WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.440 --> 00:00:03.359 It's the Christmas episode of Inside the Paint, which means 2 00:00:03.520 --> 00:00:06.280 you can count on us for all the whole Well, 3 00:00:06.320 --> 00:00:08.480 so much for that. I was hoping that we could 4 00:00:08.480 --> 00:00:11.480 provide the Holoda each year because Kansas they won, that 5 00:00:11.560 --> 00:00:15.000 was their biggest margin of victory all season. Surely we 6 00:00:15.080 --> 00:00:18.160 have to be feeling a little festive or a little happy, 7 00:00:18.239 --> 00:00:20.320 right A little bit, maybe a little bit. 8 00:00:20.359 --> 00:00:22.160 I mean, so where I'm at right now, we got 9 00:00:22.199 --> 00:00:24.760 a lot of snow, So that makes up for anything 10 00:00:25.320 --> 00:00:29.480 Jalen Daniels football related in Kansas basketball related. But yeah, 11 00:00:29.679 --> 00:00:32.759 it's Christmas time. We're delivering the goods. We're like Santa Claus. 12 00:00:34.399 --> 00:00:37.079 That's a bell ringing, that's like a literal like a 13 00:00:37.079 --> 00:00:39.399 bell hop. Okay, I was thinking, like I'm trying to 14 00:00:39.439 --> 00:00:41.920 find a bell's ring sound effect you do have in 15 00:00:41.960 --> 00:00:44.439 your notes here. If you're listening to this on Christmas morning, 16 00:00:45.039 --> 00:00:48.439 then Santa has already gotten to your destination and left. 17 00:00:48.479 --> 00:00:51.479 As long as you're a very good a good boy 18 00:00:51.640 --> 00:00:54.119 or girl. That the people who angry tweet Rock Chalk 19 00:00:54.119 --> 00:00:56.600 Blog that Hunter Dickinson sucks might be getting some coal 20 00:00:56.640 --> 00:00:59.880 when they're stocking this year. But hopefully, as you alluded 21 00:00:59.880 --> 00:01:02.880 to in your notes. Hopefully Santa is very very careful 22 00:01:02.920 --> 00:01:05.359 when he goes over the Middle East, because you know, 23 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:08.040 you'd hate to have Santa Claus getting shot down in 24 00:01:08.079 --> 00:01:10.920 the middle of the night by somebody over the Serie 25 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:13.439 or Israel regions. Yeah. 26 00:01:13.480 --> 00:01:16.159 According to the Santa Tracker website, which is kind of 27 00:01:16.159 --> 00:01:19.120 like college basketball Reference, but just for Santa Claus, he's 28 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:21.719 left the North Pole, which means he's about five hours 29 00:01:21.840 --> 00:01:25.079 roughly until he shot out of Israeli airspace. By the IDF, 30 00:01:25.760 --> 00:01:28.400 We've got a status update on Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer. 31 00:01:28.439 --> 00:01:31.000 He's been replaced by a non Dei hire and Bob Hankins, 32 00:01:31.040 --> 00:01:32.920 who has had six Gen and Tonics. We're hoping for 33 00:01:33.040 --> 00:01:36.480 sobriety check this season while in the air. Secondly, Santa 34 00:01:36.519 --> 00:01:38.879 decided to suspend meal service from this year's flight due 35 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:41.439 to unmarked drones patrolling the airwaves. One of these drones 36 00:01:41.480 --> 00:01:43.560 is said to be captain by kJ Adams, which means 37 00:01:43.560 --> 00:01:45.519 it will come nowhere close to hitting its target, but 38 00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:47.599 it will have a ten yure battery life, leading to 39 00:01:47.640 --> 00:01:52.439 international strength. Last, but not least, from your inside of 40 00:01:52.439 --> 00:01:54.879 the Paint monologue, Bill self bought all of his player's 41 00:01:54.959 --> 00:01:57.200 Christmas gifts, aside from aj Store, who he shipped to 42 00:01:57.239 --> 00:01:59.959 the front lines of Ukraine. Happy Holidays from inside the 43 00:02:00.040 --> 00:02:02.040 Paint with your two mentally ill co hosts. 44 00:02:02.400 --> 00:02:04.599 I like that. I like how it's just a too 45 00:02:04.640 --> 00:02:09.240 mentally ill co host today because Landa's on load management 46 00:02:09.319 --> 00:02:12.280 once again. Uh, Lanta came over the other day, so 47 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:14.960 a Landon story for you. He brought, he brought me 48 00:02:15.080 --> 00:02:17.960 and as a surprise he did as a surprise Christmas 49 00:02:18.039 --> 00:02:22.960 gift a Terry's chocolate, big orange chocolate piece. After we 50 00:02:22.960 --> 00:02:25.199 were talking about how they sponsored the Duke game. Yeah, 51 00:02:25.199 --> 00:02:27.520 it was funny and I was I was giving him 52 00:02:27.560 --> 00:02:29.879 the business when he was over here. I said, yeah, Uh, 53 00:02:30.199 --> 00:02:33.919 Landon's decided that he's just on load management and unlike Cam, 54 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:37.120 who's very loyal and does all the episodes, and Landa 55 00:02:37.199 --> 00:02:39.080 just kind of smirked and said, oh, he'll get there. 