It was concerning that there were some plays that definitely needed to be challenged last season that weren't. Do we have a video guy upstairs that is watching to tell Leipold to challenge?

Kansas Guard Christian Braun

On his overall thoughts on the game and Ochai’s performance...

“Ya, it was wild. It was a long game. They hit big shots, we hit big shots. It was honestly one of the most fun games I have played in. You know the second half of the Kstate game was pretty good too but it was a great game. Ochai was huge as he has been in every single game that we have played in, but that was probably his best performance of the year.”

On his offensive game and preparation…

“Ya there really good when you go baseline they load up, it kinda took us a second even in this game to figure it out, one bounce and get it out of your hand but once we figured it out. I thought we were better and then they switched it up a little bit in the second half, started switching a lot, so there a really good team defensively, they throw a lot of things at you, they got a lot of different guys that can play a lot of different ways, they slowed us down for the most part, obviously expect for ochai but they made it tough on us but nobody really slows him down so but they made it tough and they through so many looks at you, you never know what is coming, we played them before and even this game, they through some stuff at us that we werent ready for and like I said that’s conference and you gonna win those games and it was big.”

On if anyone else had they final shot ...

“If they were open, there’s nobody that we wanted more than ochai to take that shot.”

Kansas Forward KJ Adams

On the game and what happened and what part he played…

“All I can say is the game was unbelievable, I couldn’t have dreamed of a better finish for the game and this why I came here, for big games like that and have incredible moments like that I can tell people down the road”

On what’s going through his mind and about his tip back play…

“I think I’ll probably say I’m grateful for my teammates for giving me the positivity to not even allow me to get scared or frightened by the big moment, I just like to thank all of them for all they did. It was just really fun playing with my brothers on the court”

On whether he has ever hit a bigger basket?

“Maybe peach jam when I was younger but now it’s going to be this one for sure.”

Kansas Guard Ochai Agbaji

On the game..

"Kind of like our game Saturday and the Chiefs game. When we went to overtime I thought it was the Chiefs game. They won at all costs and we have to do the same thing. That mentality that we kept that we had on Saturday."

On the three-pointer to tie the game at the end of overtime..

"I was telling CB after the game, that whether we’re down five, down six or whatever, don’t count us out. We have the offensive ability and the defensive mindset to get stops and also get good shots and be aggressive and put pressure on the defense."

On how much this game and Saturday have taken out of the team..

"It’s made us a lot tougher. It showed our conditioning through these last two games. And just our toughness as a team, to fight for Coach, fight for this program and this school. I love it."

On the game plan and offense used to get shots..

"There was a lot in this game especially. We put in some little kinks into our four-game offense because of the way they guard and the way they switch. Credit to Coach for that, that’s why he’s the best of the best because he prepared and had a game plan based off our last game against them."

Kansas Head Coach Bill Self

On the last week having wins in Norman, Manhattan and now against Texas Tech…

“I’m tired, I’m sure the fans are tired. There’s a couple players in our locker room and their locker room that are pretty tired right now. That was a fantastic basketball game. The baskets were so hard to come by early, and I felt great that we had 36 at halftime even though there could have been more. We rebounded the heck out of them–we did a lot of good things, but we couldn’t guard number 11. We tried everybody and different things, but we couldn’t guard 11. KJ was the only one that guarded him. The thing about it is. We scored plenty of points. We couldn’t stop them. They’re not a great offensive team, we’re not a great defensive team. It was kind of weird because they’re a great defensive team, but here we are, we still score. And they’re not great offensively, but they still score. We dominated everything, but the game should have been over when David had the ball in his hands. Jalen forgot to block off one from the free throw, and he’s an under guy. They got four points off of just bone head and next thing you know, the collar gets a little tight and we don’t play great down the stretch, then it goes to overtime and we don’t play great, but we had some players play great. Och–I mean the National Player of the year made an unbelievable shot that put us into double OT and then we kind of finished it out there and just beat them as bad as we possibly could. It was an unbelievable basketball game. If you’re Texas Tech, you’re disappointed you lose, but you leave here thinking that we have a damn good team. And I would have felt the same way if it had gone the other way, but we’re proud to be a part of this one tonight.”

