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@LeshonBurner Arkansas fans definitely gonna try to come up with some sort of Hog stealing saying

@M_Vernon Arkansas will travel well, but the Hog will still be crankin

if we go by Q1+Q2 win percentage, among the 16 hosts, Kansas ranks 6th

Of the 16 teams hosting regionals, KU Baseball ranked: T-8th in Q1 wins 7th in Q1+Q2 wins But they’re #15 😂

@jackiemoonie1 @Alan_Couzens @JohnGoldman Think this perception is subjective. I'm not an elite runner (25-30 mpw). Zone 2 for me is a walk/jog. Zone 2 for actual endurance athletes can be 10+ miles at 7 min. pace. Easy Zone 1 for Alan is like my Zone 2. Once you build an elite aerobic base, this strategy looks different

@Alan_Couzens @JohnGoldman It’s gone from zone 2 to zone 1 to EAAZZY zone 1. Soon exercise gurus will tell you to lay on the couch 10 hours a day 🤦‍♂️

Let's talk cortisol... Cortisol is a stress hormone made by the adrenal glands in response to an anticipated energy demand. That “anticipated” part is important. The brain/nervous system will often overshoot the actual physical demand - e.g. high psychological stress can trigger a large cortisol response despite little to no physical movement. In the short term, cortisol is useful: • Increasing blood glucose • Mobilizing fuel stores • Helping us respond to stress The problem comes when this state becomes chronic. Repeated elevations in cortisol - especially alongside poor sleep, inactivity & excess energy intake - can promote insulin resistance, increase appetite, and lead to visceral fat accumulation. In other words… The body is repeatedly being prepared for physical action that never comes! Even during high-intensity training, the body will often err on the side of over-preparing for energy demand - increasing stress hormones and elevating blood glucose beyond what's needed to ensure fuel availability. That tradeoff makes perfect sense if you’re occasionally being chased by a lion. 🦁 It makes less sense when the body perceives that same level of threat for 5 hard workouts a week layered on top of poor sleep, work stress, and inadequate recovery. So, especially under these conditions, it becomes important not to engage the “fight or flight” response too often. These highly sympathetic sessions should be balanced by large amounts of lower-intensity parasympathetic work where energy demand is met with far less hormonal and autonomic disruption.... i.e. Eazzzy Zone 1 Training! One of the key adaptations of easy aerobic training is learning to produce more work with less stress. That ability transfers very positively to long-term health, resilience, and performance in your greater life!

@Genetics56 Went to college with a lot of international athletes. I want them to keep getting the opportunities. I think 26 year olds who have been pros for almost a decade shouldn't get onto college rosters. That seems like a valid opinion

I was talking to a person in college athletics last night and I mentioned I'd explain the basketball topic/impact from recent rule changes. Thus, in plain English, this is what matters. The NCAA isn’t trying to kick out all international basketball players. What they are trying to do is use common-sense rules to limit how much eligibility is left for players who’ve already spent multiple seasons playing professional basketball overseas. The goal is to protect spots and scholarships for American kids who finish high school at 18 and basically have to start college right away if they want to keep playing high-level basketball. The rules themselves aren’t brand new , they’re just clearer guidance for the 2026-27 school year. When deciding eligibility, the NCAA looks at two main things: Whether the player only received “actual and necessary” expenses (a long-standing rule), and the full picture of the player’s pro experience - how long they played, how good the league was, and whether there was any real connection to school/education. Bottom line: 18, 19, and even 20 year-old international players should generally be fine. The players who will have the hardest time are older ones who played several seasons in a strong pro league (and probably got paid well) and have been out of school for years. International players will still be a big part of college basketball. The NCAA is basically just reminding everyone of rules that already existed: each season of pro ball overseas counts against your five-year clock to play four seasons. If a player doesn’t get full clearance, the most common result will simply be that some of their eligibility gets used up by those pro seasons they already played. International pro basketball players will still come to the college game in the USA.Just not as many older players. I hope that helps.

I talked a dad who told me he spent $10k a year on travel baseball between tourneys, travel, and gear for his son. He got a partial scholarship to D-2 school. If he had put the $10k in a mutual fund each year, he would have had about $190,000. The scholarship was $5k a year.

@BudElliott3 I think you extend the "or date of high school graduation" to this scenario if the student was only in high school for 4 years. But if they do postgrad years like a lot of basketball players do, then that doesn't count

One challenge I haven't heard people talk about yet is that we are seeing some high school prospects who are turning 20 before prom because they started kindergarten at 6 (especially boys, for whom that's actually shown to be a major advantage academically) and then they were in a state that didn't have school during COVID, resulting in them repeating a grade. I think that's a pretty obvious challenge here, and one that maybe they've already factored in, but we will see about another six or seven years of prospects with that profile coming through the pipeline.

BREAKING: Kansas has landed coveted tight end Mason Oglesby. He picks KU over finalists Indiana, North Carolina and Ohio State. He is the highest-rated TE to commit to KU in the @247Sports era. More: 247sports.com/college/kansas…

@OleTimeHardball I want Henry Rowengartner starting

All-Time Fictional Lineup and Rotation

@Predamame Feel like there needs to be a tauntee in order for something to be taunting. He didn't do anything toward anybody

If a kid taunts after being previously warned, then the DQ makes sense. But my question is, [THAT] is taunting???

@Deo_Vult @M_Vernon Creatine is the most studied supplement ever. Cramping is not a side effect

@M_Vernon They have to make up something and large creatine isn’t it. I mean he would need to be taking over 20g daily… So instead of taking responsibility, he and his team is throwing KU under the bus.

He “finally” has an answer?? Even if this was/is entire story, his team + multiple NBA specialists KU brought in didn’t ask about/ test for supplements?! Get. The. Fuck. Out.

@ramonashelburne @Brady_H thoughts on this? This article is the intersection of my entire feed of KU sports and the running community

Darryn Peterson finally has an answer to the mysterious cramping issues which hindered his freshman season— and a way forward. Can he still be the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft? espn.com/nba/story/_/id…

@graylittlejh The Brannen Greene/Isaiah Moss role

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@Kansashoopschat I like the structure of this roster. Seems like they will fit well together if freshmen and transfers do what they're expected

Assuming KU lands a bench piece (shooter) is this Men’s KU basketball team next year a top 3 type team in the big 12?

@GhostYesufu Didn't they bring in the 7'5" guy too?

Lmao Flory. Back to the portal he goes!

@Toohey_sp My NAIA school started all internationals except the left back and keeper. Team was loaded

Oh boy… Just wait until we tell you about NAIA soccer.

Denver Nuggets head coach David Adelman looks like Tiger King’s boyfriend.

This is why I hate the marketing around sports gambling. I don't have a problem with sports gambling, but it is marketed as if everyone wins and has a great time. It can easily destroy your life if you aren't careful

Blown away by the fact that two 5-star prospects in the current recruiting class are Kentucky natives (Stokes & Taylen Kinney) and both of them landed at Kansas. They should be a lot of fun together, too.