Arizona St
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I have to say, this team is growing on me. Yeah, hunt, kj, and juando are what they are but there are some potential game changers too…, and depth!
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@approxinfinity Shak playing his nuts off and on the bench…why
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@DanR only when they get minutes
Ncaas Bill gets tight and sticks with his guys
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@approxinfinity The timing of EJ’s was a whole lot worse! That’s probably the reason we don’t play in back to back title games.
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Arizona St has 8 pts in the 2nd half
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@Crimsonorblue22 who’d I not pull for??? I want the best players and hot hand to play
Hey look griffin drive the paint
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@kuballin10 hard to argue with personnel usage this second half when we have wrecked them from start to finish.
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Main thing is flory can fill in for hunter against tall bugs where hunter struggles
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Didn’t realize snacks was still getting coaching gigs
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Snacks looking fit
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@BeddieKU23 well bobby hurley doesnt seem into party favors
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Rock chalk!
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Zeke cleaning up
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Wow gave up 13 Points 2nd half
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No rock chalk chant???
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@BeddieKU23 Met him once at a high school game here.
Thanks ESPN, you couldn’t resist just shrinking our game to 1/4 of the screen to talk to a former duke jerk.
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@approxinfinity check those minutes and we know why!
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@kuballin10 you deaf too?
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I do agree we could have seen Shak the last 5 minutes, game was won and we languished a bit, but hey if Shak is injury prone i would rather keep him healthy
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I like how they cut away for another game whereas if it had been Duke they would have talked to the coach and high-scoring player. Yeah, looking at you ESPN!
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you take the six we were down at the half- -from that on we went on a 38-13 run the rest of the game
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Did Flory foul out?
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@Crimsonorblue22 started wayyy late with 20 seconds normally it’s around 1:30 when we up 20….
But if I was deaf would u even feel bad - doubtful
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@approxinfinity he’s still on a bit of a pitch count right now
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@patoh3 ESPN box is kind of whacky right now. It says he did, but it also said he scored 4 points on 0-2 shooting with no FTs.
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BR has him fouled out too.
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@kuballin10 you just don’t get it.
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One thing I’m liking better these past two- -three games , doing better on the OFFENSIVE end in rebounding or keeping the ball alive for 2nd chance opportunities
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@patoh3 yes
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@BeddieKU23 said in Arizona St:
Wow gave up 13 Points 2nd half
Insane half. We learned some things tonight and I will add I’m good if AJ never gets ina game for KU again outside of garbage time.
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+/- Shak 26, KJ 18, Hunt 16, Juan 14, Zeke 12, Grif 5, Diggy 5, Flory 4, Storr -5.
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@kuballin10 Shak started
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I am happy that we played well twice in a row.
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@SlimShaddy54 Bidunga is the key.
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@patoh3 wow Shak doesbr get to +26 if he doesnt get minutes. Feels like he got the opportunity to make a big contribution. Cant be upset with that as a player.
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Yeah i mean Moore got 22 minutes and is ramping up. Dont see anything objectionable there.
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After AJ’S brief floor time in the first half which he got the minutes he deserved , not many was just BAD wgeb he was in and not a second the 2nd half- – - -
Could it be possible he leaves the team during the Season ?
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@SlimShaddy54 if we can keep winning and the players that do get run perform, I dont see any reason why he would leave unless he has a bad attitude or getting bad advice. We are already into second semester. He has plenty of time to develop his potential and improve his stock and nobody would blink twice if he left at seasons end, even if sticking around would do him good.
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Zeke Mayo Highlights vs. Arizona State (23 Pts, 5 Rebs)
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@SlimShaddy54 said in Arizona St:
After AJ’S brief floor time in the first half which he got the minutes he deserved , not many was just BAD wgeb he was in and not a second the 2nd half- – - -
Could it be possible he leaves the team during the Season ?
I had the same thought! Wondered if Storr would call it a day in Lawrence and move on. Seems crazy of course, but he’s now deep in the doghouse. I will say this: Bill gave him a chance to play through FOUR turnovers/mistakes until he yanked him on the fifth eff up. Or something like that. That’s more than usual.
