Posts made by kuballin10

@approxinfinity Kalkenbrenner and Bacot (he played but clearly limited) is definitely fools gold

@approxinfinity - we have our answer already per postgame

Self: If people think this is the frickin end of the season, it’s not at all. We played right with maybe the best team in America tonight without one of our starters.

@kjayhawks said in Feeling the Fieldhouse magic?:

@TYOHawk Juan Harris is the worst PG in the Self era maybe you could say Tharpe is right there with him. I can not wait til he is done in a Kansas uniform we have recruited over some damn good players in Selfs day but not him for some reason. He doesnt even have the talent to play over seas.

Bill doesn’t favor guys to the detriment of the program and he always recruits the best players. He’s always willing to get the best even if it hurts some kids feelings

He has no pets and always plays the best players!

Heavy sarcasm

@TYOHawk d2 is the greatest pg at KU - just ask bill

@dylans I hope d2 takes more ownership of “free throws” than you are doing

@dylans Shooting 3’s isn’t one dimensional it makes the other team guard the entire floor

This comment from dolla bill sounds like what he learned from Sutton in the 70’s or 80’s

I love that after this comment we went on to the final 4 playing 4 guards and made 13 three’s to dukes 7.

We shot 36 and they shot 29….Svi had a double double and did great against Bagley

We go to the final 4 and start the game looking for those “easy baskets” through Dok and get absolutely trounced

We shot 21 threes and made 7 meanwhile nova shot 40 and made 18……

When we beat nova in 2022 we started the game with an ochai 3 and made 13 (they also made 13)

Shooting the 3 isn’t fools gold. Thinking how Bill does is what gets you with the tough losses and roster construction he’s had

@BShark said in Feeling the Fieldhouse magic?:

Moderately annoyed that we continued to have Zeke inbound the ball in crunch time when he was clearly struggling with it. I’d have considered Hunter there. Plus Zeke is a guy you want catching the ball if anything to shoot fts.

Goat coaching!

@wissox Sad to be in your head that bad…even when blocked you still have to comment about me……

@kjayhawks said in Feeling the Fieldhouse magic?:

@MoonwalkMafia said in Feeling the Fieldhouse magic?:

@BeddieKU23 Again, major bill self skeptic here. This is on the players. The mistakes they made are things you learn in middle school

True the players should’ve made simple plays but why have Zeke continue to throw the ball in?

Putting the wrong guys in the wrong spots - where we heard this before @Jhawk69

If Juan is so smart he should throw it in not zeke…

@MoonwalkMafia The inbounds plays were the worst drawn up plays I’ve ever seen

Where guys were cutting was absolutely atrocious

If d2 hits 1 free throw we win……

@approxinfinity I think we lose because of the talent

Not even a rocking afh could help us win

NCAA games aren’t played here……

This team is finishing 3-4 in the big 12

Hunter baby just coming in clutch! He’s SAAAWWFFFTTT

This team and how coach has handled them is such trash

He wanted guards and said after Duke we had them then proceeded to not play them or at least without the quick hook

Brutal

If we lose Bill won’t say a word about d2’s crucial missed free throws

Those inbounds plays I can’t get over no one cutting right two the ball

Had two guys cut to the corners (worst spot as it is an easy trap)

What is Bill even thinking that’s jr high level bad

@kjayhawks said in Feeling the Fieldhouse magic?:

Some of the blame is on Juan he missed 2 free throws

Huge amount the 6th year sr missed 2……that’s unacceptable but that’s what he typically does in the clutch

Horrible play BILL!!!

Worst inbounds plays I’ve seen in the clutch

@kjayhawks said in Feeling the Fieldhouse magic?:

After a near perfect game Juan misses free ones to keep them in it SMH. I was just thinking about how great he’s been today and with makes had a double double

Second half he’s been bad especially that final play

Fran “this is why he plays” as he clanks two free throws

@BeddieKU23 said in Feeling the Fieldhouse magic?:

@approxinfinity said in Feeling the Fieldhouse magic?:

Da Flory is da ceiling

Criminal offense if he’s not starting the rest of the year. Truly

Hahaha you know he won’t be the second the beloved kj is healthy!

Would hate to play the best players at Kansas!

