Exhibition Game Tonight
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First ten minutes or so were real then we experimented/coasted. Second half was almost all bizarre line-ups and the walk-ons played a lot. No one got hurt. I am happy.
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I don’t see the furphy love. He’s pretty slow and awkward moving laterally. He Doesnt look like he has a driving game at all. His shot form is fine…But man if you threw a fort hays state jersey on him and he played on the other side I don’t think he would catch anyones eye. Even if this is suppose to be like the next svi, he’s also way skinny and not D1 body ready for this year
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McDowell has way more upside as a future ku guy from what I’ve seen
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@jayhawks2010 if he was in high school he’d be a top 30. NBA has already got him on their radar.
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I guess we will see
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@jayhawks2010 said in Exhibition Game Tonight:
McDowell has way more upside as a future ku guy from what I’ve seen
McDowell got his cardio in tonight just like Illinois. Just didn’t do much at all. He’s a small wing for us at this point.
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Would agree Furphy has to get stronger. He has a great feel for the game and is loooong. Not this year but eventually he is a starter.
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@tundrahok Thank you!
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@jayhawks2010 He is also dealing with shin splints, which may be hindering his movement.
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Watching the game now. Dickinson is so bad at defense. Fort Hayes look like cars blowing by a highway rest stop.
Offensive footwork is pretty good.
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Legit question, is this team better then last years team? The bench isn’t better. Ok you get Dickinson but you lost an all American score in wilson. Grady gave you an nba level shooter. Harris is Harris. Adam’s and McCuller I guess are a hair better. Post scoring is significantly better but your post defense is crazy worse
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@jayhawks2010 at least right now, i think we are worse. We have 2 3 point shooters, one being Hunter. We are going to get beaten routinely on 3s, rebounds and defense. We cant run with Hunter either and we dont have a shot blocker / plus rebounder to pair with Hunter.
These arent cohesive pieces at all right now.
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@approxinfinity It seems that way. They couldn’t event get 80 points against fort hays state!
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Didn’t watch. Reading from the comments it might be time to fire Bill Self it sounds like!?
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These announcers are absolutely ridiculous with the Dickinson superlatives. This guy isnt Jokic, this guy is not a POY candidate. Its great to dream, I guess.
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@jayhawks2010 Svi was scrawny as heck as a freshman as well. He’ll get there
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@jayhawks2010 said in Exhibition Game Tonight:
Legit question, is this team better then last years team? The bench isn’t better. Ok you get Dickinson but you lost an all American score in wilson. Grady gave you an nba level shooter. Harris is Harris. Adam’s and McCuller I guess are a hair better. Post scoring is significantly better but your post defense is crazy worse
Short simple Answer - - -NO
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@approxinfinity the team as a whole hasn’t looked great defensively Juan and Kev have shown flashes but everyone is struggling to keep their man in front of them. This team lacks athleticism outside of Elmarko and KJ.
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Man the negativity is crazy. There are concerns yes but I am not overly worried.
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Ok this is the most engaged ive been thus far. 8 minutes to go first half, subbed out Hunter. Lineup of Furphy Mcdowell Harris KJ and Kevin
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@approxinfinity said in Exhibition Game Tonight:
Ok this is the most engaged ive been thus far. 8 minutes to go first half, subbed out Hunter. Lineup of Furphy Mcdowell Harris KJ and Kevin
Nothing in the second half was real btw. Will never see any of that again.
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@jayhawks2010 said in Exhibition Game Tonight:
@approxinfinity It seems that way. They couldn’t event get 80 points against fort hays state!
Could have easily had that and more playing tight rotations but what’s the point of that against a D2 team?
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@BShark sorry man. I just dont like Hunter and it bothers me that he is the focal point of our identity. Maybe i want him to fail a little so people stop identifying us as Hunters team.
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@approxinfinity said in Exhibition Game Tonight:
. We cant run with Hunter either and we dont have a shot blocker / plus rebounder to pair with Hunter.
Cmon! Didn’t you see the twin tower lineup with Hunter and Clemence at one point!
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@approxinfinity he’s definitely a team guy
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I want this to be Mccullars team.
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@rockchalkjayhawk ha just got to it
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@approxinfinity How about the HAM team? Harris, Adams, and McCullar.
And HD aka High-Def is really Lo-Fi.
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I’m just finishing up the game as well. Halfway thru the second half.
My impression so far: hmmm. We got work to do.
Furphy with a second half start! I think he looks smooth-ish. Just young and dumb. But actually not that dumb. Looks like he fits in. His shooting form doesn’t look broke. That’s a good thing. And he’s way out of shape. Hard to judge his foot speed.