56 00:02:39.199 --> 00:02:41.840 I remember my first season, So Cam, your perfect attendance 57 00:02:41.879 --> 00:02:42.520 is going strong. 58 00:02:43.319 --> 00:02:45.639 It is my my conspiracy theories that we've never seen 59 00:02:45.680 --> 00:02:48.280 Santa Claus and Landon Fields in the same room together. 60 00:02:48.240 --> 00:02:50.840 So like there's a chance that is why he's not here. 61 00:02:50.879 --> 00:02:53.439 That's funny. So the Santa Tracker, it's funny that you 62 00:02:53.439 --> 00:02:55.560 bring that up, because let me tell you the damage 63 00:02:55.560 --> 00:02:57.520 that the Santa Tracker did to me as a child. 64 00:02:57.879 --> 00:03:00.639 I was such a I was a I was a 65 00:03:00.639 --> 00:03:03.120 pretty smart kid, but I was all about the facts 66 00:03:03.120 --> 00:03:05.759 and the data. So I'm like six years old and 67 00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:08.159 on the news they're like, okay, kids, you better get 68 00:03:08.199 --> 00:03:10.439 to bed because I've gotten word that Santa Claus is 69 00:03:10.479 --> 00:03:13.439 crossing the ocean, and I'm doing the math, like, okay, 70 00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:16.280 well it's ten o'clock. He still has work to do, 71 00:03:16.520 --> 00:03:19.319 like in England and France and in that area before 72 00:03:19.319 --> 00:03:22.000 he gets over here. And then you'd have the songs 73 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:24.599 that are like at exactly midnight, Santa will get here, 74 00:03:24.960 --> 00:03:27.520 and all the TV hosts are telling us like, if 75 00:03:27.560 --> 00:03:30.680 you're not asleep, then Santa will skip your house. And 76 00:03:30.759 --> 00:03:33.759 I'm doing I'm running the numbers and crunching the analytics 77 00:03:33.759 --> 00:03:35.639 on this, like like trying to figure out what Kansas 78 00:03:35.719 --> 00:03:39.560 is optimal starting five is, and it legitimately terrified me. 79 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:44.199 I had meltdowns on Christmas Eve about like calculating if 80 00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:47.000 I'm getting closer to the time that Santa would have 81 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:49.520 to be here, so those Santa Tracker websites can do 82 00:03:49.599 --> 00:03:50.360 some damage, sir. 83 00:03:51.240 --> 00:03:53.919 That's yeah, that's pretty on brand for you. I actually 84 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:56.599 had a kid in elementary school that was like trying 85 00:03:56.639 --> 00:03:59.759 to convince me I was I was on brand as well. 86 00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:02.719 I was a skeptic, and he was like using that 87 00:04:02.800 --> 00:04:06.879 website as definitive proof for the existence of said clause. 88 00:04:07.360 --> 00:04:09.719 And but yeah, I never I never got into it 89 00:04:09.719 --> 00:04:11.319 that much. But I tried to do the math in 90 00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:13.039 my head a little bit. And then I'd hear something 91 00:04:13.080 --> 00:04:14.599 in the middle of the night and be like, it's him, 92 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:16.959 he's here, it's him. To get up, and it was 93 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:20.800 like my father in his underwear, like doing something with 94 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:21.399 a gift. 95 00:04:21.439 --> 00:04:23.639 I'd be like, what's going on? Man? Well, and I 96 00:04:23.759 --> 00:04:26.600 was so terrified that that, like you had to wait 97 00:04:26.720 --> 00:04:29.800 until Christmas morning to find out if you were on 98 00:04:29.879 --> 00:04:32.360 the nice or the naughty list. And like I thought 99 00:04:32.399 --> 00:04:34.040 I was a good kid, Like I was like I 100 00:04:34.040 --> 00:04:36.720 didn't like to beat up anybody or call people names. 