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BShark said:
@dylans The Bruce/Snyder special. TCU has been low key great at this as well the last several years. I’m kind of surprised TCU hasn’t been better with Dixon. I guess he is just a middle of the conference coach. He seems almost locked in there.
Key injuries and athletic underperformers. I still think he can turn it around.
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Is Beard’s success at TT cutting into TCU recruitment?
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Maybe a small impact but I can’t remember them going for the same recruits either. Beard has signed a 5 star prospect and another top 50 national recruit this cycle. TCU has signed 3, 3 star recruits this cycle. Dixon really isn’t getting Top 100 kids, just 1 in the last 3 cycles
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I went to the Santa Clara v Gonzaga game last night. Santa Clara is young, athletic with good size and played with a lot of spirit. (They’ll be a truly competitive team in the next 2 years as the freshmen mature.)
SCU trailed most of the game, but kept closing the gap. They lost by 15 in the end, but it was a game where they were pesky and Gonzaga had to keep reasserting itself in spurts to push the lead from one possession to three or four. Gonzaga also lost one of their starters about 10 min into the game.
Even so, it looked like Gonzaga could score in the paint most any time they wanted. Serious size inside that allowed for rebounds and tips-ins. Guards are pretty opportunistic. Lots of offensive sets that can create an easy basket opportunity. They have size, experience, and are well coached.
KU v Gonzaga would be a pretty interesting game. I would like our chances, but Gonzaga certainly looks like a sweet 16 team. They took everything SCU could give them including a good crowd, some timely 3pt shooting, numerous turnovers and lost a starter – and still controlled the game.
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Jaylen Fisher’s repeated injuries certainly hurt TCU’s development. He had 35 games his freshman year and showed great potential but injuries held him to 17 and 9 games soph and jr years. (He was averaging 44% – 30 of 68 – on 3pt shots jr year, and Assists/TOs ratio was 4.0. We never had to face him that year, 2018-19.)
When you plan your recruiting around your highest-level recruit ever (8th ranked PG), and he can’t finish two out of 3 seasons, it can leave you struggling which can also reduce your program’s visibility.
He has transferred to Grand Canyon, incidentally, but is apparently sitting out this season. I cannot tell for sure. He applied for a transfer waiver (he was named WAC newcomer OTY before the season!), but it was denied and according to posts on a WAC forum he hasn’t been at games and may have left. Then again, a January 7 ESPN list of transfers eligibles for next year has him listed.
Sad story altogether. Hope he gets it together.
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Definitely a weird situation with Fisher. He was a talent.
If you look a little deeper Dixon has had some problems keeping players.
2016 class that had Fisher has only 1 player on the roster. Fisher & Parrish left, Bane has obviously been a really good find for him (unranked coming into College), Noi was a talent but after last year left for professional options.
2017 his top 2 signees are still on the roster,starters but Olden, Mayen, Pierce, & Rafus all left.
2018 the entire 4 man class has transferred. Kendric Davis got an immediate waiver for SMU and is a key player for them. Kadem Archie was a big recruiting win (top 100 kid) and never played. Alok and Barlow didn’t stick.
2019- 9 new guys, 5 HS, 4 transfers.
Wonder what’s going on with Dixon
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Something I was listening to today in Bracketology, and that is , for the people that just for some reason just want to bag On Scott Drew , saying he is just not a good Coach , talking about Baylor imploding. While I don’t have some love fest for Drew , BUT I am a guy that will give some credit where Credit is due, While he may not be an elite Coach - -Scott is far from a bad Coach what he has done for that program speaks for it’self , what I found out today:
Before Drew arrived at Baylor , Baylor had exactly ONE NCAA tourney appearance in the last 50 years. - - Since Drew has been there they have went to the NCAA tourney 8 out of the last 12 years.
4 - - Sweet Sixteens during his time there - - -2 - -Elite Eights, I would say he has done quite well since he has been there. - - Universities just don’t keep a Coach at a School for 17 years if he isn’t doing good things or showing progress.
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@BeddieKU23 didn’t they have a coach charged last year? Plus Dixon was yo yoing back and forth about leaving.
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Crimsonorblue22 said:
@BeddieKU23 didn’t they have a coach charged last year? Plus Dixon was yo yoing back and forth about leaving.
Forgot about that. Yes they got a NOA and forgot Dixon almost bolted for UCLA
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Bruce is taking it to WVU again. WVU has fallen apart lately…
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Wisconsin falling apart.
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BShark said:
Bruce is taking it to WVU again. WVU has fallen apart lately…
not anymore they’re not WV ahead
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West Virginia is just so dam hard to watch. - How in the hell kind you get any kind of flow when things are so stop and go - - foul , foul , foul. - - UGLY BASKETBALL
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Stanford stuns Oregon and Wichitards lose to Tulsa.
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Kentucky lost too. Damn fine day.
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If anyone is low on salt, Kentucky fans are giving it away for free on social media.
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So far 9 ranked teams have lost today. Let that sink in
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KSUCK loss, Marsha loss, Kensucky loss, Nova loss and UNC loss all while KU gets another W, damn fine day only missed on a Dook loss.
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How good is Baylor?? I really thought 3 was the magic number of losses that would win the conference. That number maybe 2 or even 1 at this point. We can ill afford a loss at this point. I realize we are one game short of half way but KU and Baylor look so much better than the rest of conference right now. I also realize we only won by 3 today but I still think the laughable call on Dot made it a one possession game instead of likely a 8 point win.
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@kjayhawks plus Doke was a no show and Tech shot above their heads from three. All things considered I think Tech is a good match up for KU.
The tiers are definitely
KU/Baylor
Tech/WVU
Trash heap
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Honestly the league should only get four bids this year.
