Duke vs KU

Tallturd1

We play downhill we get better shots. The center position is going big to Duke.

DanR

Cold streak again

Tallturd1

We they need a hoop they get it we are not running any kind of set offense.

DCHawker

We can run and out athlete anyone when we play small. Ball moves way better. Lane is clears out for drives.

Mbiya and Reeves just aren’t athletic enough. When TKR is finally playing they won’t get any run.

But our small ball lineup is getting destroyed by Duke's bigs. They are taking full advantage of switches. Also getting offensive boards and tip-ins.

DanR

Completely fell apart last 5 minutes

FormerlyStlJhawk

Looks kinda like same old, same old, rather disappointing

Tallturd1

Jam it Stokes.

DanR

Can stokes dunk it? Ffs

DanR

Gonna be a frustrating year I expect

Kcmatt7

@DCHawker said in Duke vs KU:

@Kcmatt7 said in Duke vs KU:

We can run and out athlete anyone when we play small. Ball moves way better. Lane is clears out for drives.

Mbiya and Reeves just aren’t athletic enough. When TKR is finally playing they won’t get any run.

But our small ball lineup is getting destroyed by Duke's bigs. They are taking full advantage of switches. Also getting offensive boards and tip-ins.

We’ll get better at it. I think we’ve been practicing a lot with a big man in the lineup.

Tallturd1

Stokes was our offense and should have 33 - 35 points

BShark

I'm pretty hopeful for the team after this one. Looked like a group figuring out how to play together still. And we have yet to see TKR.

ETA: Also Duke is extremely good.

nuleafjhawk

@DanR Oh well, we're a football school!

FarmerJayhawk

@BShark said in Duke vs KU:

I'm pretty hopeful for the team after this one. Looked like a group figuring out how to play together still. And we have yet to see TKR.

ETA: Also Duke is extremely good.

Same. Duke is a lot closer to a finished product than we are.

Texas Hawk 10

This team has the pieces, the team looked better without Tre and Melvin on the floor because those two haven't played with the rest of the team as much yet. That will improve as they play more games. Same thing with TKR. I fully expect some rough games early on as the team works on their chemistry, but I'm excited about the ceiling of this team and as long as the courts and injuries don't strike this group down, KU will look like a legit national title contender by February.

Jayhawk_69

@DCHawker If this game counted I would be upset that we didn't play Reeves more. He is the only way we could contain Ngogba. As is, it was a good time to try a small ball experiment.

DCHawker

@Jayhawk_69 Fine with trying small ball - which may be the best lineup against teams without bigs that can score and dominate the post - but odd that we stayed with it most of the game. Not sure what the lesson was in having Ngongba dominate down low most of the game? Clearly needed a big body on him. And why, why do we continue to switch to end up with Kinney or a guard having to defend a footer in the paint?????