NCAA Tournament Discussion
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So, this is the game thread?
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Not so many stunning upsets so far today.
Maybe more tomorrow or maybe in the next rounds when the medium seeds are playing the high seeds… I really thought there was a bit more parity this year so I was ready to see some surprises.
I also wouldn’t cry if more SECs bit the dust.
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@bskeet seemed to be a lot more blowouts than usual on day one. Only real upsets have been McNeese and Drake which I actually picked in the one bracket I filed out this season.
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Goodness Tech gonna fart around and get beat.
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Pretty good game with Baylor and Mississippi state right now. After watching us last night it’s just crazy to see how much more hustle most teams have than us. Both teams have 5 guys running, crashing the boards and getting after loose balls. Outside of KJ it never really happened for guys with Kansas on their chest.
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@kjayhawks Your right KJ was the only only one showing heart, diving for loose balls, just overall hustle , giving 100 %. Sure he had limitations but hell MAYBE that is what the mascot for this team should of been this year for this team- - - THE KANSAS LIMITATIONS- -instead of Jay Hawks
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@SlimShaddy54 KJ always gave it his all if he was in someone else’s body he’s a an all American
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I could see during our losses this year if a team was better than us. Houston, TT, BYU, ISU and maybe others. Arkansas didn’t look better than us and that’s a team that went 8-5 in the SEC to end the conference season. We did our sloppy ball handling and throw away passes to the tune of 10 turnovers in the second half but Arkansas turned it over 8 times in the half. Percentage wise we outshot them from the field, deep and FT’s. Out rebounded them and were even on the offensive boards. They had 7 more second chance opportunities. I think we were a better team than they were. We shot and defended our way into the lead late in the second half by good coaching with the zone but of course our five straight empty possessions was another painful as heck loss. I hope AJ Storr comes back. Two out of the three last games he was very impressive. Flory will become a good scorer in a year or two if he comes up with an effective shot. He is so quick and tough. Passmore is gonna be a load next year and I hope he stays. The team was playing it’s best ball but our giveaways never went away. It took so long to jell.
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This is for people rooting for St Johns: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1001623258545179/?referral_source=external_deeplink
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@approxinfinity haha thats funny to be honest I just hate Cal as much as anything but Arkansas is has more size and athleticism than just about every team St. John has faced this season.
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@approxinfinity https://www.facebook.com/share/r/165b3FpHAB/?mibextid=wwXIfr
I like stuff like this accountability and toughness
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@kjayhawks im picking st johns in this one
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Zuby man we missed on him
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@kjayhawks seriously.
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@approxinfinity the way he running the floor and everywhere right now missed that like KJ but with size
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@kjayhawks yeah imagine how our pace could have differed with Udeh Zuby and a healthy Elmarko.
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I’m disappointed because I honestly thought if we could get past Arkansas we could’ve beaten this team. Obviously KJ being injured late we probably wouldn’t have a good shot
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These seniors blew a very possible sweet 16 path
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@rcjhdraft said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:
These seniors blew a very possible sweet 16 path
Right on paper we are much better shooting team than Arkansas and we match up well with St John’s who doesn’t guard the line well.
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@kjayhawks said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:
@rcjhdraft said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:
These seniors blew a very possible sweet 16 path
Right on paper we are much better shooting team than Arkansas and we match up well with St John’s who doesn’t guard the line well.
It was a very generous path, especially considering the likely sweet 16 matchup would’ve been Tech who’s beatable. But of course the team had to let the fanbase down one last time
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There we go Zuby with a big dunk, 12 points already
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Ejiofer is a force. Sigh
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It’s embarrassing how much more athletic these teams are compared to this year’s squad
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@rcjhdraft pretty much is the consensus on X no heart, no energy, no loyalty and no athleticism in regards to our team this season
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Really kind of surprising that the schedulers couldn’t have had OU and MichSt play at different times yesterday so the Fears brothers parents could’ve watched both sons play.
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Well looks like Arkansas is gonna advance smh
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@kjayhawks said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:
@rcjhdraft pretty much is the consensus on X no heart, no energy, no loyalty and no athleticism in regards to our team this season
Somehow this game has made me even more mad about this season. I have zero love for any of the seniors
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@rcjhdraft said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:
@kjayhawks said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:
@rcjhdraft pretty much is the consensus on X no heart, no energy, no loyalty and no athleticism in regards to our team this season
Somehow this game has made me even more mad about this season. I have zero love for any of the seniors
Ya I’m pissed because of our seniors could make a simple pass we are playing right now. Prob don’t win without KJ but still Juan, Hunter and Zeke have turned the ball over repeatedly with the game on the line. That’s unacceptable for guys with their experience level.
