Bill Self Called the Loss to TCU the Worst Kansas Performance Since Dr. Naismith Lost to the Topeka YMCA
Bill Self was flipped his wig last night because of the Kansas performance, when the No. 5 Jayhawks lost to TCU, a team that was 0-8 in the Big XII and ranked outside the top 200 in pretty much every ranking of college teams. Kansas shot 29.5% from the field for the game, and only had 13 points, and 3 field goals, at half time.
The lack of a true point guard has been an issue for Kansas this year, but they had been surviving it. These numbers from Andy Glockner are stunning for a top ten team. In conference play, Elijah Johnson has just one more assist than turnovers, and is shooting 25 of 82 from the field. The other option, Naadir Tharpe, is even worse from the field, 14 of 64 in conference play. Johnson was scoreless last night until he hit two three pointers late in the game.
This marks the first time Kansas has lost consecutive games since 2006, a stretch of 264 games. The last time, though, Missouri was involved so it was far more understandable.
After the game, Bill Self was in a foul mood. He called this the worst Kansas team ever put on the floor, except for maybe one of Dr. Naismith’s early teams that lost to the Topeka YMCA. He then dragged Northern Illinois and their one field goal in the first half against Eastern Michigan into this as well. The Huskies can at least point to scoreboard and say their football team is better.
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February 7th, 2013 at 10:58 AM
did not know that could happen outside the B1G.
February 7th, 2013 at 11:04 AM
He called this the worst Kansas team ever put on the floor
Well, it’s not like they got together five minutes before tip-off and just walked out of the crowd and onto the court, right Bill??
February 7th, 2013 at 11:04 AM
You haven’t watched much SEC basketall then
February 7th, 2013 at 11:06 AM
I thought the worst Kansas performance was when Phil Ehart ate too many mushrooms.
February 7th, 2013 at 11:06 AM
did not know that could happen outside the B1G.
You haven’t watched much SEC basketall then
No SEC Speeeeeeddddd….there
February 7th, 2013 at 11:07 AM
I was at that game. The Y had 4 5-star recruits that year. Rumors were they were paid under-the-table with sorghum & hard tack.
February 7th, 2013 at 11:07 AM
did not know that could happen outside the B1G.
you mean outside of the MAC
February 7th, 2013 at 11:08 AM
love that jthussler called darrell james naismith the other day after darrell shared his usual strong opinions on hoops
like naismith would even recognize the sport he’s credited with inventing or the athletes playing it
February 7th, 2013 at 11:09 AM
or since hiring charlie weis…either or, really.
February 7th, 2013 at 11:09 AM
I think I have said this before but one of my favorite things ever is the billboard on the road into Topeka by the tourism board that says, “Visit Topeka! Over 20 exciting attractions!”
February 7th, 2013 at 11:11 AM
only had 13 points, and 3 field goals, at half time.
did not know that could happen outside the B1G.
san diego state and wyoming had a similar first half a few weeks ago. it’s spreading, and no one’s addressing it
February 7th, 2013 at 11:12 AM
28 second shot clock.
February 7th, 2013 at 11:13 AM
nobody’s addressing it because nobody expects a quality basketballing product out of a college basketball team. this is like addressing the lack of dunks in women’s basketball.
February 7th, 2013 at 11:14 AM
only had 13 points, and 3 field goals, at half time.
did not know that could happen outside the B1G.
They scored their third point with 6:05 remaining in the 1st half. Just an impressive performance.
“Visit Topeka! Over 20 exciting attractions!”
The only thing worth visiting in Topeka is the Brown vs BOE museum.
February 7th, 2013 at 11:17 AM
this is like addressing the lack of dunks in women’s basketball.
“BUT THEY MAKE FUN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL!”
“WHAT?!! Did you explain how the women’s good fundamentals make up for their inability to dunk?”
“YES. They still laugh”
“THE MEN MUST DIE!!”
Aside: with 6 weeks to go before tourney time, right now might be a good time for certain big sports blogs to kind of hit their readers up with a “While you were watching NFL Playoffs, this is what’s been happening in College Basketball” post to get us up to date.
/hint, hint
February 7th, 2013 at 11:18 AM
Bullhorn: Man, you guys ain’t had no waffles like these. These waffles are so good, they’re like they come from down South. These buttery motherfuckers will melt in your mouth. Man you ain’t had no waffles…
Black Dynamite: Wait! Bullhorn, what did you just say? You said, ‘Melts in your mouth’. Quick…
[erases the restaurant menu blackboard]
Black Dynamite: What else melts in your mouth?
