Let's get some minutes for Wilhite and McCarthy.

@BShark said in ESU Game Thread:

Let's get some minutes for Wilhite and McCarthy.

ok , how many would you like ?

Teahan is starting over Remy LMAOOOOOOOOOO

@BShark said in ESU Game Thread:

Teahan is starting over Remy LMAOOOOOOOOOO

oh hell lol I thought I heard Teahan was the starting 5 and Dave was starting at point lol

Self never fails

The absolute power move of starting Teahan.

@BeddieKU23 said in ESU Game Thread:

Self never fails

Had some good info on this from a couple weeks ago but was hoping Remy had improved by then. TIFWIW but I was also told that Harris has been the best guard in practice.

@BShark

Feel like this is an epic troll job

@BeddieKU23 feels like this is gonna be a Tyshawn love/hate relationship

@BeddieKU23 said in ESU Game Thread:

@BShark

Feel like this is an epic troll job

More simple: we have so many seniors we can’t start them all on Senior Day

Dave struggling hate to see it

Do we suck?

@BShark this start feels like we are watching the exact same team as a year ago. Obviously premature statement, but…

@Kcmatt7 said in ESU Game Thread:

@BShark this start feels like we are watching the exact same team as a year ago. Obviously premature statement, but…

I mean it is the same team, plus a walk on lol

@BShark we added 5 new guys with rotation potential and none of them are starter level lol.

Impressive

@Kcmatt7 I mean Remy should start, Bill is hard headed.

@BShark I have no doubt. Just funny…

Ah the CB fadeaway sideways floater didn’t disappear this off-season. Such a high quality shot.

@Kcmatt7 said in ESU Game Thread:

Ah the CB fadeaway sideways floater didn’t disappear this off-season. Such a high quality shot.

Yeah that's just ugly

Sub time

Mitch in

Mitch is going to get so much time this year lol

Mitch is UNPLAYABLE. He's so bad.

Geez!

This team sucks so far.

We stink

Just kidding

@BShark oh you’re gonna see him play okay. Accept it now

What the heck did remy do?

HAMMER MICHIGAN STATE +5

@Crimsonorblue22 not running the plays and doing things how Bill wants

Remy out driving around in his new toyota

I am absolutely here for the "this team gets bounced in the second round" takes after 4 minutes of a game nobody cares about

@FarmerJayhawk we’ll be lucky to even win this game.

0-28

@Kcmatt7 said in ESU Game Thread:

@FarmerJayhawk we’ll be lucky to even win this game.

0-28

🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

Remy!

Remy is fine y’all.

Remy alive

Did I just see a guard get to the basket without a ball screen? Didn’t know you could do that.

The game is already over if Remy starts lol.

Hate to see Yesufu hesitant on a three. HAS BILL RUINED HIM ALREADY?

@Kcmatt7 said in ESU Game Thread:

Did I just see a guard get to the basket without a ball screen? Didn’t know you could do that.

Dotson feels like forever ago lol

@BShark watch how Ochai and Braun’s 3pt % skyrockets this year with a guy (or two or three) who can collapse a defense.

This feels like every years start to the season. Slow, ugly then stuff works its self out

Wide oprn

Call me crazy, but I like having Remy and Harris out there together

REMY

Zack had nice seal

@DanR lot of fast breaks

Bout time we had a big white guy with an armload of tats

@DanR lol

@Crimsonorblue22 said in ESU Game Thread:

Zack had nice seal

He's nice, already better than Mitch

Lol this is so fun to watch. Not a million post feeds

ok, remy. Feed the post for us old timers.

@Kcmatt7 said in ESU Game Thread:

Lol this is so fun to watch. Not a million post feeds

This is also why Bill sent Remy the message he did lmaoooo

I’ll take nick as an announcer every game!

Martin is a microwave

@BeddieKU23 slow?

Bobby has been nice, no dumb mistakes. Cam looks great but then again we know he was really good at this level already.

@Crimsonorblue22 said in ESU Game Thread:

@BeddieKU23 slow?

Scorer. In a hurry

Bobby!

Pettiford is nice

How are we looking?

Looking forward to the start of the second half with the lineup that will prob face MSU next week

KJ Adams... he's an Austin product!

