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ESPN College GameDay Fan Information

LAWRENCE, Kan. – ESPN College GameDay Covered by State Farm will broadcast live from Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday, Jan. 29 in advance of the Kentucky at Kansas men’s basketball game. The one-hour GameDay show will begin at 10 a.m. (Central) with tipoff vs. Kentucky slated for 5 p.m. (Central), also on ESPN. The Kansas-Kentucky contest is part of the Big 12/SEC Challenge. Festivities surrounding the event begin Friday, Jan. 28, at 5 p.m. with Wendy’s Fanfest at the Phog.

WENDY’S FANFEST AT THE PHOG
On Friday, January 28th, Wendy's will be hosting Fryday Fanfest at the Phog from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the Allen Fieldhouse east lawn, complete with free food from the Wendy’s food truck, a live DJ, games, giveaways and appearances by KU band, spirit and mascots.

Fanfest at the Phog will continue Saturday, Jan. 29, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADMISSION
Admission to Allen Fieldhouse for ESPN College GameDay is free. Doors to Allen Fieldhouse will open to the general public at 8:45 a.m. for the College GameDay show live on court from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. The first 500 students will receive net hats, the first 1,000 students will receive free fan banners and one lucky student will have a chance to make a half-court shot for $19,000.

General Public: The General Public entry will be through gate six on the east side of Allen Fieldhouse. Limited mobility and wheelchair access will be through Gate 11 on the south side of the building.
Students: Students should enter through Gate 2 on the northeast corner of the building.

MASKS
Per Douglas County mandate, masks are required inside Allen Fieldhouse as well as the Wendy’s Fanfest at the Phog tent.

CONCLUSION
The event will conclude around 11 a.m. and the timely clearing of Allen Fieldhouse is appreciated to get it ready to open doors for the game vs. Kentucky. The Wendy’s Fanfest at the Phog will be continuing on the Allen Fieldhouse lawn. Students may return and enter AFH at 3 p.m. and general public fans at 3:30 p.m.

DEAF/HARD OF HEARING
Section E, rows 1-5, seats 16-20 will be reserved for those who are deaf or hard of hearing and an interpreter will be on site for the event.

ESPN College GameDay PARKING
Parking is free and open to the public in the surface lots surrounding Allen Fieldhouse, excluding the emergency vehicle lot (Lot 70) and the signed special reserved spots in Lot 71 south of Allen Fieldhouse. The Allen Fieldhouse garage is available at the hourly rate during this event. Accessible parking is available in lot 71 directly south of Allen Fieldhouse.

Any vehicle that does not have the correct GAME parking pass for that lot during the College GameDay morning show will need to be moved out of the lot by 1 p.m. on Saturday or the vehicle will be subject to being ticketed and/or towed.

Normal game shuttles will start running two hours prior to tip-off from the Park and Ride in Lot 301.

SIGNS
Fans will be limited to one sign per person and any signs containing profanity or inappropriate content will be removed by event staff.

Kam Butler

DE that played opposite Lonnie Phelps at Miami (OH) is now in the portal. He was also very productive: 53 total tackles, 14 TFLs and 8 sacks this year.

He’s listed at 6’3” 252 lbs, so I’m not sure if that’s quite the SDE size we are looking for. I also don’t know his relationship to Lonnie, who may be looking to shine away from his former teammate.

I would take him in a heart beat, because there’s no such thing as too much pass rushing, but I don’t know if the staff is even looking to add at all right now. He will probably be scooped up pretty quickly.

Self's Career Wins standing as of Monday's W over Texas Tech

HCBS started this season at #24 (729-223; 0.766) on the NCAA's Men's Division 1 CBB All Times Win list.

He has already passed Temple great John Chaney (741-312) for #23 this season.

Monday night he tied KU's own Forrest Clare (Phog) Allen for #22 with 746 wins.

#21 Bo Ryan (747-233) will be passed with 2 more wins, and #20 John Beilein (754-425) with 9.

Self will need a total of 27 wins this season to pass another conference coaching legend and Oklahoma State icon --
Henry Iba (755-340), currently #19 on the list behind John Calipari. (Squid as of today is officially 757-235, not counting all the wins that were vacated by his various teams over the years).

If Self's charges can rack up 31 or more wins this season, HCBS will end up the season at #18 with 760 wins or more, passing Western Kentucky legend Ed Diddle (759-302, WKU 1922-1964).

Current #16 Lou Henson (779-412) is too far ahead for Self to catch this year (50 wins away at the start of the season), but if all goes well, Self (and most likely Squid) will pass him next season.

“The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil but because of the people who don’t do anything about it” ~Albert Einstein

Self on KJ Adams

Three huge rebounds in double overtime and tied the game at 91-91. KU never trailed again.

“People don’t talk about it,” said Self. “We were up one and J-Wil shot and missed a floater–pretty good shot in that situation. I think KJ whipped two guys’ butts to get to the rebound and then they had to foul to basically put us up three. That play right there was as important as CB making the free throws. I’m really happy for him. He’s hung in there and he gave us some energy tonight.”

Remy Situation

There was just a conversation on Twitter with a bunch of Ku fans and Mike Vernon about Remy and KU hoops. Vernon was the original person who shared that he thought the problem was not injury related. Here are some of the instances that have led me to believe that he is correct.

1. The Teahan start in the exhibition over Remy. We immediately knew something was up and they were bonking heads.

2. The inconsistency in the media room. All the info that was given early on was “it is not structurally damaged” then finally they came out and said “it is a bone bruise”. Another issue was the inconsistency in reporting who was holding who out. Originally the comment from Self was something like “Remy said he couldn’t go…. [The trainer] said he couldn’t go”. At first they made it seem like Remy wanted to be held out, but his body language on the bench said otherwise.

3. Self holding Remy more accountable than others. This has been obvious as everytime Remy has been good, Self has had backlash for him. The example that comes to mind is the SFA where Remy hits the dagger but Self was focused on the bucket he gave up after that.

All that to say…. The chat came to the conclusion that news probably came out that Self didn’t want to and that’s why he got so livid during the post game. Things are expected to be worked out and we were all hopeful Remy would be playing tomorrow (because he had a great practice yesterday). The latest Ku hoops Instagram page made a post that had Remy getting on the plane headed to Norman.

KU players and the draft - M Tait

How many of these points will make some Slanters’ blood boil (I’m guessing paragraphs 2, 3, and 7)?

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Ochai Agbaji​

Agbaji continues to have the toughest decision to make of the three simply because, at this point, he has the most NBA potential.

The size is there. His shot is already good and has continued to improve. And his IQ and understanding of how to play would allow him to fit with any team, particularly because he is also a fantastic teammate.

The question for Agbaji isn’t so much if he has what it takes to make it to the league as much as it is whether now is the right time to strike.

The Kansas basketball archives are full of examples of players in positions similar to the one Agbaji is in, and features guys who have landed on both sides of the coin, from picking the right time to return and the wrong time to leave.

In one way or another, it seems to have worked out for all of them, with guys like Malik Newman and Wayne Selden finding quality careers overseas after missing out on extended NBA opportunities.

The KU veterans who returned to school for one more run, however, have seen that decision pay off big time.

Devonte’ Graham, Svi Mykhailiuk and Udoka Azubuike, just recently, all considered leaving KU a year earlier than they did. But their decisions to stay and put the feedback they got from NBA evaluators into their final seasons at KU turned all three of them into millionaires.

Each individual path is different. And there is no blanket answer or foolproof blueprint for any player who is making this decision.

Because of that, Agbaji, who is expected to get a combine invite, likely will take his decision at least through the end of the month and potentially all the way to the July 7 deadline.
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