Doke Out First Weekend?
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@Kcmatt7 Delgado would have a field day if Doke can’t go.
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SHU are quick, they run the whole court, Delgado is a beast inside, and their guards can shoot the 3. They are going to be tough to beat, but we can beat them.
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kjayhawks said:
@JayHawkFanToo Ranking mean absolutely nothing in the tournament, don’t care which ones you look at.
Hyperbole much? Of course ratings mean something. Granted they don’t mean everything but they do mean quite a bit. If ratings have no meaning then the NCAA should get a bingo cage and draw teams at random instead of going through an elaborate procedure that looks at rankings among other parameters to determine seeding and pairings. The NCAA ranks team from 1 to 68 to seed teams; I am sure they would disagree that ranking mean absolutely nothing.
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@JayHawkFanToo Does the better seed always win? No further questions your honor.
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No, and this why it is called an “upset,” right?
What you are saying is that since upsets happen rankings don’t matter? I don’t know how to even answer that.
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the one seed ALWAYS beats the 16 seed
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kjayhawks said:
@JayHawkFanToo Ranking mean absolutely nothing in the tournament, don’t care which ones you look at.
Bullcrap, there’s a reason 1 seeds make the Final Four about 50% of the time and why there’s only been a handful of champs that weren’t a 3 seed or higher. Rankings matter.
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Rankings do not determine the outcomes, is really what I think they are saying. As we well know, unfortunately.
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@JayHawkFanToo I believe the ranking system he was using is his
test. Nothing wrong with that. I don’t personally agree, although I don’t think there is much of a chasm between them.
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KUSTEVE said:
SHU are quick, they run the whole court, Delgado is a beast inside, and their guards can shoot the 3. They are going to be tough to beat, but we can beat them.
And so can NC St
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I expected he would be limited for Thursday. If the game is well in hand at some point I think you give him a run for a few possessions and see how he does. And then hope the extra day he can get some practice in and be a rotation big on Saturday. KU is capable of beating Penn & either Seton Hall/NC St without him but the possibility that he can be a sub in the post on Saturday not only gives the team a 3rd big to play with but makes whoever we potentially play have to game-plan for him.
Further diving into this whole thing I’m cautious that we’ll see the same high level of play that we got from the Milvio duo (Mitch/Silvio). This is their first NCAA tourney they get to play in, nerves, pressure hits and you just don’t know what your going to get. When the Doke injury happened they were right smack in the middle of Big-12 tourney prep. The message was sent clear, Doke wasn’t playing, Mitch and seldom used Silvio needed to step up big. That was a challenge for them that they accepted and exceeded expectation. Is the challenge the same without the injury fresh in their minds? Between the high’s of the Big-12 tourney win, Selection Sunday, etc can we expect the same focus that they displayed with Doke’s injury? The whole team rallied by it, will we get the same intensity from the tip?
Self has talked this week about pressure getting to some of his past teams. I think the pressure is squarely on KU in the first round. I hope the guys come out ready to play.
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Here is a site with odds of each seed level advancing to each next round based on historical tourney performance.
https://www.betfirm.com/seeds-national-championship-odds/
A statistical anomoly is that a 5 seed has never won the NC so they are listed at 0% while 6, 7 and 8 all have 3% (total %age of all the seeds at those lines).
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I am concerned about SH if Doke can’t play or is not nearly at full speed. Delgado will be tough for Mitch and Silvio to handle.
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@Hawk8086 So…Go Wolfpack?
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@Hawk8086 Agreed. However, NC St has a 7’3" center.
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Hawk8086 said:
I am concerned about SH if Doke can’t play or is not nearly at full speed. Delgado will be tough for Mitch and Silvio to handle.
Mawien, Konate, had great games against the Milvio duo and it didn’t affect the final score.
Delgado is a solid big, nothing more really if you have seen him play. Just a 50% shooter from the field, poor FT shooter, hasn’t blocked a shot in 10 games at 6’10. He’s only scored over 20 points twice all season long both against Butler.
He is an underrated passer, IMO the best on their team so double teaming him isn’t a great option unless you trap him quickly. He’s the same build as De Sousa with maybe an inch advantage. He will turn the ball over like a PG because they run a lot of their offense through him. Kind of like Oklahoma St does with Solomon.