RockChalk

nice!

@RockChalkinTexas said in ESU Game Thread:

KJ Adams... he's an Austin product!

RockChalk

Good feed there

Tesmwork

Gonna be a fun start to the season 📣

KJ is looking good

Don’t fall back

That poor kid has to quit basketball after that

Hope KJ Finds minutes.

When big Dave said he had his bounce back after the injury over the summer I was worried... (I didn't know he had bounce). Maybe he got it back from his Jr year in high school

@KirkIsMyHinrich said in ESU Game Thread:

How are we looking?

Much better the last 6 or so minutes. Everyone has played. Freshman have looked solid

Has Clemence played any?

@DanR hair!

@KirkIsMyHinrich said in ESU Game Thread:

Has Clemence played any?

Yes and scored. He was 2nd big off the bench

@KirkIsMyHinrich
Last couple of minutes

@KirkIsMyHinrich yes

@Crimsonorblue22 I'm not sure about Dave's hair! :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes: :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:

Remy is a difference maker

@KirkIsMyHinrich Remy Martin was ♨️

Remy's signature awkward jumper

KJ Adams showing some impressive vision

Tough

whoa, Och

@DanR he has grown up!

Agbaji is very good

Get Och and Remy on the same page and this team is pure gold

That pointing thing is just to the crowd?

@KirkIsMyHinrich I like what I saw from Bobby and Zach.

Red shirt! No cuffe

@Crimsonorblue22 can't he play in exhibition?

@RockChalkinTexas yes

@Crimsonorblue22 He could play in this game and still RS. But yeah he should be redshirting. He's been soaking things up, he and his family understand that he needs time is what I heard.

Is Dave still super spazzy?

@KirkIsMyHinrich well, yeah

@BShark no he’s not as bad

@BShark weird they aren’t playing him at all, huh?

@Crimsonorblue22 said in ESU Game Thread:

@BShark weird they aren’t playing him at all, huh?

I'm not surprised. Just about everyone else there is a chance they play some this year. If he is committed to the process and redshirting he doesn't gain a ton from getting in there against ESU. Might be fun to see though.

KJ was always on the sports report when UT got rid of shaka, hoping he would stay here. Didn't work and we're better off. HCBS should love coaching him.

@BShark First you break JCL's toe, and now this. Be better

KJ Adams looks legit...smart player. Only 6-7? he looks huge

Question on Jalen...DUI
I saw a Twitter post Sunday morning saying that it WASN'T him, just someone dressed up in costume. Anybody else see that? I can't remember who posted it. So at the time I didn't think anything else until I saw he was suspended yesterday.

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Remy is going to shoot shoot shoot allll season long. Let us pray he stays hot. How will HCBS handle this kind of gunner?

Well trying to with hold some giddiness, as I realize it's just an exhibition game. However some observations # 1 MAN we are DEEP ! ! ! , gonna be hard to get us in foul trouble. # 2 KJ & Bobby look quality , yes gonna be harder later in the Season but they are no slouch. --# 3 Remy is Remy , the only tiny thing is hope he doesn't become a black hole at various times , I think that gets fixed. Coach mentioned that at half.

Didn't really get to see Cam and Yesufu that much in the 1st half- - I'm sure we will see more as the Season goes along - - -just more depth. -- Like the way the guys seem to flow smooth in the offense again it is 1st action but like some things for sure

@DanR said in ESU Game Thread:

KJ Adams looks legit...smart player. Only 6-7? he looks huge

he looks quality to me. See why they say he has impressed early

Gonzaga suspended 58 year old Mark Few for their exh game and the tough match-up against Dixie St, but our 20/21 year old player gets suspended for the exh and 3 games. Who should know better about drinking and driving and get the harsher punishment?

@Bosthawk I'm good with it. This offense wasn't much to look at last season, Marcus Garrett (bless his heart he's going to do great things), just was not meant to run the 1 for Bill Self. Especially not without another guard who could get to the hoop.

Remy & 3rd year Harris & Yesufu will keep this team moving.

