Posts made by benshawks08

K state has been really good on set plays this whole tournament. Seems they always get that bucket when they need it and have an opportunity to run something.

That FAU big is so good at keeping the ball high. Not sure I’ve seen a big that good at it in a while.

@BShark really think the strategy was to work the foul count on that one. When FAU got into the double bonus with having only 3 or four fouls the other way, KSU turned up the physicality daring the refs to make FAU shoot free throws every possession for 10 minutes in a half.

@FarmerJayhawk said in NCAA NON- KU GAMES:

About ready to throw a flag for holding

Not on the other side. What is a guy supposed to do if they are going to let a 7 footer just plant two feet in the paint for an entire possession without moving at all?

Hard to say which is worse, bigs getting absolutely manhandled trying to post up or just camping out in the lane for like 8 seconds. Not sure if it’s a chicken or the egg situation but they seem connected.

But hey the score is close so mission accomplished, right?

KSU deciding to just wrap up and throw the fau big an to the floor every time down the floor now that the foul’s differential is so big. Refs letting it all go.

@jayballer67 said in NCAA NON- KU GAMES:

@benshawks08 said in NCAA NON- KU GAMES:

@jayballer67 sad for me? Or like the whole situation is sad? I agree the whole situation is sad. But Alabama sure didn’t act like it was.

i gt it, i get it ya it’s a bad situation I understand but logically there is no way they didn’t charge him just because he was the star player for Alabama - -that is just silly. - there is no dam way the reason they didn;'t charge him - - come on

Have you ever been to Alabama? Met any law enforcement from the area? Aware of how big of a presence the Alabama athletics program has in the community? It was most definitely a factor. And I don’t even think the kid should go to jail. But probably shouldn’t have been playing in the biggest basketball tournament in college athletics. The Alabama PROGRAM is who I’m most upset with. More than any cop.

@jayballer67 sad for me? Or like the whole situation is sad? I agree the whole situation is sad. But Alabama sure didn’t act like it was.

@jayballer67 said in NCAA NON- KU GAMES:

Okay so I very easily could be way off and totally , totally wrong on this but I really don’t understand WHY these announcers had to re-hash things that everyone already knows for sure by now and that’s Brandon Miller involvement with the Murder that happened. -Just don’t feel that needs to be brought up again at this time.

I mean everyone if they are alive knows the details on this - -no charges are brought on Miller he is considered a witness - -let the kid play, it will all come out in the end if it’s different- it will work it’self out just didn’t think it needed to be brought up AGAIN right now

Shout that stuff from the roof tops. Only reason that kid didn’t face any repercussions is because he’s the best player on a high profile team. So glad Alabama went down. Only team I was actively rooting against other than mizzou. That situation was handled so poorly by that program that it should be the only thing people talk about when Alabama basketball is mentioned. From the multiple players involved to the coaches nonchalant attempt to blow past it as if it wasn’t a big deal.

@BShark said in Transfer Rumblings:

RUMOR: Bill wants a back to the basket big from the portal badly.

This has me in my feelings. @Kcmatt7 @BeddieKU23

Should have tagged @drgnslayr He’s been banging that drum for a minute. Must have got in Bill’s ear.

@drgnslayr said in Alpha Kevin, 2023-2024:

I give up. KU is screwed next year. Back in a year… adios!

Don’t give up, but also don’t get overly caught up in this quick fix transfer portal/free agency market. The best teams, as you know, DEVELOP players. That’s what Kansas has done best to stay on top. Yes we’ve had a few nice one year pick ups, but the heart and soul of the Jayhawks will always be players developed here. Players like Ochai, Devonte, Frank, Doke, David, Cole, Perry, Jalen, Christian, etc.

Our next crop of true blue Jayhawks are already on our roster and they are coming back with something to prove. Juan made some significant mental errors in that Arkansas game that were uncharacteristic for him. I’d imagine those mistakes are baking into a nice crispy chip on his shoulder. Everyone has said that KJ is too small to play the 5 and can’t shoot well enough to play anything else. Does KJ seem like the kind of kid who hears that and thinks, yep, might as well give up? CHIP. Udeh is a 6’11’’ McDonalds All American who couldn’t beat out a 6’6" guard with short arms for the 5 spot this year. Is that motivating or demoralizing? Ask him and I’d bet he’d give you the right answer. Zuby is a rebounding machine who was on track to be the guy to back up KJ this year until injury got in the way. Do you think his plan is to come back and ride the bench?

I’ll take those guys over some transfer who wants to get more individual attention from wearing Kansas on his jersey. They have the tools. Did you see that block Udeh had in the first half after one of those “athletic” arkansas guards beat his man badly? Dude thought he had a free layup. Nope, Udeh had the awareness to recover and help, and the athleticism to make a block off a drop step at the rim look routine. Did you see the way Zuby goes after every rebound with two hands? How lesser men bounce off of his big shoulders as they fight for position and the ball?

