LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas men’s basketball will host George Mason on Saturday, Jan. 1 at 4 p.m. (CT) in Allen Fieldhouse, the first-ever meeting between the two programs. The game will be televised on Big 12 NOW on ESPN+. The addition of the Patriots to the schedule occurred after the Jan. 1 TCU at Kansas game was postponed due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols within the TCU program.



George Mason is currently 7-5 on the season. The Patriots have won three straight after their 68-44 win against American on Dec. 21.



Ticketing

· Single-game tickets must be purchased specifically for the George Mason contest and will not be added to current season ticket holder accounts.

· An exclusive presale will be held from 1 p.m. today until noon tomorrow for season ticket holders to purchase tickets for the George Mason contest.

· The public ticket on-sale will begin Thursday, Dec. 30 at noon (CT). Fans may purchase tickets online at www.kuathletics.com/tickets.

· Ticket pricing for the George Mason game:

· Tiers 1-5: $25

· Tiers 6-8: $20

· General Admission: $15

· KU students who redeemed tickets for the original TCU contest will have the George Mason game automatically added to their account.



Parking and Allen Fieldhouse Access

· Parking for the George Mason contest will be free throughout campus on a first-come, first-served basis.

· For those who have reserved parking in Lot 71, an email will be sent with specific instructions.

· Beginning at 2 p.m., two hours prior to tip-off, KU Parking & Transit will have a shuttle service pick-up at stop 3 in Lot 301 Park and Ride for a fee of $5 per person.

· Doors will open for KU students at 2 p.m.All other ticket holders may enter Allen Fieldhouse at 2:30 p.m.



TCU Tickets

· Single-game ticket purchasers through KU Athletics will have access to exchange tickets for this game or keep the tickets for the rescheduled TCU game once announced. An email will be sent to those fans with a form to complete letting us know of their choice. If fans do not fill out this form by Thursday, at 5pm (CT), the system will default to keeping their TCU tickets.

· Those who have TCU at KU tickets will be able to use those when that game date and time is announced.

· For any fans that purchased TCU tickets on the secondary market, you must go through that specific site for details on ticket exchanges or refunds.

I'll just say it short and accurate:
Harry Reid was a corrupt piece-of-crap who did much lasting damage our country, including ramming Obamacare down our throats in the dead of night. I'm guessing it's pretty hot where he is right now.

No one has noticed. Rewind to 18-11 Braun was fouled and made a bucket. They gave him 1 shot at the FT line due to it being an AND 1. they never made it 20. He made the FT and it went to 19. KU should have 2 more points

Curious to those on the board who were able to go to bowl games during their time in school. I assume there isn't too many of you as I myself missed out in my 4 years of school. Would love to hear what that was like as a student

Not sure if he'd be a target

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Obviously CB and Ochai continue to play great but we've been wanting to see others catch up. If they continue like this they could be the best wing duo we've had in the Self Era.

Dave played much better and not just because he had 14 and 7. It seemed like he passed out of the post quicker and better than he has all year which lead to some open threes including an important one to Jalen to get him going. If he can make quick reads, pick his spots or pass out of the post effectively then he can get back to having an important role on the team. He obviously plays better against teams with more traditional bigs.

If Harris can play like that it really changes how other teams have to guard us. Remy got downhill and found him open in the corner twice and he knocked them down. He got downhill as well and scored or made a solid pass. Harris is starting to emerge as a very likeable player to watch because he does a lot of little things well and doesn't make a lot of mistakes.

Jalen can be an excellent 6th man for us if he keeps moving in the direction he's going. His role might not require him to score as much this year but 7 and 10 with a couple assists from your 6th man is excellent. Said in another thread that his role needs to be Mr Versatility. He's shown some maturation with a more well rounded game and acceptance of a different role this year.

Not sure why Remy sat the last 8 minutes but I liked how he was playing. Maybe Self didn't like the foul he gave up on the big man because he came out and never returned after that. However, like Bahe said, he's really focusing on facilitating and making plays for others and we are a better team with him doing that. Then in the second half he seems to look to score more after everyone else has gotten going and the team is playing balanced. I love his energy and alpha mentality. He's our closer..

Not much to say about the bench guys other than that I'm glad they got PT because I think any of them are capable of filling in and helping. I think Bill will continue to try and find minutes for those guys so we can use them at the right times later in the season.

All in all I'm happy with what I saw and I think we're getting closer on the defensive end too. We will have no problem scoring so the key is how much better we can become defensively. Need to see it against better competition, but I think they're ready..

40 minutes until tip here at Allen Fieldhouse.

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He’s posted screen grabs from TOS, but I still think this trolls followers deserves to see some of what we have found from KSU boards recently about Leipold etc.

Let’s roll.

https://kansas.n.rivals.com/news/notebook-braun-wilson-and-harris-talk-nevada-win-defense-and-more -- From @connerbecker

KU STARTERS

Christian Braun

Dajuan Harris Jr.

