BIG GAME!! The Students Are There, We Should Talk
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Wsu has been doing really well, think they play Mizzou this weekend.
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Big win for the good guys tonight! RCJH!
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@BeddieKU23 said in BIG GAME!! The Students Are There, We Should Talk:
Clingan is more athletic then Hunter at 7’2 and has better lateral movement as well. He can run the floor on the fast break at times as well so it’s something to watch. He’s also a threat defensively at the rim. Tough matchup for both our bigs tonight
That was a good matchup of talented bigs. I thought that block was legit by Hunter, yet the whistle blew.
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Hey, how’s about that! That was an amazing game to watch as a fan. High energy and entertaining,
And, that was one of our best defensive showings in a long while. Why can’t we do that more often? Even Hunter was great on D! Very pleased to see that kinda effort.
The Self bench belt tightening has begun early this season. I saw that coming tonight. But cmon, we need way more than six guys to play minutes, coach! Got us a win though, huh.
Here’s the thing about Elmarko…he still has shown us virtually nothing of his skills or potential on the court, but I think these minutes are helping him. He seemed to be more aggressive tonight at least. Maybe he’ll take another step up the ladder by January.
So happy for KJ! Dunk city.
Here’s the thing about Furphy…he’s obviously got a smooth stroke. He’s looking more comfortable shooting the ball. More minutes! To me he’s a true wing or 3/4. Not a two guard at all. So, It’s becoming very obvious despite my love for Furphy that he cannot switch onto smaller, faster guards. He smothers them once in a blue moon, but they mostly blow by him. I don’t love him less for that, but I dunno how you protect him with all our switching.
Did Jamari get lost on his way to the Fieldhouse??? Shocked that Self didn’t put him on that Newton dude for a few minutes at least to cool his roll. And that was one helluva roll. I don’t understand these wimpy coaches these days. Send in Jamari or some bench scrub to knock him on his arse! Throw him off his game. Do any of the Detroit Bad Boys have eligibility left?
That really was a great game. Happy we won. Rock Chalk!
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@rockchalkjayhawk said in BIG GAME!! The Students Are There, We Should Talk:
@BeddieKU23 said in BIG GAME!! The Students Are There, We Should Talk:
Clingan is more athletic then Hunter at 7’2 and has better lateral movement as well. He can run the floor on the fast break at times as well so it’s something to watch. He’s also a threat defensively at the rim. Tough matchup for both our bigs tonight
That was a good matchup of talented bigs. I thought that block was legit by Hunter, yet the whistle blew.
Me too. Hunter definitely won the battle and our defensive game plan limited his touches which was huge. Big props to Hunter for battling down low
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Yupp cried like a baby watching this
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Some low key critics of the coach. Beating UConn was high priority for him and if he figured our best chance was to play a short bench I’m good with it. It worked!
I really love Kevin McCullars game. He plays with a “I’m a national champ” swagger that is loud and clear.
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"UConn coach Dan Hurley in the postgame: Just an awesome environment. Great to be a part of. Credit to Kansas… “the environment really knocked us on our heels.”
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If the benefit of playing Elmarko 32 minutes in a game like that pans off later in the season for him and for the team overall then I’m also okay with it.
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@wissox Then the player - no I don’t think that bothered us any.
Dan was being more honest, or dude was completely unaware that he was the only person making plays for UConn.
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@kjayhawks thanks for posting that. HCBS at his very best.
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Kev getting some looks as a possible first round pick right now
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@BeddieKU23 excellent. Its all happening for him.
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For those grumbling at Dajuan shooting 1-7, myself included: chill baby.
The team shot 50% from the field and 64% From 3. Maybe our starting PG had something to do with that?
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@approxinfinity I think we learned last night how we can win these big games against good teams. Defend and be efficient offensively. As you said we shot 50% from the floor, 64% from 3 and 70% from the line while having only having 8 turnovers. Those stats are with Juan and Hunter missing some shots that had bows on them from Santa Claus. UConn ended up shooting 10 more shots than us but still lost because a lot of those shots, even several they made weren’t good looks. Other than one or two by Elmarko, our shot selection was great.
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It also helps the draft class is down but he is certainly impressing the NBA scouts right now. He’s been superb
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@BeddieKU23 he looks more athletic to me this season, not sure he’ll go first round but getting g drafted in general is a good goal for him.
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Healthy too. He was hurt a bunch last yr. We need him to stay this way because he’s just too good
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@kjayhawks maybe we should host a higher ranked team every game.
No. Wait. We’re usually ranked higher than whoever we are playing.
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Self mentioned it’s good for the sport to get eyes on them with games like this when football is consuming. Agree with him that there are plenty of benefits to a game like this.
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https://twitter.com/hoopvision68/status/1731052844160057494
This is why Nick didn’t play.
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@BShark great clip. Thanks for posting. Yes, Nick really did look lost (or maybe slow?) in the switching D. It was a noticeable contrast with the others.
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That D will travel
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@dylans Defense always travels, the ole saying is offense puts fans in the stands and defense wins championships. I think since KenPom has been tracking Adjusted defense every team that has one a title was in the top 20 in that category.