Cream Corn: M&M’s!
Black Dynamite: Exactly. And not in your hands. And who makes M&M’s?
Militant #3: Mars Candy Company make it. Yeah, yeah.
Black Dynamite: And Mars is also…
Saheed: The Roman God of War.
Black Dynamite: Who is the Greek God of War?
Militant 2: Ares.
Black Dynamite: Now, you take Mars and spell it backwards, drop the S.
Cream Corn: Ram. That’s right. And ram is the zodialogical sign for
Aries. Oh! Now dig. Ares’ half-sister is Athena.
Black Dynamite: Now you’re getting it.
Cream Corn: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Athena, Athens.
Saheed: Which is the capital of Greece.
Black Dynamite: And as we all know, zodialogical astronomy was created by
the Greeks in…
Cream Corn, Saheed, Militant 2, Militant #3: 785 B.C.
Militant 2: And 785 is the area code to Topeka. Oh, my God. 785 is the area code to Topeka, Kansas!
Bullhorn, Cream Corn, Saheed, Militant 2, Militant #3: Code Kansas!
Black Dynamite: Now take that, spell it backwards and drop the S.
Militant #3: Snake doc. Snake doctor, yeah!
Black Dynamite: Yes. And brothers, who is the Greek Demigod of Medicine who believed that snakes’ tongues had mystical healing powers?
Cream Corn: Aesculapius, of course. He had a staff with snakes intertwining all around that bitch. They called it Aesculapius’ staff. It’s a symbol the medical field uses to this day.
Black Dynamite: Now, what legend involving snakes is in both Greek and Roman mythology? Now, come on. It involves Aesculapius’ own father.
Woman at table: Apollo.
Black Dynamite: Yeah. Thanks, lady.
February 7th, 2013 at 11:19 AM
Wisconsin’s hit 70* two games in a row!
*Needed two overtimes last night, scored a total of 12 points in them, twas brutal
February 7th, 2013 at 11:19 AM
So that Jason Whitlock Pultizer article
February 7th, 2013 at 11:19 AM
Saheed: That’s right. Apollo slew the serpent at Delphi, which was a big-ass snake.
Black Dynamite: And what, brothers, is the biggest snake in the world?
Woman at table: The South American anaconda.
Black Dynamite: What she said.
Cream Corn, Saheed, Militant 2, Militant #3: Anaconda Malt Liquor!
Black Dynamite: And what is the slogan for Anaconda Malt Liquor? Anaconda Malt Liquor gives you…
Cream Corn, Saheed, Militant 2, Militant #3: WHOOOOO!
Black Dynamite: Gives you what?
Cream Corn, Saheed, Militant 2, Militant #3: WHOOOOO!
Black Dynamite: And who else is famous for…
Cream Corn, Saheed, Militant 2, Militant #3: WHOOOOO! Little Richard!
Black Dynamite: Who?
Cream Corn, Saheed, Militant 2, Militant #3: Little Richard!
Black Dynamite: So, what they’re really saying is…
Cream Corn, Saheed, Militant 2, Militant #3: Anaconda Malt Liquor gives you… Little Richard?
Black Dynamite: What is another word for Richard?
[Black Dynamite crosses out 'Richard' on the blackboard. The gang look down on their pants]
February 7th, 2013 at 11:21 AM
Black Dynamite = legen-DARY
February 7th, 2013 at 11:21 AM
Now I’m only going to think of Black Dynamite quotes for the rest of the week.
February 7th, 2013 at 11:21 AM
The good doctor would be wondering why the coloreds* didn’t have their own league.
/ * So this is what it’s cum to
February 7th, 2013 at 11:22 AM
nobody’s addressing it because nobody expects a quality basketballing product out of a college basketball team. this is like addressing the lack of dunks in women’s basketball.
those tall kids could wreck shit on a golf course. why are they wasting their time on the court?
February 7th, 2013 at 11:23 AM
Also, Self looks in the pic up top like he’s going to pull a Budd Dwyer.
/ Show a little decorum, please
February 7th, 2013 at 11:23 AM
Lisk with the right cross to the jaw!!!!