I’m still waiting to see something from Elmarko.
Oh jeez, we got walk ons in the game…
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@BShark We don’t usually have trouble dropping 80 plus in any exhibition game playing a lose rotation. Last years team dropped over 90.
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I think Mccullar has the highest ceiling to be the hero we need this season. I do think we have some depth that we would do well to develop and hope we continue to roll the young guys out a bit
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Post game said Kevin reinjured his neck, couldn’t go long in 2nd half.
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@Crimsonorblue22 fffffff
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@approxinfinity but it’ll be fine, soft tissue injury.
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@Crimsonorblue22 I saw him grabbing his neck a few times like it was bothering him. He produced in spite of that.
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@approxinfinity said in Exhibition Game Tonight:
I think Mccullar has the highest ceiling to be the hero we need this season. I do think we have some depth that we would do well to develop and hope we continue to roll the young guys out a bit
The problem I have rooting for Kevin is that there is nothing about his game that’s easy to watch. It’s all like pulling teeth with him. Of course I want him to do well, but he just ain’t smooth.
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HCBS said that McCullar almost did not play today. Watching Gameday Live
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@rockchalkjayhawk hes holding out on us
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Looks pretty smooth to me. 4 threes so far with a busted neck
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HCBS says McCullar will be backup point guard for now when Juan is out as Elmarko is thinking too much. He thought Furphy looked good based upon practicing once in 3 weeks.
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All right. Done watching. Winning’s good.
I don’t know why this is the first thing that comes to mind, but why is Clemence gonna red shirt? Im sure we could use him at some point. Seems like everybody is peeing on Parker as a backup C.
If Self said Elmarko is still thinking too much, that would explain things. He looks like a zombie out there. Not standing out. Just fitting in. Not bad, not good. Really looking forward to seeing him get better as the season progresses.
I still think Furphy will break out as an exciting player at some point.
Harris has not been aggressive at all. Wonder why?
Hunter. Hmm. I never saw him play at Michigan, so I have no expectations. As another said, if they double and triple him, somebody’s gotta cut or make a 3 for us to succeed.
I hope this somehow grows into a hard nosed Bill Self team. I do see the hi-lo making a come back!
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Anyone want to call me out on my thoughts that uk will beat us?
I was crazy and Juan will own their freshman ect….funny how not even beating d2 Kansas school by 20 points and being down to a fringe top 25 team all game has changed tunes
Bill needs to learn to get athletes who can shoot not the opposite.
Khalif Battle and many others he could have had and kept Udeh and Zuby.
Next level….try regression year and 3rd in the big 12.
When ur pg can’t shoot and doesn’t look to score, ur 2 guard can’t guard or shoot, your 4 man can’t do anything but dunk and floaters and ur 5 is lallygagging up and down the floor every possession along with being a volume James harden type scorer….u ain’t any good
The second turd bucket was kicked off I knew this was a problem and Bill’s interview last week confirmed it even more.
We ain’t that good I’m thinking sweet 16 tops
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No one will accuse this team of being high-octane on offense.
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Slight box score second half disappointment:
FHS 32, Kansas 30
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I had already tempered expectations big time after the Morris debacle, but I’ve lowered them even more after this pair of warm up games. We’ll see what this team can develop into as they have a lot to work on, perhaps more so than any Self team he’s had. I’m excited to see how much this group can improve but it may be rocky.
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If we are a top 5 team come seasons end, Bill will be a Coach of the Year candidate. Im ready to lower expectations and enjoy the process.
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@kuballin10 Bill wouldn’t play Battle much, would be a Remy situation on steroids. Temple kicked him off the team.
You’d rather have Udeh and Zuby than HD? Then we really wouldn’t score unless we got a scoring four and another scoring guard instead. Not sure who we were even on and could of landed that fits the bill? You can’t just pick and choose players you want in the portal.
Not the #1 team in the country right now but there is time to get better and gel as a team.
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@kjayhawks they must have taken a clue from the football crowd. Did it start out full and then slowly dwindle to about 20% capacity?
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@kuballin10 Hmmm… Did you copy that post from 2022, just change the names a bit? You’re going to conclude all that based on two practice games? OK. If you’d been here in 2012 you’d probably have written the same thing when we nearly won the national championship.
“Bill needs to learn to get athletes who can shoot, not the opposite.” Just about the dumbest line I’ve seen, and I’ve been a bucketeer from the day @approxinfinity got this great page going. But keep up with your sorry analysis of KU hoops. We like it when you’re wrong.
