We good.

Should have beat Texas, hopefully get that taste out of the mouth today.

Tough week for Jayhawks. First the Texas loss, then Gary Woodland misses the cut by one stroke in Phoenix. Even worse, yesterday's episode of "Jeopardy" had a KU student who couldn't come up with the name of the Kansas state flower !

Need a win today to get ride of some of that bad mojo.

Oops, bad spelling mojo too.

Almost time!

Not a real fan of CBS but I give them credit for one thing, NO FRAN Frashilla!

@jessejayhawk

I'm a fan of Ian Eagle so it's a nice refreshing announcer crew we are getting

Alright let's have some fun today!

@BeddieKU23 Rafferty is not bad either.

Let's get dub #20

Big dave with two boards already

I liked the way Auburn had the court side opposite the camera filled with students instead of Allen which has alums on both sides and students limited to the seats behind the goals. The best seats should be for the students

I think Good Dave is here today

Dave padding stats early lol

Jesus make a layup or God forbid dunk

Dave is playing like a 6th grader on a mission

That beard has grown since last game

Stone hands mcgee

Junk offense

Main camera operator needs to cool the hell down a little bit. Making me nauseous with all the zooming

Dave busy so far

God I hate those bounce passes in the key. Turnover bait.

Our 5 players only guard 4 of the offensive players. KU always leaves someone wide open for an uncontested shot

@nwhawkfan said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

God I hate those bounce passes in the key. Turnover bait.

Like clockwork

We good!

Bad pass mitch wtf

Yes gotta make those

5 to 0ne on the off board. geez

Not making anything

This lineup has nothing good going.

It's a 3 on 5 scoring lineup don't ever understand it

1.5 on 5 rebounding effort too

Mitch being a non scoring threat when he gets that ball at the top of the key with 20 feet of space just infuriates me

I can take anything but the turnover machine because it makes them look like they are not all in.

@BeddieKU23 6 years in and he never developed anything more than a baby hook over his left shoulder

these guys gonna make me pull my lat three hairs out of my head with the sad defense we attempting to play just sad

Braun-no shot attempts in almost 9 minutes of play

Dave and Jwill back in

They have a good coach.

So far its just missed shots and predictable offense. Need some stops

Lol Dave is just so clumsy

Lucky that wasn’t an and one.

Predictable call there

Wait was it?

King Kong Bundy on the drive.

We, uh, have sucked.

We just don't have it today

Can I get SOMEBODY - - ANYBODY - -ANYBODY at all please to try and give me some fuckin defense please - - ANYBODY holy shit

@BeddieKU23 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

We just don't have it today

Hopefully not yet.

@BeddieKU23 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

We just don't have it today

And we are only down three. We will be fine.

big man screens are just a little too far out there seems like

Scary time.

Details details details. Gotta be able to set screens.

Bullshit

Why play KJ at the five instead of going 5 guards?

The defense is struggling again I see

What?

good god get into the paint on offense you guys

Och needs to start initiating contact a little more. Teams are just blanketing him. He needs to run through guys and draw fouls with and without the ball.

Harris has been abused

@DanR
Exactly

litterally ten minutes of passing around the perimeter then a missed dunk

@BeddieKU23 he’s going to play 40 and get the game ball with 4 points lol

Foul

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

Foul

Looked clean to me.

replay camera camera

@DanR said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

replay camera camera

But why?

scary ref cam

Dave was providing all the offense. Now Self has left him on the bench for Adams and now Lightfoot

just a pathetic effort - -sloppy defense - - no offense just ugly and flat

Really anemic offense so far

@Kcmatt7 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

@BeddieKU23 he’s going to play 40 and get the game ball with 4 points lol

No chance today imo

Can’t believe they called that…

@BShark said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

The defense is struggling again I see

OU is shooting 69%. Fortunate to be within reach.

@stoptheflop he will come in with 6 left I think. Self doesn’t want him to pick up his 2nd too early

@BShark said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

@BShark said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

The defense is struggling again I see

OU is shooting 69%. Fortunate to be within reach.

Hard to miss open layups. That’s something only Kansas teams are good at.

Good grief with that call

What was the purpose of the poke though?

13 minutes from the bench and the only stats recorded have been turnovers and fouls.

Oklahoma 9-10 on 2 point attempts. - -KU 16 points in 13 minutes. that practically laughable

We'll still get our 29 first half points I think

Are we a jeckyl and Hyde team or what?

Hopefully the halftime adjustments work cause this half is a dud

I get tired of our announcers always trying to make up excuses for why this dam team is playing like they do

42 - 30 by the half

Can always count on an early CBS game to bring out our worst

Harris is out. Let’s see if this team is suddenly much better.

gotta let Yesefu play through getting burned all game

@benshawks08 he's been out

Oh. I’m joining late. First I’ve seen him on the bench.

