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  KU Buckets 2024 ESPN Bracket Challenge!
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  @Jayblaze impressive
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  My crisis of faith in Bill
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  @approxinfinity Andrew White was never the better overall player between himself and Selden. His role at KU was always going to be coming off the bench playing lesser minutes because of who was ahead of him. Transferring was the best decision for White because he wouldn’t have had his cup of coffee in the NBA staying at KU. None of this means White was a bad player because he wasn’t. It just means that the mid level 4 star recruit got recruited over by a pair of 5 star players who were better overall players than White and there wasn’t a pathway to starters minutes for him at KU until potentially his senior year. Let’s say White never transfers and sticks at KU for his last two seasons, what’s his path to becoming a starter? Let’s just acknowledge that White was never going to start over Selden and Ellis, so for what would’ve been his junior season, his competition for minutes was Kelly Oubre, Greene, and Svi. I could easily see him playing over Greene and Svi, but I don’t see him staying in front of Oubre all season. That would probably put White in the 20 mpg range his junior season and going down as Oubre kept developing. Let’s say at that point that White then decides to stay for his senior season at KU which would’ve been the 2015-16 team. There is an open starting spot that season that ultimately went to Devonte Graham so that would be the battle for White because we know he was never starting over Ellis and Selden. Would White have been able to beat out Graham for that starting spot in 2015-16 if he stayed all 4 years at Kansas? So again, Andrew White was never a bad player, just someone who was here at a time when Self was at his peak in recruiting and White was stuck behind players who were just better overall than he was so he made the correct decision to go elsewhere to give himself the best chance to reach the NBA which he did.
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  The end of NCAA?
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  Sadly it all makes sense. Or could it be full circle, and the NCAA pulled a brilliant back door scheme, found a way to get a gazillion more dollars in play, and will now thrive!?
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  KState game thread
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  Interesting stat I found mentioned by Derek Johnson on his Twitter is that without KJ, this was the best offensive game this season by points per possession, but also our worst defensive game by points per possession. I have not been able to track down the numbers myself. The best I can find is EvanMiya.com offensive and defensive efficiency.
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  Other games 2024-2025
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  Dam TCU in good spot to beat Baylor @ Baylor up three with twenty seven seconds to go. Udeh huge Game – - Sixteen points - - & fifteen rebounds- - three blocks. Welp Baylor just tied, doesn’t take away from Udeh’s game TCU WINS @ Baylor
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  KJ Adams
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  @approxinfinity If your contention is Storr is a good basketball player and Self needs to go I believe the gulf in how we view the game is too wide to overcome. But here is where I’m coming from. Storr is no good at being a teammate, I’ll stand by that. The ball movement already isn’t great, but he’s a black hole on offense and his defense is atrocious. If he could figure out how to switch and help on D he would get some run. However his advanced stats show that he is the same player for KU he was at Wisconsin - the difference is his usage is actually down from 32%!!! at Wisconsin to 22% at KU but it hasn’t made him any more efficient. He just isn’t that great of an all around player - just an inefficient volume scorer and below average defender. https://www.foxsports.com/college-basketball/aj-storr-player-stats?category=advanced&seasonType=reg
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  Looking back at Hilton
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  @DCHawker Agreed. They play very soft, it seems all players do everything in their power to avoid contact. I’d love to see slashers putting pressure on the other team by fouling them up. I’d like to see Flory drawing as many fouls as he gives. Improved rebounding and fouling up the other team are mostly effort plays, they can do it if they set their mind to it.
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  Kind of harsh but true
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  @DCHawker Hunter + kj happened. No rim protection and bad defensive rebounding
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  Christmas Gift to KJ
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  Suddenly Self mentions how KJ is rebounding better and still has the most room for improvement.
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  Favorite All Time Players
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  My favorite is Cole Aldrich.
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  WKRP in Cincinnatti
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  @AsadZ Hmm if Iowa St hadn’t blown a big lead against them in their matchup we’d be calling them the best team so far. A combo of those two teams have visually looked tops and probably a gap after that. Auburn’s defense isn’t as good as several but they certainly can score with the best of them. Gilbert of Iowa St is a sneaky top player that gets no recognition. I think he’s a baller. Just a solid team overall
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  The 9 Man Rotation
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  @FarmerJayhawk Hunter’s steal rate is way up this year to go with decent block rate and great rebounding numbers. He’s turned into a solid defensive center, just still can’t slide for shit so he can be exploited in P&R in the wrong matchup. Ideally, we just need to avoid teams with stretch fives that can punish drop coverage.
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  The KU Sports paywall
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  I still go there because they do put stories on all KU sports, football, soccer, volleyball etc. I concur that quality of articles has dropped but I get to receive information. For this reason, I have started a monthly trial and will see how it goes.
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  Arizona St
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  It’s always interesting to see when players are not motivated by Self’s coaching style. I guess it’s not for everyone, there’s a standard to uphold and I don’t think AJ has bought into it. Easy to say from the outside but he doesn’t show that he fits here, which is crazy because his athletic profile and body type is meant to thrive here. With his recent struggles I’m imagining they will try and figure it out in this important 5 game stretch we start today. Team has been healthy so far but we have upcoming games against two of the most physical teams in the nation. Any injury is going to put the focus back on AJ having to be a factor. He needs to figure it out
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  Vital five game stretch
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  We won our let down game with 2nd half defense and energy. Cincy has lost three straight all in conference and their season is teetering and could fall off the cliff with another loss or grab a life line with a win over a surging ranked Jayhawk squad. We should want it more than they do and need it more and to show our players they are legit in the here and now. This is a road game with a probably loud crowd and playing a stingy defense minded team and we don’t want a slow start from our shooters to play into Cincy’s plan. We have won 4 out of 5 and should make it 5 out of 6 going into the unfriendly confines of Hilton Coliseum on Wednesday. We need this one first and put the fear in Georges Niang, Jeff’s Grayer and Hornacek and the Mayor Fred what’s his face (Hoiberg). I really don’t know which one I dislike the most. Not to forget Marcus Fizer I don’t like him either.
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  Central Flaw rid unh-uh
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  Was listening today to a Cincinnati & didn’t realize we are 4th in Defensive eff. We are 24th in offensive eff according to Ken Pom they said,KU 12 in defensive rebounding - -104th offensive rebounding --got to improve that
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  West Virginia- a game finally
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  @approxinfinity said in West Virginia- a game finally: Foury Flory I really hope we can get him NIL money and to stay. I think he’d be a lottery pick next season no question. A second round project like Furphy is.
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  And so it begins -- Players won't play without promised NIL $
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  @approxinfinity said in And so it begins -- Players won't play without promised NIL $: Feel bad for the ageless one here. Imagine if KUs boosters were flaky and Self was stuck squeezing them and encouraging the kids that the money was coming. What a drag. Yup. What a crappy position to put any coach in. And remember, NIL money isn’t “pay for play”. Players aren’t supposed to complain about hustling butt but not getting paid. And it’s not supposed to be money for just being recruited. Outside of the court, it’s services rendered. We give you money and you provide a service for us at market rate. But whatever. It’s just crazy. Player revolts are a bad thing.
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  Brown before Christmas
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  @drgnslayr You have ESPN+? Our next game is on that ‘channel’.
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  Fun KJ Story
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  @FarmerJayhawk raised right, great parents!