Does Gary Parrish have something against KU?
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I really don’t think Washington will be our worst loss of the season.
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@HighEliteMajor Is that because you think UW is not that bad? Or you think there is some rough sailing going forward?
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@HighEliteMajor Probably not. I think the intensity of worsity (new word for me!) is directly proportional to level of importance, not the level of dashed expectations or the margin by which we are favored.
Similarly, a great victory is also determined by its level of achievitude (another one!), not by how many excessive points we scored.
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This team kind of barely deserves to be in the top 25 right now. Paper tiger that will lose again Sunday.
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@BShark In AFH?
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I’m grumpy don’t mind me.
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ASU is very good though and Vick has an ailment.
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I don’t think Washington makes the tournament. I think thet finish in the bottom quarter of the Pac12. I may be wrong about that, but nothing aside from their win against KU suggests they are very good.
As I said in my later comment, if it turns out they are good, this is nothing to worry about, but if they end up being a poor team, I will probably revisit this loss in February
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BShark said:
This team kind of barely deserves to be in the top 25 right now. Paper tiger that will lose again Sunday.
Oh mercy , someone really has their Crimson & Blue dauber down, Chin up - I don’t think that’s gonna happen. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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I’m glad we have a biased anti-KU in the media. It’s our one shot at developing a chip, and it’s the chip we always lack in March.
What I don’t like is being over-hyped, over-ranked… only to fall flat on our faces. And afterwards… every time… we read and hear, “see how over-rated KU was again!” I’m SICK of that snit!
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@Hawk8086 I’ve mentioned earlier that I think this team, as composed, is in for a bit of a roller coaster ride. We lost our two steadiest players (JJ and Frank), one of which was the national POY. We probably aren’t better in any phase of the game, except perhaps post scoring, and we’re thin there bodies-wise. That said, I see nothing wrong with a roller coaster ride. Teams like this KU team can get on streaks. That streak might be nice to start in the second round of the NCAAs. It’s also why I think our conference streak is really at risk this season. We’re still the favorite, and I’d bet KU over the field, as would any sane person, but I would not be shocked if we stumble.
@mayjay So you’re saying the UW loss meant nothing. I tend to agree. Zero. In fact, while I have not always agreed with @jaybate-1-0 claim that Self “amps” the team or purposefully does not “amp”, I could certainly see the UW game as the great opportunity to shake or wake up the team a bit.
@BShark This is all part of the journey. Our team is being coached in a way to maximize its talent. That’s all we can hope for from that end. We have 7 players, ridiculously thin in the post, etc. Certain match-ups, and certain nights, we’ll be up to our neck in sludge from start t to finish. See UW. This could be a bumpy ride overall.
But with all of that, we are still a team that can realistically run 6 games in a row and win the title. Same odds as prior years. No different. We can beat anyone. The breadth of teams we could lose to might just be a bit wider.
@drgnslayr How about limping in as a 3 seed, and shocking the world?
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I don’t agree. Other than the Arizonas who else is a top team on the PAC 12? Washington will finish in the top third of the PAC 12.
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More importantly, how many spots does Parrish drops Duke after Boston College beats them…and the refs.
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@JayHawkFanToo Did you see the non-calls on Bagley? He shoved a guy out of the way to get a rebound, and then did the same thing going for the offensive board the next time down. He knocked down a BC player each time, and the refs called nothing either time.
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I mentioned above that the Duke players were all over the backs of the BC players and nary a call; they would just look at the refs and shake their heads. Pathetic.
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@chriz Gary Parrish can suck it. I told him on twitter, if I was as wrong as he is about my job, I would be fired for it.
I bet he wont even drop Duke at all.
F**K that guy
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JayHawkFanToo said:
More importantly, how many spots does Parrish drops Duke after Boston College beats them…and the refs.
About 3 spots the game being at BC - I’m sure the ESPN/media darlings will drop just a tad. – ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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He has something against our time zone!!!
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This is what I call truthiness
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Today, KU might be the 10-15th best team in the country. Just honestly. We are a 5 man team, and our 6th and 7th guys coming off the bench really should be the 8th and 9th. Once we start playing real teams and Doke and Mitch get in foul trouble, we have to go to a 6’4 walk-on? Yea that just isn’t going to cut it because none of our 4 guards rebounds well enough to make up for that deficiency.
