Post WV game thoughts
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@BeddieKU23 good work! I like that most are considered trending up. After seeing what happened to top teams this weekend I feel fortunate we escaped unscathed.
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Last week was a pivotal week and it was a good time to go 2-0 while holding serve at home. I’m really hoping we can leave this week 2-0 again and maybe create some early separation in the conference standings. We owe our former hawk Bryce Thompson a nice thank you
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@BeddieKU23 Great analysis. I see 6 starters and 6 bench players on the list. When all 6 starters are healthy, who will be on the bench to start the game? Yes Bill, we know, starting doesn’t matter. But it does to some.
All the bench players are also important pieces the rest of the season, depending on the game. I don’t remember having that many players in one season that seemed critical, and arguably should be part of the rotation. It will be fun to see how it all plays out.
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Looked at the rankings and while 7 isn’t bad I think we might be higher. One spot behind is Wisconsin. For a team picked 9 or 10 in the league to be 8 in the whole dang country is pretty remarkable. Arizona is a fraud and will be exposed. Our matchups with Baylor will be epic and hopefully we win the season series with them when we beat them in the NC
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@BeddieKU23 I concur. The WV game made me feel much better.
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@BeddieKU23 I love your post. In reference to Remy, a supposed “insider” started a rumor about Remy leaving. This person also proclaimed a few months ago we were going to the B10, so he doesn’t let facts get in the way of a good story. I think this episode will galvanize Remy, galvanize the team, and I expect a great effort tomorrow night.
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@BeddieKU23 solid post! I think it’s also important to not Harris has done a great job taking care of the ball while distributing and playmaking. I think I saw his assist to turnover ratio is tops in the big 12. Or at least was?
Self also noted that Bobby is just being out in a horrible spot. I thought that was an interesting sentiment from him. He clearly loves the dude and he must not be fully recovered for self to say something like that.
With Mitch I think it’s odd that he’s often regarded as a decent post defender by commentators and common observers because he’s rarely out of position but when he’s in according to some numbers, I think Newell reported, our team defense is NOT good at all. Love the kid (excuse me man) but I am finally on the play Dave 25 minutes and split the rest between Adam’s, 5 guards, and use Mitch sparingly less than 10 a game unless foul trouble.
Also love what another poster said about having 6 starters. It IS a problem, but a good problem to have.
Really hoping yesefu builds on and is given the opportunity to build on that wvu game. He’s a game changer with his speed and showed some nice work both defensively and pushing the pace of the game with his foot speed and his vision looking ahead after turnovers and long rebounds.
This team needs to play fast. If they can escape the grind in any game they are likely to blow it open.
Still interested to see if self has any more wrinkles up his sleeve for some of the big games. We’ve seen mostly standard offensive sets and only a handful of pizazz from the coaching box I feel like. Is the team not ready to execute, are practices more focused on the defense, or is some stuff being saved for when he thinks he will need it?
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@wissox Arizona is always a fraud.
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We need some Andy Reid wrinkles! Dude has a bunch!
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Oh no, fran tmrw!
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I think the Remy chatter is 100% nonsense! Let’s let this kid do his thing… get healthy… come back… and kick some ass! He has such a great energy… so needed by this team. Hard to say exactly how he will fit in, especially if he is out for long… but he will find a way to contribute and it will be well needed!
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@benshawks08 said in Post WV game thoughts:
@BeddieKU23 solid post! I think it’s also important to not Harris has done a great job taking care of the ball while distributing and playmaking. I think I saw his assist to turnover ratio is tops in the big 12. Or at least was?
Self also noted that Bobby is just being out in a horrible spot. I thought that was an interesting sentiment from him. He clearly loves the dude and he must not be fully recovered for self to say something like that.
With Mitch I think it’s odd that he’s often regarded as a decent post defender by commentators and common observers because he’s rarely out of position but when he’s in according to some numbers, I think Newell reported, our team defense is NOT good at all. Love the kid (excuse me man) but I am finally on the play Dave 25 minutes and split the rest between Adam’s, 5 guards, and use Mitch sparingly less than 10 a game unless foul trouble.
Also love what another poster said about having 6 starters. It IS a problem, but a good problem to have.
Really hoping yesefu builds on and is given the opportunity to build on that wvu game. He’s a game changer with his speed and showed some nice work both defensively and pushing the pace of the game with his foot speed and his vision looking ahead after turnovers and long rebounds.
This team needs to play fast. If they can escape the grind in any game they are likely to blow it open.
Still interested to see if self has any more wrinkles up his sleeve for some of the big games. We’ve seen mostly standard offensive sets and only a handful of pizazz from the coaching box I feel like. Is the team not ready to execute, are practices more focused on the defense, or is some stuff being saved for when he thinks he will need it?
