ESPN Unfair to Naadir Tharpe
Let's get this out of the way: I love ESPN's Eamonn Brennan. He writes thoughtful posts without being sensational, and he has a very good grasp of the Xs and Os of the game as well as the stats....
Last Game
| Final - 3.29.2013 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan Wolverines | 34 | 42 | 87 |
| Kansas Jayhawks | 40 | 36 | 85 |
Stories
Kansas Jayhawk News and Notes 5.24.13
Kansas Jayhawk News and Notes 5.24.13
Breaking Down Oregon's 2013 Men's Basketball Class
Dana Altman has signed a classic Dana Altman class, one that should pay dividends on the court next year and build towards the future.
Kansas Jayhawk News and Notes 5.23.13
Kansas Jayhawk News and Notes 5.23.13
Kansas Jayhawk News and Notes 5.22.13
Kansas Jayhawk News and Notes 5.22.13
News & Notes: Theo Pinson, Coaching Staff Vacancy
It's going to be an active Spring for Georgetown.
Kansas Jayhawk News and Notes 5.21.13
Kansas Jayhawk News and Notes 5.21.13
Memphis transfer picks Kansas
The Jayhawks, already sitting pretty after Andrew Wiggins committed last week, added Memphis transfer Tarik Black to the squad for his last year of college hoops.
Tarik Black to Kansas
He was one of the most coveted transfers for this coming season, and after visiting Duke (among others), former Memphis Tiger Tarik Black is coming to Kansas. Black averaged just 8 ppg for Memphis...
Kansas Jayhawk News and Notes 5.20.13
Kansas Jayhawk News and Notes 5.20.13
Kansas Jayhawk News and Notes 5.16.13
Kansas Jayhawk News and Notes 5.16.13
Andrew Wiggins odds: Kansas second betting choice
Andrew Wiggins was the consensus best recruit in college basketball, so it made sense that his decision would affect March Madness betting lines. But to go from longshot to second betting choice?
Schedule
2012 Schedule
| November | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| SE Missouri St. Indians | Friday, November 09 2012 | win 74 - 55 | coverage |
| Michigan St. Spartans | Tuesday, November 13 2012 | loss 64 - 67 | coverage |
| Chattanooga Mocs | Thursday, November 15 2012 | win 69 - 55 | coverage |
| Washington St. Cougars | Monday, November 19 2012 | win 78 - 41 | coverage |
| Saint Louis Billikens | Tuesday, November 20 2012 | win 73 - 59 | coverage |
| San Jose St. Spartans | Monday, November 26 2012 | win 70 - 57 | coverage |
| Oregon St. Beavers | Friday, November 30 2012 | win 84 - 78 | coverage |
| December | |||
| Colorado Buffaloes | Saturday, December 08 2012 | win 90 - 54 | coverage |
| Belmont Bruins | Saturday, December 15 2012 | win 89 - 60 | coverage |
| Richmond Spiders | Tuesday, December 18 2012 | win 87 - 59 | coverage |
| @ Ohio St. Buckeyes | Saturday, December 22 2012 | win 74 - 66 | coverage |
| American U. Eagles | Saturday, December 29 2012 | win 89 - 57 | coverage |
| January | |||
| Temple Owls | Sunday, January 06 2013 | win 69 - 62 | coverage |
| Iowa St. Cyclones | Wednesday, January 09 2013 | win 97 - 89 | coverage |
| @ Texas Tech Red Raiders | Saturday, January 12 2013 | win 60 - 46 | coverage |
| Baylor Bears | Monday, January 14 2013 | win 61 - 44 | coverage |
| @ Texas Longhorns | Saturday, January 19 2013 | win 64 - 59 | coverage |
| @ Kansas St. Wildcats | Tuesday, January 22 2013 | win 59 - 55 | coverage |
| Oklahoma Sooners | Saturday, January 26 2013 | win 67 - 54 | coverage |
| @ West Virginia Mountaineers | Monday, January 28 2013 | win 61 - 56 | coverage |
| February | |||
| Oklahoma St. Cowboys | Saturday, February 02 2013 | loss 80 - 85 | coverage |
| @ TCU Horned Frogs | Wednesday, February 06 2013 | loss 55 - 62 | coverage |
| @ Oklahoma Sooners | Saturday, February 09 2013 | loss 66 - 72 | coverage |
| Kansas St. Wildcats | Monday, February 11 2013 | win 83 - 62 | coverage |
| Texas Longhorns | Saturday, February 16 2013 | win 73 - 47 | coverage |
| @ Oklahoma St. Cowboys | Wednesday, February 20 2013 | win 68 - 67 | coverage |
| TCU Horned Frogs | Saturday, February 23 2013 | win 74 - 48 | coverage |
| @ Iowa St. Cyclones | Monday, February 25 2013 | win 108 - 96 | coverage |
| March | |||
| West Virginia Mountaineers | Saturday, March 02 2013 | win 91 - 65 | coverage |
| Texas Tech Red Raiders | Monday, March 04 2013 | win 79 - 42 | coverage |
| @ Baylor Bears | Saturday, March 09 2013 | loss 58 - 81 | coverage |
