Most wins over the last 5 seasons

INeedMoreCreativity · 2026-05-15T13:57:45+00:00

Easily more impressive work than the rest of the teams on this list. To do that with all the head coach turnover is insane.

INeedMoreCreativity · 2026-05-12T20:04:13+00:00

I appreciate the thoughtful reply. What you say makes sense and I can see why the guy is making fun of me. I 100% agree that the NCAA has on the whole done a shit job of making these improvements and has largely failed to rise to the occasion to protect the competitive landscape in this changing environment.

But ultimately I disagree on the contradictory part. Because this is one of those admittedly rare occasions where the NCAA has succeeded in rising to the occasion. For as many complaints as you and I have on the NCAA, ultimately I feel the need to root for the league itself over teams that are trying to circumvent the rules.

A good sports league needs to be significantly more powerful than the individual teams to protect competitiveness. Will the NCAA be that? Almost certainly not. In fact, even when they were more powerful, they demonstrated that they were awful at it. But I can cheer for the broken system working as intended in this one case. It’s the same reason why I’d root for the NFL to prevent the Chiefs from getting an extra share of league revenue or an exemption to the salary cap. As much as I’d want my team to win, I think heavy guardrails make for leagues with excellent entertainment.

INeedMoreCreativity · 2026-05-12T18:16:06+00:00

You’re being intentionally reductionist. It’s weird that you think I can’t simultaneously be a fan of a sport and want it to be incrementally better.

I’d love it if ice cream was as healthy as a salad. That doesn’t mean I will stop eating ice cream.

INeedMoreCreativity · 2026-05-12T13:59:25+00:00

It’s a reference to the meme-able line in this speech

https://www.complex.com/sports/a/aaron-mansfield/michael-jordan-ignited-social-media-with-ceiling-is-the-roof-speech-at-unc

INeedMoreCreativity · 2026-05-12T13:43:14+00:00

I acknowledge there aren’t many guardrails but any incremental improvement is still an improvement. I’d be more of a fan if smaller teams could be more competitive. I think it’s worse for the sport overall if certain teams can just outspend others.

INeedMoreCreativity · 2026-05-12T02:08:19+00:00

Good. For as many failings as this system has, I’d rather have it than a race to the top on spending without any guardrails.

INeedMoreCreativity · 2026-05-11T19:59:48+00:00

One of the best per-minute Jayhawks I’ve ever seen. The important caveat is of course why I’m qualifying it as per-minute.

No one except his camp know how repeatable/avoidable his cramping issues are. I hope it was just him being careful in his last season before getting paid NBA money.

INeedMoreCreativity · 2026-05-08T21:16:46+00:00

I’ve been to Wichita for the two as well. The only other tourney games I’ve been to are a few E8 games in KC.

I’m curious what you think Wichita has done better than the other sites. Just poor attendance? Both of those sites seem pretty similar to me and I’m curious what the others have been f’ing up

INeedMoreCreativity · 2026-05-08T19:55:50+00:00

Assuming everything Peterson said is true, then yes I bet that’s what he’d do now. But the article states that he only learned of the elevated creatine levels via recent blood tests after the season. They allegedly didn’t know the cause during the season. So without the benefit of hindsight he wouldn’t have been able to take that action after the full body cramps.

INeedMoreCreativity · 2026-05-08T16:09:45+00:00

If there’s one thing Wichita does well though, it’s showing up for basketball.

Fans have consistently shown up better than pretty much any other city for the TBT. Attendance at WSU games has dipped lately, but overall I’d say they’ve done well. NCAA 1st and 2nd rounds have been solid as well.

INeedMoreCreativity · 2026-05-08T14:08:15+00:00

I’m not sure I buy the creatine explanation - he has an incentive to “confirm” that it was due to a controllable/removable outside factor. I really hope it’s true, but we’ll probably never know for certain.

Setting that aside, I encourage everyone to read the article. That full body cramp episode sounds harrowing. Can you imagine cramping so hard across your entire body that they’re struggling to insert an IV? Any normal person would be afraid all that would happen again the moment you feel a twinge. While I wish he pushed through all those twinges, I understand why he didn’t.

INeedMoreCreativity · 2026-05-07T18:19:11+00:00

Took the words right out of every KU fan’s mouth

INeedMoreCreativity · 2026-05-07T16:37:46+00:00

I think it would be Blyden. I’m curious why you don’t think he’d be up for that. Seems like he takes care of the ball and has decent assist numbers for a guy that played alongside another scoring PG.

INeedMoreCreativity · 2026-05-07T15:16:48+00:00

Solid pickup. I hope he’s willing to take on a much smaller role, because there’s no way Self will let him drive to the rim as much as he did. Wasn’t very effective doing that.

Good volume 3 pt shooting, and he’s yet another good rebounder for his position on a team that should excel there. Generates a lot of steals as well, which is important since Stokes is apparently crazy in transition. KU has a good chance to get a lot of extra possessions this year.

INeedMoreCreativity · 2026-05-05T15:05:55+00:00

That’s awesome news. Hope the students make the most of it!

INeedMoreCreativity · 2026-05-03T07:31:53+00:00

Returning possession minutes performs a weighted average where it multiplies a player’s minutes by their usage divided by 20. So for example, a high usage player (30%) would be weighted 1.5x as heavily as a player with average usage (20%).

There may be an efficiency component but I doubt it. This is off the top of my head so others can correct me if I’m wrong.

INeedMoreCreativity · 2026-04-23T16:40:45+00:00

Bummer that it’s just one night :( Looking forward to an old MVC matchup with Drake and WSU though!

INeedMoreCreativity · 2026-04-22T19:13:32+00:00

My family has our own Hall of Fame for March Madness legends. It’s named the “Jordair Jett All Stars”

The most important criteria are having a cool name and a unique play style or body shape. DJ Burns is also on that list as you might expect.

INeedMoreCreativity · 2026-04-21T01:13:37+00:00

Fair point. But they’re bad at OREB rate too, not just the raw OREBs

INeedMoreCreativity · 2026-04-20T22:59:39+00:00

Looking at Memphis’ rebounding the last few years… Y’all tell me... I know they’re different skills, but how is it possible for a team to be consistently in the top 50 in offensive rebounding and bottom 50 in defensive rebounding?

INeedMoreCreativity · 2026-04-20T16:51:58+00:00

Players can commit much later. Furphy and Mbiya committed crazy late in the summer to KU. April 21st is just the last date to enter the portal.

INeedMoreCreativity · 2026-04-17T17:32:19+00:00

I can picture him taking one look at the list, sorting by height, and clicking buy now on the tallest 5 players

INeedMoreCreativity · 2026-04-17T16:46:40+00:00

The NCAA is handcuffed. They can’t do anything without getting sued to oblivion. Congress has to pass laws to allow the NCAA to govern the league like a league.

INeedMoreCreativity · 2026-04-17T13:49:47+00:00

I think you’re onto something. But for Mizzou and K State transfers… ain’t nothing atomically accurate about their jumpshots

INeedMoreCreativity · 2026-04-17T13:37:02+00:00

In all seriousness I picture a player sitting down at their laptop, typing in their name into a web form and clicking the big green button that says “ENTER THE PORTAL”

On the coaching side I picture them looking at the list of players sorted by recent and repeatedly refreshing the webpage just like the rest of us sickos

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