If we get matched up with Seton Hall its all about limiting the perimeter. Much like KU they rely heavily on 3 guards- Rodriguez is more of a brick house wing who would be a very tough matchup for Vick or Svi. Powell is their best shooter by far who’s made 89 3’s on the season. Carrington is kind of like Newman in our offense but is a better facilitator. I think KU matches up very well besides Rodriguez with SH overall
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@BShark West Virginia beat the #1 overall seed by 7. I believe they will make some noise in the tournament. I wouldn’t be shocked if they beat Villanova.
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I won’t be surprised if Murray State gives them a game. Don’t have them getting past the Shocks.
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@Hawk8086 Of course Mitch and De Sousa will have a hard time handling Delgado. However, they did a fairly decent job against Konate!
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@BeddieKU23 I’d definitely like to see Doke play some tomorrow. From what I can tell by reading, with the caveat that I am not a doctor, is that this will continue to hurt Doke for awhile. It’s much different than an injury that will heal up quickly if he stays off it. So he has to figure out how to play through the pain or just not play. Playing will not make it worse.
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@BShark Really? The “shocks” couldnt handle Houston in the conference championship game. Also, the “shocks” couldn’t handle OU at home!
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@BeddieKU23 Ok, you’ve made me feel better about the SH big guy.
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@Jayhawk-in-OKC You have made me feel better too. Now I’m worried about their guards.
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@Hawk8086 If Malik plays the way he did during the Big 12 tournament, i would take our 4 guards over any team int he tournament!
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Hawk8086 said:
@BeddieKU23 Ok, you’ve made me feel better about the SH big guy.
No problem. Delgado is good but not Ayton, Bagley game-changing good.
The real problems would be the possible Elite 8 games against Jaren Jackson (can shoot the 3, elite shot-blocking- over 100 blocks) and Duke’s Bagley/Carter duo.
It’s a blessing possibily that Silvio gets a few more games to contribute because Silvio is the perfect big to have when facing those type of guys.
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@BeddieKU23 Otoh we saw Mawein go 13-19. Delgado is better than Mawein.
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Doke practiced some today. 4 possessions worth Self said. Game time decision
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BShark said:
@BeddieKU23 Otoh we saw Mawein go 13-19. Delgado is better than Mawein.
Mawein has some offensive skill. I wouldn’t call Delgado a very skilled big down low, he’s never been. He’s a good college post player that knows what he’s doing and rebounds at a high level. Seen a ton of him over the year.
My point is Delgado isn’t going to beat us.
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@BeddieKU23 Let’s hope we don’t need him!!!
I am a glass half full kind of guy and I think De Sousa will be up to the challenge of his first NCAA Tournament game and that he will be able to handle the 16 seed big men just fine.
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Think fans are excited for KU in Wichita. Place over half full for a PRACTICE
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joeloveshawks said:
@BeddieKU23 Let’s hope we don’t need him!!!
I am a glass half full kind of guy and I think De Sousa will be up to the challenge of his first NCAA Tournament game and that he will be able to handle the 16 seed big men just fine.
If he plays like he did in the Big-12 tourney we will have no worries. However you just never know how a big with little experience will handle the pressure of the tourney… Hopefully as well as he handled the pressure last week
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Lots of posters are taking for granted Seton Hall will beat NC State, I am not sure it will happen.
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@JayHawkFanToo Hot take.
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@Kcmatt7 lol so true
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JayHawkFanToo said:
Lots of posters are taking for granted Seton Hall will beat NC State, I am not sure it will happen.
Yes. Considering NC St has proven they can beat better teams I would say they would be the slight favorite to win today.
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@BeddieKU23 SHU is -2.5
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@BShark You have the Shlockers ranked ahead of Villanova, don’t you?
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@KUSTEVE I have them losing to Villanova.
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Jayhawk-in-OKC said:
@Hawk8086 If Malik plays the way he did during the Big 12 tournament, i would take our 4 guards over any team int he tournament!
Can we please have Big 12 tourney Malik and early season Vick.
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@BigBad I think you’ll get the former, not the latter.