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@BShark I agree
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BShark said:
Honestly the league should only get four bids this year.
It’s all they are getting unless a team like OU turns it up.
Tech has 8 losses but likely will get in outside of a major collapse. If they get a home win over KU that probably seals the deal too
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I think it’s going to take 16-2 to get a piece of the conference title this year and I’m not sure KU can do that with still having to go to Baylor, Tech, and WVU. They would need to beat Baylor and then split those other two all while not slipping up anywhere else.
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I like that KU is being pushed by a conference team for a change.
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@dylans we did lose last season as well
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@kjayhawks only because Doke got hurt imo
Okie lite is the only thing preventing Bruce from going first to worst
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This weekend was just another perfect example to a wild and crazy basketball weekend.
There were EIGHT ranked to that got beaten by an UNRANKED team this weekend : # 8 , # 10 , # 11 , # 14 , # 16 , #21 , # 23 , #25 - - - -then you have # 13 Kentucky being beat by a lower ranked # 17 Auburn. – Then you have the # 2 ranked Gonzaga team which I feel is for sure over ranked - about got their butts handed to them by an UN-Ranked San Francisco team.
Have a feeling where if you want to call it - -this would be the perfect season where you could very well see a lower seeded team making a serious run in the NCAA tourney – just no dominant team
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@jayballer73 our boys are the dominant team you’re looking for. If we do more of what we do well. If we get a couple more losses and end as a 5 loss team I everyone will be all in on us
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@approxinfinity KU and Baylor might be the two best teams tbh
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kjayhawks said:
@dylans we did lose last season as well
Last years team sucked though. This years squad is pretty good and getting pushed. It’s good.
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How much longer is Brandon Schneider going to coach the women? KU is just lost by 12 in OT after blowing a 22 point halftime lead to fall to 1-8 in B12 play. -34 in 25 minutes in a conference game against a bottom third team in the conference.
This is by far the worst hire that Zenger made because at least Beaty left the football program in better shape than what he inherited which is really what he was hired for. Schneider inherited a program that was at least competitive in the B12 and has managed to sink the program to depths lower than the football program. After today, he’ll be 6-58 in B12 games in 5+ seasons as coach. That’s a 9% winning percentage.
There’s absolutely zero reasons for Schneider to still be coaching this program because it’s not getting any better in year 5.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 it had better happen after this season.
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@BShark I really don’t understand why it didn’t happen after last season.
I’ve also been of the opinion Price has needed to go from baseball for several years as well.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 I think part of it is he is a lot less visible due to low interest among the fan base/alumni. Agree he has been absolutely embarrassing, I don’t expect greatness but competence would be nice.
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Texas Hawk 10 said:
@BShark I really don’t understand why it didn’t happen after last season.
I’ve also been of the opinion Price has needed to go from baseball for several years as well.
Spent so much on football that basketball had to wait a year from what I heard
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I’ve never been much for the whole fire-the-coach mentality, but when a team goes undefeated in non-conference, then wins only one game after that, there’s got to be something there. Can’t blame it all on a young team.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 Ya I think it’s time for a new women’s basketball coach and a new baseball coach. Price is only still here because he is well respected and liked by boosters. I think Long was focused on football and the new softball coach. I see the hammer coming down this season. I truly don’t believe Beaty helped in any way shape or form but he didn’t do anything negative I suppose.
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@kjayhawks KU football has been only a handful of plays away from being bowl eligible the past two seasons. That’s far superior to what KU was when Beaty inherited that mess from Weis when KU was lucky to keep a game within 20 against any FBS team. Beaty built a solid foundation for Miles to come into and the cupboard was nowhere as bare when Beaty left as when he got here.
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nwhawkfan said:
I’ve never been much for the whole fire-the-coach mentality, but when a team goes undefeated in non-conference, then wins only one game after that, there’s got to be something there. Can’t blame it all on a young team.
Schneider plays loads up on the worst of the worst teams in non conference and then when they play a real team, they get smacked back into reality.
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Neither team has made a 3-pointer in this game between Duke and Boston College with 12:00 minutes left in the 2nd half. The two teams are a combined 0-26 from 3 right now.
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Boston College is horrendous at basketball
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Michigan St lost at home to Penn St. Now 16-7 but the media still loves them. Izzo in his post game was blasting Social Media for what people say to his players. “he’s sick of it”.
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@BeddieKU23 Izzo doesn’t get enough shit for his teams underperforming in the regular season.
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@BShark said in:
@BeddieKU23 Izzo doesn’t get enough shit for his teams underperforming in the regular season.
He has immunity. Just how it goes. Same goes for the other media darlings
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@BeddieKU23 speaking of bad losses how did Clemson beat Duke? Watching Clemson va Uva. It’s 35-34 with minutes left in game. Two really bad offenses.
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Watching the return of Bobby Knight to Indiana. Lots of hugs and standing O’s. All is forgiven on both sides?
He doesn’t look too good. Has he been in ill health?
Couldn’t stand him as a coach. (One of my favorite KU memories was when I came back to Lawrence for the holidays for the KU-IU game. Jacques Vaughn hit a buzzer-beater in overtime for the win.) Appreciated him as an analyst, though.
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Mountaineers losing at OU by 12 right now. If that holds it’ll set up a rebound game for West Virginia at home against KU. Yay.
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@KirkIsMyHinrich said in Other Games:
Mountaineers losing at OU by 12 right now. If that holds it’ll set up a rebound game for West Virginia at home against KU. Yay.
well Oklahoma not doing us any favors. Just going to make WV that more PO’D we going to have to be at our best for sure. - -wasn’t going to be easy anyways we best be ready
