Anyone else wonder why Self didn’t play Silvio quite a bit the second half against Nova?
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I think that by halftime Bill Self saw the writing on the scoreboard. If not then, by the 30 minute mark. He then opened his mind to the future, to 1918-19. Doke’s weaknesses got exposed. Doke MUST return. DeSousa need not yet absorb such a scorching. I can’t envision Mitch doing much in that contest. I hope to see Mitch get a red shirt if Doke returns. DeSousa will come back hungry and super focused. McCormack (sp?) will earn lots of minutes.
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@REHawk I’m putting the o/u on McCormack’s minutes at 5 per game if Doke comes back.
Doke at a minimum will be playing 20 minutes a game (if not more), Dedric I’d put at 25-30 minutes, Silvio even just as a garbage man is looking at 15 minutes and KJ in some capacity is playing at least 20 minutes a night imo and I would bet at least 15 are at the 4. I just don’t see where his minutes come from if Doke is back and I don’t think he is particularly D1 ready year one.
Long term I really like McCormack though. He’s like a ++ version of Landen Lucas. Below the rim bruiser willing to do the dirty work.
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A small part of me wondered during the game if Self wasn’t committed to Doke the second half having ceded defeat and letting Doke play in front of his mom After all she went through to get here. Self commented before the game that there are some things more important than games.
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Blown said:
A small part of me wondered during the game if Self wasn’t committed to Doke the second half having ceded defeat and letting Doke play in front of his mom After all she went through to get here. Self commented before the game that there are some things more important than games.
Just stating facts!
Self left Doke in the second half against OU and we lost. Doke couldn’t make free throws. Self left Doke in against Villanova and we lost. Doke couldn’t guard.
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@Blown I wondered about the pressure to play Doke for his mom also. It probably was not a huge factor but may have been a small one.
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I highly doubt a coach, any coach would sacrifice the rest of the team and a win just to have a player’s mom watch him play; keep in mind that all players families were likely there. On the other hand, the perception that he did could play well with some of the lesser prospects but perhaps not as much with the top prospects families.
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Silvio’s mom travelled in from Angola. Maybe Bill was mad at Silvio and didn’t want him to play in front of his mom? Or maybe the moms didn’t have anything to do with it and Bill simply thought Dok gave Kansas the best shot to win.
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@JayHawkFanToo I said a small factor. I am sure Bill thought Doke was our best option, many here do not agree, we will never now if playing different might have helped. KU might have gotten beaten buy 40 playing another way, who knows.
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“We want to win the game, but is winning the game more important than to make sure there’s not a little distraction for Doke? Of course not.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/big-12/university-of-kansas/article207345084.html#storylink=cpy
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May have been subliminal.
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Anyone else wonder why Villanova shot 18 (or 19) 3 pointers before we took our first one??
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Gunman said:
Self left Doke in the second half against OU and we lost. Doke couldn’t make free throws. Self left Doke in against Villanova and we lost. Doke couldn’t guard.
We won many with him in late too, but your remark was worth noting.
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nuleafjhawk said:
Anyone else wonder why Villanova shot 18 (or 19) 3 pointers before we took our first one??
This was the nub of it all.
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@Blown interesting hypothesis.
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I think some of it was they guarded the 3 line and worked to make us uncomfortable. We had shots but not free and clear shots in offensive rhythm.
But perhaps there was an element of we would beat them inside philosophy tied to a “they can’t hit them all” line of reasoning.
nuleafjhawk said:
Anyone else wonder why Villanova shot 18 (or 19) 3 pointers before we took our first one??
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@Bwag To my best memory, KU really didn’t shoot well against any team that pressured the guards. Look at all of the big losses.
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@Barney KU was an easy scout. Don’t leave Svi open in the corner, pressure the guards 10ft past the three point line to disrupt the offense, and deny Devonte the ball as much as possible.
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Here’s what I think the plan was going Into the game. First 10 shots by KU all Dok - 8/10 for 16 points cause who’s gonna stop him? And Nova hits their average as well and makes 4/10 threes for 12 points.
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@Barney exactly true. Maybe the WVU games were an exception, but that then was something we spent significant practice time on beating.
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@Bwag We really just pulled out the first 2 against WV.
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I was a big critic of the F4 loss, but Nova destroying Michigan (who played pretty good defense) gave me some perspective.
Pressuring players way outside he perimeter isn’t just a tactic. It’s a domination strategy. It’s like saying “we will win in the trenches” in football. Or “let’s play a 2-4-4 formation” in soccer. Ability to pressure like that out on the perimeter is a special thing that not every team could do. The 2008 team could do that, but they were Bartovik’s 2nd strongest team all time, behind one of the Kentucky teams.
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I think it was Self just trying to buy some last second favor from the NCAA lol
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@HighEliteMajor :”remember the YMCA defense”, ha…you just reminded some of us about the 2013 season…its ok…
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I also agree that Doke should have played 5-10 minutes this game. Silvio should have played the entire game probably. Maybe put Mitch in there, but he can’t really drive it yet either.
We still lose in this game.
