Doke
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KUSTEVE said:
Oh woe is us…lol. If we get to the Sweet 16, then we should have him back that week. All this stuff about not having a chance is a little premature, in my opinion. I think De Sousa has looked really good, and maybe the team rallies around a man down, and gets us into the 2nd weekend.
Depends on the draw honestly. I know I keep harping on St Marys but they have a 6’11’’ man mountain that averages 21 and 10 a game. That would be really tough to handle without Doke.
De Sousa is going to be very good. He isn’t really ready now, but he’s about to get a hell of a trial by fire. I hope for the best out of him. You can tell he has the tools.
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@BeddieKU23 SOURCE ON THE GLUE SNIFFING PLZ
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BShark said:
@BeddieKU23 SOURCE ON THE GLUE SNIFFING PLZ
Sorry I was using witness protection but sniffing glue seemed funnier. Excited to see De Sousa play but ku will be unable to play to it’s fullest with him in.
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@BShark This is one thing you and I are thinking alike. - -If it turns out come Sunday and they re evaluate and Doke is a no go - -season over . then I truly think IF we were landing a # 1 seed- -then that goes out the window.
I actually have felt we were probably going to be a 2 seed but still a chance for # 1 --but if he is truly put then ya for sure - -no way do we land a # 1 seed. - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Any way we see 5 guards on the floor tomorrow night for a few minutes? Garrett at the 5? I am being serious. De Sousa has a bit of trouble with fouling.
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Who’s gonna sub in? Walkons?
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@BeddieKU23 Like i said, maybe it wasn’t such a great idea to play him so little. That being said, he’s next up. I thought he has looked very good in limited minutes, even with the limited playbook they run when he’s in there. Hopefully, he’ll step up, and give us some good minutes, and Vick, and Newman will come to play.
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@BeddieKU23 I just meant Garrett potentially in with Devonte / Svi / Newman / Vick.
I’ll keep my fingers crossed that walk ons are not in any of our Big 12 games unless it is the last 30 seconds as we are up 10.
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I agree he has looked really good. He has post moves and can run the floor. And I agree it looks like he should have played more but in that light we shouldn’t have taken 3 transfers who can’t play so I don’t fault self for sticking with bringing Silvio along at the pace he has.
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BTW, don’t be surprised if they drop us to a 2 seed, and have us face off against Misery in the 2nd round. Porter should be back, so I’m sure the NCAA will want to take a shot at us before Doke gets back.
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We are probably foul trouble away from that happening.
That or Sam Cunliffe actually has to take off his sweats which for the past month hasn’t happened
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The only game ku survived without doke was against tcu when Mitch went all superman. This team is not very good without him
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@BeddieKU23 I would assume we will see some Sammy boy.
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BShark said:
@BeddieKU23 I would assume we will see some Sammy boy.
Awesome. I’m sure self is thrilled
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Silvio, not knowing half the plays is already better than Mitch. And I love Mitch but he has a ceiling.
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@jayballer73 - “First degree sprain means the fibers of the ligament are stretched but intact”, according to Wikipedia. This is the least of the three types of sprains and, I’m guessing, is fairly common. Of course, at his size, I’m sure it’s much more significant.
Doke can’t seem to play an entire year without being injured and missing important playing time.
On one hand, he needs to come back to demonstrate durability. On the other hand, maybe he needs to go pro before he gets permanently injured…
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DoubleDD said:
Ouch that’s a huge loss.
“huge” - I see what you did there…
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I would sit him the first round of the NCAA tournament aswell, if we can beat a 15 or 16 seed without him we were prob toast anyway. Could be a blessing in disguise if we are able to play a few games in KC to get Mitch and Desousa some prime minutes to get ready.
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@BeddieKU23 Who is this Sam person?
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While I was reading this our good buddy Seth Greensberg said KU can win it all, but only if Dok and Devonte’ stay out of foul trouble. I hope Dok can play enough to get into foul trouble.
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Even without Dok, any reason we shouldn’t be favored beating a team ranked 25 through 32 in the first weekend?
I’m excited to see more Silvio!
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@Gorilla72 and then there are those pesky handlers.
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@mayjay I see what you did there!
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@kjayhawks I’m going w/you! Could use a blessing!
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dylans said:
While I was reading this our good buddy Seth Greensberg said KU can win it all, but only if Dok and Devonte’ stay out of foul trouble. I hope Dok can play enough to get into foul trouble.
