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  Iona Game Thread
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  They’ll get the D sorted out. Always feels like Bill needs to see how best to pull those strings and by conference play we’re elite defensively. We are a Kenpom top 5 offense even while playing Harris 27 mpg. Last year’s defense finished 12th on Kenpom and we returned almost everyone and have a better bench. Bill will get that sorted out. Honestly we’ve only played shitty in the 2nd half of two games. Otherwise this team has been as advertised. Once Bill sprinkles his magic fairy dust on the defense I think we will start to see some impressive wins. I’m definitely a little sour from this tournament, but overall we are still a top 5 team.
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  I didn't cuss once!
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  FOLLOW-UP: Few days have passed and we escaped embarrassment from Iona. More random thoughts… CB is crazy important to our success this year… both on offense and the boards. Opposition has to put their best defender on Chai and focus help defense on him, too. CB has to just keep developing like he’s doing. He’s becoming the Timme version in a guard! Playing smart. Seeing the game. Seeing driving lanes, timing, scoring space. CB is starting to get it. He has improved his athleticism enough to do about anything he wants. Definitely strong on the drive. I hope he weathers good through a few rough games and stays positive. He should become a very consistent scorer for us this year! Jalen… not quite on stride yet. Not so sure he likes coming off the bench. He has to come to terms with himself. We are seeing HALF Jalen right now. He should become the catalyst for a much different, better team, on both sides of the floor. Self is grooming him into maturity… I feel certain of that… and it will pay off later this season. Remy/Dajuan… which guy is going to run this team? I know both can… but who will? From a practical perspective… it seems when they are both out there that DJ needs to be the main controller. He’s less of a scorer and Remy needs to go get his points. We can definitely use his scoring threat. DJ needs to become still more aggressive. He is much improved this year, but he needs to attack harder, on both sides of the ball. He should be getting in some foul trouble because that is a symptom of aggressive defense. To me… our success depends on us ironing out the PG leadership. I’ve never bought into the concept of strictly “leading by consensus.” Someone has to stand up and take control. Dave… Dave Dave Dave… where we see Chai and CB enter this season with more confidence… Dave starts out with less. Why? Maybe he can’t hurdle over the expectations? We definitely expect a lot from our bigs at Kansas. When you look up in the rafters and see the word “Manning” and “Chamberlain” you know you better bring game. I can’t recall now, if it was in the Dayton or the Iona game… Dave took a small shove and he tipped onto his back heels. He almost went over exactly like what happens when cows are tipped in those prank rural videos. I’ve never seen a big struggle so hard with his feet. Makes me think he should have a medical exam looking for some level of neuropathy. Not trying to be funny here. KJ… I wish these guys showed up with a USB link directly into their brain. Wouldn’t it be great to just plug KJ into Self? And then network all the players so they know how to play with each other. His athleticism is nuts and we could sure use it around the basket! Joseph… I like this guy! He has that lateral “X-axis” ability. Self mentioned how hard it is to sub in so many players. His comments there were spot on. How do you do it without mass subs at the same time? When you do that, you impact rhythm. I remember some of Calipari’s old teams… where he had 5 go in at a time. It does seem to make sense using an approach like that. You have to have these guys practice together on the same side of the ball so they can build some chemistry. At a certain point, depth becomes a curse! I think a little of this will go away later on in the season as this group spends more time practicing. +/- minutes stat… This tool is probably overused and very misleading. Just look at Jalen’s +/- in the Iona game. -4 in 12 minutes. I don’t recall how he was subbed. Was he put in for very short gaps… say… 2 minutes at a time? And if he was put in with other bench players… how do you assess his contribution in that -4 result? I think this stat may be more accurate later in the season if computed collectively over all games. This reminds me of my days playing high school football. We needed a third-string quarterback. No one stepped forward, so I did. I was a defensive back. I had speed and minimal quarterback skills. I thought it would be fun handling the ball every down. So… eventually I made it out there in a real game. My offensive line was atrocious! Every play the defensive line was in my backfield about the same time I was! Even though I sucked at QB it wasn’t fair to judge me based on what I had to work with. Boo hoo! lol
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  Dayton Game Thread
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  @BShark said in Dayton Game Thread: I’d much rather let Remy try to create but Bill gonna Bill. Like the 3 guys who scored 55 of the 73 pts scored… typical
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  UNT Turkey Day Game Thread
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  @RockChalkinTexas said in UNT Turkey Day Game Thread: As @drgnslayr would say… Jalen playing with a chip on his shoulder Thank you for remembering!
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  University of Dayton Flyers - Friday - 1 pm to 1:30 pm - ESPN
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  Re the dance team picture–one of those dancers is definitely stepping to a different beat!
