New Mexico State Game Thread
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7 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block in 18 minutes and played good defense and drew a couple of charges.
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We always suck in the KC game. At least the first one. I think it was a good game- we got tested by a good defensive team that is an NCAA team from last year.
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@Big-Clyde52 AND…Wichitiddy St got lathered by OU…32 big ones…how sweet it is!
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KUSTEVE said:
We always suck in the KC game. At least the first one. I think it was a good game- we got tested by a good defensive team that is an NCAA team from last year.
Good win. No real worries. Maybe why Self is messing with Vick?
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KU does not seem to like the Sprint Center…must be the Missouri stench…
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@Bwag Dedric?
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Bwag said:
Garret 2nd highest scorer tonight. Who’d have thought.
Yeah… This team needs Vick and Grimes to play well to be good.
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Crimsonorblue22 said:
@Bwag Dedric? ? NOT starting Vick…because of a bad practice. I don’t buy that.
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@BShark btw, where is Grimes?
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@Bwag who’s Derrick?
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@Bwag why do you think vick didn’t start?
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Crimsonorblue22 said:
@Bwag why do you think vick didn’t start?
No idea…seemed I heard or read. “Bad practice”
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Digger Phelps and Bill Walton frenemy squabbling about the day Notre Dame beat Woodens UCLA
“Is that really Digger Phelps? I thought you were dead”
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Player of the game: Dedric. 2nd place: Mitch. 3rd place: Marcus Garrett for shotputting a 3 ball in.
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Garrett shot better from three than our 5* CG, Chuck and Vick? WHAT WAS THIS GAME?
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KUSTEVE said:
Player of the game: Dedric. 2nd place: Mitch. 3rd place: Marcus Garrett for shotputting a 3 ball in.
When some Spanish derpface goes 7-10 against you in the paint you don’t get player of the game. Dedric made big buckets down the stretch but NMSU would not have been in the game with an athletic, defensive big.
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KUSTEVE said:
Player of the game: Dedric. 2nd place: Mitch. 3rd place: Marcus Garrett for shotputting a 3 ball in.
Two 3 balls, to lead the team.
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@approxinfinity That is a typical Walton game. Running his mouth instead of following the game at hand. JEEEEZZZ!!
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Big Clyde52 said:
@approxinfinity That is a typical Walton game. Running his mouth instead of following the game at hand. JEEEEZZZ!!
Agreed. Why ESPN will collapse.
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I love walton.
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@Big-Clyde52 If I were a UCLA fan Id be so pissed if I had to listen to Walton all the time.
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approxinfinity said:
Digger Phelps and Bill Walton frenemy squabbling about the day Notre Dame beat Woodens UCLA
“Is that really Digger Phelps? I thought you were dead”
Walton is on drugs.
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@BShark When you score 11 straight points for your team, and reverse a 7 point deficit by yourself, then you are player of the game, even if you laid down on the ground on every defensive possession.That “perfect” bug keeps biting you.
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wissox said:
I love walton.
You have a soft spot for all crack-heads don’t you? NOT a slam.
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@wissox He is okay. Just needs a bag of pot and a surfboard. Does not need to be announcing bball.
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The bigger news would be…Walton is off drugs.
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Walton didn’t comment on the game for seriously like 15 minutes then yells “MOSES BROWN TOO STRONG TOO GOOD”. Then back to talking about other stuff. Amazing how fried he is.
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Tait gave Mitch the top rating for tonight’s game. Dedric second.
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ND has won 20 times there throughout history. Walton: “that’s a shocking turn of events”. Lol.
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Well guess that pretty well sums up how Self felt about the situation. - -When asked what happened about the 15 minute mark of the 2nd half when Dedric left the huddle - -He responded - - I don’t know what your talking about. - -End of story then went on to next question - -pretty well we now know - -he was beyond pissed.
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WE got mostly C grades from Benton Smith for the game. B for defense. C may be a little high for our over all performance.