| Texas Tech Red Raiders | Thursday, March 14 2013 | win 91 - 63 | coverage |
| Iowa St. Cyclones | Friday, March 15 2013 | win 88 - 73 | coverage |
| Kansas St. Wildcats | Saturday, March 16 2013 | win 70 - 54 | coverage |
| Western Kentucky Hilltoppers | Friday, March 22 2013 | win 64 - 57 | coverage |
| North Carolina Tar Heels | Sunday, March 24 2013 | win 70 - 58 | coverage |
| Michigan Wolverines | Friday, March 29 2013 | loss 85 - 87 | coverage |
Roster
Kansas Jayhawks Basketball Roster
| # | Pos. | DOB | W | H | College | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Adams | 2 | GUARD | 190 | 6-3 | freshman | |
| Perry Ellis | 34 | FORWARD | 225 | 6-8 | freshman | |
| Christian Garrett | 21 | GUARD | 185 | 6-3 | sophomore | |
| Andrew White III | 3 | GUARD | 210 | 6-6 | junior | |
| Elijah Johnson | 15 | GUARD | 195 | 6-4 | senior | |
| Landen Lucas | 33 | FORWARD | 240 | 6-10 | freshman | |
| Evan Manning | 10 | GUARD | 170 | 6-3 | freshman | |
| Ben McLemore | 23 | GUARD | 195 | 6-5 | freshman | |
| Zach Peters | 32 | FORWARD | 240 | 6-9 | freshman | |
| Travis Releford | 24 | GUARD | 210 | 6-6 | senior | |
| Niko Roberts | 20 | GUARD | 175 | 5-11 | junior | |
| Tyler Self | 11 | GUARD | 165 | 6-2 | freshman | |
| Naadir Tharpe | 1 | GUARD | 170 | 5-11 | sophomore | |
| Jamari Traylor | 31 | FORWARD | 220 | 6-8 | freshman | |
| Justin Wesley | 4 | FORWARD | 220 | 6-9 | junior | |
| Jeff Withey | 5 | CENTER | 235 | 7-0 | senior | |
| Kevin Young | 40 | FORWARD | 195 | 6-8 | senior |
Stats
Kansas Jayhawks Stats
| FG | 3PT | FT | Rebounds | Misc | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | M | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Ast | TO | Stl | Blk | PF | PPG | |
| Ben McLemore | 37 | 32.2 | 5.4 | 10.8 | 49.5 | 2.0 | 4.7 | 42.0 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 87.0 | 1.3 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 15.9 |
| Jeff Withey | 37 | 30.9 | 5.0 | 8.6 | 58.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 71.4 | 2.1 | 6.4 | 8.5 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 13.7 |
| Travis Releford | 37 | 33.8 | 4.2 | 7.3 | 57.4 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 41.5 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 78.9 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 11.9 |
| Elijah Johnson | 37 | 31.0 | 3.4 | 8.9 | 38.2 | 1.4 | 4.2 | 33.1 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 76.2 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 9.9 |
| Kevin Young | 36 | 22.8 | 3.1 | 5.6 | 56.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 59.6 | 2.4 | 4.4 | 6.8 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 7.8 |
| Perry Ellis | 37 | 13.6 | 2.1 | 4.3 | 47.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 66.7 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 73.8 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 5.8 |
| Naadir Tharpe | 37 | 19.4 | 1.9 | 5.4 | 34.3 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 33.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 88.6 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 5.5 |
| Andrew White III | 25 | 5.0 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 33.3 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 27.8 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 62.5 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
| Jamari Traylor | 37 | 9.6 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 42.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 57.9 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.1 |
| Rio Adams | 24 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 40.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 40.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 38.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.1 |
| Evan Manning | 12 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 42.9 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Justin Wesley | 19 | 3.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 60.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Tyler Self | 11 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Niko Roberts | 15 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Christian Garrett | 14 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
