HOW JESSE'S FRIEND SEE'S THESE LAST FIVE CONFERENCE GAMES.
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@wrwlumpy Thanks for the charts. At this point in time I support KenPom 100% for the rest of the season. He has obviously become a very intelligent college hoops analyst.
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Too bad Longhorns couldnāt have helped us out by taking out OU last night.
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Ken is so great he has both iSu and oU losing their matchup! Man I wish that prediction were correct Mr Nostradamus
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@RockChalkinTexas Longhorn collapse really sad. If Bill, Fred or Lon had those kids, TX would be competing well for the title. Deck that crew of players in WVU uniforms, add senior J. Staten, and Huggy would be a Final Four contender.
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@REHawk Speaking of Staten, no surprise that it was a senior who almost singlehandedly took us to the cleaners in the final 10 seconds Monday night. This One and Done crapola is a blight on college basketball.
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Agreed about the OAD-effect diluting down (by poor efficiency, consistency, and execution) college bball.
Iād like it to be 2AD at least, but let a kid go pro out of H.S. if he is a true rarity like KDurant or LBJ.
Note that Self, Calipari, Krzyzewski, Royā¦ALL would prefer 2AD, as it makes their recruiting job easier, and their on-court product doesnt suffer as much from inconsistent play.
After their NC, then blown out of NIT next season, many KY fans were lamenting their mass-exodus-OAD carousel, some saying āwe miss rooting for specific players for 2,3,4 yrsā. But winning cures alot of negativity, & I bet most of KY nation is in full support of 26-0 undefeatedā¦so farā¦
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@ralster I think you can throw in high school coaching. A friend of mine, coaching in d1 bb, said you canāt believe how little they know coming in. I can see that in some of our players.
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@ralster @Crimsonorblue22 I donāt necessarily think it is as much the high school levelās fault as it is a trickle down from the world of AAU and travel basketball. I do believe that a HS coach with kids that are projected to be one and done sometimes just roll the ball out, because they simply have the best talent. But if you watch some coaches, you can tell that they are doing their best to teach the game.
However, these teams that have kids play 150 games a year are killing the sport. I coach middle school basketball, and many of my kids are basketball only in the off-season. They play a lot, but they have no idea what the basic principles of man to man defense are. They arenāt taught how to close out on a shooter, box out for rebounds, or how to run simple pass and cut offenses. A simple pick and roll drill becomes a complicated teaching moment because they have never been taught how to seal their man, or use the screen effectively. And forget it if their opponent plays zone. Then itās bombs away.
I make them scrimmage with no ball screens, and they have no idea how to get open. They just kind of stand around waiting for something to happen, rather than cutting or screening away. Posting up has gone the way of the dinosaur.
My middle school son and I were watching the WVU game the other night, and at one point Oubre got in the paint either off the drive or on a break (canāt remember which) and he had an open lane to the hole on the right side as everyone was playing him to go left. He tried to shoot with his left hand and missed because it was contested, when he easily could have made a right handed layup. My son asked me, " Why didnāt he just use his right hand?" To which I said, āHe doesnāt have one, because heās never been forced to use it beforeā.
Another problem is that they donāt know how to play as a team. Everyone is a one and done. All of them will have Self or K or Williams knocking down their door, just because they can hit a three in an empty gym, and these AAU coaches donāt tell them any different.
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@JhawkCB you get my point!! My coach friend did say high school coaches, I think he was talking some inner city ball.
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Iām sure. I have watched some pretty bad high school basketball.
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You are indeed correct. Most college say they spend the first weeks of practice weaning players of the bad habit acquired in High School.
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āToo bad Longhorns couldnāt have helped us out by taking out OU last night.ā
I hear you. You could see Texas losing steam. At that point I felt sure they were going to lose.
Manā¦ that Turner sure has a bunch of talent. Mostly untapped with Rick. Guess I can say that for all his players.
They donāt play well as a team. Too much focused on individuals just āgetting theirs.ā
As a personā¦ I think I like Barnes more than any other coach in our league. Heās just a great human being. But I question some of his abilities to coach and get his guys rolling.
Stillā¦ I donāt think weāve heard the last from Texas this year.
The one remaining game on our schedule that I have circled is the Texas game. I think that could be every bit as tough a victory as winning in Norman. It is the one game we are completely out-sized.
There are some indications that Texas is starting to put it together. Goshā¦ theyāll be a nasty draw for someoneās bracket in March. Probably ours! Shouldnāt beā¦ but we arenāt Duke so donāt expect any seeding favors.
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@drgnslayr Look at their schedule tho going forward. All against ranked teams and nothing easy. Our Texas game is special because of celebrating various championship teams (anybody know which ones?) and we will be wearing our throw back unis. I think we take them pretty easy especially with the crowd pumped. Their bigs donāt play well together and Taylor really canāt shoot. Turner is just not utilized and he doesnāt really run that well. Iām not worried about that game at all.
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With the Iowa State/OSU not turning out in our favor, it is time to look at our fifth youngest team in the Nation and tell them it is time to be men. We are still leading in the toughest conference in America. We are still the favorite. The time for hoping that ISU and OU would be eliminated are over. We have to take care of business at K-State. We can and we will. K-State is the key to assuring that #11 happens. With the Phog helping, even if we lose at OU we will still be Big 12 Champs. After Kentucky and Temple I was not so sure, now we make our own destiny. I know we will do it.
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@wrwlumpy I hope you are right!
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K-State got caught in a trap game thinking about the Jayhawks coming to town. There only hope to make the NCAA is to win Saturday and go deep in the Big 12 Tourney.
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@wrwlumpy any new reason foster wasnāt playing much?
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For what ever reasons he was suspended 3 other times.
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Am I the only one concerned that Kansas is going to drop two more games, Iowa State isnāt going to lose again?
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@Blown stop thinking that way!!!
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Win at home and beat K-State. Title.
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Last nightās tribute from Duke and North Carolina to a Jayhawk.
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I could honestly see ISU winning out. UT might help us out since theyāre fighting for their tournament lives, but back-to-back road games are always tough in the Big 12 though. And ISU wonāt lose to OU at home. I just donāt see it happening.
And given the way weāve played lately, I just donāt see us winning at K-State. That will be their Super Bowl, World Series, and Kentucky Derby all rolled into one. That could be another really bad loss for us. I just see the game at OU as being the one that will decide the conference championshipā¦and Iām not very confident about that one either.
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@Crimsonorblue22 Hey, I like the way you coach
Done. They are winning out by double digits. I see all opposition held to 35 efg%. In my crystal ball I am now visualizing the TreyBombs dropping with an accuracy rate of 42%.I feel better!
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@wrwlumpy Thanks for sharing. Iām very proud to see this.
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@wrwlumpy Great sentiment, but my guess is that theyāre not seeing him as a Jayhawk!!