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These reporters ask the dumbest questions
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jayballer73 said:
Well guess that pretty well sums up how Self felt about the situation. - -When asked what happened about the 15 minute mark of the 2nd half when Dedric left the huddle - -He responded - - I don’t know what your talking about. - -End of story then went on to next question - -pretty well we now know - -he was beyond pissed.
Huh?
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Dedric was sure complimentary of Mitch. D Dotson is a cool headed guy, reminds me so much of frank. Hope he can hit the 3 like him.
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The more I hear Dedric in these post game shows, I really have a hard time believing he hit Mitch before they went to Italy.
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Is Dok our top scorer? These ESPN studio guys are talking out of their asses, but oh well.
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@Crimsonorblue22 I thought it was KJ that hit him
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Wow. The difference in the game was our 50% FT shooting. It beat their 30% shooting.
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@Bwag crazy throws!
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@kjayhawks kj went
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Bwag said:
jayballer73 said:
Well guess that pretty well sums up how Self felt about the situation. - -When asked what happened about the 15 minute mark of the 2nd half when Dedric left the huddle - -He responded - - I don’t know what your talking about. - -End of story then went on to next question - -pretty well we now know - -he was beyond pissed.
Huh?
Dedric went or got sent to the end of the Bench with like 15:42 during a timeout - -he said in a talk postgame he said he went to the end of the Bench to get himself focused and thinking about what he had to do - -regroup - - When Greg ask Coach Self asked about what went on or what happened during that span during the time out - -Coach didn’t want to answer - pretty much blew it off - -said don’t know what you are talking about
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Sooo… does the majority of the buckets group still thinking “4 out” is the way to go? Or did KU miss Doke tonight?
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@Gorilla72 I did, but that was w/that other Vick guy.
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I’ll just copy paste this segment for those without an Athletic sub.
- Bad post defense
Now the bad …
It’s not a good sign when mid-game a coach decides he needs to double-team the post. It’s basically admitting that your guys cannot guard their guys, and that’s the white flag Self threw up against the Aggies.
“I thought our bigs made their bigs look really good tonight,” Self said.
For anyone who was wondering if Kansas could be better without Azubuike, go back and re-watch KU’s defensive possessions in this game. The answer is no. KU’s best defense has been played this year with Azubuike on the floor, because he protects the rim and eliminates the thought of playing through the post. Only seven times has an opponent finished a possession with a post-up against Azubuike this season, per Synergy, and those possessions have yielded just four points. It’s inefficient offense.
But with Azubuike sidelined with his ankle injury, it was obviously a big part of New Mexico State’s game plan, attacking Lawson in particular.
Lawson could not handle NMSU’s Ivan Aurrecoechea, who scored 14 points on 7-of-10 shooting, most of which came with Lawson guarding him. NMSU’s other post player, sophomore Johnny McCants, scored 12 points on 6-of-7 shooting, his first college game in double figures.
Things got even worse when KU started doubling. The Jayhawks gave up some wide open 3s when their guards tried to dig in.
And when KU tried to double with a second big, the defensive rotations were often late. Two of the most frustrating possessions for Self were these two late when KU doubled with less than 10 seconds left on the shot clock, which is a no-no.
The good news for Kansas is its next opponent, Villanova, rarely plays through its bigs in the post. The Wildcats do invert the floor and play through their guards — much like they did last year with Jalen Brunson — but Jay Wright is probably not going to change up what he does to put his big men in unfamiliar territory.
Still, the larger takeaway from this game for Lawson is he needs to be better at the defensive end, particularly without Azubuike on the floor. Whether it’s through the post or other actions, the scouting report on Kansas is that Lawson is a guy you can attack.
It’s still early in the season and Self has a pretty good track record when it comes to building elite defenses, but Lawson is going to need to really improve for this team to get there.
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It feels like we won a game that we didn’t have any business winning.
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@Hawk8086 We won. Ugly ones count, too. I’m sure the game will give the coaching staff plenty to work on. It will all work out:
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Hawk8086 said:
It feels like we won a game that we didn’t have any business winning.
Several of those already.
Feels like a shocking early tournament exit kind of team.
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@BShark Shocking? Not by then, perhaps.
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Self should love it…he loves winning ugly.