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@kjayhawks said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:
@rcjhdraft said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:
@kjayhawks said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:
@rcjhdraft pretty much is the consensus on X no heart, no energy, no loyalty and no athleticism in regards to our team this season
Somehow this game has made me even more mad about this season. I have zero love for any of the seniors
Ya I’m pissed because of our seniors couldn’t make a simple pass we are playing right now. Prob don’t win without KJ but still Juan, Hunter and Zeke have turned the ball over repeatedly with the game on the line. That’s unacceptable for guys with their experience level.
Just unreal that we watched 4 seasons of a guy who can’t penetrate the paint and by the end of his career, could barely defend point of attack(the one thing he was supposed to be good at)
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@rcjhdraft there is a good chance Elmarko by mid season is better than Juan has ever been. I’m a little concerned coming of the injury for sure but Juan hasn’t improved. His stat are identical in most categories, struggles to get to paint and keep guys out of the paint. Was the same thing he had trouble with the first time he played. Anyone that says otherwise is a bold face liar or blind.
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@kjayhawks He was so awful. Starting a point guard who can’t reliably shoot a pull-up off of a screen is brutal for the offense
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Zuby finished the with 23 points and 12 rebounds. He played great the St John guards couldn’t hit the ground with their hat in 3 tries. He had almost the exact same output of KJ and Hunt combined against the same team. Thats a huge ouch man
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Plus Aidoo, who destroyed Hunter for an efficient 20+ points was held to 7 by Zuby
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@rcjhdraft right sometimes I hate myself for being right so damn often believe @Texas-Hawk-10 and I were the only ones worried about giving up Zuby and Udeh for Hunter. I’ve been full of shit about Juan and KJ playing too much to everyone on this site but yet it turned out exactly as I said it would again…
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@kjayhawks yeah sure you are the only one that voiced any concerns about Hunter
i believe i said a thing or two after recovering from the initial nut punch.
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@kjayhawks To be honest, its possible you WERE full of shit about Juan and KJ playing too much. Specifically, if Shak was too hurt to play (as Self mentioned in post game when he mentioned Shak and Elmarko being hurt really affected the make up of this team) and since KJ was a better option to pair with Flory than Hunter down the stretch.
We can agree that roster construction was putrid but Im not sure the consensus is unanimous about playing time. We simply didnt have better options, and those options were mediocre.
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Dont get me wrong, I criticized Selfs decision to have Flory on the bench and went through a stretch where i thought playing him over KJ was the answer. I never really saw an alternative to Juan.
KJ seemed to find new energy late in the season while Juan got progressively worse. But we had to get to that point to see it.
Hunter was the biggest problem on this roster, and then Juan as the only viable handler.
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@approxinfinity I do agree that injuries did hurt us at PG. but we also had Zeke who at times did bring the ball up and Diggy. I said the last two seasons we don’t advance outta the first weekend with them two playing 30 minutes a game. I was a million percent correct period end of discussion. I told repeatedly about how great Juan was several by posters. Excuses are like assholes, everyone has them. We didn’t use common sense roster construction the last two seasons and it bit our asses period.
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Zeke and Diggy were never good passers or handlers and cost us as much or more than Juan. There just wasnt another option when philon decommitted and Elmarko went down.
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@kjayhawks my point is you have a habit of getting all “me against the world, Im right everyone else was wrong” and it was never like that, nor is it like that now. There were many people skeptical of roster construction. I am the first person to eat crow when its in order. But I think you are mischaracterizing everyone else as being diametrically opposed to you in the rear view. There were some but def not all.
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@approxinfinity maybe true, I just feel like I’m correct most of the time about things and I flack for it. We are probably all extra pissed off after the way the last few days have went. I not a rocket scientist and probably not anywhere near the smartest person on this site but I know basketball and I know it well.
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I do agree that @Texas-Hawk-10 had this team pretty much nailed from day one of the roster construction. And you were one of the more vocal posters early about Hunter.
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@kjayhawks yeah, you weren’t wrong. just let other people commiserate with you, please. there’s more than one seat in this bitchwagon
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@approxinfinity you I love you either way buddy lol
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@kjayhawks I remember throwing up in my mouth a little bit watching this awkward high five.
Not only is Hunter the face of the worst 2 years of the Bill Self Era, he also is the first big face of NIL at KU, and unfortunately, his legacy will carry that as well.
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Was bummed Zuby got bounced. He was carrying St Johns, and I was prepared to watch him a couple more games
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Was pulling for creighton
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This wisconsin byu game down to last possession
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Hate to be mean to @wissox bit that was the worst officiated game of the tournament so far. BYU wins by at least 12 if the game is called correctly. Had took many blow outs this weekend and Vegas was buzzing the officials lol
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Houston - SIX STRAIGHT SWEET SIXTEEN APPEARANCES
Not too shabby