Good coaching for OU.

@DanR said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

gotta let Yesefu play through getting burned all game

Awful defense there. Giving him his right

Gotta let yesefu play through stupid turnovers

Christian Braun with 1 attempt and it was forced at the end of a shot clock. Wilson one tip.

Joe needs a bench

Lol. Instant offense.

found their weak spot right there in the lane

Yay!

The new defensive strategy against Kansas is just foul Och all game and the refs will just ignore it.

Did harris thrown that layup overhanded? Had the bad camera angle but it looked like he was throwing a football

Bobby needs to heal

Nice stuff there. Agbaji threw weak ass sauce at the rim but good thing Jalen is so good hunting the board

Bad fouls Mitch.

@benshawks08 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

Bad fouls Mitch.

That's all he's got

@Crimsonorblue22 and practice. He really should have taken a medical redshirt

@DanR lol catching up with game chat. You’re bringing the snark!

@approxinfinity said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

@DanR lol catching up with game chat. You’re bringing the snark!

I'll tone it down. It just keeps me from weeping

@DanR ha no need. Cracks me up

@Kcmatt7 said he didn't want to, heard that on Selfs show

After 42 fouls called last game, this crew isn't going to call anything. 9 fouls called in 14 minutes. I prefer games with fewer foul calls, but how are the players supposed to know

And even if it didn’t crack me up there’s be no need

Harris and Mitch two man game. Bucketeer delight.

We are slow today

Two offensive fouls and the get the foul on Mitch…

How did that not end in a bucket…

Textbook offensive charge by the lumberjack, good grief

Offensive foul

@Kcmatt7 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

How did that not end in a bucket…

I asked myself too

I must be ahead.

@DanR said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

Textbook offensive charge by the lumberjack, good grief

Not calling that is what lead to flopping in CBB. Refs think if you don’t fall it must not have been a charge

Our chaotic passes are not helping us

Och, hustle back

Och with a complete garbage turnover there

Frustrating lack of rebounding incoming for y’all.

I hate saying this, but get Dave a touch

Crap. Double crap

That shot by Jalen doesn't have a chance leaning away from the hoop

We are so out of position!

KU just look so -so -so - -don't even have the word

@benshawks08 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

I must be ahead.

Yeah I'm streaming so it's behind

@BeddieKU23 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

That shot by Jalen doesn't have a chance leaning away from the hoop

It was closer than I expected, TBH.

@DanR said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

@BeddieKU23 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

That shot by Jalen doesn't have a chance leaning away from the hoop

It was closer than I expected, TBH.

His shot preparation is the worst on the team

@BeddieKU23 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

@DanR said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

@BeddieKU23 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

That shot by Jalen doesn't have a chance leaning away from the hoop

It was closer than I expected, TBH.

His shot preparation is the worst on the team

Always a last minute decision to shoot.

@benshawks08

Definitely apart of it

Need a run to finish the half on a positive note. I believe it’s coming.

I would hope that we would be improving at this point in the year. But I don’t see us doing anything different that we were 4 weeks ago and now coaches seem very well prepared.

Dog in the house!

Ahh!

We need some dawgs!

CBS brought all their cameras today

Cb hasn't scored wtf

The inept flail defense. A better team would have us buried.

Make a layup

Guys look like they went to the boom boom room last night

Need some stops.

Errr. That was not it

Don't even attempt to guard groves. Such poor scouting

One team is fired up.

@BeddieKU23 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

Don't even attempt to guard groves. Such poor scouting

Only the 3rd time getting a look. Maybe if he goes for 25 tonight we’ll try in the conference tourney

Finally

Why is Dave sitting?

@tundrahok said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

Why is Dave sitting?

He’s so injured.

2 for one let’s see it

Wow Braun and Och trying to flub another end of half.

We are just not sharp or quick.

Good come back

@benshawks08 He started off strong this game, did he re-injure something?

Well that wasn’t a very Bill Self inbound play

Better end then start. We good

If that wasn't terrible what was it?

Let's see if Self opens up a fresh bag of red ass. The team needs it.

@tundrahok I think he’s got some foot thing going on that just gets worse the longer he’s on it. Self maybe trying to limit minutes so he has him a little fuller strength for half 2. Just my observation.

It sucks to feel good that we are only down by 3 at the half. At home. To a team with 10 losses

Even when he's healthy he never plays more then 25 minutes.

No points, rebounds or assists by a bench player in 19 minutes. Makes it hard to win

@tundrahok said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

@benshawks08 He started off strong this game, did he re-injure something?

That weird tumble he took was telling for me. Dude doesn’t trust his feet.

If Dave has an injured foot then Remy must have an amputated leg based on the way they are played.

@Kcmatt7 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

No points, rebounds or assists by a bench player in 19 minutes. Makes it hard to win

Can’t say they didn’t get a run so far. Not selfs leash or short bench keeping them off the scoreboard.