101 00:04:36.720 --> 00:04:39.360 But you never knew for sure because I would hear 102 00:04:39.360 --> 00:04:42.079 that as leverage to behave, Oh you better behave, or 103 00:04:42.279 --> 00:04:44.680 Sannah won't come here? Is there every do you think 104 00:04:44.680 --> 00:04:46.560 he's ever been a kid whose parents were like trying 105 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:48.040 to prove a point and then they ended up on 106 00:04:48.040 --> 00:04:48.720 the Naughty List? 107 00:04:48.800 --> 00:04:50.720 Like, is that is that happened in history? 108 00:04:51.000 --> 00:04:54.360 Legitimately wound up getting them on the naughty list? Yeah, yeah, 109 00:04:54.399 --> 00:04:56.519 I think so. I think it's possible that you can 110 00:04:56.560 --> 00:04:58.439 go on the naughty list trying to get others to 111 00:04:58.439 --> 00:05:00.240 get there. It's kind of like in the NFL. How 112 00:05:00.279 --> 00:05:02.360 if you like throw a punch and then the other 113 00:05:02.360 --> 00:05:05.079 guy retaliates, it's the second guy that always gets caught. 114 00:05:05.439 --> 00:05:05.560 Uh. 115 00:05:05.720 --> 00:05:08.079 I definitely think that that could be a thing. And 116 00:05:08.079 --> 00:05:11.160 and yeah, if you don't. The magic of Christmas is 117 00:05:11.399 --> 00:05:13.759 I'm thirty years old and I'm still I still have 118 00:05:13.800 --> 00:05:17.600 to pop Benagerl on Christmas Eve legitimately false because I'm 119 00:05:17.639 --> 00:05:20.560 so excited about Christmas. Super Bowl it is it is, 120 00:05:20.600 --> 00:05:22.839 It's like the super Bowl and now next week is 121 00:05:22.879 --> 00:05:24.959 the is the hangover phase when I have to take 122 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:27.920 everything down and oh my, that's a time. This is 123 00:05:27.959 --> 00:05:30.639 inside the paint. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays. I am Ryan 124 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:34.759 Landrith and I am Yeah, we'll just go with my name. 125 00:05:34.800 --> 00:05:38.759 I'm Cam. You're not Landing, that's uh, you are. You're 126 00:05:38.759 --> 00:05:41.480 not taking days off, because on this show, just like 127 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:44.519 with Bill self and kJ Adams, we don't take days off. 128 00:05:45.000 --> 00:05:46.600 So here's what we're gonna do on this show. We're 129 00:05:46.600 --> 00:05:49.439 gonna talk about Brown, which is as exciting as well 130 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:52.319 the name Brown suggests. There really isn't a lot of 131 00:05:52.360 --> 00:05:55.279 other games. We're gonna do some asscarcb's and then we're 132 00:05:55.279 --> 00:05:57.759 not really gonna worry about a Kansas preview because the 133 00:05:57.800 --> 00:05:59.600 three of us will come back in later this week 134 00:05:59.759 --> 00:06:01.879 to preview to start a Big twelve play. They do 135 00:06:01.959 --> 00:06:04.800 play West Virginia a week from today, I think a 136 00:06:04.839 --> 00:06:07.240 week from it's on New Year's Eve, Tuesday at two 137 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:11.199 pm game. Yay, But so at that point it's New 138 00:06:11.279 --> 00:06:14.360 Year's and New Year's Eve is not a federal holiday, 139 00:06:14.399 --> 00:06:17.439 isn't it. It's isn't it New Year's Days on Wednesday? 140 00:06:17.480 --> 00:06:19.920 Like people have to work on Tuesday. That's horrible. I 141 00:06:19.959 --> 00:06:20.879 believe that's true. 142 00:06:20.959 --> 00:06:23.439 Yeah, and I'm sure, well, yeah, that does actually kind 143 00:06:23.480 --> 00:06:24.759 of suck now they think about. 144 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:28.199 It, because the game is at two o'clock on a Tuesday. Uh, 145 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:30.959 that's when they'll open Big twelve play against who who 146 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:33.879 even is the coach there? It's it's Tucker to Rye's dad, right, 147 00:06:35.319 --> 00:06:37.959 I think so, Yeah, that's correct. So they have a 148 00:06:37.959 --> 00:06:41.079 new coach and uh, well we'll get Kansas already for 149 00:06:41.120 --> 00:06:43.600 them next show, but for now, a little bit shorter 150 00:06:43.639 --> 00:06:46.120 of a show, we'll recap the game. And yeah, as 151 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:49.000 you're driving to your in laws house preparing to discuss 152 00:06:49.040 --> 00:06:51.160 politics with the person that you really don't want to 153 00:06:51.199 --> 00:06:53.240 talk about, at least you get at least you get 154 00:06:53.240 --> 00:06:55.120 inside the paint where we're gonna talk about k J. Adams, 155 00:06:55.120 --> 00:06:57.120 