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  Bill Talkin
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  Starters smarters. Wilson will play 30 and that means everyone is going to feel a minute crunch
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  Ochai appreciation
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  @wissox I’ve always been an Och fan.
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  ESPN Events Invitational schedule FYI
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  ESPN really cares about football only. Same with Foxsports.
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  North Texas Mean Green - Thanksgiving day - 1:30 pm - ESPN2
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  @jayballer67 I think it will be lower scoring. UNT has veterans who are their main scorers and some size to mix it up down low. They beat Purdue in the NCAA’s last year so they are not a pushover. Think we see this one hover around 10 or less imo
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  Well kind of boring afternoon , anyone for memory lane ?
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  @wissox said in Well kind of boring afternoon , anyone for memory lane ?: @Oldmanhawk Wow, that’s an awesome story!! I have a Scooter story too. I was in my first week at KU. I really knew very little about the basketball tradition I’d walked into. Well I had a short field trip for a Geography class and getting into van I closed the door accidentally on someones hand. I hear “I hope that’s not your shooting hand”. He wasn’t hurt. I sized him up as a skinny white kid and assumed the shooting hand comment meant he was a golfer or something like that. So I asked and he said he was Scooter and on the team. He was very cool. He told me his who his dad was and I remember watching him in the ABA. That’s a great story too!
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  NIL KU merchandise
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  @benshawks08 said in NIL KU merchandise: @drgnslayr I wonder how much of this type of defensive style Self might use this year. He’s got the guys up top to disrupt the opponent getting into their sets. Seems to be part of the plan for this team to reach its full potential. Do you really think we will run with Jalen at the 5? I’ll believe it when I see it. Jalen played some minutes at the 5 last year. I don’t think it’ll be frequent, but I do expect to see Jalen at the 5 with certain match ups.
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  Stony Brook Game Thread
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  @BShark said in Stony Brook Game Thread: @Marco said in Stony Brook Game Thread: @BShark Bobby and Zach are future NBAers, they have to play. Adams needs to play too imo I think Zach has a real chance because of his jumper. When it’s THAT good it outweighs a lot of other things. He does have a ways to go but I think he can get there. Bobby to me looks like a pro but not NBA. Disagree on KJ at this point, don’t think he has been very good at all he’s just athletic. I think he is worth developing but he isn’t offering much this year. Serious? You don’t think that Adams deserves some pt? Man, I must have been watching the games wrong or something. I think that needs to play too.
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  URPing in the Hollow Halls... (no... not "Hallow!")
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  https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/32654878/ncaa-upholds-penalties-umass-basketball-tennis-includes-vacating-results Just literally burn this organization to the ground
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  One year ago today
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  Hamilton is worth the watch. I was kind of resistant after all the hype, but it was pretty good
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  Stony Brook University Seawolves
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  Spread is sitting around 26. KU should win by a lot more
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  Let's talk about Bill.....
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  @benshawks08 Thought Dave struggled defensively against Michigan St. I don’t have higher hopes for his D this season then expected. I think he is who he is on that end. Was hoping he’d rebound in that 7-10 a game range and give us his usual 1 block a game or so average. So far he’s definitely looked a bit more springy on his vertical for whatever that’s worth
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  Michigan State Game Thread
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  @Texas-Hawk-10 that’s not until Feb. I’ll take that undefeated roll! Roll hawk y’all!
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  Tarleton Game Thread
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  Wichita St. plays Tarleton on Tuesday. Could be interesting
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  No shit, Sherlock!
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  @Texas-Hawk-10 said in No shit, Sherlock!: @justanotherfan said in No shit, Sherlock!: KSU hired a guy that was going nowhere. Frank Martin was a much better coach, but KSU fans didn’t like his attitude because they wanted someone like Bill Snyder. They got someone with that type of personality, but he can’t win games, so there’s a lesson in that somewhere. On top of that, Weber can’t recruit, so he’s always going to be inconsistent. He will sometimes stumble into talent, like he had with Dean Wade and that group, but not consistently. He’s just good enough to not get fired, but never good enough to make his team a consistent factor. He probably finished 5th in the conference, then steals a game in the NCAA tournament to save his job. Or they are as bad as the roster looks, and he gets canned 10 minutes after they lose in the Big XII tournament. That’s not what happened at all at KSU with Frank Martin. Their fan base was mostly pissed off about his firing because the only year Martin missed the NCAA Tournament was his second year. Frank Martin was fired because he didn’t get along with the John Currie who was KSU’s AD at the time. Spot on with that
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  Takeaways from Game #1
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  @FarmerJayhawk perfectly said!~