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  KU Sports - Oct 29: Matt Tait's Postgame Analysis
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  Great points by all above–here’s my take as I was at the game, trying to judge all players: Tharpe will be a vital part of our offense, as his experience and leadership will be huge, as it will in training Mr. Mason… 2)TBlack was IN position alot, and rebounds are ALL about effort and positioning. And he was able to get some stickbacks (against a D2 school), so more observation needed to gain an appreciation of what 260lb Tarik can do for us. Agree with incremental improvement in Traylor and Lucas. Embiid did everything I expected, good but green at times…Ellis=Ellis, nothing to add. Selden played under control and unselfishly, I thought he was NOT looking for his own shot. Liked his energy. Wiggins tried a bit of everything, threes, pullupJs, set-play lob dunk, and his patented spin move/drive. 16pts in a herky/jerky sputtering team offense is a good sign. 6)Mason looked serviceable. Liked his play and glimpses of his decision making. 7)Connor Frankamp: looked the most out of place. I watched him on defense meticulously and his head-swivel to look for coming picks was, I thought, “slow”. If I was a quick guard with the ball facing him, I would drive HARD the second Frankamp looked away. He is a defensive liability (but had 1 batted entry pass), and if he cannot hit the set-play 3ball (like Teahan as a frosh), maybe he needs to redshirt just to trade his frosh youth for his age 23 season. He is so thin, and even when he was dribbling, I saw NO attack mentality out of him. Clearly thinking a lot, and is mesmerized by the size of athletes on the floor in a college game, and mostly just on KU’s own roster. Redshirt Connor, and use Niko as the emergency 4th guard (Mason #2, Selden emergency #3, and Niko as last-chance-saloon backup #4). But, Connor could prove me wrong and come out on FIRE against FHSU…so I’ll see what the 2nd impression is…
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  Naadir was Naaghty
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  Congrats on creating the best thread title I’ve seen in a while.
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  AP Pre-season Poll: KU #5
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  According to some, “SEC Preview: Kentucky is too deep and talented to flop”
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  KU Sports - Oct 31: Andrew Squared
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  I have always been a fan of Andrew White. Last year he made very mature comments on waiting his turn and having to earn playtime at Kansas. He has a great family and a solid head on his shoulders. Bill Self is one heck of a recruiter, i swear he takes individuals character into account when he is looking for players for his squad. Pushups after the game! Midnight workouts! No wonder his guns have doubled in size since last season. Watchout Big 12 we’ve got some bench players that are going to bring it!
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  Iverson to Kansas...
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  Does Kansas lead for Jahlil Okafor and Tyus Jones?
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  So should we be hoping Embiid shows more potential as an OAD this Tuesday?
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  Shiver - Post game player press conference
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  Agreed @Mr Miyagi. White doesn’t look as flashy as Wiggins, but was very good tonight. I think he not only played himself into rotation, but might have a shot at starting too. It showed how much a year under Coach Self, one can improve. There is a huge advantage in a sophomore over a freshman unless one is an extra ordinary talent like Wiggins. Another good sign is Lucas tries really hard and may have chances to contribute. Obviously he is not as conditioned as the other bigs like Black and Embiid. He needs to push himself more. One game in the book, and there is a lot of be excited about.
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  White just tries so darned hard
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  I had Drew penciled in for the redshirt this year as well. It makes sense given that HCBS seems to prefer redshirting sophomores to freshmen. I believe he does so in order to let them see the court and have in-game experience before they even redshirt so they get more out of it. It’s looking more like Frankamp now. I expect all 3 will be excellent players when we see their whole KU careers though.
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  Tonight's exhibition game - 3 things to look for
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  My things to watch: 1. How do the top 3 freshmen perform against the cupcakes. 2. How do the 3 redshirt eligible freshmen perform against the cupcakes. 3. Which 3 redshirt eligible freshmen has the best attitude to be a Jayhawk in the long run. 4. Which redshirt eligible freshman will benefit the most from a redshirt year and whether he appears to accept the fact that he will be more valuable in the later year. The way Coach Self put it, redshirt is a benefit trading a 18 year old body for a 23 year old body. What is there to lose? On the other hand, Coach Self may not grant one a redshirt year if he doesn’t think he won’t contribute much later. So this is my watch number 5. All body gestures from my TV since I won’t hear any rumbling up close. Let’s hope ESPN3 comes through. Rock Chalk time now!
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  KU Sports - Congrats Morris twins
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  Both twins look like they are in for a long NBA career. That’s great news. They continued to work hard after leaving KU and deserve earning a big paycheck for many years to come!
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  KU Sports - Oct 29: Wiggins Era Begins
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  “Asked to identify the single-most important thing he has learned heading into his KU basketball debut — today’s 7 p.m. opener against Pittsburg State — the soft-spoken Canadian said simply: “Always running the floor. Always running the floor.”” He should add a bit to that mantra: “Always running the floor and focusing on how I get involved in every play.” What I took from seeing him live at the Saturday scrimmage was how much energy he wasted without contributing something. He’ll figure it out… and when he does, all of college basketball will feel it! Rock Chalk!
