KU Defeats TCU by 7, But It Looked Like a 1 Point Win (Sort of)
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Take away the home whistle, and KU likely lost another one.
TCU got a measly 15 FTAs compared with KU’s 23 FTAs.
What if TCU had gotten another 8 FTAs just to be charitable? What if they went on a tear and made all eight of them?
Well, KU won by 7, give TCU 8 made FTs and, its TCU by 1.
Egads!
The good news?
There’s actually quite a lot in a dark, Lovecraftian sort of way.
KU won, despite the apparitions of tentacle faced ancients haunting their every step and dribble tonight.
KU only got out rebounded by 1.
Devonte played decent, but not great.
Udoka got a lot of dunks, 11 boards, and actually played 25 hard minutes.
KU actually got some production from Lightfoot and Garrett–not a tidal wave, but a lot more than goose eggs.
KU won despite Svi, Malik and Lagerald being arguably unable to hit their own heads with the basketball.
MALIK NEWMAN GOT FIVE ASSISTS!!! (And I have it on authority from the nether regions that Satan has an ice rink and the snow pack in hell is now 5 inches).
What was bad? Anything?
Lagerald Vick was punished with 29 minutes.
Lagerald Vick only got 1 board in 29 minutes. Helen Keller with a blindfold and ear muffs on could get 1 board in 29 minutes! Lagerald looks like he is under mind control, whenever the ball comes off the rim. Lagerald does not seem to grasp the urgency of his, or the team’s, needs in this regard. Let me put this in perspective for Lagerald. Malik Newman got SIX glassvacs. SIX!!! And Malik was missing shots hand over foot. Malik Newman gets it. When they aren’t falling, go find some thing else to be helpful around the house!!!
Was there another bad?
YES!
Svi seemed to have contracted the dread do-nothing virus Identified by jaybate’s Center for Basketball Disease Control as LVick-1 adenovirus. Svi played 36 minutes and took a whopping TWO FGAs. He got a whopping 3 glassvacs. At the rate Svi was hustling the glass, he could played three 36 minute games and still not broken into double figures on rebounding, and he would have had a total of 6 FGAs in those three 36 minute games. My 82 year old grandmother literally once did score more baskets in 108 minutes than Svi Mykailiuk did.
Was there another bad?
I am going to say this just this one time. I would rather put my eyes out with USMC government issue Ka-Bar fighting knife than watch Ukoka shoot another FT. I don’t care if he was 4-7 again. I have taken a vow for the rest of the season. I keep a government issue black, 100 Percent wool watch cap in my lap and any time Udoka shoots a FT, I am pulling the cap on my head and down over my eyes, so I do not have to see that wrist twist again.
So: great victory boys.
A win in the Solomons campaign is a win.
Rock Chalk!
EDIT: You know, I’ve thought about the above post, and it is too negative and critical. I am proud of the players for bouncing back and finding a way to win one, on a night that Svi, Malik, and Lagerald were struggling. The team pulled together and fought for a win that was a must. Hats off to ya, boys. This is Solomons and no wins look very pretty in this jungle. But the fighting Jayhawks found a way, and that’s what counts. Rock Chalk again!
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jaybate 1.0 said:
TCU got a measly 15 FTAs compared with KU’s 23 FTAs.
Probably because TCU fouled to extend the game 4 times late.
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jaybate 1.0 EDIT: You know, I’ve thought about the above post, and it is too negative and critical. I am proud of the players for bouncing back and finding a way to win one, on a night that Svi, Malik, and Lagerald were struggling. The team pulled together and fought for a win that was a must. Hats off to ya, boys. This is Solomons and no wins look very pretty in this jungle. But the fighting Jayhawks found a way, and that’s what counts. Rock Chalk again!
Svi, Malik and LaGerald struggled in many ways but turnovers and that’s why they played the minutes they got. Garrett played half the minutes Vick played and was equal to or more productive. Self coached more this game. On TCU last possession he subbed Garrett for Lightfoot before our last freethrow.
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My 82 year old grandmother literally once did score more baskets in 108 minutes than Svi Mykailiuk did.
I believe I found video of your grandmother…
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@jaybate-1-0 Dixon was not gonna let svi beat him. And little did he know newman would slump to the occasion. But DG mitch and Garrett did just enough to avoid apocalyptic disaster. Williams smothered svi like Beverly Goldberg smothers Adam and Barry.
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Not sure why Svi took the night off. He was being guarded, but he has already shown us all he can make his own scoring space. Is this his plan for March, when (I guarantee you) opposition guards will guard him out on the perimeter?
Someone give me a viable excuse…
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@BShark They also did some “Poke a Doke” but he was serviceable in this game.
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@drgnslayr I didn’t like Svi’s matchup last night tbh.
Williams can hang with him in and out and is one of the better defenders in the league.
You wouldn’t be saying anything about it if Malik goes 4-9 from the field and Vick goes1-3 from 3. We would have cruised to an easy 10-15 point win.
Svi had been the player with the favorable matchup the past several games. Teams have been putting 4s on him and he exploited that.
Last night, TCU decided to take Svi out of the game. But Vick had a favorable matchup as did Newman. One, or both, of those guys needs to be able to score. Combined last night, those two went 4-18 from the field and 0-8 from 3. That is the problem. This team needs the Vick from the beginning of the season to show back up. And the conference play Newman to stay hot.
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Upper respiratory and GI flu has been making the rounds in this area. Probably a combo of factors: TCU defense but also Svi less than 100% which likely placed even more pressure on this group knowing it. No surprise that Self would not address…when does he ever, really?
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Barney said:
@BShark They also did some “Poke a Doke” but he was serviceable in this game.
I’ll take above 50% from Doke any day.
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@BShark I didn’t mean serviceable as a negative. I really wanted Self to get him out the 2:30 minutes though.
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How exactly did Williams guard Svi off the glass?
This Williams must be quite a phenomenal player.
Decent FT denier, too!!
And how did he keep Svi from assisting him senseless, if Williams were coating him like Armorall?
I want this guy Williams on our team!!
Note: I WOULD have been talking about Svi’s desaparecido act, if Malik and Lagereraldo had not gone over the event horizon, too. Maybe even more, give the heightened juxtaposition.
Next, who is Self going to start in place of Malik and Svi, now that Mitch is starting for Lageraldo? I get that Marcus Garrett will replace Svi, but who will take over for Malik? Are we back to Fred? Or has Teahan been practicing really well of late?
Next, Devonte DID look better last night, but…
Does he understand that he just called 7 conference games remaining a marathon?
I get the spirit of it, but here is the truth: it used to be a marathon, but now it IS a sprint!
A warrior needs to understand where he is in a campaign in order to win it.
The 7 games will pass in a blink.
I recall it was @drgnslayr that said “it’s now or never.”
Let her rip Devonte!
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@jaybate-1.0 I’d love to have Williams on our team. He’d be our best defender.
Also, somehow, he’d still have the worst haircut despite Vick apparently getting struck by lighting on his way to AFH.
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I think Devonte’s message may have been more directed to the “sky is falling” segment of the fanbase.
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Kcmatt7 said:
@jaybate-1.0 I’d love to have Williams on our team. He’d be our best defender.
Also, somehow, he’d still have the worst haircut despite Vick apparently getting struck by lighting on his way to AFH.
After getting ripped by Self, Vick decided to let his hair out or wear it similar to DG’s or MG’s hoping to confuse Bill as to who is putting out the effort.
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TCU fouled DTG twice, Doke and Malik each once to extend the game thats the only reason we had more fts. 2x4 = 8 so they basically shot the same amount that we did.
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Damn, THAT IS her!!!