Well, by Seth’s reasoning we should win it all if Doke doesn’t play.
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@mayjay funny. He did expound upon it saying they needed to be on the floor for KU to win.
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@dylans Oh, crap.
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mayjay said:
@dylans Oh, crap.
Now I’ll take you out of context. Lol
That’s exactly what I thought when I heard Dok was injured…at least the edited version.
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In a wildly emotional Hollywood moment, the FB player comes in and goes off for 14 and 10 in the second round and then doke rides in on a white horse to take us home to the F4.
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As for the league tourney, we had best pray for OK to whip its in-state rival tonight. If we should have to play Okie State again, and without Doke, Merlin will have misplaced his Jayhawk Magic. We might just barely escape with a win vs. OU…if Young is cold from long range and if DeSousa can stay on the court for 20 minutes w/o fouling out. Of course, even WITH Doke, we likely would have gone down to the Cowboys. OSU is a nightmare matchup for the league champs. Whatever, it does appear that KU will get more rest than expected this weekend. If OSU shoulders its way into the NCAA Tournament, first weekend opponents could be in big trouble.
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Good grief. Doke out is tough, but Silvio has to grow up and step up. Its a lot, but its go time.
Love Meeotch, but hes soft.
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If we can make it through the first weekend all will be fine. This team is talented enough to do that even without Doke.
Let’s see what this team looks like without him this weekend before we jump to conclusions.
Bill should start watching some Rockets film though. Might need to take our 3pt shooting to an experimental level this weekend and see what that looks like. 5 guard lineups where we just run and gun. No open shot is a bad shot.
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Hope this puts us securely as a 2 seed in the Midwest then too.
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BeddieKU23 said:
We are probably foul trouble away from that happening.
That or Sam Cunliffe actually has to take off his sweats which for the past month hasn’t happened
Works for me.
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Gunman said:
BeddieKU23 said:
We are probably foul trouble away from that happening.
That or Sam Cunliffe actually has to take off his sweats which for the past month hasn’t happened
Works for me.
If coach thought he was worth playing before he would play. Now It’s just desperation like always
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@BShark Maybe he can come back after 10 days and play in the 2nd tourney game. We’ll see.
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Question: Will they really drop us down to a 2 based on the speculation that Doke won’t play? I thought seeds were based on what you earned during the season?
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A mild grade one MCL sprain usually takes 2-6 weeks to heal.
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I’ll be pleasantly shocked if he plays at all the rest of the year. Won’t have much hops off that leg for a while.
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Ah crap. Just like Joel with the poor timing. We were destined to do big things in that Dance with our only future NBA all star swatting and dunking. Now our current swatter and dunker gets injured right before this years Dance. Dammit!
I know, I know, all is not lost. And it’s been a great year. And Silvio could rock. But we definitely play better when he is on the floor.
Dammit!
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LISTEN…hear the collective sigh of relief from the B12?
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@dylans Did i ever tell you the story of the patella at the bar late one night, and a femur walked in?
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dylans said:
A mild grade one MCL sprain usually takes 2-6 weeks to heal.
Maybe with some low grade PT, strength, and TLC from Hudy…he can decrease that by maybe a few wks. Plus he’s young, and really healthy. You say 2-6 wks? I’m going to say with the above treatment, and with some luck…1-2 wks? 3 wks tops. Maybe he can wear a brace to provide some extra support.
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Thanks for the board comic relief, haha.
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KUSTEVE said:
@dylans Did i ever tell you the story of the patella at the bar late one night, and a femur walked in?
The cartilage was very articular, and all he saw was the posterior of the ligament…haha, we could go on and on…
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Doke might play in the NCAA Tournament, but he won’t be at 100% unless KU is playing games in April and even then it would be doubtful he’s 100% then.
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It’s up to him and his mobility. The degree of the sprain. This is the crazy MCL.
“I could tell the longer he stayed down that (KU associate director of sports medicine) Bill (Cowgill) was concerned,” Self added. “He didn’t have a lot of pain. It was just loose.” Azubuike had an MRI as soon as practice was over and the results of that, along with a diagnosis from Dr. Jeffrey Randall, revealed a Grade 1 sprain, which, in the medical world, is the least severe sprain a person can suffer.
“Similar to an ankle or whatnot, there’s obviously a ligament that’s strained or stretched and it’s too loose to put him back out there,” Self said. “But these are injuries that I’ve been told the healing process can begin very quickly, at 48-72 hours.”
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