With that being said, an addition of a potential 1st round pick in Billy Preston, and Sam Cunliffe, who I have high hopes for, this team should be a top 5 team come March. Our depth really is an issue at the moment, that could set us up to get beat by literally anyone in the B12. Our 6th and 7th players just aren’t good enough. I like Garrett and Mitch. I think they will be great program guys in the future. But this isn’t the position I want either of them to be in.
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You mean UK and Syracuse are not real teams?
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@Kcmatt7 Man I am just so ready for the Billy thing to be over. - -I hear and hear that maybe within the week. Let’s just hope when it is all over - -it’s positive for us.
We get Billy back & Get Sam in - -at LEAST gives us a lil more depth - -but you know and I know it will be more then just Depth - we going to get some. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@kcmatt What worries you about Garrett? Do you think he’s better so far than Newman?
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@JayHawkFanToo Syracuse could finish bottom 3 in the ACC this season. They suck. They have one good player in the entire team.
And playing the youngest team in CBB in November isn’t really an impressive win.
So no I would not call any of our wins so far impressive. And our one loss I would call embarrassing.
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@HighEliteMajor Garrett has no confidence. He isn’t a threat offensively and so when he is on the floor we are playing a man down. So for 21 minutes if the game we are playing 4 on 5 offensively.
Malik is reminding me of Tyshawns senior season. Everyone is crushing him now, but he will figure it out and have a great conference season. I love @justanotherfan’s reverence to a Jazz musician being off beat if you haven’t read that yet. Once he finally gets back in the same page, he will be a different player.
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@Kcmatt7 I am very clearly in the camp of believing that our Newman sample size is too small. So I don’t think any decision should be knee jerk.
That said, I think Garrett is a better player. I don’t think anyone doubts that Garrett is the far superior defender. Correct? So in one-half of what occurs in the game (defense), Garrett is better. And appreciably better.
To the other half. Garrett, right now, is not a real threat offensively. I do think development on the court will help with that. Confidence. Comfort. I also think that in Garrett’s situation, it is easy for him to defer. But advantage Newman.
However, guess who is the best rebounder on the team? Marcus Garrett. He nearly doubles up Newman on a per minute played basis. Newman and Garrett have the same assist per minute ratio. But Garrett has double the rate of steals per minute (3.2 vs. 1.6 per 40 minutes), and his ratio of steals, per 100 possessions - 4.4 to 2.1, is even better. In fact, again, Garrett is best on the team at his rate of stealing the ball. We have also seen his ability to disrupt.
So in Garrett you have a high quality defender, and the guy that leads the team in rebounding and steals per minutes. This is the kind of player that makes a team better.
Again, I’m good with patience on Newman. But even if Newman scores better than he does now, I still think Garrett is the better overall player, and is more likely to make the team better. As of now, the stats seem to prove that to be the case.
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@HighEliteMajor I can’t argue with that take. Much of my opinion is based on the eye test. I see Newman as a much better player than he has been to this point. I also think we will see some of Garretts stats come back down to earth when we get into conference play.
Garrett HAS been the better player to this point. No question. But Newman HAS to be the better player in the future.
I also think one thing that Newman does is force a 4 man to guard Vick. And we have been able to exploit that matchup all season long. In fact, it has been our best offensive weapon. So even though Newman may not seem like he is playing great, he has helped us to exploit a mismatch.
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You are upset about the loss, I get it, we all are, but to say KU is not a good team and the wins over UK and Syracuse are not good/impressive is…well, I don’t know what to call it that would not offend you.
The only losses both teams have are to KU, period. Kentucky was, is and will continue to be a top 10 team and it is a quality win any way you look at it. Even after losing to KU Syracuse is getting votes in the coaches poll and has wins over teams like Maryland and UConn which you probably will say are not good either; another quality win.
KenPom which lately seems to be the go to person for rankings now has KU up to #4 and Sagarin and Massey have it as #7 and #8 and provided it does not lose today and Parrish rankings notwithstanding, KU will still be a top 10 in the two main polls.
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We need more evidence but I lean towards @Kcmatt7 side for now. Hopefully today I am proved wrong.
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@JayHawkFanToo We are not a top 10 team.
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I hope Cunliffe can provide something that is lacking. If not, it’s going to be a LONG year.
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@truehawk93 there are too many inconsistent, offense oriented, soft and unsmart players for a couple additions to fix. We need an overhaul and it’s coming next year.
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@HawkChamp I don’t see much changing or getting fixed any time soon.
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@truehawk93 so not having the players that are the problem won’t help?
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@HawkChamp Time will tell what these players want. Doesn’t appear they know what they want.
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@truehawk93 what are you talking about?
