14	35	3	4	75	3	8	37	3	0	3	5	0	0	1	1
	R. Lewandowski	*	26	8	3	9	33	2	2	100	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	1	2	1	3
	B. Reese	*	23	9	3	7	42	1	1	100	2	3	66	0	5	5	0	0	3	0	0
	M. Singletary	*	20	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	4	0	1	1	4	1
	D. Roberts	*	15	9	2	4	50	5	6	83	0	0	0	1	4	5	2	1	1	0	4
	N. Okorie		28	5	1	10	10	3	4	75	0	4	0	0	3	3	1	6	1	3	3
	D. Tairu		20	2	1	5	20	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	4	2
	D. Cohadarevic		16	8	4	8	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	5
	T. Jenkins		10	6	2	2	100	2	2	100	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
	M. Davis		6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0
		S	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	3PM	3PA	3P%	OR	DR	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF
	S. Collins	*	26	9	3	10	30	2	2	100	1	4	25	1	3	4	3	0	0	2	2
	X. Henry	*	26	14	4	11	36	4	4	100	2	6	33	2	0	2	5	1	0	1	1
	M. Morris	*	22	20	7	10	70	6	6	100	0	2	0	5	3	8	0	1	0	1	3
	C. Aldrich	*	22	14	3	6	50	8	9	88	0	0	0	4	3	7	0	1	3	0	3
	T. Taylor	*	12	4	2	3	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	2	1
	B. Morningstar		23	8	2	5	40	2	2	100	2	5	40	2	4	6	4	2	0	3	1
	M. Morris		21	7	3	6	50	0	2	0	1	1	100	0	3	3	0	1	2	1	1
	T. Reed		20	5	2	4	50	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	2	2	3	3	0	3	1
	T. Robinson		11	4	2	4	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	1	0	1	4	2
	C. Henry		6	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
	C. Teahan		3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	J. Withey		3	2	0	0	0	2	2	100	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
	E. Johnson		3	2	1	2	50	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	C. Buford		2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1