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LAWRENCE, Kan. – As the holiday season draws near and the Stephen F. Austin game approaching, the Kansas men’s basketball team took advantage of the chance to do holiday shopping for Lawrence area families Thursday night.

KU players, basketball staff, student managers, family members, and friends as they assembled at a local Wal-Mart to find “Wish List” gifts local families. Former KU standout Roger Morningstar, and his wife Linda, began the tradition in the 1990s and they continue to work with the Salvation Army of Douglas County in organizing the annual event.

One special participant this year was Kansas TEAM IMPACT teammate JP Bemberger of Overland Park, Kansas, and his parents. Through TEAM IMPACT, which connects teams with children that have chronic illness, Bemberger joined the KU squad in November 2020 and has participated in many activities during his time on the squad.

“This is a great event that we do every year with COVID holding us back last year,” KU assistant coach Norm Roberts said. “It’s a time where our guys can go out and do something for the community and help some families that are in need. They enjoy it. They take a lot of pride in it in helping these families get what they need and want for Christmas.”

The Jayhawk shoppers met in the store lobby before Morningstar gave each participant a list of gifts for a specific family and a budget in which to maintain. The players, along with coaches’ wives and other shopping helpers, then broke loose throughout the store.

“There are things that are bigger than basketball and this is one where we can be out in the community and give back,” senior David McCormack said. “This is a time to spread some cheer and joy. We look forward to doing this.”

Gifts ranged from every member of the family, including pots and pans, tool sets, coats, blankets, and – of course – toys. Players had a blast finding the best superheroes and picking out the perfect pair of shoes.

As each list was completed, the participants brought their loot to the registers to have it rang up and loaded on the truck that will soon deliver it to each family. The smiles on the faces of each player was a telling sign of the pride felt to have spent the evening with a worthy cause.

I have parking passes in 125 (by the baseball stadium - south of AFH) for next two games. Can't go to games and sold tickets on Stubhub without parking. $20 per pass. I'm in Wichita so someone would have to pick up for this weekends game. I may end up with two available for each game. DM me.

I've seen several breakdowns on Twitter about how Ochai Agbaji leads the nation in scoring, so I decided to go back at look at his numbers last year compared to this year.

30 games last year: 14.1 points per game on 48.3 percent shooting from inside the arc and 37.7 percent shooting from three.

9 games this year. 22.4 points per game on 63.3 percent shooting from inside the arc and 49.1 percent shooting from three. He's gone from averaging 3.7 rebounds to 4.1 rebounds per game as well. His assists and steals numbers have gone down slightly, but so have his turnovers per game.

Career-high 28 points on 9-of-13 shooting from the field, including 7-of-10 from 3.

Is there anything happening there? He posted a smiley face emoji and there are a lot of comments under it suggesting he’s going to UNC. Anyone know anything?

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Sorry, can’t get enough of…

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Most notably the part about not punishing institutions or players if those who violated rules have moved on.

What a roll coaster that abruptly ends 😮
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RECORD:

8-3 (Overall)

5-2 at home

1-0 away

2-1 neutral

Current Streak: L1

SCHEDULE

LSU-Alexandria: W, 82-73

University of Mary Hardin-Baylor: W, 76-63

South Dakota State: L, 83-71

Middle Tennessee: W, 87-74

Buffalo (Cancun): W, 79-78

Saint Louis University (Cancun): L, 79-68

@ Northwestern State: W, 72-68

Lincoln University (CA): W, 90-54

Wiley College: W, 100-76

Liberty University (Fort Worth): W, 63-51

Louisiana Monroe: L, 82-69

TEAM STATS:

SCORING:

PPG 77.9

Scoring Margin: 6.9

SHOOTING:

Field Goal Percentage: 48.4

Field Goals Per Game: 29.1

3 Point Field GoalPercentage: 37.4

3 Point Field Goals Made Per Game: 6.4

Free-Throw Percentage: 65.9

Three-Throws Made Per Game: 13.4

REBOUNDING:

Rebounds Per Game: 36.1

Rebounding Margin: 3.1

ASSISTS:

Per game: 15.6

TURNOVERS:

Per Game: 17.0

Margin: 2.0

Assist/Turnover Ratio: 0.9

Points Off Turnovers: 23.0

STEALS:

Per Game: 10.1

Blocks:

Per game: 4.9

INDIVIDUAL STATS:

Scoring:

Gavin Kensmil: 16.2

David Kachelries: 11.5

Roti Ware: 11.3 (season-ending injury last game)

Sadaidriene Hall: 9.8

Latrell Jossell: 8.4

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE LEADERS:

Gavin Kensmil: 66-of-105 (62.9%)

Sadaidriene Hall: 42-of-71 (59.2%)

Calvin Solomon: 38-of-72 (52.8%)

David Kachelries: 49-of-106 (46.2%)

Latrell Jossell: 29-of-70 (41.4%)

3 POINT FIELD GOALS PERCENTAGE LEADERS:

Latrell Jossell: 23-of-53 (43.4%)

David Kachelries: 16-of-41 (39.0%)

FREE-THROW PERCENTAGE LEADERS:

Latrell Jossell: 11-of-13 (84.6%)

Sadaidriene Hall: 24-of-29 (82.8%)

David Kachelries: 13-of-17 (76.5%)

Gavin Kensmil: 46-of-75 (61.3%)

Stephen F. Austin head coach Kyle Keller (former staff member)

Stephen F. Austin guard Latrell Jossell (former player): Scored a career-high 28 points on 9-of-13 shooting from the field, including 7-of-10 from behind the arc against Louisiana Monroe (Loss)

I thought we hired their guy

First of all-- CNN has not been a "news" organization in decades, but simply a corrupt propaganda mouthpiece for the Democrat party like MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, etc. CNN is such a laughing stock that even pea-brain Democrats have been turning them off.

And make no mistake-- this firing has absolutely nothing to do with journalistic standards as CNN is completely devoid of such standards. This is all about money and the threat of lawsuits against CNN. CNN must know that they will soon be paying Kyle Rittenhouse millions for their slanderous accusations and now this Cuomo disaster. I love it!

Apparently CNN has some new owners who want CNN to return to being an actual news organization. I'll believe that when I see it as that's like trying to make Joe Biden honest and intelligent.

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How long before he gets a power 5 job? Flipping the #1 recruit in the nation from florida state to a FCS HBCU school is crazy impressive. I’m sure NIL had a play but still crazy

After the Paul Gossar thing it occurred to me, I can’t think of a single Republican who is not an abhorrent piece of shit. There are several Democrat politicians who are POS’ too as that’s often the story with politicians but I can name several who seem to be decent human beings who have no history of the kind of stuff the GOP seems to revel in.

So… ?

I picked it up a couple of days ago and can’t put it down. The only downside is after reading it, I may have to sell my Big Green Egg and Traeger and convert to be a vegan. Seriously tremendous read.

Live in OP.

Smell likes I have my fire pit on but all around my house.

Damn...Western KS must be really bad.

I know the coaches are making good progress on improving the overall quality of the roster through recruiting, but likely one of the biggest areas that needs a real shot in the arm is player development.

For the first time in more than a couple years Kansas will go into the off-season with the same strength and conditioning staff and no limitations because of Covid. Kansas also for the first time in quite a while will have a good chunk of their roster returning with experience.

What players or player do you expect to make a huge jump in their development and will end up a key contributor this upcoming season?

I have no way of knowing if there’s any physical limitations that will keep him from gaining the necessary strength and size, but I think if there is one player that could take a huge jump from the first year in the program to next season is D’Marion Alexander. That’s my guy that I have circled that well either show up for fall practice completely changed and ready to contribute at a position of need or are we going to see very small gains that will keep him from getting on the field and show off his athleticism and ability.

What say you?

Was awesome and hoping to share it with some people.