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  Ok , might be a touchy question but. Still asking
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  It’s tough to improve in college, honestly. Devon is exceptionally quick, so when he comes off screens at the college level, if he’s even with a guy, the right play is to continue to the basket for a layup. That’s just the right play. So even though he needs to work on his jumper, because he can beat guys off the dribble with such ease at the college level, the right play is the layup. That doesn’t help him improve his jumper. And that’s the thing with potential NBA guys. The things they do best are more than enough to dominate at the college level. Devon is working on making the correct read, and the correct read more often than not in college will be to continue his drive because he has his man beat on that screen. The NBA doesn’t so much care about college hoops because the guys they are targeting are already better than the collegiate competition. That’s why the G-League has started gaining so much momentum. Teams need a better evaluation tool than the college game offers. Look at the schedule KU has had this season so far. There are maybe four games out of eleven that are worth evaluating as an NBA scout - Duke, Dayton, Colorado, and Villanova. The rest of those games are basically worthless for evaluation purposes at the pro level. @DoubleDD is right. It’s just a different game. Higher talent level. More complex schemes. More demanding overall.
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  Nova Game Thread
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  I bet the injury scared him too! for quick recovery! I’m pretty sure everyone can finally see how valuable Marcus is to our team. He was trying his hardest to help on the bench!
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  Dotson article from Newell
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  @Crimsonorblue22 It’s definitely on the “awful” side of the ledger.
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  Time to Cash in the Chips
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  The snark is strong with this one.
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  Bill Self, Where Are You? Incompetent 3-PT Defense
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  Results are a funny thing. They don’t always tell the truth. KU has an elite defense this year. Period. No matter the philosophy, KU is long and athletic and disrupting opponents. But that doesn’t mean they couldn’t be better than the results have shown so far this year. We are capable of dominating on defense. We have the depth, length and size to matchup with anyone. The question is, why don’t we do it? I do, to an extent, understand Bill not wanting to change. He wants the other team to adjust to us. The problem with that, is basketball has changed. The three point bombing from 4-5 positions on the floor is changing the game much like the Spread Offense did in College Football. But here we are, and Bill is still trying to run the Wishbone on offense while running a 46 Bear to stop the run. Imagine if Tony Bennett or Jay Wright had our roster. They would have this group with the #1 defense and it wouldn’t even be close. Ochai, Enaruna, Braun and Garrett are all plus rebounders for their position/size. So there is no need to play a true big at the 4. They would pressure the ball relentlessly and force you to drive the ball and shoot a contested layup. They wouldn’t give up 3s. They’d force you to shoot over the wingspan of our 6’5 guards and pressure the hell out of passing lanes so that the offense had no flow and terrible ball movement. The only reason this team isn’t the #1 defensive team in the country right now is Bill Self will not adapt. He may be able to overcome it and win a NC. I believe that. But his stubbornness is one of the roadblocks. He’s a great coach. But he could still be better.
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  Cheer Up!
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  kjayhawks said: " I’m cool with it, we suck as a number 1 team. Seems like we always have. " Addendum: Under Self. Roy’s KU teams stayed there for …years, it seems.
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  Test time - -KU?/ Villanova do we pass ?
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  Dotson needs to step up, he choked big time on this one.
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  Schedule Cluster*&$%.
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  Self said the players will be with their families from today until the 26th
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  Villanova Wildcats - Saturday - 11 am - Fox
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  Fox should never have been allowed to broadcast 1 minute of college basketball. 12 minutes in and right now I would be ecstatic for a fran, Dakich, Vitale, and bill Walton pregame show.
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  Guys I'm saying IF things happened - -Danny Manning ?
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  @Fightsongwriter Not a lot of luster to that no matter how much it gets polished. Sorry @Crimsonandblue12 Diallo is just potential unrealized at all levels. The only thing he’s reached his potential for is interesting conversation. I hope no one tries to prove me wrong.
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  Asleep at the wheel....
