KU Hoops: Seriously, Again?
As the Billy Preston saga wrapped up in February someone posted the following list of how KU’s recent top front court recruits had performed in the NCAA tournament their freshman year: 2014 – Joel Embiid played 0 minutes in two games due to injury. 2015 – Cliff Alexander played 0 minutes in two games due to eligibility issues. 2016 –…
D’s Notes
It’s been awhile since I’ve done a random notes post. As I’m kind of between longer posts, right now feels like the perfect moment to revisit that favorite of blog readers worldwide. Hoops A shame KU got blown out at Oklahoma State Saturday. But I A) wasn’t super surprised and B) didn’t really care. My blood pressure rose only slightly…
College Hoops Part 2: The Bad
And now for the not-so-fun stuff surrounding college basketball. That’s right, no more Big Mondays this year. That’s sad. I’m kidding, of course. The real thing we need to discuss regarding college hoops is why in the hell the Big 10 is playing their tournament this week. Getting bumped by the lowly Big East and having to adjust your entire…
College Hoops Part 1: The Good
Lots of college hoops news to discuss. I’ll begin today with the good stuff. Just like I have been predicting all year, KU won the Big 12 for the fourteenth straight year. There was no way West Virginia or Oklahoma or Texas Tech or Kansas State was going to be good enough to take the crown away. There was no…
NBA ASG
I found myself watching the entire NBA All Star Game last night. That was kind of a surprise because that’s not something I’ve done very often in, oh, 20 years or so. Plus the Olympics were on, with some decent live coverage that didn’t revolve around four hours of figure skating for once. But L was excited to see Steph…
KU Hoops Update
This Big 12 basketball season is exhausting. Every time I look at the schedule, checking the next 2–3 games, there is never a break. Every game comes with a series of questions and perils. There have been years when the top has been better, when you could look at the top 2–4 teams and think they all have a shot…
Big Weeks
It was a big week for L. Last Thursday was St. P’s annual leadership day, where they invite other schools to come in and take a look at several of the leadership programs they run for the students. Last year L got to give a brief speech about her experiences in the program.[1] This year she took a big step…
Kid Sports
Our first weekend with sports on both days for awhile. Saturday M had her first volleyball game of the year. They lost in two games, and neither was very close. The other team had one good server who ripped off 6–7 straight points early in each game and that was pretty much it. They were also better at passing than…
KU Hoops: Hacked and Bricked
I was going to being this post with a line something like “An incredibly important week for KU began with a disappointing – and avoidable – loss.” But then I realized pretty much every week is incredibly important in the Big 12 this season. A week ago KU went through K-State at home (fortunate to win), West Virginia on the…
Kid Sports
Boy did we have a Sunday. Nine-plus hours of kid sports! Things started with L and I leaving the house just before noon for week three of basketball, once again playing about an hour from home. Game one was a barn-burner. We have exactly two plays on offense, variations on the same theme where the point guard either comes off…