Very intriguing to see how this story line plays out.
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Bill said, no energy? Let’s press and the defense we’ve seen for the last several games went boom. Shak Moore I can electric slam and I can thief. Rylan was having FUN! Hunt running out to contest three pointers and I’ll have another double double. Yes Zeke can score. Flory eyes are on everything and oh here’s an athletic slam from a Juan dime. KJ playing as hard as I can remember. We only really played one good half but look out B12 we can ball.
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@rockchalkjayhawk I’d say he’s in his own doghouse. He could really help the team. It’s his decision, which would really help him in the long run. What a waste of talent.
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@Crimsonorblue22 said in Arizona St:
@rockchalkjayhawk I’d say he’s in his own doghouse. He could really help the team. It’s his decision, which would really help him in the long run. What a waste of talent.
100%
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He’s been sore after games still so probably best approach in the short term. His minutes are here to stay and is showing why he’s now a starter
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@Crimsonorblue22 the team would be better off without him imo
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@BShark much rather he stick around and contribute so i can justify picking up some sweet swag from the corner storr.
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@approxinfinity said in Arizona St:
@BShark much rather he stick around and contribute so i can justify picking up some sweet swag from the corner storr.
Ha. It’s just very hard to see at the moment. Right now, he’s the worst player on the team probably. Bill gave him a make a wish start and heavier minutes against WVU and we see how that went. The energy is so much better starting games without him in the line-up. He just can’t process a different role other than “middling volume scorer”. He needs the ball in his hands and lots of shots to put up stats. That’s who he has always been.
All that said he is being paid a lot so maybe both sides figure something out by the end of the season.
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@BShark said in Arizona St:
@approxinfinity said in Arizona St:
@BShark much rather he stick around and contribute so i can justify picking up some sweet swag from the corner storr.
Ha. It’s just very hard to see at the moment. Right now, he’s the worst player on the team probably. Bill gave him a make a wish start and heavier minutes against WVU and we see how that went. The energy is so much better starting games without him in the line-up. He just can’t process a different role other than “middling volume scorer”. He needs the ball in his hands and lots of shots to put up stats. That’s who he has always been.
All that said he is being paid a lot so maybe both sides figure something out by the end of the season.
A shame but you can just see how uncomfortable he is in this system. Not good utilizing the pick and roll. Forces 3s at the wrong time. Gets torched on D constantly. Lazy passes.
He’s a shell of who he could be. It’s just how Bill coaches and sometimes it works great and sometimes it ruins a good player.
Some guys thrive under this scrutiny (Zeke, Coit, and Moore) and some guys need positivity and uplifting. Storr is a guy who thrives from being told how good he is. And Bill Self just isn’t the warm fuzzy father figure pat you on the back buy you ice cream kind of coach.
Thank God Bill went scorched Earth though and brought in Diggy and Shak. Guy said I need at least 10 playable guys because 1-2 of these dudes just suck every year.
I think this team is about to get really damn good. Starting five is figured out. Flory minutes will probably keep growing. Griffen looked pretty good last night. Zeke can be our “need a bucket guy”. Diggy can keep Juan fresh. Last piece of this whole thing is seeing the D crank it up one more notch. You see how well this team runs on a rebound right now. If we start getting a few more stops a game we are going to run teams out of the gym.
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I think we have our rotation figured out. DaJuan, Diggy, Shak, Mayo, Rylan, KJ, Flory, and Hunter. We will roll with those 8 guys most of the season. Maybe even with 7 (Diggy not making the cut) when things get really intense. AJ didn’t make the cut.
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@Kcmatt7 Yeah I think we have figured out the top 8 (and 7). Last night is actually the exact kind of minutes/rotation i want to see. Outside of Flory fouling out (which clearly lowered how much he played) and Shak/Rylan still easing in a bit. Diggy should be in the 10-12 minute range unless he is NBA jam on fire. Fwiw he started the season 15-30 from three but is 2-15 lately. So he might be streaky but at least he isn’t shy to let it rip.
The defense is trending in a good direction lately.