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  Cliff Alexander Announcement
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  She also commented that they had relatives in Memphis. And that the coach will take care of her little boy. I’m more worried about Memphis than Illinois.
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  fanhalloffame.com
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  Educational request
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  Here’s a basic look at the 3-2 hi-lo similar to what Self runs. I think CS has created several variations off this set. http://www.coachesclipboard.net/32HiLo.html
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  KU Sports - Oct 27: KU newcomer Tarik Black a big animated guy
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  Andrew Wiggins committed on May 13th. Tarik Black committed on May 20th.
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  Rock Chalk Jayhawk!
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  Hopefully, Crossing Tavern will have the game on TV in Chicago
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  ESPN Oct 25: Basketball Blog and "You Gotta See This: Big 12" feature
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  Yikes 71 fouls, 91 FT's attempted in a closed scrimmage between Ohio and Xavier
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  71 fouls and 91 FTs. I want to look at these numbers, go deeper, and figure out how much time this adds to a game. The average number of fouls per team called last year was around 17 to 18 per game. The lowest whistled team was Michigan at 12.7 fouls per game (fpg). The highest was Morehead State with 24.9 fpg. I’m going to play out a fake game here. Now last season Xavier averaged 17.4 fpg and Ohio 19.7 fpg. Let’s say in this fake game played last year under the old rules that 30% of the pre bonus fouls (28) were in the act of shooting. Of those shooting fouls, I’ll say the fouled player made 50% of the attempted shots in which they were fouled on. (28 x 0.3 = 8.4 x 0.5 = 4.2 + [4.2 x 2] = 12.6 FTs) . So that’s 13(rounding up from 12.6) pre bonus FTs. Now in the 1and1 again I’ll use clips of 30% and 50%. (Note: Xavier had 17 fpg last season which means they only committed 3 1and1 fouls in my fake game. Thus making it a total of 9 1and1 fouls.) Of the 1and1 FTs I’ll use a 65% both team avg. on the first shots leading to second shots. (9 x 0.3 = 2.7 shooting fouls and 6.3 non-shooting fouls. 2.7 x .5 = 1.35 +2.7 = 4.05 + [[6.3 x 0.65] x 2] + 2.205 = 14.445) So in this game last year they would have had 14 (rounding down) FTs in the 1and1. Add the pre bonus with the 1and1 and we get 27 FTs total in this game. Now with an average of 30 seconds to shoot the first FT and 15 seconds to shoot the second FTs we can figure out how much time is wasted with FTs. (8.4 + 9 = 17.4 total first FTs) (4.2 + 1.35 + 4.095 = 9.645 total second FTs) 17.4 x 30 / 60 = 8.7 or 9 minutes wasted with the first FTs. 9.645 x 15 / 60 = 2.4 or 2 1/2 minutes wasted with second FTs. An estimated 11 minutes spent this fake game just shooting FTs. Now if I use the same math as that fake game and apply it to the number of fouls committed in this REAL played game this year using the new rules (hand check, block vs. charge) let us see what we come up with… Same number for pre bonus FTs. Add 3 more fouls in the 1and1s and we get 19.26 FTs this time around. Then with the double bonus FTs we get 31 more fouls or 62 FTs. This all totals out to be 93.86 FTs. That’s pretty close to the actual number of fouls committed in the game. I’ll use my numbers since I can guess first and second FTAs. 51.4 first FTAs and 42.46 second FTAs. 51.4 x 30 / 60 = 25.7 minutes. 42.46 x 15 / 60 = 10.615 minutes This all equals out to be 36.315 minutes spent at the FT line!!! Last seasons fake game only had 11 minutes. So they’ve managed to triple the time spent not running the clock. In conclusion: My main goal was to see how much time was spent shooting FTs. If this kind of whistle blowing is going to occur this season we might as well forget about catching any of our Big Monday games!! I’m sure our friend JayBate would hypothesize that the new rules were installed by the Shoe Company Complex, ESPN/ABC/CBS basketballopoly, and the Communist USS’NCAA’R so they all can increase the number of TV timeouts which in turn increases their bank accounts thus increasing their power over us. <note: math can be wrong. All % are estimations.>
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  KU Sports - Oct 27: Matt Tait on Loss to Baylor
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  That was a brutal game, but as bad as it was it should have been expected. I don’t think Baylor will lose this season, including in the National Championship if things fall into place for them to get there, they have the best offense I have ever seen. In terms of scoring, our offense was the third most effective of any team Baylor has faced (behind WVU and K State), and our defense held them to their second lowest output of the season. Let’s just hope the apparent lack of fire from the players was an isolated incident, we’ll have to keep the intensity high to try and finish the season on a positive note.