who we really don't want to talk enjoy times. Yeah, 156 00:06:57.160 --> 00:07:03.319 it'll be great, all right. Number eight Kansas eighty seven, 157 00:07:03.680 --> 00:07:07.079 Brown fifty three. Can we learned a lot of things 158 00:07:07.120 --> 00:07:08.759 in this game, or maybe you'll say we didn't, But 159 00:07:08.839 --> 00:07:13.399 the main thing that we learned is Brown is awful. Yeah, 160 00:07:13.680 --> 00:07:16.800 big fart noise. The lesson that we learned here is 161 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:20.000 that Brown absolutely sucks. With respect to Kansas, who did 162 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:22.519 play well, especially in the second half. They had their 163 00:07:22.560 --> 00:07:25.959 biggest victory of the season in terms of score margin. 164 00:07:26.279 --> 00:07:29.319 Kansas slept walk through the first half. They still led 165 00:07:29.319 --> 00:07:33.240 by eleven at the break, and then they I don't know, 166 00:07:33.319 --> 00:07:35.360 I was gone on well whenever I wrote this, they 167 00:07:35.839 --> 00:07:38.000 did bad things to Brown in the second half. They 168 00:07:38.040 --> 00:07:40.920 wound up winning by thirty four points. I think that 169 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:43.079 if the Jayhawks play an IVY League school in the 170 00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:45.040 NCAA tournament, they might just be okay. 171 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:48.759 Uh yeah, I'm sure that'll that sound bite would never 172 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:50.360 come back to bite this podcast. 173 00:07:50.879 --> 00:07:54.040 Well, normally the IVY League team is good, especially on defense, 174 00:07:54.079 --> 00:07:58.399 like they're serviceable. Yeah, Yale was okay. Yale beat Auburn 175 00:07:58.519 --> 00:07:59.000 last year. 176 00:08:00.279 --> 00:08:02.000 There was a team that Kansas. Oh no, no, it 177 00:08:02.040 --> 00:08:04.240 was Penn. It was Penn in the year with that 178 00:08:04.319 --> 00:08:08.120 never happened according to the nca correct that game didn't happen. Yeah, 179 00:08:08.360 --> 00:08:10.800 and everyone was like if there, if you'd been told 180 00:08:10.839 --> 00:08:13.240 that week that a one seed lost Kansas would have 181 00:08:13.240 --> 00:08:15.319 been the pick from every single person in the universe. 182 00:08:15.319 --> 00:08:17.480 It wouldn't be Yeah, that was Seth Davis's thing. He 183 00:08:17.519 --> 00:08:20.439 went on, he picked Pen over Kansas in the bracket. 184 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:23.079 I was a yeah, And it wasn't even close. Kansas 185 00:08:23.120 --> 00:08:25.319 on by twenty. But you're right, the Penn game, Like 186 00:08:25.360 --> 00:08:28.199 that's an NCAA team. Harvard and Yale have both played 187 00:08:28.240 --> 00:08:31.160 Kansas at least in the score margin between like six 188 00:08:31.240 --> 00:08:34.159 to twelve points at Allen field House like, but this 189 00:08:34.360 --> 00:08:36.480 we we thought this might be a little bit closer 190 00:08:36.519 --> 00:08:39.399 than it was and it wasn't even a contest. Yeah, 191 00:08:39.440 --> 00:08:41.399 and I was I always look at these games. 192 00:08:41.399 --> 00:08:43.080 We talked about this on the last show, but the 193 00:08:43.440 --> 00:08:46.039 game before Christmas is usually just a complete snooze fest. 194 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:49.279 Guys show up lazy, tired. It's closer than it should be. 195 00:08:50.080 --> 00:08:53.200 No students, not so much. And it was actually pretty 196 00:08:53.200 --> 00:08:54.960 full from what it looked like. I mean, the students 197 00:08:54.960 --> 00:08:57.159 still showed up. For whoever was there, I think. 198 00:08:57.639 --> 00:09:00.559 Yeah, one of my relatives is a lot I used 199 00:09:00.600 --> 00:09:02.440 to be on the Sheer squad and they told me 200 00:09:02.519 --> 00:09:05.559 that they were invited to this game and they were 201 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:08.639 comprising the student section. They invited a lot of alumni 202 00:09:09.399 --> 00:09:12.840 for this contest because with all the students not there 203 00:09:12.919 --> 00:09:16.120 for winter break, that's who wound up filling the building. 