@DCHawker said in Feeling the Fieldhouse magic?:

Flory and Griffen = 34 points. Who’d a thunk it…

You and me and @approxinfinity could see it from a mile away

Bill sucks when it comes to how he’s handled this squad and a literal injury exposed it

Huh Kj can’t play and Rylan gets more run with no quick hook - go figure

Oh and fools gold caused that flory dunk cause the defense had to honor the 3

Final 4 starter who can hardly play here go figure

Self mind f’s these guys treating them like frosh

@MoonwalkMafia Go watch the replay - the motion ran there was brutal……

@dmurban But stats say he’s a great defender!

Roberts just owning hunt this second half

@kjayhawks said in Feeling the Fieldhouse magic?:

I just question wtf we was running on the last 2 in bound plays smh

Goat coach going deep in his bag!

Fools gold baby!!!

Hey dolla bill why give it to d2???

He gets trapped and throws it at rylans feet

@Jhawk69 - you need more proof still

@approxinfinity said in Feeling the Fieldhouse magic?:

I want a Flory fathead for our master bedroom. Will run it by my wife.

Hahaha!!!

@Jhawk69 - you need any more proof of pets and leashes??? Flory getting run with double double. With kj we’d lose this game by 10…he’s 6-5 with trex arms he’d get dominated by Houston’s long arm bigs

Flory meanwhile is showing why he’s the best nba talent on the roster yet dolla bill holds him back cause he just “trusts” kj more!

Maybe you will see it but I doubt it

Great in bounds play dolla bill

Fools gold right???

@approxinfinity He’s so much better than kj and he elevates how good this team can be….its not even funny

When Kj is healthy and playing more than flory I’m gonna puke

@MoonwalkMafia we look slow and scared……

D2 bailed out by the refs there

Scared to shoot three’s, not quick enough to get to the paint even with a ball screen

Back to laboring to score……sure wish we prioritized offense more

Houston has made some good adjustments

@kjayhawks said in Feeling the Fieldhouse magic?:

Falling in love with 3 a little much

There is no such thing in todays game….shooters keep shooting

@wissox said in Feeling the Fieldhouse magic?:

D3

D1.5!

Crazy to be a guard at KU and the other team leaves you wide open from 3 begging you to shoot!

I’d shoot 42% from deep if I wasn’t guarded heck Auburn about shoots that guarded!

4 guards 4 guards 4 guards!!!

See what happens

@Zabudda he’s been great taking care of the ball

The assists aren’t getting downhill as been discussed but against this defense 0 turnovers is important. Needs to be strong with the ball and hopefully tcu he was just under the weather

I think you are forgetting auburn who’s #1. If anybody watched gameday at all - it was all about offense, great guards who can attack and shoot it and flat out fill it up

They play hard defense but aren’t perfect….meanwhile they often can’t be stopped offensively

The top 6-8 teams you can bet on to win it all - all put up ridiculous points

https://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-men/d1/current/team/145

@dmurban It isn’t just that the students are bumped supposedly their seats didn’t change.

I stated how even those lower level donor seats aren’t as full and the reason is because of the recurring product with the results we’ve seen before.

We brought in guards but they struggle to get minutes so we know what we have.

This discourse is happening here, ku247 and Twitter so you know it has permeated the fanbase.

There are defenders of kj and juan but plenty are seeing what they’ve seen before and it is difficult to have any confidence that we are a title contender (we aren’t and we aren’t even going to contend for the title within our own league). Pair that with a coach that can’t stop gushing about guys when they play or when they don’t versus negative tones against the new upper class men that were supposed to elevate the roster - and you have a fan base that is questioning things as seen in attendance

@Jhawk69 NT at your service (Nick timberlake)!

Kidding I’m plenty past my prime and I meant even in high school stuff - info was always inflated

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Well we are not the only ones anyways:

In was in an interview, doesn’t matter what you think.

You’re right it doesn’t matter what I think but does matter how d2 plays and his play is still weak, frail and avoiding contact

@drgnslayr Crazy mind numbing but hey kj impacts a game as much as Ochai………that’s what the $10m man sees and unfortunately all that matters

When Kj is healthy he’s starting and playing over 30 minutes once we reach big games and he’s fully healthy

Self may ease him back in

I mean just more proof doesn’t have his favorites (sarcasm)

When I see him not shy away from contact or get thrown around on the defensive end then I’ll believe it. The media guide always makes things look nice heck I was 6-3 when in reality I’m 6-1 on a good day….

@approxinfinity I hope Flory stays but it’s gonna suck when KJ gets 32+ minutes and Flory gets 22-23 mpg and we lose in the tourney because of it.

