Baylor Game Tonight
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@drgnslayr said in Baylor Game Tonight:
It’s all about defense. Offense will come around on it’s own if we play D.
Just how bad do we want to win?
I agree, but it is a lot harder to be motivated on D when the ball isn’t going in on O… Gradey and Kev struggling on O is likely causing mental issues on the other end.
So in my opinion it is a compounding issue, especially when the bench is as thin as it is.
The unfortunate reality is that this is a pretty unathletic and flawed roster. I said from the get that we should have gone after a different player than McCullar who is just not that good and causes a lot of issues for this team offensively. He is a Bill Self pet who can’t shoot and can’t create his own shot. We essentially are starting 4 role players and Jalen. And what we really needed was another guard/wing who could go get his own shot. There were plenty of options - Ricky Council, Tyrese Hunter, Kendric Davis, Terrence Shannon, Jahmir Young, Grant Sherfield, etc. We needed a guy who had “it,” and that was just not Kev.
Top that off with the mess that is the 5 spot and you see just how flawed this team really is. KJ has been a great player there, but against size he is just going to struggle and we have NOTHING to throw at teams who do have size. I don’t actually fault the staff for this issue. I feel like they felt the position had been addressed and that the transfer market was not great. HOWEVER, had I known Zach was THIS bad I would have begged Dave to stay. 20/20 hindsight for sure. And there is always the possibility that Dave was never coming back even if the coaches tried their best to convince him. I probably would have booted Cam and tried to bring in another big myself, but I can see why they were okay with the 13th scholarship being Cam.
Finally - we lack that bench piece difference maker. Bobby ain’t it. Joe ain’t it. I still am of the belief that MJ COULD be it if they just let him loose, but still not exactly a guarantee.
I’m not writing the season off, or even winning the league. But the sad reality is that this is a team with a VERY small margin for error, and they just used up a large percentage of that margin losing at home Saturday. They are in the midst of a backbreaking stretch of games. It feels like the season could go off the rails pretty quickly if they don’t win 2 of the next 3. There are easily 8 losses left on the schedule if things don’t start trending the other way.
I just can’t remember the last time we were playing this poorly during such a brutal stretch of games. Need a gutsy performance out of the guys tonight to get us back on track.
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I’m really glad I checked here. I get pretty pissed after a loss like the other day and just slither away wallowing in my pity and not checking on the bucket. I had totally forgotten about this game tonight. Hopefully a 3 game losing streak isn’t the result of tonights match.
Mental notes for surviving tonight.
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Mute TV and sync radio call.
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If you must listen to TV tweet at fran and his inane biasesness. Maybe he will get it.
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Wear your championship T from 22, or 08, or 86. Might bring us some luck.
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Keep telling yourself we’re defending national champs and there’s no shame in losing in the tourney this season.
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Allow yourself to momentarily become @stupidmichael and say you’re scared, and then pretend you’re @dynomitehawk and yell “Hide Yo Kids” at the beginning of the game.
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Tell a few jokes at the expense of KState.
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Tell a few more jokes at the expense of Mizzou.
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Check the all time victories list.
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Yell “Serenity Now” when anything goes wrong.
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Tweet at Bill Self and the players giving them some tips.
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Gaze at whatever Jayhawk thing you have in the house and pray to it.
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Baylor takes and makes a lot of threes. So it is going to come down to the perimeter defense. Baylor is really bad on D so we should look better on offense, but if they are raining in threes it will be a long night. Baylor is really small on the perimeter so hopefully our size with Juan, Dick, Kevin, and Jalen can bother their shooters.
This seems like a classic KU is down and out bounce back game for KU, but I can’t say I am super confident about tonight.
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@drgnslayr Hate to Lose. Everyone should love to win.
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@wissox Pretty hard to tell KSU jokes right now. Although, their Livestock Judging team is backsliding pretty badly right now.
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@Kcmatt7 said in Baylor Game Tonight:
@drgnslayr said in Baylor Game Tonight:
It’s all about defense. Offense will come around on it’s own if we play D.
Just how bad do we want to win?
I agree, but it is a lot harder to be motivated on D when the ball isn’t going in on O… Gradey and Kev struggling on O is likely causing mental issues on the other end.
So in my opinion it is a compounding issue, especially when the bench is as thin as it is.
The unfortunate reality is that this is a pretty unathletic and flawed roster. I said from the get that we should have gone after a different player than McCullar who is just not that good and causes a lot of issues for this team offensively. He is a Bill Self pet who can’t shoot and can’t create his own shot. We essentially are starting 4 role players and Jalen.
Top that off with the mess that is the 5 spot and you see just how flawed this team really is. KJ has been a great player there, but against size he is just going to struggle and we have NOTHING to throw at teams who do have size.