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  HighEliteMajor said: The reason it survives is that it makes billions of dollars and it represents its constituents, the colleges. If the NCAA goes away, what replaces it? An NCAA by another name? The folks to blame isn’t the NCAA. It’s the colleges. They are the bosses - the shareholders. And remember, most of the complaints about the NCAA are fake news. Meaning, they are from folks that hate CBB and/or who have a political agenda and/or who would complain if a player took $10,000 cash from a booster and got suspended and/or don’t understand you need rules or there would be chaos. The fact that the NCAA only really complains about “complexity” when it’s to the benefit of student-athletes isn’t fake news. They seem damn near omnipotent when punishing athletes for violations it took the FBI months to pin down. But systematic coverups of sexual violence? Dealing with state labor law when they already run events in 20+ states at the same time? Absolutely impossible.
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  KU First in Conference in 3pt %
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  KU is now #4 in Kenpom Rankings. #10 offense #6 defense If they keep playing like they are those numbers will continue to rise. There are only 4 teams hovering with Top 10 in both metrics- KU, Ohio St, Duke, Louisville. The Big-12 has 3 of the Top 10 defenses in the country (KU, Baylor, Tech). 8 of 10 ranked in the Top 50. Only 5 of the 10 rank in the Top 50 on offense. KU & Baylor are the only teams in the Top 30. Translation- there will be some ugly basketball games in the Big-12 this year.
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  Former KU players
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  He’s a man! Not sure I like his hair though.
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  Ok , I realize I'm probably in the minority
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  Generally, I don’t subscribe much to rankings, especially early in the season. Like others have said, the Top 5-10 teams are often interchangeable and the ranks do tend to be used as promotional tools. That said, after everything this team, this coach and these players have had to deal with recently from the NCAA on down, getting the #1 ranking in spite of it all, to me, is a giant middle finger to the whole establishment. And I hope we wave that finger high and proud and as close to the smug face of the machinery as humanly possible. Kudos, boys! Now put the foot down firmly onto the neck and slowly apply the pressure.
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  Roos Game Thread
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  kjayhawks said: @BeddieKU23 night and day difference between sprint center and Allen. Allen is really night and day different from a non conference game like Milwaukee to a high profile conference game like Tech, KSU or something. My first game was 09 vs Texas on senior day for the big 12 title out right. Still is the best game experience for me at Allen because we came back late and won. My ears rang all the way home that night. If I remember right we kept getting it down to 2 or 3, then they’d stretch it back out to 8. We got it back to 2 with a couple minutes to go, Sherron got a steal and Brady hit a 3 to give us our first since early on and the place went completely bananas. Texas who was good back then had no idea what the hell hit them. I hope you had a good time, I can’t wait til my boy is ready to go to a game with me. The Sprint Center game felt like an NBA game. Just seeing countless games in Allen on TV I could tell the difference. The opponent wasn’t any good either which I don’t think helped the activity level of the fans. Everyone knew this was a blowout in the making. I will definitely be going back next year for a game in Allen where I’ll be able to compare how different the two are. Bummed I won’t see this years squad in Allen because I do think this is a fun squad to watch
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  This commentator's view of last night's ending makes everything even stranger.
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  I had no idea this was a national talking point…and the conversation rages on. Truly a dick move to get 5 million clicks. Lol attaboy!!! https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/28313437/monmouth-george-papas-college-basketball-most-infamous-dunk
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  Marcus Garrett
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  We are going to see Marcus on his senior night (And I will be wearing my number 0 Garrett jersey while I watch), And he will be an overseas player, hopefully bank some good $, (a lot of those teams pay all the taxes on your salary and give you housing and transportation ), and eventually he will get into coaching … he will either work for Self, or Self will make sure he gets into a good coaching situation
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  Good for Grimes
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  DCHawker said: Grimes back to his usual self against B12 competition - 10 minutes to go against OSU and he is 0-4 from the field, 0-1 FTs, 1 RB, 0 assists and 1 TO… Every game against good competition he has been bad. Should dispel any myths one would think…
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  Kansas City (No more UMKC after next year.) - Saturday 3:30pm - ESPN+
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  jhawk7782 said: @jayballer73 Nino was coaching/training kids in Atlanta. I had to look him up to see if he was the same Nino…and he was. hope he is doing good