We are so good at the five next year not because the guys we have are already good enough to hold down the spot but because they know exactly what they need to do to take their skills to the next level. They have a year (or two) in the system and have a relationship with the coaches that will allow them to progress over time like so many of our favorite jayhawks have.

@BShark https://twitter.com/adamzagoria/status/1638331137859698691?s=46&t=PfvO214bW1XkHtm9eUlx9A

Any scuttlebutt on Walter Clayton Jr?

@FarmerJayhawk Lol. That’s pretty good.

How many of our guys land at other big 12 schools ya think?

@FarmerJayhawk said in Transfer Rumblings:

Just spitballing here. I think Armando Bacot would be a really nice fit should he become available. He would fill a lot of needs: scoring, rebounding, consistent defense. Gives Udeh one more year to not have to be a DUDE

Why not Oscar or Trace-Jackson if we are just spitballing. Is Bacot really even an option?

@FarmerJayhawk said in 2023 Transfer Portal:

Glad the discourse here is better than other sites that shall not be named. Where the extent of “who should we get?” consists of sorting CBB reference by 3 point %.

We do need shooters… But wow.

@benshawks08 said in Transfer Rumblings:

@BeddieKU23 said in Transfer Rumblings:

How many 3’s is KJ putting up a day already?

A million.

In order to get to 500 makes a day.

@BeddieKU23 said in Transfer Rumblings:

How many 3’s is KJ putting up a day already?

A million.

Zach confirmed in the portal as well.

@BShark Confirmation of your earlier inklings or something new?

@BeddieKU23 Would be a nice bench guard piece in my opinion. Probably not the big get a lot are talking about how we need to fill those starter spots.

@drgnslayr I’m happy with where we are at the 5. Between KJ, Udeh, and Zuby I think that will be less of a question mark next year.

The 6-4 to 6-8 scorers/shooters are most important on my list of needs.

Back up point guard would be next. But I think Elmarko is hopefully in line for this role as well as a 1/2 combo guard scorer type.

Adams reclassifying shows we want that 3/4 wing scorer but we will see how he plays as a freshman.

I’d honestly just flip the order you have for priorities.

@BeddieKU23 said in 2023 Transfer Portal:

Puff Johnson of UNC in

Wasn’t he the defensive specialist from them who came in and lit us up for a bit during the title game?

Question I’ve been pondering: Would anyone here trade places with Arkansas right now? Obviously we’d rather be in the sweet 16 than not but honestly trade places with them for the whole season. Like our team lost 14 games, has some NBA talent and athletic at the other positions. Played some undisciplined ball but tried real hard especially in the tournament. Came in as an 8 seed. Will be underdogs in the tournament pretty much the rest of the way. Etc.

I’d still take our year even with the early exit but that’s just me. What do y’all think?

@drgnslayr Hopefully walking it up a split second faster than against Arkansas. Too soon?

@drgnslayr said in Transfer Rumblings:

@benshawks08

ha… okay… I’m buying into the dream!

Fatigue wouldn’t be a problem either because they are all 18-25 and as we know, athletes of that age simply don’t wear out.

@drgnslayr Need zuby and udeh to work on their 3 ball so we can still play 4 out on offense. (KJ will definitely have a long ball prepared so no worries there)

@BShark said in Transfer Rumblings:

@TYOHawk Believe KJ will start next year at the 5. Ideally, you are correct.

Maybe we put Udeh at the 4?

@drgnslayr Bill self revolutionizing college defense with his tough 2-2 zone. Or maybe a 1-1-2 full court press.

@drgnslayr said in Transfer Rumblings:

We can run a 1-2-2 zone defense and put Udeh (with his long arms and fast hands) at point. Kind of what brought us back against Memphis in '08 with BRush at point!

I’m getting excited now! lol

With 4 players it might just be a box and none.

@BShark said in Transfer Rumblings:

@benshawks08 said in Transfer Rumblings:

@BShark Vernon reporting Bobby expected to enter the portal. Is that the MASSIVE news? I mean, it’s news but I wouldn’t call it MASSIVE…

More than that. We only expect 4 players back. Juan/KJ/Udeh/Zuby.

With this lineup KJ might start at the 3! Lol

@BShark Vernon reporting Bobby expected to enter the portal. Is that the MASSIVE news? I mean, it’s news but I wouldn’t call it MASSIVE…

@BShark said in Transfer Rumblings:

MASSIVE NEWS INCOMING. I was told not to go public with it so I’m behaving. No DMs.

ETA on this massive news? Who is the best follow to get that when it drops?

@drgnslayr said in Transfer Rumblings:

I wonder what counts most for us on the recruiting trail.

Defensive potential?

Offensive potential?

Size and/or athleticism?

Utility guard? (large guard)

If Self looks at our current roster and doesn’t see enough scoring… is he going to target a volume scorer (even if his defense sucks)?

Multiyear players versus OAD?