Remy Martin

Ochai Agbaji

David McCormack

SERIES INFO:

Kansas leads, 5-2

KANSAS’ WIN...

• Extended its win streak to six straight games.

• Made Kansas 10-1 or better for the ninth time in head coach Bill Self’s 19 seasons at KU.

• Extended its non-conference win streak to 24 straight games in Allen Fieldhouse.

• Kept KU undefeated in Allen Fieldhouse this season (5-0).

• Ended December with an undefeated record of 5-0. The Jayhawks were also undefeated in December 2020 (7-0). The last loss in the month of December came on Dec. 21, 2019, at No. 18 Villanova (56-55).

• Made Self 739-224 all-time, including 532-119 while at Kansas.

• Made Kansas 2,333-872 all-time.

TEAM NOTES

• Kansas’ defense forced Nevada into 21 turnovers, an opponent season-high. The Jayhawks also created 20+ turnovers in its previous two games against Stephen F. Austin and Missouri. The last time that Kansas forced their opponent into 20 turnovers in three consecutive games was Nov. 9-15, 2007 vs. Louisiana-Monroe/vs. UMKC/vs. Washburn. The Jayhawks went on to win the National Championship that season.

• Kansas recorded its third wire-to-wire victory of the season (vs. UTEP/vs. Missouri).

• Kansas shot 53.8 percent (35-of-65) from the field, its eighth game this season shooting at least 50.0 percent.

• Kansas outscored Nevada 46-14 on points in the paint.

• Kansas swiped 10 steals on Wednesday night, it's the fourth time this season with double-digit steals.

• Kansas held a 39-27 advantage at the half. KU has led at the half in all 11 games this season.

• Kansas has played at least 11 different players in 10 of 11 games this season. The Jayhawks played 13 against Nevada.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES

• Junior Christian Braun recorded a game-high 22 points on 8-of-14 (57.1 percent) shooting, four rebounds, two assists, a team-high two blocks, and two steals in 33 minutes. Braun scored 20+ points for the fourth time this season and the seventh time of his career. He has scored in double figures in 10 straight games.

• Senior Ochai Agbaji finished with 16 points on 7-of-12 (58.3 percent) shooting, a season-high-tying seven rebounds, and a career-high-tying four steals in 32 minutes. Agbaji now has 1,156 career points to move him into a tie for 43rd on the all-time KU scoring list with Rick Suttle.

• Agbaji started his 88th consecutive game on Wednesday, he is ninth on the all-time list for consecutive starts at KU.

• Redshirt-sophomore Dajuan Harris Jr. had a career-high 14 points on a perfect 5-of-5 shooting, two rebounds, a game-high five assists, and two steals in 32 minutes. He finished in double figures for the second time this season.

• Senior David McCormack posted 14 points on 6-of-10 (60.0 percent) shooting and six rebounds in 23 minutes.

• Redshirt-sophomore Jalen Wilson added seven points and a season-high 10 rebounds in 21 minutes off the bench.

https://kansas.n.rivals.com/news/quick-recap-kansas-rolls-nevada-88-61 -- From @connerbecker

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The transfer portal is a tad out of control. The data keeps changing but more than 800 FBS football players have entered the portal since Aug. 1 with a little over 25-percent of them finding a new home so far. My best guess is that, by the end of this offseason cycle in August 2022, the portal will have seen more than 2,000 FBS players enter and less than half of them will find new FBS homes. That means a whole lot of players are getting very poor advice.

What can be done? Here's an idea. The NFL has an NFL Draft Advisory Board that will give potential draft prospects an idea of where they would likely land in the NFL Draft. This allows players to make an educated decision about their future. While this isn’t a foolproof system, it’s certainly welcome advice. College football needs something similar for the transfer portal.

The NCAA needs a small team of evaluators who can help assess the chances of a player landing another FBS scholarship before they enter the portal. The same holds true on the FCS level as well. If a player wants an assessment of his potential landing spot — FBS, FCS or lower — he can submit a request to this NCAA panel. And it should be an anonymous process.

Right now players can simply take the advice of family, friends or some morons on social media and jump into the portal. At that point, the university is no longer on the hook for that player's scholarship and the player could potentially find themselves in a situation where they don't have a landing spot. If there was a portal equivalent of the NFL Draft Advisory Board, an assessment would at least give the player the ability to make a more informed decision.

It’s not easy to assess some players who haven’t seen a lot of playing time or are coming off of injury, but it can still be done. I assess a player's potential landing spot based on the Power Five, Group of Five, FCS and lower talent pool constantly and it’s not my full-time job. A group of two or three scouts could really curtail the number of poor decisions being made on a weekly basis. Is this feasible? Will it happen? Likely not, but some sort of checks and balances are needed at a somewhat neutral level as more and more players decide to transfer.

By far and away the best schemed and best coached offense of all the service academies.

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This coverage is terrible. It didn’t show our score (was missing from the bar) until we got to 6-8 points. It just said “reporter Jeff Hawkins” underneath the female reporter. I don’t understand how it can be so bad.

KU -16.5