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Kansas Gets Crushed by Houston | Pay Heed 3/14

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Kansas took almost 11 minutes to make a second-half shot against Houston.

1. KCSN: Kansas Jayhawks News and Analysis covers Kansas’s 69-47 loss to Houston in the Big 12 Tournament semifinal. 2. Nick Springer hosts with Kevin Flaherty, and both are live from the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City. 3. The episode asks what Kansas’s collapse against Houston says about Bill Self’s team entering the NCAA Tournament. 4. Kansas took almost 11 minutes to make a second-half shot, and the first one was a dunk that Flory Bidunga basically missed and rolled in. 5. Kevin Flaherty compares this roster to earlier Bill Self teams and says the 2024-25 Kansas team has eight double-digit losses. 6. Kevin notes that Kansas had only one season with five or more double-digit losses before 2017-18, then did it seven times from 2017-18 through this season. 7. Darrion Peterson is described as carrying Kansas in the first half while the rest of the offense stalled. 8. The hosts say Peterson’s defensive intensity and a steal leading to a dunk were among KU’s few bright spots. 9. Flory Bidunga goes through the entire first half without a shot attempt, and Kevin says that is a major problem against Houston. 10. Trey White and Melvin Council are both described as struggling, while Kansas lacks enough ball movement and shot quality. 11. The hosts discuss Houston’s blitzing of ball screens and the need for Kansas to move the ball quickly to the wing. 12. Kevin says Kansas did not enter the ball to the roll man well enough and settled for too many long mid-range jumpers. 13. A halfcourt foul sequence involving Bill Self, El Marco Jackson, and Kingston Flemings becomes a key talking point. 14. The hosts say Kansas was still within eight at halftime, but the game changed quickly after Houston opened the second half with a layup and an immediate three. 15. Kevin says the roster is built so that if Flory Bidunga or Bryson Tiller has a bad game, Kansas loses important lineup options. 16. The discussion turns to Cole Rosario, Jaden Dawson, and Paul Mbiya as bench pieces Bill Self is still trying to trust in March. 17. The show has a live, postgame format with frequent chat interaction and running reactions to comments from listeners. 18. Nick Springer and Kevin Flaherty use a conversational, game-film style, with numbers, lineup talk, and coaching critique driving the segment. 19. Best for Kansas fans tracking the NCAA Tournament bracket. 20. Skip it if you want neutral conference-tournament highlights without KU reaction.

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