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  Considering Our Composite Center's Rebounding Against a Team with Short, High Mobility Big Men (SDSU)
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  Another poster put it best: the 2010-11 team was “full of hubris”. Definitely one of my least favorite KU teams. I do like this team, but I am not in love. Im not sold yet. The team this year worries me on defense. Our guards are great. Graham needs rest, but he’s the only guy who can consistently create steals. Mason is pretty solid as well. But the 3, 4, 5 positions are worrying. Greene I like, but only if we keep him on the interior bodied up with some guys. Against quick guards, I’d prefer not to have him running around screens. Use him as a big 3 or even a small 4 against shorter quicker lineups. Traylor, as he showed against SDSU is perfect against shorter lineups. As much as some posters around here like to dog on Traylor (even as they refuse that they’re doing so), they still admit that he shows up when needed. Gee, isn’t that what you want your players to do? Competent backups are important. Perry Ellis gets all the love, and no doubt I appreciate his scoring, but he sometimes hurts the team in ways that are completely ignored. I remember a play where Ellis left a wide open Greene for a poor shot, and the issue hit home for me: Perry Ellis can be a bad teammate. He doesn’t pass or defend well. And then when the shots aren’t falling, he mopes around with his head hanging low. Why has Self let Perry Ellis get away with this behavior for 4 years? Jaybate was right in how it was a mistake not to have enough internal competition for Ellis early in his career. Wayne Selden, like Perry Ellis, has made great strides in the offseason, but he also has the negative trait of relying on his offense to give him confidence. Wayne played like a boneheaded freshman in that first half against SDSU. As much as I’d like to say he got over the hump, I still don’t feel comfortable trusting Wayne Selden. As far as the rest of the lineup goes, I trust each of them will find ways to contribute. The 5 position is what it is. I can only hope that Hunter (our only true big) will be ready by March. Bragg I have faith in. Diallo I pray for.
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  Look who is supporting KU
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  @ZIG hey my son did that too!
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  Can we rename the C5?
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  The way I read Bill Self’s decision to go with Jamari and Brannen for so many minutes at San Diego: currently, they are the two team members whose mental/emotional well being needed a boost. Of course, Brannen might not have gotten such an opportunity if Wayne hadn’t fallen into foul trouble two and a half minutes into the game. The second half flow was running smoothly with Jamari, so Self chose to ride with it. Will lack of game minutes slow the development of rising superstars Bragg and Diallo? Probably. On the flipside, maybe they will concentrate more in practice sessions, determined to correct errors which their coach saw in limited game minutes. I will side with the thought that Coach knows best how to advance team play while risking less chance of a pre-Christmas loss. After all, the Aztecs went on a Denzel Valentine- type tear, closing the gap to 4 points before getting hammered. Self’s the guy earning big bucks to keep his thumb on the pulse of a 13 year Jayhawk run with an 82% winning record. Gotta hope that Bragg and Diallo stay hungry and determined to advance. Perhaps, at this stage of the season, BIll Self is protecting them from the dismal headlines and criticism recently earned by the likes of John Calipari’s struggling Labissiere.
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  SAN DIEGO AZTECS - TUESDAY NIGHT 10P.M. CBS
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  @JayHawkFanToo Wow, I misspoke. I meant to say I have come to respect Drew. Don’t have much respect for Ford still.
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  A Well Oiled Machine
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  @brooksmd saw it
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  My game thoughts and musings and amusings
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  @wissoxfan83 Thanks for posting. I think you pretty much nailed it, from my perspective. I’m looking forward to conference play to see how we stack up with Oklahoma, Baylor and Iowa State.
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  Cheick shortly will have a good game...
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  @jaybate-1.0 Cheick will definitely cash that Cheick in very soon!!
