KU Elite 8 game chat
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@BeddieKU23 was never a good matchup for us. A team with size that takes away the 3.
Yet somehow we are only down 3 and could just as easily be up. Selfs gameplan has been better than Ks. I think we look better than them right now.
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If they keep that zone, I don’t know who you put in those inside corners. Vick isn’t ready to be the man. Like Washington, who dared Vick to win the game for us. He scored 28, but we lost the game. Svi is an interesting idea, but he needs to be on the outside.
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jaybate 1.0 said:
The find away boys have got to wake up and execute what Self has schemed for them.
Self’s offensive scheme tonight is poor, he should have learned his lesson from previous zone teams he played this year.
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Kcmatt7 said:
@Blown You aren’t considering what the other team has done defensively. And you aren’t considering runs. Once the game is over you can call it that if we are still shooting 28% from 3.
Duke hasn’t allowed a good 3 point shooting night since February 3rd. We are currently shooting the 6th best of the 13 games they have played since St. Johns. We are shooting what we shoot and they are defending how they defend. Pretty on par for both teams. Not a trough.
Facts.
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@Kcmatt7 Kansas shoots 52% against zones so they are down 24% from their average actually. i refer to a trough as a valley in performance based on this 1/2 if basketball only. hopefully they can get it up to 42-44% by the end of the game.
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So far Duke has shown:
1-3-1
2-1-2
3-2
2-3
And I saw one of Self’s old 3-2 junk zones one possessions.
Zero way to prepare a team for this second game of 2 in 3
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tundrahok said:
The inside corners are open. Jackson would eat this zone alive.
If you swap JJ for Vick this team probably only has like 2-3 losses.
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@Blown you can’t just consider what one team does. Especially when those numbers are inflated because we have never faced a zone team with this much talent.
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BeddieKU23 said:
Only reason we have more boards is we have missed a ton of shots. I’m encouraged that balls are bouncing our ways off misses. But to win this game we gotta make shots. Nothing else matters. Shoot 60% this half and win. Shoot 40 and lose
Duke missed 1 fewer shot than KU, we’re legitimately outrebounding them so far.
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@jaybate-1.0 Wright will do the same kind of crap if KU pulls off a miracle and wins this game. Which I severely doubt.
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@Kcmatt7 sure i can. i’m not trying to publish a thesis. Ku is shooting well below their average. There is no arguing that point
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We need to start driving the zone more. Their wings play to high up to get back to help.
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Does anyone know if Mitch is alive? Might try him at the 4 in the same type of role as Vick idk at this point…
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The best answer is to start hitting shots. Let it fly! That’s Self’s mantra for today’s game. Who woulda thunk that? It’s a far cry from fool’s gold!
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@Blown than your post is simply ignorant. No arguing that.
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@Kcmatt7 at least you win the insult of the day award.
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Self will come up with something, but if the players can’t read the defenses it’s hopeless unless Duke keeps missing
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@Blown I saw your original post. Seems like you at least tied.
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If doke starts dunking we be good
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@Blown The point is just that the trough theory is crapped. @Kcmatt7 did a post dissecting the data awhile back, I’ll look for it after KU is done losing this game mostly on Self’s stubborness.
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Looks to me like a 4:1 that morphs to Offenses’ movement /spacing
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Head flopper.
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Doke dumb
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Here we go…
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Just can’t stay on the floor
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Svi has been great on the glass today surprisingly.
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Time to give Wendell #4.
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7 5 wing span and fouls
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You thiink Ku will shoot > 40% 9 games?
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YES MALIK! YES, YOU MAY!
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GARBAGE! Come on ref!
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Yes!!!
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Nice. Vick looked comfortable that time.
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HELL YEAH SILVIO! Big time!
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Attacking the zone - it’s been there all game long and will continue to be.
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Self adjustment works, now if we can make shots another half
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that was off them.maybe not.
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Don’t go Allen’s stupid jump fakes…
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Ku switching more out front thak god
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Great skip pass Svi
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No trough yet
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Not through yet!
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Vickkkk
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Good half time adjustments - don’t rely completely on 3. The 3 opens up because of attacking the middle of the zone and dribble penetration. Keep them off balance. They aren’t quick enough!!!
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Attack atttack
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@Blown Who gives a crap about percentages, it’s who wins the frickin game
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What you troughkin ‘bout
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Self has given them rules about passing around the wing for different zones to get us to baseline. Good idea. Collapse the zones from underneath the zone
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Keep an eye on k now during time outs. Make sure he doesn’t spend them talking to refs!