On Ochai’s performance in the past three games…

“Think of how the game ended. If Ochai makes the layup in transition, now he was going full speed–the game’s going to be over. If David gathers a rebound, the game is going to be over. If Jalen blocks off on the free throw, the game’s going to be over. We helped them there, but the guys hung on there and just showed so much heart and so much courage. I thought J-Wil was solid the whole game, CB didn’t shoot it well, but I thought he was solid the whole game and tough. Juan got in foul trouble and didn’t really help us much being on the bench the first half, but I thought Remy stepped in and did fine. The hero of the night, other than Och, was KJ Adams. He was great! He’s the only one that sniffed being able to guard the big kid. Bryson Williams–wow, what a player he is. And he loves playing against us. He was great against us last year and he was great the first game and he was great tonight, just not great enough.”

On KJ Adams…

“People don’t talk about it. 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.” On Ochai sending the game to double overtime… “I told him after the game ‘I can’t believe you can’t even make a free throw!’ I was joking of course. It’s too early to give out accolades. We know that, and Ochai knows that, but that’s the best player in the country right now to date. And no one can say they’ve made more clutch plays than what he has for us this year.”

On Kentucky coming up on Saturday…

The thing about the Kentucky game–it’s the winningest and second-winningest programs of all time. It’s the bluest of the bloods–us, Kentucky, Duke and Caroline–the bluest of the bloods. And we get to hook up and the game really doesn’t mean much. Let’s call it like it is. It means pride, it means all that stuff, but it is not going to impact if each of us win the league, it may impact seeding align, but we should just let it go and play. Our guys will be so jacked, and their guys will too. That’s going to be a big boy game, just like tonight’s was.”

I thought he had kind of a rough game tonight. I've never seen him make so many bad passes. But, man, free throws when we needed them!

Let’s get this done and Beat these guys hard and fast!!!

Really pisses me off anytime I see it. They should be reminding people that KU finished number one in the nation 3 years ago. Get you head put of your ass Big 12.

Doesnt matter what team you cheer for you it isn't a good rule. When you have two teams playing like that a coin flip shouldn't be the main factor.

Hopefully they look at that in the offseason. Seeing lot of national writers and analysts talking about it. Maybe that gets the ball rolling with it.

I went through and tried to figure the best four games of KU and Chiefs/Royals I had personally attended.

KU football-1975 OU game in Norman. 2007 game vs NU second

KU basketball. Tie between 1989 UK and 2012 MU. Different types of games but completely memorable for similar reasons.

Chiefs-last night. Nothing else compares.

Royals-2014 wildcard game vs Oakland

1 chairback, SEC 6 row 18, 2 in SEC 16 row 19. Going on StubHub now for $30 ea.

That's what Andy Reid told Patrick Mahomes with 13 seconds left in the game.
That's a classic line and I wonder if Patrick will now be called the Grim Reaper?

Kansas -6.5

Out for the rest of the season to rest his vocal cords to prepare him for vocal cord surgery. Sounds like his cancer issues is affecting his vocal cords somehow prompting surgery. Say what you want about him, DV has been the voice and face of college basketball. Met him a. Couple times at Allen Fieldhouse. Seemed like a really nice man who absolutely loves college basketball.

Would like for any KSU administrators, the AD or HCBW to address the confiscated signs about Bill Self, Senior.

Josh, you are a stud! Helluva game by you and your team.

Chiefs are moving on!

I can't believe the stupidity of some people. Well, I doubt this dude will have to worry about a trial.

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Why does it seem like we do not host visitors anymore. Seems like in years past that we would have some visitors for some of these home games. I figured we would get some class of 23 kids in for some visits this year. Do you know if anything is in the works.

I know the 22 class is all but done but I know at one time we had reached out to Judah Mintz. Is there still interest there or is he just not interested in KU. Are we done for 22 and look to save a couple spots for transfers?

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Chills...

Double-double today with 15 huge boards.