@BShark said in ESU Game Thread:

@KirkIsMyHinrich I like what I saw from Bobby and Zach.

me too , didn't see ALOT of Zac but was solid - -really liked Bobby

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HOWLING PHOF etc

@DanR He looks like he has "it." As much as 7:29 can tell you about a player.

Athletic, big, smart, coordinated.

Dave is looking pretty good in the paint

Ochai is a little nonchalant

@RockChalkinTexas I saw that tweet. Barstool KU. Was wishful thinking or something, but the Lawrence police scanner twitter account had it right.

hellooooooooo in heeeeeeeeerreee

Remy still scoring

@KirkIsMyHinrich a little. Looked fine.

Pettiford so smooth

Whew Bobby. He missed that lay-up but that was a nice sequence

Mitch with the rejections

This team looks good and Jalen and JCL aren’t even playing lol. Good to see.

Jeez Agbaji is showing out

Poor Bobby looks like he’d get run in a normal year… too deep this year

Year 8 Mitch's jump hook will start to fall

Hell yeah, Mitch from three!

@DanR took 6 years but he finally added the 3 to his game 😂

Yes hasn’t looked great. Not sure what his role will be yet. Might evolve as we go

We can be a team that runs a lot of transitions.

@FarmerJayhawk

Seems to be trying to settle in. I want him to show off his offensive game. He's quick and a willing passer so far. Missed dunk showed his crazy bounce

Thank god for the basketball season!… missed it … win or lose it should be a wild ride this year

@Kcmatt7 said in ESU Game Thread:

Poor Bobby looks like he’d get run in a normal year… too deep this year

He feeds the post and moves the ball so well for a frosh. Easy to see why Bill loves him.

This team is pretty well loaded for the next three years

As much as Remy isn't exactly a Bill Self PG....Bobby might be the definition lol.

Martin hurt?

@Crimsonorblue22 Cam? no.

Come on Braun, gotta make those open threes

@BShark has he been in 2 nd half?

Like that!

Bobby looks better than JY so far

@Crimsonorblue22 no

This is a great game to get a look at other guys like Zach.

Clemence is kinda soft. Which makes sense now

@FarmerJayhawk we knew this tbh

@Crimsonorblue22 i heard dave Stewart say he was wonky on a play at end of half

Shoe

We don't have a dominant big man on D. Only soft spot

@BShark I don’t think he finished his college career here, but a lot can change. Just seems so slow and not a great fit. Bill won’t care if he shoots 60% from 3 if he can’t play D. Saw that with BG

@Kcmatt7 said in ESU Game Thread:

@BShark I don’t think he finished his college career here, but a lot can change. Just seems so slow and not a great fit. Bill won’t care if he shoots 60% from 3 if he can’t play D. Saw that with BG

Agree, it is a concern. More athletic bigs coming in too.

I wanted to see more of cam

CUFFE!

@Crimsonorblue22 he looked like he was checking in

Cuffe in

KJ Adams is 5-10 from the waist down and 7-0 from the waist up

Stony Brook could be a trip up game

Last 7 minutes have kinda sucked but then the line-ups have been bizarre so idk

@FarmerJayhawk said in ESU Game Thread:

Clemence is kinda soft. Which makes sense now

This is why I've been projecting Clemence to end up being a stretch 4 long term. His game doesn't suit playing in the low post as he's a guy who works better face up away from the basket. Having Udeh coming in will allow Clemence to be a 4 long term under Self.

Zach you aren’t blocking that shot bro. Stay on the ground

Great to hear the chant again !

First chant of many more to come!

The sloppy finish is what happens when 4 true freshman and a walk on are on the floor together.

Sloppy chant. We need to tighten this up, people.

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The +/- are about what you would expect from watching the game.

Night all. Stay safe!
Just passed my 5 year cancer free💪
See you for MSU

@RockChalkinTexas said in ESU Game Thread:

Night all. Stay safe!
Just passed my 5 year cancer free💪
See you for MSU

Hey hey! Congrats!!

@RockChalkinTexas Awesome!!!

@BShark said in ESU Game Thread:

As much as Remy isn't exactly a Bill Self PG....Bobby might be the definition lol.

Bobby looked ok- solid think he will see some time

Like I said earlier , Really Deep play really aggressive should be no reason for foul trouble

Just think on top of tonight- we still - -Have Jalen & Hands going to be around here before long too. - - - -DEEP

Lol at Remy only playing 18 minutes.

