Can Cyclones knock off Kansas?

Cyclonepride

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Every team could beat every other team if they play enough better to win.

Baylor could have blown Kansas out of the water with 100% shooting from the field.
St. Mary's sisters of the poor 4 person team could have blown Kentucky out of the water if they blocked every Kentucky shot, didn't foul, and scored at least 1 point.

Yes, those silly examples are very similar to last night's game, where just one small play here or there ends with an OU win in regulation.
 

Jsievers24

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can anyone beat Kansas when this kind of crap happens over and over?

[video=youtube;QblPO0qijJA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QblPO0qijJA[/video]
 

UraMallas

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TBF, 'that kind of crap' doesn't happen over and over. That was notably egregious.
 

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We really could have been in drivers seat IMO had we beaten OU. What really sucks is we have arguably our best team in a decade and OU and KU have 4 seniors as well. All 3 teams lose a ton. @ku @WV are really only 2 games I can see us losing. Honestly. Every other game we can win. We can win them all actually.

Ku is kinda weak inside offensively but can be terrific outside with Seldon, Ellis and Green hitting threes.
 

aeroclone

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Either ISU or OU needed to beat KU at Allen to have a realistic chance of knocking them off their perch this season. I truly hope I'm wrong but I don't think we can win (at Phog) and OU just blew their chance.

I have the same feeling. The chance of yet another Kansas title got a huge boost last night and it makes me sick.
 

CYEATHAWK

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Gonna need outside shooting to beat KU at Kansas.

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Going to need a lot more than that.
 

19clone91

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We have a shot to beat them at home. But no way we dethrone them this year. I was optimistic before the season but this team is so lacking in defense. I still think we are close and have a great season, but just dont have enough defensive effort to get over the hump this season.
 

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Some of you guys are so pessimistic. Asking if we can beat them in Hilton is stupid. Obviously we can and I would bet that we do. We can also beat them at Phog Allen. I don't think we will, but we have just as good of a shot as Oklahoma did. I would be surprised to see the winner of the Big 12 with fewer than 4 losses. It will be tough, but I think that either us or Oklahoma do it.
 

CycloneBBFan

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I think you are right. We can play with anybody. Our consistency will only get better once rotation gets better with the addition of Burton but obviously going in the right direction. I think we are a better ball team than Oklahoma.
 

Spanky

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I think you are right. We can play with anybody. Our consistency will only get better once rotation gets better with the addition of Burton but obviously going in the right direction. I think we are a better ball team than Oklahoma.

So we're #1? Hooray!
 

dirtyninety

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After watching the triple overtime game last night......I can assure you all we will not win in Lawrence. The Perry Ellis butt-bump post move will make any of our guys look like Joe Dirt getting hit by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson into another decade. I don't think we have an answer for that. At Hilton, fat Georges might give us a fighting chance to keep it close. ku might lose one game....us or OU away.....but that is it. I was shocked at the calls that OU got late.....the referees will be put on notice. I will bump this thread when they are Big12 winners again.
 

DrT

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Absolutely. We were a missed Monte Morris 3 pointer away from beating OU on their home court and OU was a missed free throw in regulation from beating KU on their home court. We have been extremely close to beating KU in Lawrence several of the last few seasons. Why not this year?

Why not this year? Big XII officiating

 
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