I know we often have specific needs… but Self talks constantly now about having a positionless team. So if we needed a PG and only a 2-star PG was available with our last spot on the team, would Self pick him or pick a 4-star utility guard?

I think recruiting must be the most important task of a head coach…

I do think this is one of Bill’s keys to consistency. It seems to me he takes a pretty balance approach. He has a few things he wants to add to the team each year position wise. He has ideas about whether he wants to be more athletic/skilled/disciplined/bball IQ from year to year. But overall he kind of just ends up taking the best “dudes” he can find and then making the system fit them. We’ve seen two bigs, two small guards, 4 guards, small 5, positionless, etc. depending on the personnel Self ends up available with. He looks for the best guys and then plays the ones that give him the best chance to win every game. I think that tends to highlight balanced players that have some level of athletic/skill/discipline/bball IQ competency. A certain guy may be lacking in one area or the other necessitating someone else on the roster to make up for that deficiency somewhere.

Is there a reason for the Stanford exodus? Are they going through a coaching change?

@Kcmatt7 Feel really good about udeh and zuby manning the paint next year. They both have some skill and athleticism. The understanding and acclimation to the level of play were the main issues for them this year. Those are going to be better next year for sure.

@dylans said in 2022-23 stats-PER, Kenpom etc:

@BeddieKU23 Assuming KJs growth is linear and not exponential, he should only score 100 points per game next season.

Maybe if we start him at the 4…

@drgnslayr @BeddieKU23 Also if interest to me is that a lot of our “athleticism” was on the bench. Guys like Joe, MJ, and Udeh all have some superior athletic ability. Really KJ was the only starter with an athletic advantage over most opponents but even that was negated by his height and playing out of position.

I also think this is what a lot of us saw early on with Bobby. His first step was elite but has fallen off due to injury. Don’t know whether he’s actually lost a step or just lost confidence in his ability to explode without injuring himself.

@BShark said in 2023 Transfer Portal:

@benshawks08 said in 2023 Transfer Portal:

@BShark https://twitter.com/bshark5/status/1637908231065411585?s=46&t=PfvO214bW1XkHtm9eUlx9A

To be clear, this isn’t me. But I do think kj makes more threes next year than this year.

If you don’t mind, lmk your twitter. I’ll follow.

I don’t actually tweet anything. I just follow folks and read stuff. But it’s the same as my handle here.

@BShark https://twitter.com/bshark5/status/1637908231065411585?s=46&t=PfvO214bW1XkHtm9eUlx9A

To be clear, this isn’t me. But I do think kj makes more threes next year than this year.

@drgnslayr said in Assistant Coach Roberts was... "soft":

@BigBad

I definitely don’t want anyone to think I think our coaching sucks… Norm or Bill.

But I have always questioned if we brought enough enthusiasm to games. I’ve ranted about this for years.

Last year… I felt like my rant was challenged by winning the title and largely being the same as usual… not showing a great deal of emotion.

I still battle with this idea. Is it composure versus enthusiasm? Isn’t it possible we have both?

I watched the Zags take down TCU last night and I saw both. Never been a huge Zags fan but I think Few is one of the best coaches in D1.

This gets into an area everyone in here knows me for… I am “Mr. Chip!” lol

Christian Braun may have something to say to you classifying last year’s team as “not showing a great deal of emotion”

Jalen was really trying to be Och and Braun this year. He did pretty good on both counts really as the steady role model and emotional leader.

Can’t decide if I’d rather Texas win it as kudos to the strong big 12 this year or Houston so that we can still say all of the recent champs are in the big 12 next year. (Is Texas officially out of the big12 for basketball next year? I know they are still in for football.)

I would still be so nervous if we were still in it about Coach’s health moving forward. He talked in one of the brief interviews I saw about checking his blood pressure in his hotel room during the first game and it getting too high when someone didn’t get back on D.

Can you imagine being a player on the team and getting beat on a back door cut and looking over at your coach hoping you didn’t just set his recovery back? I wonder if this as much as the way Self felt was a consideration for him not coaching in either tournament.

I’m chalking this up to “not our year.” Jalen got a title so I don’t feel too bad though I know he wanted it bad this year. Kev was only here for a year so not going to cry that he didn’t win one as a jayhawk. Juan is coming back. Kj is coming back. Gradey was a freshman… We weren’t the first 1 seed to lose. Not close to the biggest upset. This loss isn’t nearly as bad as some others where we had program guys for multiple years not making a final four or stuff like that. Winning last year really made this years loss a lot easier to take. I do think we were the better team and showed it for about 25 minutes of that game. Oh well. On to next year.

@BShark said in Hog Wild Game Thread:

How many points do we think Self was worth here? At least 10?

Well how many did we score in special situations? He’s good for about 50%of those.

@kjayhawks said in Hog Wild Game Thread:

Upperclassmen this half 3/9 from the line if we lose that’s why

Two of those front ends.

God. Free throws.

Stepped out then two ark players knock it out. Glad we got the stop

Man up jalen.