204 00:09:16.200 --> 00:09:17.759 And it was full. It was a lot more full 205 00:09:17.840 --> 00:09:19.720 than I thought it'd be. As you said, typically this 206 00:09:19.799 --> 00:09:22.360 game they struggle getting people in the door. Sometimes the 207 00:09:22.399 --> 00:09:24.879 weather's real crappy too. It was fine on Sunday, so 208 00:09:24.919 --> 00:09:26.639 you saw it. I thought the environment was as good 209 00:09:26.679 --> 00:09:28.360 as you could have hoped, And yeah, you're right. A 210 00:09:28.360 --> 00:09:30.480 few years ago. For a while there, they always played 211 00:09:30.480 --> 00:09:33.519 a road game right before Christmas because NCAA rules stated 212 00:09:33.799 --> 00:09:37.159 that if you played a game, then you are as 213 00:09:37.159 --> 00:09:40.159 a school allowed to pay for your team to travel, 214 00:09:40.360 --> 00:09:42.279 so they could pay for them to all go home 215 00:09:42.559 --> 00:09:46.240 after said game for Christmas. Now WITHINIL everything's changed, so 216 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:48.799 they just play a crappy IVY League score right before Christmas. 217 00:09:48.879 --> 00:09:50.720 And I had a couple of people in the notes 218 00:09:50.759 --> 00:09:52.720 on Twitter or in the mentions on Twitter tell me 219 00:09:52.919 --> 00:09:55.039 that I'm wrong for this take, But I'm curious for 220 00:09:55.080 --> 00:09:57.159 your thoughts. If I could get rid of one game 221 00:09:57.200 --> 00:09:58.879 on the schedule every year, Cam, it would be the 222 00:09:58.919 --> 00:09:59.679 IVY League game. 223 00:10:00.919 --> 00:10:03.600 I think you're right. Nothing else really comes to mind. 224 00:10:03.639 --> 00:10:05.559 I mean, I think the other one that you can 225 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:08.440 say is the exhibition game. I guess, you know, like Washburn, 226 00:10:08.480 --> 00:10:10.240 but I think that's cool for Washburn to come play 227 00:10:10.240 --> 00:10:14.559 in Kansas. This game typically is just so boring. I 228 00:10:14.919 --> 00:10:17.120 told you guys and in Land and said the same thing. 229 00:10:17.159 --> 00:10:18.799 Where were like, I don't know if I'm even gonna 230 00:10:18.799 --> 00:10:20.559 watch this live, and I had to drive home, so 231 00:10:20.559 --> 00:10:22.559 I didn't really get a chance to watch it. Kind 232 00:10:22.600 --> 00:10:24.360 of streamed it on the radio. I didn't listen to 233 00:10:24.360 --> 00:10:28.799 Brian Haney, thankfully, but yeah, but no, I mean probably 234 00:10:28.840 --> 00:10:31.799 it is this game unless you have some conference game 235 00:10:32.039 --> 00:10:35.600 in I don't know. I guess Utah, now, Like, yeah, 236 00:10:35.639 --> 00:10:37.559 isn't there I would hate to watch. 237 00:10:37.840 --> 00:10:40.360 There's definitely a few more big twelve games now that 238 00:10:40.399 --> 00:10:44.399 could have a hat in the running for that. Yeah, 239 00:10:44.600 --> 00:10:46.840 the title of worst game on the schedule. And I 240 00:10:46.879 --> 00:10:48.600 had to all people saying, like, you know, no, they 241 00:10:48.639 --> 00:10:50.600 need to tune up against stay. Okay, fine, you want 242 00:10:50.639 --> 00:10:52.399 to experient with some things. I think Self was doing that. 243 00:10:52.840 --> 00:10:56.240 And typically the IVY League game is Bill Self isn't 244 00:10:56.360 --> 00:10:58.840 just isn't just choosing a team out of a hat. 245 00:10:59.000 --> 00:11:01.679 They are choosing the team that they think can win 246 00:11:01.759 --> 00:11:04.600 the IVY League because that team usually winds up getting 247 00:11:04.600 --> 00:11:07.600 a thirteen seed and it looks better than it actually 248 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:10.720 is on their metrics. And it did help Kansas and 249 00:11:10.799 --> 00:11:12.600 Ken Palmon and the net and all that stuff whenever 250 00:11:12.639 --> 00:11:15.679 you beat a potential NCAA tournament team by you know, 251 00:11:15.759 --> 00:11:18.440 thirty four or whatever it was. But it's just boring 252 00:11:18.440 --> 00:11:20.639 and this game was fine. I posted that tweet in 253 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:22.480 the first half when it was like eighteen to fourteen 254 00:11:22.519 --> 00:11:25.960 through twelve minutes, Like typically the Harvard Yale game is 255 00:11:26.120 --> 00:11:28.600 terrible and it's just not fun to watch. I don't 256 00:11:28.639 --> 00:11:32.600 care about the numbers. I'm over being told no, it's 257 00:11:32.639 --> 00:11:35.600 at this thing that's not pleasant to watch. Typically not 258 00:11:35.679 --> 00:11:38.159 this one, but typically not pleasant to watch and it 259 00:11:38.200 --> 00:11:40.960 is not fun to experience. Is actually quite needed. Sports 260 