At this point Juan has a 3.9 to 1.4 assist to turnover ratio has 62 assists to 23 turnovers and has 23 steals to go along with it.- – - - Christan is our next best. Christan has a 3.3 to 1.3 assist to turnover ratio- - has 52 assists to 34 turnovers and has 21 steals to go along -these are our top two guys
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@drgnslayr said in Post WV game thoughts:
I think the Remy chatter is 100% nonsense! Let’s let this kid do his thing… get healthy… come back… and kick some ass! He has such a great energy… so needed by this team. Hard to say exactly how he will fit in, especially if he is out for long… but he will find a way to contribute and it will be well needed!
I’ll say this AGAIN Remy isn’t going anywhee, hearing and reading more and more to the exact opposite - -Remy is staying
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Yeah I have seen the Twitter posts from said insider. No doubt this person does get some information but tends to go without verifying it in other cases before putting it on blast. I’m certainly not naive to think there’s “nothing” going on because otherwise there wouldn’t be something to talk about. Hopefully it was overblown and the issue is more that Self is probably upset about how the information is being put out there since he tends to keep these kinds of things behind closed doors. It’s a situation I hope is just smoke and no fire
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@BeddieKU23 The best one of all was after he crapped the bed over this incident, he comes out and says he “saved the season”…lol. You can’t make this stuff up…
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Good point about Harris as I did not know he was near the top in that statistic but it makes sense because for the most part he has been a really steady hand.
I have my criticism of him as an offensive player and I think when he’s a non scoring threat for 30 minutes in a game it does have a bit of snowball effect if the team around him isn’t producing as we have seen in some games. He usually has one of his better games scoring when KU is up big so it’s something I think has the ability to handcuff this team down the road. However I have seen improvement and development from him and the kid just goes out there and plays and has the same face on 98% of the time. Nothing seems to phase him.
Bobby certainly looks like the mental aspect of the injury may be impacting him. It sounds like he really didn’t have a lot of practice time before being put into the fire again so it makes sense he might be behind again. You could tell with full court pressure that he struggled with that he just needs some time to get back to playing.
Teams go on runs with Mitch in and having rewatched some recent games Mitch gets caught switching on the perimeter and its not pretty. Perhaps the recent uptick in minutes for KJ at the 5 is in regards to some struggles Mitch has had in situations the staff is also seeing
Agree about this team playing fast and pushing pace. They have done a much better job this year doing that. The big-12 just has teams with styles of play that do not typically lead to up and down games. Everyone seems to want to limit possessions and slug it out which from a coaching perspective probably makes sense but from a fan POV it’s not as fun when KU has a team that is best when it’s able to push in transition and get the pace of play to their liking. The counter to that is KU has to force their style on opponents rather then letting teams dictate how the game gets played. So far its been a mixed bag in conf play.
I also agree about the offense. Seems like injuries have prevented this team from practicing the way Self may want them too. I want to see this team focus more on attacking downhill as I think sometimes we just tend to pass it around the perimeter looking for the angles and the defensive rotations. I think our guards can do a better job getting a foot in the lane and reading how the defense responds. We tend to get easier baskets or get open perimeter shots when we get our guards in the paint area. We have seen a lot more wing post ups this season whether it’s och or someone. Recently Self has started running Dave in more pick and roll sets instead of iso block stuff and that’s something I believe can have a positive impact. I wouldn’t be surprised if Self is saving some stuff for Baylor etc so there’s some element of surprise in the film teams get.
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@BeddieKU23 said in Post WV game thoughts:
Good point about Harris as I did not know he was near the top in that statistic but it makes sense because for the most part he has been a really steady hand.
I have my criticism of him as an offensive player and I think when he’s a non scoring threat for 30 minutes in a game it does have a bit of snowball effect if the team around him isn’t producing as we have seen in some games. He usually has one of his better games scoring when KU is up big so it’s something I think has the ability to handcuff this team down the road. However I have seen improvement and development from him and the kid just goes out there and plays and has the same face on 98% of the time. Nothing seems to phase him.
Bobby certainly looks like the mental aspect of the injury may be impacting him. It sounds like he really didn’t have a lot of practice time before being put into the fire again so it makes sense he might be behind again. You could tell with full court pressure that he struggled with that he just needs some time to get back to playing.