@RockChalkinTexas that's the best news! Really happy for you!🌹😎🤩❤️🏆🙏💝

Kinda disappointed with cam.

Remy and Harris, plus och, cb and BD look pretty salty. Jalen?

@Crimsonorblue22 Bill would do well to looks to run plays to get Cam looks from three if he is going to play him but it goes against his nature...

@BShark so we got Mitch for a 5 back up?

@Crimsonorblue22 said in ESU Game Thread:

Remy and Harris, plus och, cb and BD look pretty salty. Jalen?

I was happy with Remy, Harris, Dave, Ochai, CB, Bobby. Yesufu was solid despite missing shots. KJ better than I thought based on things I was hearing. Everyone else underwhelmed for various reasons but I can't imagine we see Zach or Cuffe get real game action this year so they are not a concern. If Bobby is this steady against D1 comp I want him getting minutes this year and I am very much buying what I've heard about him being the future of the program.

Our core guys (the first 5 I listed) played well. JWill is a core guy when back. Good 6 man core there.

@Crimsonorblue22 said in ESU Game Thread:

@BShark so we got Mitch for a 5 back up?

I still think it should be Cam, but it's a bad scene for sure. Need JWill back, one of our best 6 players easily and has good size.

Obviously KU wins this game by over 50 with real rotations but I'm glad Self experimented. If not tonight then when.

@BShark What about Coleman-Lands?

@COHawk injured so he did not play

Will he be part of the rotation?

Emporia St. is a bad team. They were picked 9th out of 14 teams in the MIAA this year. Self also did a ton of experimenting tonight with line up combinations that we'll likely never see against a Michigan St., Alabama, Kentucky, Texas, or any other good team.

Cam Martin was a D2 player for a reason, even though he was a very good D2 player and that's his lack of athleticism. I know that there was some early talk about him and Dave playing together, but there's no way that should ever happen in a meaningful situation.

I think the back up 5 spot may end up being situational between Cam and Mitch.

@COHawk said in ESU Game Thread:

Will he be part of the rotation?

He should be because he'll mostly be backing up Braun and Agbaji.

I like our guards this year

This team needs McCormack to play as many minutes as he can a night. No doubt he's going to have to find a way to stay on the court

@BeddieKU23 said in ESU Game Thread:

This team needs McCormack to play as many minutes as he can a night. No doubt he's going to have to find a way to stay on the court

Pretty much figured this, but last night definitely confirmed it.

Already tired of the narrative that Remy is "wild". Think this fanbase has forgot what its like to have an aggressive scoring guard. They should be the standard here, not just a 1 year thing

I wonder what happened to exhibition games against good teams? We used to have these games but it was against a national team from Serbia or something like that and they were usually very competitive games.

@wissox I think the exhibition thing goes back to Roy Williams... started rotating games against the smaller in-state schools to give them a financial boost.

@DanR Thanks. It seems like most schools have gone that route for their exhibitions so I still wonder what happened to all those barnstorming teams that had an aura of communism around them when they came to play all the blue chips in college gyms across the country.

@wissox said in ESU Game Thread:

@DanR Thanks. It seems like most schools have gone that route for their exhibitions so I still wonder what happened to all those barnstorming teams that had an aura of communism around them when they came to play all the blue chips in college gyms across the country.

oh ya I remember those dys. KU seemed like was playing Russia every year or we would play let's see I think they were called Athletes In Action - I remember those guys, not sure what happened with them

@jayballer67 Athletes in Action is a faith based team that uses college athletes with a mission mindset to use sports to spread the Word. They do have some very highly skilled athletes capable of competing with division I teams in many sports. Not sure if they're still doing the fall exhibition season or not.

@wissox said in ESU Game Thread:

@jayballer67 Athletes in Action is a faith based team that uses college athletes with a mission mindset to use sports to spread the Word. They do have some very highly skilled athletes capable of competing with division I teams in many sports. Not sure if they're still doing the fall exhibition season or not.

I dunno either, just remember we used to play a lot of exhibitions against them before, we started rotating the smaller Colleges