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:44.320 are for entertainment. I am not interested in watching ugly 261 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:47.759 sports games to help give Kansas the better seed here. 262 00:11:47.840 --> 00:11:50.000 I want entertaining games. I want every game to be 263 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:52.919 against the Duke Michigan State Tentucky level team in the 264 00:11:52.960 --> 00:11:55.120 non con because I think those games are entertaining and 265 00:11:55.159 --> 00:11:57.279 that's I know the why they can't do that, but 266 00:11:57.320 --> 00:11:59.159 that's my preference. Yeah. 267 00:11:59.200 --> 00:12:01.799 I mean, Chris Renald would comparahuting down from the rafters 268 00:12:01.799 --> 00:12:04.399 with a banner that said net on it right now 269 00:12:04.799 --> 00:12:09.720 because those games don't satisfy his sexual cravings. Right, Yeah, No, 270 00:12:09.840 --> 00:12:13.159 I can't. Honestly, I was not excited to watch this game. 271 00:12:13.200 --> 00:12:16.360 I forgot it was even happening until midday on seven. 272 00:12:16.360 --> 00:12:19.519 One of Sunday games this year? Was it Sunday? 273 00:12:19.960 --> 00:12:20.159 Yeah? 274 00:12:20.440 --> 00:12:22.440 It was a Sunday game. That's how much I cared 275 00:12:22.840 --> 00:12:25.480 it's it's weird. They're playing all these Sunday games now, 276 00:12:25.519 --> 00:12:27.039 all of a sudden, they play another one in two 277 00:12:27.080 --> 00:12:29.399 weeks they play Central Florida. The second Big twelve game 278 00:12:29.480 --> 00:12:31.799 is on a Sunday for some reason. Oh jeez, you 279 00:12:31.879 --> 00:12:34.559 talked about the net. So Texas Tech the other day 280 00:12:34.679 --> 00:12:39.440 beat the University of Lamar, who is six and six. 281 00:12:39.720 --> 00:12:41.840 They beat them by almost fifty They beat them one 282 00:12:41.879 --> 00:12:43.639 hundred and one to fifty seven, and they went up 283 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:45.960 twenty two spots in the net as a result of 284 00:12:46.000 --> 00:12:48.399 that one. That's such a joke. Yeah it is. And 285 00:12:48.440 --> 00:12:50.559 by the way, Lamar, you may say six and six 286 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:53.039 isn't the worst record I've ever heard in my life. Well, 287 00:12:53.120 --> 00:12:56.320 they played, though. Two of Lamar's wins are against Paul 288 00:12:56.440 --> 00:12:59.440 Quinn and Our Lady of the Lake, who are who 289 00:12:59.519 --> 00:13:03.519 are not D one D two schools either. And so 290 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:06.960 this is a team that has beaten D one teams 291 00:13:07.240 --> 00:13:11.000 A and M Corpus Christie by four ut Rio Grande Valley, 292 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:14.279 Louisiana and Southern Mississippi, and beating that team gets you 293 00:13:14.320 --> 00:13:16.240 to go up twenty plus spots in the net, which 294 00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:18.320 they do use to help seed in Sea Tournament. Teams. 295 00:13:18.320 --> 00:13:20.480 As you mentioned, your your buddy Chris Reynolds thinks that 296 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:24.919 that's a great method. Wow, college basketball is cash bizarre. Yep, 297 00:13:25.080 --> 00:13:28.399 it's really stupid. Uh. And so I'm glad Kansas isn't 298 00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:31.080 playing teams like that because I don't need I don't 299 00:13:31.159 --> 00:13:33.799 need those games at all. Tune ups are fine. You 300 00:13:33.799 --> 00:13:36.240 can tune up against quality teams. And I guess you 301 00:13:36.279 --> 00:13:40.200 could maybe say statistically, at least on paper, Brown is 302 00:13:40.240 --> 00:13:43.399 supposed to be solid, but still just a just a dreadful, 303 00:13:43.639 --> 00:13:47.639 awful opponent to watch a Sunday afternoon of Kansas basketball against. 304 00:13:47.639 --> 00:13:50.399 But something that does not suck would be Zeke Mayo 305 00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:53.360 read all, I want you to tell me all about 306 00:13:53.559 --> 00:13:55.679 his fantastic showing back to back games. 