February 7th, 2013 at 11:26 AM
Interesting. We also only had 13 points and 3 FG’s at halftime last night, but we came back and thumped Bama…thanks in part to Cam showing up, sitting in the student section, and yelling the entire game.
Can nobody shoot from the field anymore?
February 7th, 2013 at 11:28 AM
I read it and didn’t think much of it. Then I saw on twitter writers were talking about how sad they were for him.
February 7th, 2013 at 11:29 AM
I thought it was pretty pathetic.
February 7th, 2013 at 11:32 AM
*looks at Tennessee stat sheets from…oh…the entire season*
nope.
February 7th, 2013 at 11:32 AM
link?
February 7th, 2013 at 11:33 AM
This is what I found
Doesn’t seem that pathetic to me but then again I didn’t really read it.
February 7th, 2013 at 11:33 AM
He has to think of something positive after the shit storm of a class Mizzou signed yesterday.
/woof
February 7th, 2013 at 11:34 AM
When UGA beats you twice this year you know you’re in trouble. But hey, at least Vols fans have Wes Rucker telling anyone who will listen that all is well with everything Tenn does.
February 7th, 2013 at 11:36 AM
we had the game on during supper last night. I told my wife that I’m pretty sure there’s some sort of curse on Tennessee sports lately. everything sucks. like, all of them.
February 7th, 2013 at 11:40 AM
Football will come back, but it’ll take a couple of years. This year will be a wash.
February 7th, 2013 at 11:41 AM
I don’t understand…why does working for FoxSports.com make Whitlock ineligible for a Pulitzer? they don’t the interwebs?
February 7th, 2013 at 11:44 AM
yeesh. you’re more optimistic than I am. I think I’m just beaten down at this point. I only read one thing about signing day yesterday evening and it said Tennessee had the 25th best class. I thought that sounded good until it also noted that was good enough for 11th best class in the conference. jeebus.
/eveyone feel sad for me, plz!
February 7th, 2013 at 11:44 AM
The way I read it it only referred to broadcast media websites. So it is more that he writes for Fox Sports than for foxsports.com. And someone from, say, Grantland could win since it is entirely independent of ESPN. Could be wrong though.
February 7th, 2013 at 11:48 AM
They landed two good QBs, though. If the kid from Ga pans out (was headed to AzSt) that would be huge.
February 7th, 2013 at 11:52 AM
/remembers optimism after Erik Ainge’s and Brent Schaefer’s freshman season
//cries
February 7th, 2013 at 11:53 AM
Also, I don’t give a fuck how well Ole Miss recruited this year, it won’t last longer than another year or so. His teams won’t win enough to keep getting those recruits. The 2nd year head coach always stocks up in recruiting, but after they keep going 7-5/8-4, the kids will realize that Ole Miss just can’t win in that division.
February 7th, 2013 at 11:57 AM
I can get behind the “Ole Miss is a flash in the pan” movement.
February 7th, 2013 at 12:00 PM
I still can’t believe Tunsil is going to Ole Miss just so his dumbass GF can go with him. $50 says they’re not together by the time he’s a sophomore. Fucking moron.
February 7th, 2013 at 12:02 PM
agreed.
February 7th, 2013 at 12:02 PM
Yea, he does that a lot. While I’m optimistic, taking a step back it just sucks something awful
February 7th, 2013 at 12:05 PM
I dunno about Ole Miss. They were quite competitive this year. If I remember correctly, they had a couple of close games that really could have given them a respectable record in the SEC. And now they’re adding talent…
Is Moncrief back? He and Wallace could be a decent little tandem next year.
February 7th, 2013 at 12:28 PM
That Whitlock column was pretty sad. You don’t get into journalism to win a Pulitzer. You get into journalism to do good work and help make the world a better place, hopefully. Do that, and the Pulitzer will take care of itself.
It’s like getting into acting and saying your goal is not to be the best actor possible but to win an Oscar. Those are two entirely different things.
February 7th, 2013 at 12:37 PM
Self has taken Calhoun’s spot as my favorite college hoops coach. He’s a no bullshit guy. I love it
February 7th, 2013 at 1:01 PM
It’s like getting into acting and saying your goal is not to be the best actor possible but to win an Oscar
Where does “getting into acting to appear in commercials and make the most money for the least work” fall in this range?
February 7th, 2013 at 1:32 PM
Damn, Lisk. Going hard at Self in the first sentence. A little pissed that Mizzou picked Quin over him and Cal?