Iowa State v Kansas

[brihman]

Upset brewing?

 

[FreeDogs]

Sadly, Iowa State has woken up and Kansas has been playing offense like this was wrapped up and it was time for show off playground ball.

 

[FLDawg16]

Eh I’ll call it a win win regardless for us. Either ISU loses and we move up to #2 or Kansas wins which is better for our resume

 

[WeAreUCONN]

Kansas should be able to hold on. #2 here we come.

 

[rashadray11]

Eh I’ll call it a win win regardless for us. Either ISU loses and we move up to #2 or Kansas wins which is better for our resume

Those are the same thing 😊

 

[Gutter King]

Massive game on multiple fronts. KU running them out of the Phog.

 

[KingAG]

Massive game on multiple fronts. KU running them out of the Phog.

Yea but we didn’t win there by enough. Remember?

 

[FreeDogs]

And I'm glad Kansas came back to life. Huge for us in so many ways. We take care of GT this weekend and #2 is ours!!!

 

[DogMania]

KU doing us a solid beating #2 Iowa State, makes our ugly win against SH smell all so sweet!

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Eh I’ll call it a win win regardless for us. Either ISU loses and we move up to #2 or Kansas wins which is better for our resume

Heads, I win. Tails, you lose.

 

[UCFan1513]

Iowa State is always fraudulent. Just a matter of time

 

[RuffRuff]

KU doing us a solid beating #2 Iowa State, makes our ugly win against SH smell all so sweet!

We honestly haven't had a ton of aesthetically pleasing wins this year - these are mainly grinders. This is not 2024, that much I know. The Picasso that was is basically that team is more like grafitti this year.

 

[superjohn]

We honestly haven't had a ton of aesthetically pleasing wins this year - these are mainly grinders. This is not 2024, that much I know. The Picasso that was is basically that team is more like grafitti this year.

'24 had two losses at this point in the season, one of which was an incredibly ugly game we lost to Seton Hall by 15 in this same building. Also grinded out an ugly win against St. John's two days before Christmas in a game I was at. The '23 team had already forgotten how to play basketball at this point in the season and that continued for close to a month.

 

[HooperScooper]

We honestly haven't had a ton of aesthetically pleasing wins this year - these are mainly grinders. This is not 2024, that much I know. The Picasso that was is basically that team is more like grafitti this year.

Both are art though.

 

[RuffRuff]

'24 had two losses at this point in the season, one of which was an incredibly ugly game we lost to Seton Hall by 15 in this same building. Also grinded out an ugly win against St. John's two days before Christmas in a game I was at. The '23 team had already forgotten how to play basketball at this point in the season and that continued for close to a month.

The 23 team looked like cirque de soleil at points early. The 24 team was blossoming. This team is not winning any beauty pageants - feels more like a MSU, but better. Grinder of a team.

 

[superjohn]

The 23 team looked like cirque de soleil at points early. The 24 team was blossoming. This team is not winning any beauty pageants - feels more like a MSU, but better. Grinder of a team.

The '23 team beat one ranked team at this point and had 3 losses. The '26 team is 17-1 with wins over 5 ranked teams and a winnable loss to #1 without two starters.

The revisionist history is incredible

 

[RuffRuff]

The '23 team beat one ranked team at this point and had 3 losses. The '26 team is 17-1 with wins over 5 ranked teams and a winnable loss to #1 without two starters.

The revisionist history is incredible

This isn't about effectiveness, it's about aesthetics man. Do you just love arguing?

I appreciate the winning first and foremost. No one is going to call this UConn team a beautiful watch though. They are 24th in the OKP. Perhaps they start clicking in a way that looks more appealing offensively soon. Hasn't happened yet. They have won with a grinding defense.

 

[superjohn]

This isn't about effectiveness, it's about aesthetics man. Do you just love arguing?

I appreciate the winning first and foremost. No one is going to call this UConn team a beautiful watch though. They are 24th in the OKP. Perhaps they start clicking in a way that looks more appealing offensively soon. Hasn't happened yet. They have won with a grinding defense.

Aesthetics in wins against bad teams and in losses?

Tonight's game wasn't a pretty basketball game because the refs allowed Seton Hall to tackle us. I found our other wins aesthetically pleasing.

We all know you would've been throwing a tantrum if UConn lost by 15 tonight or if we were in the process of a major losing skid after having only one ranked win like in '23.

 

[DogMania]

Eh I’ll call it a win win regardless for us. Either ISU loses and we move up to #2 or Kansas wins which is better for our resume

Do you see any flaw in your logic?

This is what happens when you pound down too many cold ones while watching a high stress game.

 

[RuffRuff]

Aesthetics in wins against bad teams and in losses?

Tonight's game wasn't a pretty basketball game because the refs allowed Seton Hall to tackle us. I found our other wins aesthetically pleasing.

We all know you would've been throwing a tantrum if UConn lost by 15 tonight or if we were in the process of a major losing skid after having only one ranked win like in '23.

We don't run a lot of clean actions, we don't transition much.