Samford predictions?
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That was a god awful display. Either Virginia is really not good/possibly bad or Colorado State is sweet 16 material.
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Virginia just didn’t belong. That was their 8th game scoring under 50 pts on the season and their season low in pts for a game was 38! In late February they went 3 straight games scoring under 50. The committee drank lots of bleach when looking at their resume and putting them in
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Kevin aint playing it appears.
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Im very disappointed, but now isnt the time to assess blame or dole out condolences. Ready for us to do what we can with the guys we got. Heroes are made in March!
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Ok, with this team, I don’t have much expectation. A loss is likely coming sooner than later. BUT…
I absolutely will not accept a loss to a team with a dude with a man bun!
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It’s really an odd feeling today for me. I don’t think I’ve ever came into a NCAA Tournament game where I thought we had such a slim chance of winning one game. Obviously we have had 2 first round losses under Bill and I believe Roy had zero both here and at UNC. Been a few years like 2019 or 2015 where I thought sweet 16 was the ceiling but with this team a first round win maybe the ceiling we can hope for.
I really hope Elmarko starts, I think we will need his ball handling skills because they do like to press and push the ball. We also may consider running KJ at the 5 with athletic ability and only play him and Hunter together sparingly. We will need to value each possession and not have turnovers. I think we have to slow the pace of the game down. Shortened bench and such we don’t want to go up/down the floor with them.
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74-61 KU. We should really be able to get any shot we want. If we have less than 10 turnovers this could be an easy blowout. Break the press and get easy layups. Half court offense should go completely through Hunter. Could be a 25&15 game for him.
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Seems that too often on here we fear the other team and wonder how on earth we can adjust to them. What are they thinking? They lost by 50 when they played against Purdue and their big center.
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Jayhawks 71 Sams Club 61. Leading scorer Hunter Dickinson 21, Furphy feasts on their small size and gets hot from outside (I don’t really believe that), DaJuan feeds the giant in the lane on the way to a double double and we randomly get upset with the rest of the team.
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@COHawk said in Samford predictions?:
Seems that too often on here we fear the other team and wonder how on earth we can adjust to them. What are they thinking? They lost by 50 when they played against Purdue and their big center.
I sure don’t fear these guys, of course I’m not on the floor either lol. I respect them, you need to respect any team - -to an extent. they press all the time, every where and with the thin bench , yes that could cause issues, this is where we need El Marko more fore his ball handling to go with Juan, he just has to keep his poise because it will be intense - -they come at you in waves - - play all twelve so they say - -ten of them average over ten minutes , could wear you down.
They have 6’9 guy pretty much mr everything the way they talk. Hunter will have to respect his outside game because they say he can hit the three. the one thing for sure we can’t afford if for Hunter to get in to foul trouble- – - - -Respect them yes - - Fear them no
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KU is prone to turnovers but I’m hoping a combination of EJ & DJ can constantly break their press for easy baskets. If not and they get hot from 3, it’s anyone’s game. Hoping for 81-61, good guys.
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66-61 Hawks
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@approxinfinity Any pick for us is a good one!
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Pleasepleasepleaseplease make it past this game
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Interesting tidbit. Achor is from Melbourne AU. Two Aussies tonight, one on each team.
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Wow, no Samford game thread? Timberlake came through, but damn that missed dunk and the phantom foul call sure taint KU’s win. Great outlet pass by Hunter to find Timberlake. I didn’t think KU had enough inbounds plays given KU knew that Samford was going to press on all inbounds plays. Every inbounds play was an adventure for sure. March Madness baby. Now, KU needs to have a great game plan and great execution to beat the Zags.
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@stoptheflop there is a game thread bud
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I’m glad my prediction was wrong, but I don’t have any warm fuzzy feelings for the rest of the tournament.
We came extremely close to snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
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@nuleafjhawk Gonzaga is playing their best games of the season right now and will get several hours more rest. I think we can beat them if we play extremely well but probably not likely. I’m personally just happy we won a game in March. A couple of weeks ago I wasn’t sure we would so I’m not upset.
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@kjayhawks I’m not upset either. I’m mostly just meh, like I’ve been most of the season.
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@nuleafjhawk I’m probably more excited to just play in a round of 32 game than I ever have been before. Add in no KSUCK with the other Mildcats losing. I’ll be okay with any outcome Saturday
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@kjayhawks said in Samford predictions?:
@stoptheflop there is a game thread bud
I still don’t see the Samford game thread. It doesn’t matter; I was just looking for the thread to post about Timberlake’s missed dunk.
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@dylans apparently @stoptheflop isn’t a member
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@kjayhawks Maybe a Costco fan.
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I was hoping for Samsung puns… Oh well.
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I could see where he couldn’t find it.
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@dylans He unfollowed me, that’s why he didn’t see it. Tell him someone!
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@wissox It’s the cost of blocking someone.
