Doke Out First Weekend?
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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.