Finally - we lack that bench piece difference maker. Bobby ain’t it. Joe ain’t it. I still am of the belief that MJ COULD be it if they just let him loose, but still not exactly a guarantee.
Obviously some offense can come from better defense – turnovers, transition buckets, etc. But, good defense doesn’t make a team a brilliant offensively. So, not seeing this team turn a miracle corner on O unless they all up their shooting ability. I think we can be good offensively, but buying in on D doesn’t solve our O problems.
McCullar – ya, been saying and thinking the same thing for a while. He’s a Self guy. You can have some Self pets on the floor, but not three of em at the same time --Dajuan, McCullar and until recently KJ. Add Pettiford to that mix when he comes in. I dunno how he thinks you can win without scoring. He’s smarter than me, so must be a way!
Which all means he has to let MJ out of the doghouse. He has to. Dude can score. He may eff up on positioning, miss a guy on D, but surely the other Self pet projects on the floor can help offset his issues.
We still have a very good team. The margin for error has shrunk considerably this season, that’s all.
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It was fun thinking we were going to go through the B12 undefeated. We were going to be the overall number 1 seed, and repeat as national champions, even though we lost 4 out of 5 of our top scorers from last year. Now we’re back to “Self’s pets” and Self has “blinders” as we lose games in January.
It looks so great, then it looks so grim. We don’t like our players-we don’t like our coach. We were a FF team- now we won’t make it past the first weekend. Lather, rinse, repeat. Every year.
I hope we win tonight. I know it’s going to be tough. I hope we win Saturday- I know it’s going to be tough. And the next 3 games after that- tough. Still, I wouldn’t trade our program or our coach for anybody else in college basketball. We truly are one of the most spoiled fanbases in the world. UNC, Villanova, Dook would give their left nut to be 16-3 right now.
Confession: Last year, after we lost our 2nd game in a row ( TCU), I came to the conclusion that last year’s team was never going to win anything- that this group of players ( Och, Dave, CB, and Remy ) would never win because they just weren’t clutch. I even posted that I thought Bill had lost the team. And then we win every game. Every. Game. for the rest of the year. So, I kind of sold them short, which I don’t normally do. I’m normally the other way. But not last year. Doesn’t mean we’re going to magically win 17 in a row this year- we have issues, no doubt. But, I’m not going to get off the best ride in town. I’ve been following this show since 1972, and I’m going to keep following it, win or lose.
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You know your an Blue Blood Ico when the Mighty ESPN has an article on the Jay Hawk mid season troubles - - lol. - -hmm isn’t that usually rserved for the suck Duke Blue Devils - -The Kentucky Wildcats ?
Then when the almighty ESPN decides to run an article on KU - -it’s about our mid Season troubles - – SURPRISE
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This the game chat? Good a place as any. Lets break this streak. But first lets watch Duke lose
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This game has the looks of going to OT. Might not be on the world wide leader for a while.
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Alternate viewing for KU-Baylor been announced? +? U? News?
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Wow that kid just walloped #5 in the face celebrating. That has to be a foul.
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I hate to defend Duke but you can punch someone in the face, even if it’s incidental and not get a foul called?
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Wow
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Duke sucks. Can I get a hallelujah?
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Listening to Brian Hanni SP? so I don’t have to listen to franny
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nice play, Duke
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Kudos to VTech for not storming the court.
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No Laetner to Hurley moment. So sad.
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Yipee, no Fran
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Kevin, DuJuan and Gradey. Go go go
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No fran? Maybe I can turn on the TV sound.
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Bilas on color is a welcome change
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Saw where some guys didn’t listen to scout report last game
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bad decision already by Harris. Smh
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Looking good already
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Harris 1/1 t.o and didn’t shoot a layup
I know Bill sees stuff in practice and we’ve seen it in games but this ain’t it. No remy to save us
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I thought Thamba was good until I looked up his stats. Only plays well against KU apparently
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Another brick
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Dick!
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Oh good we’re not going to get shutout.
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Wahoo
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Uh, foul on Gradey?
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Bobby and Juan in leads going to skyrocket
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Weak calls
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There’s the Harris we know and love
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So we sub in a shooter for a non shooter
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Ha thamba got burned
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Nice pass
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That’s a horseshit call
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Horse Hockey. That’s a charge?
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Beating your defender is a foul now
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The Million Dollar Question - -What the HELL has happened to our defense ?
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#kugetsallthecalls
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Bobby passes up 3 then baseline jumper to jump Under the goal and charge
No one looking to score except JW and Gradey
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Too familiar problems…Baylor has 4 more shot attempts…result of 3-0 on TOs and they have twice as many RBs - 2-0 ORBs…
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I rewound that. Stupid play by Pettiford even if it wasn’t a charge
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Kevin had one
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another hot start by our opponent
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Good job kev!