Teams go on runs with Mitch in and having rewatched some recent games Mitch gets caught switching on the perimeter and its not pretty. Perhaps the recent uptick in minutes for KJ at the 5 is in regards to some struggles Mitch has had in situations the staff is also seeing
Agree about this team playing fast and pushing pace. They have done a much better job this year doing that. The big-12 just has teams with styles of play that do not typically lead to up and down games. Everyone seems to want to limit possessions and slug it out which from a coaching perspective probably makes sense but from a fan POV it’s not as fun when KU has a team that is best when it’s able to push in transition and get the pace of play to their liking. The counter to that is KU has to force their style on opponents rather then letting teams dictate how the game gets played. So far its been a mixed bag in conf play.
I also agree about the offense. Seems like injuries have prevented this team from practicing the way Self may want them too. I want to see this team focus more on attacking downhill as I think sometimes we just tend to pass it around the perimeter looking for the angles and the defensive rotations. I think our guards can do a better job getting a foot in the lane and reading how the defense responds. We tend to get easier baskets or get open perimeter shots when we get our guards in the paint area. We have seen a lot more wing post ups this season whether it’s och or someone. Recently Self has started running Dave in more pick and roll sets instead of iso block stuff and that’s something I believe can have a positive impact. I wouldn’t be surprised if Self is saving some stuff for Baylor etc so there’s some element of surprise in the film teams get.
I agree with you for sure on tempo and this being a league that it seems teams want limited possessions slow or slower pace and that hurts Ku to a point. KU needs to get out and run cause when they do - - it’s lights out. to back this reasoning up on pace did you know that we have 6 teams that average 72 points or less in a game ? SIX Led by K/State at 68.3 --& followed up by WV at 69.0 However I don’t think it’s the case as much for Huggy that he wants that as they like I think to run to but they can’t shoot worth a dam . Their shooting % Again is only ahead of K/State they shoot 42.9% fg and 31.4 3pt - - they can’t shoot. - - K/State on the other hand seems like they are always a sloth on offense and they shoot 42.8. —. - -The only three that really push tempo is KU - - Baylor - - And Okie State Okie State 3rd in scoring at 76.6
Dave and I’m as big as Dave fan as anybody but been really frustrating this year. We have seen now two glimpses of what Dave IS capable of. When he is like last time out , he is one of the better big’s in the Big 12. I mean you can’t ask for much more then 19 / & 15 - just getting him to do it is the thing. He has this thin a lot of times seems to me anyways he will get good position and gets the ball and it’s almost like he is over thinking to mechanical like ok what’s next. Like you say he is much , much better of pick and roll - but I agree pretty much with what you say spot on
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A reason to keep ball screen offense apart of our offense as much as possible
https://twitter.com/jgtrends/status/1483460420325236744?t=FZMg74MebioelLkof7a-BA&s=19
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@BeddieKU23 that’s absolutely nuts. Who would’ve thought it?
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@BeddieKU23 said in Post WV game thoughts:
Whoa
https://twitter.com/kutweetsandnews/status/1483440131466047490?t=uupgbdbmP4PUSV-OSVfYIw&s=19
Whaaaaa ?
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@Marco said in Post WV game thoughts:
@BeddieKU23 that’s absolutely nuts. Who would’ve thought it?
Very surprising but encouraging
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@BeddieKU23 That’s awesome! Dave’s game with the most offensive rebounds in 19 years (by a KU player) must have pushed him to the top.
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@BeddieKU23 said in Post WV game thoughts:
@Marco said in Post WV game thoughts:
@BeddieKU23 that’s absolutely nuts. Who would’ve thought it?
Very surprising but encouraging
Hey, I’m totally onboard when he plays like Big Dave, Little d not so much.
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Everyone needs to sign this card
I’m very sorry Big Dave, I was wrong! I’m behind you all the way. Please get us a championship!
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I’m looking for news on Remy today but not seeing anything on twitter. I’m guessing he shot around with the team, but couldn’t tell in the pics.
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@BeddieKU23 said in Post WV game thoughts:
Whoa https://twitter.com/kutweetsandnews/status/1483440131466047490?t=uupgbdbmP4PUSV-OSVfYIw&s=19
That is pretty unexpected, but I like it. Dave still has to prove to me that last game was not just an outlier before I’m completely buying in to what he’s selling. He’s got the talent. He just needs to believe in his abilities and tune out any noise that suggests otherwise.
I said the same about Jalen a couple of games ago and he is finally starting to string some good performances together. I can only hope Dave does the same thing beginning tonight.
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@Kcmatt7 The KU hoops twitter account tweeted a short video of the afternoon shoot around and he was in it. Obviously that could mean nothing as well when it comes to dressing out and playing.
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@Crimsonorblue22 said in Post WV game thoughts:
Everyone needs to sign this card
I’m very sorry Big Dave, I was wrong! I’m behind you all the way. Please get us a championship!I’ll let the rest of you sign it… Never lost faith!
