GU Intel Estimate
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@JayHawkFanToo do they ever zone it up?
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I really have not seem them much this year, mostly read summaries of their games. I don’t believe they use zone although in their situation it would make sense since it might keep Smith from chasing a mobile player and keep him parked around the basket.
Perhaps it would make sense to send a mobile big against him and have him pull to the outside; if Smith chases him, he will tire pretty quickly and if he doesn’t then the wide open mid-range shot is available. If this works and KU starts scoring then they might switch to zone and KU would have to depend on the long range shooters to break the zone or the quick guards to penetrate and either score or kick the ball out to open players. I am sure Coach Self will have the right plan.
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@JayHawkFanToo This is a game where I would like to see KU play some zone. I know Bill typically only plays zone or some form of trash D box and 1 when we are down in March (UNC 2012) but I wish we did it more. Seems like a good team to play zone against. They are huge inside and can’t shoot. Not sure why we wouldn’t play a bit of zone to keep Cliff and Landen out of foul trouble with Jamari out of the game and Perry being horribly undersized to guard Smith. Also not sure why I am wasting my time typing this as Bill Self does not play zone.
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@Kong My daughter in DC called to tell me she was pregnant for the first time at age 37 and in the next sentence she told me she got tickets to the sold out game. She will be sitting in the same nose bleed seats you talked about. At least she got her priorities straight. She is thin now and will fit in the seats, but I told her to take binoculars.
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@wrwlumpy Congratulations!
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Wait… the first time ever or just the first time at age 37??? ha ha Kongrats on the future Jayhawk!
It should be a fun time at the game. Tell her to yell for all of us not in attendance!
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Hope springs eternal.
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Holy cow, Lump, C-O-N-G-R-A-T-U-L-A-T-I-O-N-S-!!!
It is now your official duty to spoil the child and return to the parents, whenever it is no longer fun to spoil the child.
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@wrwlumpy congrats, and a new Jayhawk is born!!! (Soon)
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@wrwlumpy - So what will the grandkid call you? Combine Grandpa and Lumpy – you get Grumpy. Maybe not.
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At age 67 I become a grandfather for the first time. Just call me happy.
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Congrats. Grandchildren are a lot more fun that children, all the fun and no responsibility; you spoil them and then you send them home to their parents…win-win.
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Coach Self has indicated many times, and I believe most top coaches agree, that of you have the right players, the man to man defense is much better that zone, which is used when you either don’t have the talent, or depth since it requires less physical effort. Some coaches use the zone as a way to give players a rest during the game.
KU has always ranked near the top in defense year in and year out, so obviously Coach Self is doing something right. As the expression goes…you play to your strengths…and KU’s strength is and has always been (under Self) tough man to man defense. Now, I would not mind KU playing a little zone here and there just to confuse the opponent but why change something that works? BTW, last year was an unusual year when the new contact rules inordinately penalized teams that played tough man to man defense, such as KU, and yet KU still finished ranked in the top two in defense in the conference. If you have been watching KU you have seen how the defense is gradually getting better and better, even against teams like UK, where the defense was not great but not bad either (only second game of the season) and the main problem was the offense. who could not score. Just my opinion and I could be wrong
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KU _ 2 point underdog. The Kentucky game follows us all the way to the Vegas odds makers.
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I will take KU and 2 points…
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Michigan State coached by Jud Heathcote and starting Magic Johnson at point guard and Clark Kellogg at power forward played a 1-3-1 zone and won a ring.
The only thing worse than fixed fortifications is fixed thinking.
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The best players in the best fitting system always beat the best players in an ill-fitting system.
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Wooden played a m2m and a 3/4 court 2-2-1 zone press and won more rings than any two coaches that have believed that pressing was not the best way to play.
Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.
Ideology is the hobgoblin of the brain dead.
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The box is best lived outside of.
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And…???
I did not say you could not be successful playing zone, did I?
You just can’t help yourself…can you?
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Oubre is showing up! I have a new nickname for him…
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Frank looks different.
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Smith thinks Lucas is a punk. Lucas thinks Smith is a punk.
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@jaybate-1.0 Clark Kellogg? You mean Greg Kelser? Jay Vincent?
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@wrwlumpy I noticed that on TV.
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Oh, my, GOD!!! Yes, Kelser. Thx for the assist.
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No, I can never help myself where you are concerned.
I am too busy helping you.
I love you.
Howling!
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Would you like me to post another pretty picture for you? Maybe I can post a virtual red laser dot and you can chase up and down the page…
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No. I want you to compose five rhyming poems of six quatrains each. Three with perfect rhymes. Two with off rhymes.
Now hurry.
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@wrwlumpy who is that?
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Super congrats! Enjoy the lifetime ride!
