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Post by tmcats » January 31st, 2025, 3:41 pm

ku has lost 4 of their last 5 but have been competitive in each losing by but 7 to tcu. they have an all-conference guard, s'mya nichols, who can flat out play the game. they also added a nice portal player from north dakota state, elle evans. their best win was over a very good oSu team earlier in the schedule, 75-66. they lost by 14 at ames.

the university of kansas was founded in 1863 and sits atop a hill known at the time as "hogback ridge." the name was changed to mt. oread sometime later to satisfy some sort of uppity need. a former governor, charles robinson, donated the 40-acre ridge and a wealthy city father, amos lawrence, donated $10,000 to get the school to his town rather than the alternative, emporia. in 1873, the first degree granted was to an abolitionist preacher, richard cordley, from the school of divinity. cordley was associated with the jayhawkers. as such, he was hunted but not found by william quantrill during the latter's burning of lawrence. today, ~30,000 students matriculate atop the hogback and spend much of their day clapping their hands and chanting at rocks embed in the area.


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Post by purplehairedladyx2 » February 1st, 2025, 12:05 am

Love the school description!
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Post by katlander » February 1st, 2025, 8:10 am

Tickets are $10 at the gate. I can drive if anyone wants to go.

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Post by tmcats » February 1st, 2025, 9:52 am

okay, i'm out of country for the week. so it's up to you gals and guys to bring a couple wildcat victories. go to the hogback ridge game. it's "hoot" over there, so to speak. go cats!

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Post by purpleprairiecat » February 2nd, 2025, 3:50 pm

The Cats are up 37 to 25 at the half. They are 6 of 12 on 3's and shooting 60% from the field. Sundell and Walker have 2 fouls each. 8 fouls for the Cats to only 3 fouls on KU. The officiating has been odd to say it politely. We need to get the ball inside more with more scoring from the 5 position.

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Post by purpleprairiecat » February 2nd, 2025, 3:52 pm

From sound and crowd shots on the TV, it looks like quite a few K-State fans made the trip.

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Post by purpleprairiecat » February 2nd, 2025, 3:59 pm

Not sure why KU is wearing those awful powder blue uniforms. They are ugly.

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Post by purpleprairiecat » February 2nd, 2025, 4:03 pm

Looks like the Cats are definitely trying to work the ball inside more this half. I think the K-State's depth will wear down KU.

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Post by purpleprairiecat » February 2nd, 2025, 4:04 pm

Wow that was a flop by KU. K-State is up 48 to 27.
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Post by GoCats » February 2nd, 2025, 4:11 pm

It has been, and is continuing to be, an absolutely great weekend to be a Wildcat!
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