@BeddieKU23 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

Even when he's healthy he never plays more then 25 minutes.

I think Bill doesn’t trust him to guard Groves.

@benshawks08 I don't trust his feet either ! But I'd expect our best players to be playing at the end of the half, if no foul trouble. KJ and Mitch are not it today.

@jayballer67 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

KU just look so -so -so - -don't even have the word

I think so-so is the right word. You nailed it

@benshawks08 idk, Yes only got 4 minutes. And pulled pretty quick. But it was after a pretty awful TO

@bskeet said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

If Dave has an injured food then Remy must have an amputated leg based on the way they are played.

Self has been abundantly clear the Remy is not playing because Remy doesn’t feel good enough to play. I wonder how he handles watching Dave hobble around while he sits on the bench with a “sore knee”

@Kcmatt7 and he got his ass handed to him on defense

Qustion ? - - what's up with Christan ? -Is it he just doesn't work hard enough to get hsi shot ? - - Dies he just always look to pass 1st the shot option last ? - -what gives ? - - Absolute ZELCH the firs 18 minutes of the game then 5 Points in about ONE FRICKEN MINUTE - -what is the deal - -just frustrating, we have got to have his production.. - - I've seen him pass up wide open looks not even looking at the hole try to scre - -did the same thing last year I mean WIDE open looks. - Almost like ok this is what I'm suppose to do n this set play - -not shoot I am suppose to pass I don't get it

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@tundrahok said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

@benshawks08 He started off strong this game, did he re-injure something?

seen him limping really bad at one point

Wow our bench is a blackhole on paper.

@approxinfinity yeah which is really a mystery given that we have seen the bench players can bring it on other days.

Thankfully OU cooled off a bit. Now if KU could just make some more threes...

@BShark said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

Thankfully OU cooled off a bit. Now if KU could just make some more threes...

Gotta get Och and Braun some looks from deep. Harris and Wilson just aren’t going to fill it up from 3 consistently.

Och was so good earlier in the year taking what the defense gives him but hasn’t developed a counter to what the big 12 is throwing at him these last couple of games.

The bench cannot help. Only Daj can get to the hoop. Put an athletic defender on any one of our guys and it'a a decent chance for a dead possession. We run our offense and when it gets to where it supposed to open up a look there's nothing there and then a forced effort.

Harris has been the only aggressive offensive player I’ve seen so far with Wilson second. I missed early Dave.

Good defense bailed out

Hopefully that meatloaf sandwich I just ate helps our effort

Och unlucky there.

two slips in two games is a little weird

Another turnover for och smh

Not gonna call either of those fouls?

gotta pass that to Dave, Och

@DanR very weird

Foul

Nice lob Och.

Finally something good.

Uncalled travel. Three points for ou.

Good job Dave. Keep it alive and get the reward

@benshawks08 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

Uncalled travel. Three points for ou.

nothing to be proud of there, Braun, LOL

Why help like that Dave???

Cb delivers

Boo

Dave just sucks at d

He sucks so bad

guards need to help. Wolfman isn't that great of a passer

@BeddieKU23 def getting exposed by mountain man blowing by him and drilling in his face, equal parts

Dave can't handle Groves outside, nobody else can handle him inside.

Dave is really only good in situations where the other team has a big with no ability to score. Which is a lot of teams.

But if he has to stretch out at all, teams eat our lunch

@Kcmatt7 this seems reminiscent of pre senior Doke

Braun with 10 all of the sudden.

@approxinfinity Doke was so much better.

@benshawks08 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

Braun with 10 all of the sudden.

With agbaji doing nothing

@Kcmatt7 yes. But nova destroyed him.

Och is playing like a golden retriever on a hardwood floor

My dog is better!

Back from the dead !!!

Dave is getting into full speed wild mode

BD wasn't ready for that😘

Glad Braun woke up for the second half. Asserting himself.

CB IS COOKING

Good timeout call.

CB comes alive...

Wow when Christain plays like that. What a badass

@approxinfinity that was the 2nd best Kenpom rated offense in the 20 years it has been going fwiw

@DanR said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

Dave is getting into full speed wild mode

Least body control of any athlete I’ve seen.

BD is better when he's not expecting it?

@Kcmatt7 wow! Makes sense

3 guys in double figs now. Och join the freaking party dude

@benshawks08 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

@DanR said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

Dave is getting into full speed wild mode

Least body control of any athlete I’ve seen.

Newtons laws of motion personified

@benshawks08 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

@DanR said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

Dave is getting into full speed wild mode

Least body control of any athlete I’ve seen.

But sometimes it works! He’s unpredictable so there’s that going for him!

Weak ass call on our best player there. Lumberjack on the other side has done more every time down the floor.