Flory dominates his minutes and kj puts up a 6 point 3 rebound type game……not sure what anyone could say to defend dolla Bill on that one

For your side note I want the quickest, bouncy 6-11+ big that can defend. Teach him 1-2 post moves. If he has a decent shot form wise - get him shooting the top of the key 3.

Self’s gonna favor defense so a big slow sloth who can guard a pnr isn’t the answer so let’s get the athletic freak who can defend

@drgnslayr I think you nailed it. Not sure the work ethics of some of these guys.

Kj not able to develop a jumper over 4 years or Juan beefing up any???

I remember the Morrrii shooting 1,000 top of the 3 keys a day

I remember devontae calling his Momma at 1 am to say he made it home safe. She said. - boy were you out partying and he said nah Momma I’ve been in the gym getting up shots.

Different work ethics….

@kjayhawks Bill committed to 2 bigs early on and is way too stubborn to switch now

He’d make the same excuse @Jhawk69 said below that they hadn’t practiced it much or ran it much in games all year

I’d point to Bill and say yeah frankamp hardly played point and got the quick hook all year long yet when Tharpe sucked against Stanford you randomly decided to give Frankamp a longer leash - why not do that more throughout the year???

Same with how he’s effed up this teams offensive potential. Storr and Rylan have had horrible moments no doubt but heck so do juan and kj who screw up all the time especially against top tier opponents.

Instead of going nutz and pulling storr and Rylan let them labor through it (hell we labor anyways dolla bill) and make mistakes but see how it can help in the long run

He’s always struggled to do that and not shocked it’s happened yet again this year. His roster evaluation and then maximizing the talent prioritizing offense over defense (he’s the opposite) has always been our downfall

@SlimShaddy54 Flory is the only nba talent on the team and go figure Bill is holding him back for an upper classman who runs “his system” better in his mind

Swear we’ve never seen this before right @Jhawk69 it is a rarity for sure!

@MoonwalkMafia Dude fell off the face of the earth in what 2018/2019? His last post here was then and I randomly check his Twitter and nothing since the same timeframe.

Probably some smart college kid who attended KU and maybe graduated. Now has kids and a fam so doesn’t have time for his deep dive analysis anymore.

Still wish he’d pop in and post general thoughts

@Jhawk69 I think his passing ability is heavily inflated because the majority of his passes are finding an open man because of something that created the open player that was not Juan related

Example: Team doubles Hunter and he kicks it out to Juan who rather than shoot a wide open 3 swings it to storr or zeke or whoever and that guy hits the 3. Juan gets the assist but he did something you and I can do with a quick swinging of the ball around the perimeter

A true legit pg CREATES passing opportunities and sets up his teammates from HIS PLAY. Ie Frank drives it and drops it off for a dunk or drives and kicks out to an open shooter.

Has Juan done these things before - absolutely but if you tracked the majority of his assists they are routine ball reversal passes not a situation where Juan “made something happen”

@TYOHawk Dolla Bill’s near sightedness that has always got him. Shak should get all the reps even if he messes some sets up as it’s the best learning experience vs just in practice

I don’t agree d2 is a better passer or catch and shoot shooter than shak. Shooting they are similar especially if Shak knew he could shoot freely and not get pulled.

Shak actually has guys guard him versus d2 who is wide open and still hesitated to shoot or when he does clanks it 60% of the time.

If teams left Shak as open he’d easily shoot better

D2 struggles to beat his man off the dribble and his “great passes” are just swinging it around the top of the key. He also is abysmal on ball for the last two years. 1 out of every 20 games he comes out and D’s up his man but the other 19 games he is slow, disinterested and a horribly loose handle

@BShark Man wish you could text Bill this because no way he’d believe it.

He’s so stuck on Juan he’d never not start him at point and forces Shak to play out of position.

Also, our defense didn’t miss kj last night and actually with kj I think we could lose that game because we wouldn’t have had the output from storr.

Winning 70’s to low 60’s is what top teams do……not win rock fights in the 50’s that Bill is obsessed over

@BShark Shak is the athlete and d1 pg perfect for this team that bill thinks Juan has been for years

Shak is a better on ball defender, better off ball defender, quicker, better leaper and can get to the paint better than Juan

Shak struggles to score and shoot outside but he turns defense into offense

Shak is better than Juan but Bill will never see that or admit it. He will play Juan 32-35 mpg next to shak for about 25 of them……and shak playing off the ball for all 25. He has diggy as that 2-3 minute guy replacing juan

Poor roster management and talent evaluation