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  Freshmen vs Upperclassmen
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  The Conner question is something that will be interesting to watch all summer. I’m not surprised Conner played well against Stanford, to be honest. Remember, Stanford was a team that did not play a true PG. That’s the type of team I would expect Conner to do well against. The question for him is, over the course of the season, can he handle the Marcus Foster’s of the world hounding him defensively (and having to chase them around on the other end). That’s an answer we don’t have yet. We saw with Naadir this year that the increase in minutes exposed several of his flaws, just as losing Tyshawn exposed EJ the year before. My worry with Conner is that he may be a guy that is perfect in small doses, but could be exposed if we try to expand his role too much. Of course, you really can’t determine that until you start expand a player’s role, but that could be a concern, especially since our progress next year could be directly determined by how our PG situation unfolds.
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  Developing Our Guard Situation
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  @konkeyDong 100% spot-on comment about Self’s system needing/requiring 2+ combo guards at all times. Similar system to UConn. I’ve been saying this non-stop to those that think our system is “bad”. System is not bad, just the recent execution of it has been very spotty and lackluster (people are correct that the personnel are at issue lately). Self’s 2 best KU achievements, including Tournament performances are: 2008Champs (RussRob, Chalmers, Sherron) and 2012 NatlRunnerUp (Tyshawn & EJ). When the athleticism is high, the mental swagger is high, and Self’s principles are executed competently, we can get far if we have multiple combo guards. “Combo” because, yes, they need to be able to score. When the guards can feed the post well, defend excellently, yet have the ability to throw lob dunks to each other…we are hitting on all cylinders. Throw-it-in-to-the-bigs MUST have its alternative complement, to keep other teams guessing and off-balance. Recall Thomas Robinson at the top of key throwing a lob dunk to Tyshawn or smilingEJ. Look at the end of the Purdue game and the OhioState and UNC games (all in 2012, our last “deep” Tourney run): It was driven by the dynamic duo of TT and EJ. Our guardplay was better than now. And the other complement to set/halfcourt offense is transition offense…cant do that if you cannot defend or get rbds at the defensive end. Y’all saw Self’s system “break down” precisely because the players couldnt get it done for a variety of solvable and not-solvable reasons. So, like a broken record: We need high-swagger, quick, big, athletic combo guards. Who also have high bball-IQ. Coach Self, please keep recruit such types as best you can, we need em…
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  NCAA Tournament Format
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  @wissoxfan83 Thanks. I like that you said “true” champion. That’s what the NCAA Tournament should be about. The Cinderella stories would make for an awesome NIT!
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  Caliparis book and change of ncaa rules
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  I do not like any of the rules Cal has laid out. For one simple reason. If they would work, he would be up in front of everyone saying it was his idea and he was right. We don’t ever need that to happen.
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  What is a Blue Blood?
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  @KansasComet I mentioned before that I thought in our NCAA early round losses that our teams have played “tight”. Hesitant, tense, however you want to describe it. seemed like I was the only one that felt that way.
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  The Press Conference w/Joel is Set
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  @JRyman Didn’t get any laughs for Letterman either. Sorry, I couldn’t resist.
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  Coach Manning
  • JRyman  

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  @drgnslayr Great thought!
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  T-Rob the actor
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  @drgnslayr I laughed at your comment about as much as I laguhed at the video. Thanks for posting the link @JRyman
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  Embiid Did The Right Thing
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  @nuleafjhawk Commemorative hanky: O MY! Nuleaf, this post is of Hall of Fame prominence!
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  Red Pill or Blue Pill?
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  @ralster Ah, terrific point. “Why did a Self-coached team (2008) demolish opposing zone defenses with ease, while another Self-coached team (2013), got really upended by zone-D’s? This 2013 team just didnt have it.” Which goes to my point on our zone offense and our defensive inadequacies. Look, a team of Lebron James, Dwayne Wade, and Chris Bosh would destroy any college zone. Why? They are better players. On a continuum, 2008 was better than this year’s team. So, do you run the same “stuff” with the 2013-14 Jayhawks as you would with Lebron James’ team? Or with the experienced bunch we had in 2008? That’s all I’m saying. And your example was very helpful. You can’t run a spread offense if your quarterback isn’t accurate. You can’t stick with man to man defense when you have two black holes in your starting crew. You stay in man to man and you are an historically bad defensive team (under Self)? Is that rational? You can pass the ball around the perimeter looking for entry passes against Stanford, with a poor three point shooting team, missing your best post player, and against a team with bigger guys. Or you can adjust your attack. Your best player gets six shots. Six. How do you get Wiggins open? Screen against the zone aggressively to create open looks. Move him to different spots. Change angles in which he cuts to receive the ball (for example, cut from baseline to wing). See, your statement is essentially one that figuratively throws up its hands and says, we can’t win (envisioning Adrian in Rocky III). There are other options than just sticking with Self ball. I suggested one before the tourney. I said that we would not win playing Self ball without Embiid. I suggested we play a UNC type game - fast, create more possessions, focus on offense, etc. I ask this, as I have asked of others – please give me a comprehensive defense of Self’s offensive attack against Stanford. Tell me why the approach was sound. I am truly all ears.
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  Withey gets high light????
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  The real highlight was Withey scoring 17 points!
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  Dominos?
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  @justanotherfan The Pelicans need more than a coach. They seem to be a farm team for the rest of the NBA.
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  Is Roy On the Hot Seat?
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  I wish he would hurry up and retire and stop recruiting against us, so I could start liking him again. But until that time comes, well, hell yes, he is on the hot seat and I hope every recruit out there that he is trying to steal from us realizes that Roy could be fired at any minute.
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  Journalism Runneth Afoul Over Globetrotters And Big Five
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  @JayHawkFanToo There were some old clips mixed in their, too… I thought of them because I remember when they ran it commonly in the 80’s. They ran that for Bird almost every other play. He’d pop around one of those moving ball screens (that is what they are), turn and nail the 3.
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  Where Does WSU Go From Here?
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  @JayHawkFanToo I think he’ll wait til baker and fred v, leave, 2 years. Early leaving will hurt non-con schedule, but they should dominate Missouri valley. Koch bros have deep pockets. I agree, perfect storm of great, hard-working kids. Let’s see how he develops these new guys. Love ralster’s dear Gregg Marshall post!
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  UCONN WINS
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  @JayhawkRock78 Funny story, this spring the first meet was really cold and windy so their coach said they weren’t going to compete in it. So all the distance runners met up at the school put on their uni’s and sweats and ran to the track meet and sat there at watched it and ran back to the school. About 6 miles give or take a few tenths one way. Yeah he really enjoys it and runs all the time. And on top of that he is really a great kid, a good person.
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  And Now The Fall-Out...
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  @drgnslayr I have watched a fair amount of UK games and the Harrison twins always struck me as being selfish. Only towards the end of the season when they started to be less selfish, the team improved.
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  I'm going UCONN!
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  @Crimsonorblue22 Sorry - I only do the singing shows. I just couldn’t care less about the dancing…
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  Place your bets
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  UConn wins straight up by 6, add the 2.5 and they win by 8.5 according to Vegas. The +/- was 135.5 and the grand total was 114. Taking the unders wins you some money, can’t believe Vegas missed the mark on that one so bad.
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  Chop play gets its day
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  @bskeet awesome news!