307 00:13:56.759 --> 00:13:59.759 Yeah, Zeke Mayo, who Kansas definitely will not over rely 308 00:13:59.879 --> 00:14:02.159 on heading into the NCAA tournament, only for him to 309 00:14:02.200 --> 00:14:03.840 let them down with a bad round of thirty two 310 00:14:03.919 --> 00:14:06.960 night he had twenty five points, eight rebounds, four assists 311 00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:09.360 in twenty six minutes. He was ten for fifteen overall, 312 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:11.240 went five for eight from three to five for seven 313 00:14:11.320 --> 00:14:15.200 from two. He kind of reminds us a little bit 314 00:14:15.200 --> 00:14:18.000 of the player we saw at tournament Remy Martin B. 315 00:14:18.919 --> 00:14:21.120 But other than that, I don't think we've seen a 316 00:14:21.120 --> 00:14:23.759 player with his kind of skill set, probably since Malik 317 00:14:23.840 --> 00:14:26.559 Newman and Devonte gram War at Kansas, which I remember 318 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:28.879 Ryan tweeting on Rockshock blog a little bit. 319 00:14:28.919 --> 00:14:31.840 And I think you are correct. Yeah, And I think 320 00:14:31.919 --> 00:14:34.240 that whenever you think of those guys, just the ability 321 00:14:34.279 --> 00:14:37.080 to create their own shot and also hit jumpers, to 322 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:39.399 be able to create their own jump shot. They can 323 00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:42.639 hit a step back there, They're handling skills are good 324 00:14:42.720 --> 00:14:45.639 enough to be able to get open, their athleticism is 325 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:48.320 enough to create the separation, and then they have the 326 00:14:48.360 --> 00:14:50.919 finishing ability to finish at the ram or knock down 327 00:14:50.919 --> 00:14:53.559 a jump shot three different things. Yeah, I'm not sure 328 00:14:53.559 --> 00:14:55.639 we've seen a player Yeah since that eighteen team. L 329 00:14:55.679 --> 00:14:57.399 Gerald Vick could do it too. That eighteen team had 330 00:14:57.399 --> 00:15:01.200 a handful of guys that could do that. And yeah, 331 00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:03.559 oh yeah, as Latin will tell you, Marcus Garrett was 332 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:06.279 very very close. Uh yeah, no, it's a it's a 333 00:15:06.320 --> 00:15:08.480 badly needed piece. And whenever you look at how guys 334 00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:11.759 like aj Store and Ryland Griffin haven't quite been what 335 00:15:11.799 --> 00:15:14.240 we thought they would. Still plenty of time, but they 336 00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:16.639 would be completely sunk without Zeke Mayo, who we go 337 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:18.559 back and forth, there's four different guys that I think 338 00:15:18.559 --> 00:15:20.720 you could call Kansas's best player depending on the day. 339 00:15:21.039 --> 00:15:23.320 Uh and Zeke Mayo has probably been their best player 340 00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:26.799 this year, all things considered. His transition to the Power 341 00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:29.320 five level has been fantastic. And yeah, you're right, don't 342 00:15:29.320 --> 00:15:31.279 get too overreliant on him though, because yeah, if he 343 00:15:31.320 --> 00:15:33.960 goes three for nine in the in the in the 344 00:15:34.000 --> 00:15:36.559 second round and no one else is hitting shots, then 345 00:15:36.600 --> 00:15:38.519 that's gonna suck whenever they're depending on him. 346 00:15:38.559 --> 00:15:42.480 That I mean, the counter points of this or the 347 00:15:42.519 --> 00:15:46.120 counter argument would be they have more options this year 348 00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:49.720 on paper, so they should be fine, emphasis on should be, 349 00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:52.120 But we haven't seen that play out yet, so I 350 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:53.000 guess we'll time. 351 00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:55.440 Time will tell well. And we were worried for a 352 00:15:55.480 --> 00:15:57.919 while with Zeke Mayo that he went through a stretch 353 00:15:57.919 --> 00:16:00.240 where he was like one for sixteen shooting threes over 354 00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:02.720 a three or four game stretch. He's responded by having 355 00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:04.840 back to back great games and on the season. This 356 00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:06.440 is a guy who shot thirty eight percent at South 357 00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:09.320 