KU Wins on a Mediocre Shooting Night!!!
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Good:
KU won a game when shots from Graham and Svi weren’t falling!
KU wins on the road where other teams have struggled.
Vick found his stroke for a half and pushed KU to the lead.
Malik shows effort and contributes all over the floor.
Doke scored almost at will in the post and made a free throw!
KU limited turnovers and got more possessions than the opponent leading to more points.
Bad:
KU only beat the worst team in the league by 6.
KU still shot below average from 3 (mostly thanks to Devonte and Svi).
KU was out-rebounded…again.
5 fouls for Newman (this isn’t actually all that bad in my opinion, shows activity, intensity on defense, bad luck).
Tech handles OU at home and stays a game up on KU in the standings.
Ugly:
Doke ends the game with 3 (count them 1, 2, 3) rebounds.
Lightfoot not to be outdone snags just 2.
The real reason we won might actually be due to ISU going cold.
ISU shot 19% from 3 and we still only won by 6.
ISU turned it over more than KU and we still only won by 6.
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19% has become a lower threshold, where losing becomes nearly certain.
45% has become an upper threshold, where winning becomes nearly certain.
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The energy level was good and was big in us winning, the stat that stands out to me is 21 points of off 13 turnovers for KU while ISU had 4 points off of just 7 KU turnovers. Dokes rebounding must improve, his only bad stat in a solid outing. I was fairly frustrated with Mitch, he gave up most of Lards points and some silly and ones late to keep it close. He also gave them 4 fts for running in after a rebound way too late to even have a chance at anything but a foul. I can handle Newman’s fouls because most of which were aggressive, the most most aggressive team usually finishes with more fouls but we needed to battle and we did.
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@benshawks08 very nice recap. Succinct, comprehensive and factual/accurate!
Nice job.
