Gameday Thoughts
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Good point about Landen. I would say that Landen shouldn’t worry about Bowie or Young launching shots outside unless they make one early. I’m sure ISU is going to run pick and roll action with Morris to draw Lucas out and draw in help side defense. Oklahoma St did this and got a lot of those easy looks in the paint off of it. If Landen was quick enough to guard the perimeter I would suggest we switch all screens to negate that option where Morris exploits that pick.
It will also be interesting to see who Vick covers in this game. All of ISU’s perimeter guys are streaky 3 point shooters but Vick has made a habit of helping too much and losing his man who sits in the corner wide open. My biggest fear is that ISU makes enough 3 pointers to negate all the advantages KU has in this game.
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Who guards who?
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Mason- Morris, Graham- Thomas, Svi- Long, Jackson- Burton, Lucas- Bowie
I could see Graham switching on/off Long because Svi has not defended as well recently.
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@BeddieKU23 I might put Svi on Burton, strong not to quick. I’d put DG or Josh on long, he’s their leading scorer. Wonder if Josh on Morris might bother him? Lots of options. Gotta stay out of foul trouble and rebound
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I think we’ll see plenty of our players on other guys as we tend to switch as many screens as we can. It will be interesting to see how we defend their action.
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See the lil man there
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@Crimsonorblue22 Ya, cant wait to hear the littleman gush about the Clones (not). All internet banter aside, of course its different if we were ever face to face with Fraschilla. But man, if I was in the first few rows during a game, I’d be sorely tempted to yell out “Fran Weathermax, how ya doin’? I didnt know Melvin had a brother…” Yup.
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@Crimsonorblue22 great photo-wish 8 o’clock would hurry up
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Guess who’s passing out donuts! I know, I’m obsessed
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They won’t validate your account if it has a KU related name.
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Fran… smh. Man i hope Mason eats Morris’s lunch tonight. I think the winner will be the team that makes the most 3 pointers. Both teams struggle to defend and to rebound. Could be a track meet and end up with a ton of points scored or will one coach put a rabbit outta of a hat and slow the game down to make the other guard in the half court.
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getting ready for the game tonight-replayed the 12/13 ot win. elijah was on FIRE that night. almost felt bad for the clones, we didn’t help them with the 23rd in a row win. never mind-i’m over the sadness!
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I’m nervous about this one. Indiana/Duke nervous. Feels like the team has been stealing wins a bit lately and I think it catches up with them tonight with an L.
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@Crimsonorblue22 are those white tubular sticks (one per each chair) “thunder sticks”?
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Still #2:and they jumped Nova over us. I have no problem with being #2 this time of year Dont want that #1 at all right now. This should challenge the guys to play better, than just because other teams lost.
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Points 3 and 4 will be large for KU.
I would say Landens veteran experince will have to produce rebounds.
The winner will win the boards.
50/50 balls will be priceless.
Clones will be hungry for a key win.
KU will be tested with composure. Mason, Graham, Svi and Lucas must step up in this game.
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You would think Landen will dominate this game, but it may not work out that way.
He was dogged early in the year because our tempo was too fast for him to sync with. ISU will try to keep things running fast and they will be testing him in the paint.
If ever he gets in foul trouble it could easily be this game.
If he does dominate this game I will truly be impressed!
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I keep saying that KU needs to stop spotting the other team a dozen points to start the game. On the other hand, we are following an ACC game so, due to ESPN technical difficulties, we might miss that part of the game anyway.
Best prank ever…those light sticks are fitted with a clock that after 8:00 PM and during the ISU player introduction, start glowing crimson and blue and you cannot turn them off…they would never see it coming and 50 cents of Chinese electronics would do it…oh well…
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@drgnslayr looks like ll has some tape on either wrist or thumb, can’t tell
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Are you at the game?
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@drgnslayr no! Watching pregame
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I hate that. Last game started for me at around the 8-minute mark of the first half. So I missed almost half the game because I was stuck watching two teams I could care less about go into overtime.
Is there any way around this? Or can I usually get the recordings later showing the entire game?
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@drgnslayr should be on time
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I have to go now to help take care of our two sick kids. Both have a fever… so I will play off my dvr.
By the way… I heard Ringling Bros is stopping the circus.
Does that mean no more clones?
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@drgnslayr WatchESPN app has the game when it starts.
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Thanks!
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Unfortunately not the previous game…ESPN called technical difficulties…
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@JayHawkFanToo Ah, I thought it was just a question about the runover issue! The tech difficulties issue is really annoying, indeed.