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  Well, just founfd this a little interesting
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  @BeddieKU23 that sounds fine, but there is evidence as far as DUKE anyways which was surpose to be the heavy hitter being reported and even repeated in here by some, people sayin Oh he wanted to play with and or along Giles, people sayin NO chance he is coming to KU definitely solid on DUKE. then low and behold the aticle last night says very close between KU and Fla State with Fla State a slim lead and that Duke had just hollered at him a couple of days ago, which again tells me, even if he was so rock solid DUKE, then why at the last minute they all of a sudden holler a Adulike? what that tells me is, that sure they have been recruiting Marques, but now feel they have lost out on him or not much chance of getting him, that’s why they holler at Adulike, I feel Marques ends up landing HERE have always felt we had a really got shot, just have to wait and see. ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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  Jayhalves Scale Fishtecs, Jake Beastings, KU's Big Hydra, Hangs 18/21
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  @ParisHawk HOWLING!!! I blew it!!! It may be like Halley’s Comet.
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  I haven't had this much fun since 2008
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  @DoubleDD This is what this forum is for…right? We disagree, try to make our case, agree to disagree and move on…
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  Kansas @ SDSU
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  @Texas-Hawk-10 said: John Higgins is reffing tonight. He did most of KU’s losses last year so officiating is something to keep an eye one tonight. I didn’t realize this until now, but it explains a lot. There were some pretty terrible calls and no calls – mostly times where SDSU was out of bounds and there was no call or where a ball was off an Aztec and the call was wrong.
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  ALL I WANT FOR XMAS
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  @MoonwalkMafia January 5th. Close enough for me.
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  XTRA, XTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT: 16 3PTAS IN AN 88 POINT GAME, FRANKEN FIVE BEASTS FOR 22 POINTS AND 20 REBOUNDS
  • jaybate 1.0  

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  @Bwag At the game if he is taking notes for the post-game story, the chat transcript would be as good as any set of notes; not all that different than having the chat hosted by his newspaper. If he does not travel and he is watching the game at home on his own time, he can do whatever he wants.
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  Newest Draft Express predictions
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  @BeddieKU23 well, be prepared to get the shock of your life
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  THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON HERE AND WE DONT KNOW WHAT IT IS
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  Wayne Simien is another example of a superior college player that was not meant to be great in the NBA. NBA scouts saw his NBA potential or lack thereof and he was drafted way below where his college number would indicate. In all fairness, maybe his heart just was not in the NBA and he had a higher calling…
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  Tyler Davis vs. Cheick Diallo
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  Why should I care about a kid who doesn’t like KU? Ef 'em. He’s not good enough to play for my team.
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  CBS Sports Network?
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  @Texas-Hawk-10 we like to bitch a lot about SZ! Every chance we get we’re going to do it! Even if he has nothing to do w/it, were going to bitch.
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  Bad day for ranked teams/parity
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  As much as I like to see UK lose I don’t want them to lose too much before we play them so their fans can’t cry about how we only beat them because we caught them on a down year.
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  Composite 5 Under Evaluation
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  My point with this thread is that we should never be intimidated because of height. We are bound to face some tree-like teams and post players this season. That doesn’t mean we think the way we were thinking when we were smoked by Kentucky last year. We gave them just what they wanted… a shorter opposition who never used a shot fake or created scoring space… just took it up right in the teeth of their big guys. I would like to think we can be just a wee bit more sophisticated this year. Stop focusing on our disadvantages and focus on our advantages. We aren’t going to overcome physics. If we bring shots in on a 7’6" player that can dunk flat-footed we get what we deserve. But if we decide to look at these kinds of match ups as the “glass is half full” then we quickly realize what a huge advantage we have by going up against guys that are 7’6". Like… how the heck is that guy going to fight through an off-ball screen? I hope UCI runs at least two 7-footers at a time. We should focus off-ball screens on these two. They’ll either foul out immediately, or they will be way too late on the switch or jump out. Maybe we will even see Perry use another shot fake! Wouldn’t that be something! The only way these footers can be effective is if they go straight up and down to defend. Anything else should be ripe low-picking fruit for us drawing fouls.
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  Mickelson vs. Withey
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  @HighEliteMajor Yep