Dakota State a thirty nine percent rather and he's at 358 00:16:09.440 --> 00:16:12.159 thirty nine percent right now at Kansas, thirty eight point 359 00:16:12.200 --> 00:16:15.399 seven percent overall, and this is a guy who's taken 360 00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:18.519 almost six threes a game that's making thirty nine percent 361 00:16:18.559 --> 00:16:21.440 of them. Excellent season so far for Zeke Mao, averaging 362 00:16:21.480 --> 00:16:24.840 fourteen points as a kind of can play the point guard, 363 00:16:24.919 --> 00:16:27.639 but is primarily the off the ball guy that Dewan Harris, 364 00:16:27.639 --> 00:16:30.240 who is the big Twelves leader and assist, loves passing 365 00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:32.120 the ball to. We were worried for a while that 366 00:16:32.240 --> 00:16:35.240 Zeke Mayo was going to struggle to adjust to the 367 00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:37.919 power five game. His last two games have stabilized them 368 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:40.000 through an entire non conference season. He is shooting the 369 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:41.879 ball as well as he did last year at South 370 00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:43.360 Dakota State. Certainly you love to. 371 00:16:43.279 --> 00:16:47.120 See it, Yeah, one hundred percent. Definitely nice to have 372 00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:49.399 an actual shot creator for once they can make shots, 373 00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:50.440 unlike Charlie Moore. 374 00:16:50.879 --> 00:16:53.559 Yeah. And as far as free throw creation, that is 375 00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:56.200 still kind of a problem. They took just four free 376 00:16:56.200 --> 00:16:58.039 throws as a team in the first half, though they 377 00:16:58.039 --> 00:17:01.240 did finish with fifteen for the game. Started seeing them 378 00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:03.200 kind of wear down Brown to the point and then 379 00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:05.279 they got some calls on the second half they end 380 00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:07.640 non conference play, which is only eleven games now, but 381 00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:10.880 the non conference late now being done, Kansas is averaging 382 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:15.400 nine makes and thirteen attempts per game. Fine percentage, not 383 00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:19.480 good metrics. Those numbers both rank. The makes and attempts 384 00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:22.319 per game both rank bottom ten out of three hundred 385 00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:26.799 and sixty five D one teams nationally. Never, of all 386 00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:28.720 the stats, I didn't think i'd ever see a Bill 387 00:17:28.759 --> 00:17:31.640 Self Kansas team be at the bottom of the country 388 00:17:31.640 --> 00:17:32.039 and it's that. 389 00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:36.119 Yeah, that's bizarre. I have to think that will change 390 00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:37.400 a little bit over the course of the year. And 391 00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:40.359 I remember on the broadcast the commentator is saying that 392 00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:42.480 Bill Self has been harping on this team about getting 393 00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:45.680 to the free throw line. Not exactly sure why they 394 00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:48.359 can't do it, but part of it obviously goes with 395 00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:51.519 the whistler getting Ryan thinks that's kind of a luck thing. 396 00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:53.079 I think it's a little bit of that, and then 397 00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:55.440 also maybe just a little bit of the way the 398 00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:57.880 team plays this year. But we'll see they need to 399 00:17:57.880 --> 00:17:59.720 get to the line more though that's not gonna get 400 00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:00.000 it done. 401 00:18:00.480 --> 00:18:02.400