Crap call on Oachi

Older fan behind the bench with two face masks AND a face shield. Not messing around with COVID and not mising her hawks

Such weak sauce after not calling 3 fouls on layups for us

@DanR Murphys*

Tough thing, being as smart and as spastic as Dave I’m sure. Inclined to give him a long leash the rest of the way and just hope we get the best from him. Especially if KJ doesn’t come to play consistently

touche @Kcmatt7

Dave had great position but no one got him the ball.

Porter Moser always looks like he is going to fall over. Does he walk around on his tip toes?

That timeout was very effective

Wilson driving well.

Back side nobody there

Another block for Braun.

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

Back side nobody there

Harris HAS to learn to defend guards in the post.

And fucking 1

Wilson’s drives have been huge

Got lucky there

Yeah got Braun with a “hold on the shirt” lol fran

Groves usually starts clanking those, so I'm OK with him hitting a couple to get over confident

F you mitch

Well another 6'10" guy having a career day. Ho hum.

we're sleepwalking again...

@Zabudda said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

Well another 6'10" guy having a career day. Ho hum.

Not hard when nobody guards you

@Zabudda said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

Well another 6'10" guy having a career day. Ho hum.

Brings back memories of his 35 point barrage against us - - - some people never learn

What have we done to piss off Phog Allen?

@DanR said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

Groves usually starts clanking those, so I'm OK with him hitting a couple to get over confident

you remember his 35 point Clank against us ?

@BeddieKU23 making him look like Kevin Durant rn. Not sure why Wilson isn’t guarding him or we don’t go 5 guards.

Just hugging Och. Lol.

@jayballer67 didn't he miss his last two shots and we won?

Other Grives brother has been a gift today at least

We really don't watch scouting reports

I honestly like Och forcing it here even if it didn’t get points.

leave harris on groves, he messed with him

Groves sets moving screens all day long. Like blatant

Whatever

Can’t hit now.

Just another dud game

Oh boy, Zach time

This team just doesn't have it plain and simple

Our bigs seem to have no idea when it comes to help defense, both Mitch and Dave

@approxinfinity said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

Our bigs seem to have no idea when it comes to help defense

It's taught that way

@approxinfinity said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

Our bigs seem to have no idea when it comes to help defense

when they NEED help?

@approxinfinity said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

Our bigs seem to have no idea when it comes to help defense

our team needs webster to see what the definition of defense is

@BeddieKU23 just not working. This hedge and leave on drive seems wrong.

have to bust our ass to tie or up 1 and then Boom OU up 3-5 again

Och with his predictable brick at the line

Gotta make throws

Another good timeout by OU.

Big shot by jalen

Wilson is having a good day. But everyone else is very average.

@BeddieKU23 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

Big shot by jalen

Huge,

@approxinfinity said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

@BeddieKU23 just not working. This hedge and leave on drive seems wrong.

Been that way for 19 yrs

This last round of hires for B12 jobs were all fantastic. TJ, Moser, Beard (still counts), Allen were all just good picks

Wonder what OU'S shoting % is now ? - -still got to be 5 % I would think

Take Jalen off of Goldwire. That was a bad idea. Dave keeps overhelping and gets out of position to defend against Groves. OCH is MIA. This is a hot mess...

@jayballer67 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

Wonder what OU'S shoting % is now ? - -still got to be 5 % I would think

51%

We are playing to try to tie rather than playing to win

@BeddieKU23 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

@approxinfinity said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

@BeddieKU23 just not working. This hedge and leave on drive seems wrong.

Been that way for 19 yrs

We used to hedge harder. And we didn’t switch everything. At least as far as I recall.

But that was with 2 bigs

Zach with the first point, rebound or assist in his first minute btw.

From the bench that is

That is a foul

Lol this lineup

KABOOM

Bang

Yes

sneaky harris

Shooters shoot

ABOUT TIME. Moving screens all damn day

Refusing to call fouls on drives against groves.

Foul again. No call

@Kcmatt7 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

Shooters shoot

Zach is an assassin

Ty Ou

Call rhe foul

all Zach has probably been doing for two months is shoot threes

The “KU gets all the calls” campaign across the league has been effective in giving all other teams the advantage.

Zach looks a bit quicker. I wonder if his foot was bothering him early in the year and he was trying to play through it

braun set him up for that block LOL

Jesus that’s an offensive foul

black socks with white shoes. I just don't get it

Wondering about Och’s shoes.

Ochai must be made of rubber, there were all kinds of bad bent angles on joints in that crash

Get some shoes

Need this run to extend.

Ochai hasn't helped enough today: 3/11 8 pts. That won't get us a W

Strange game.

Lucky there

If we find a way to survive this to day. - You HAVE to give it to Christan & Jalen they have been big - BIG

Zach Attack!

No freaking 3's for them

CB!

Post D!

Harris figured out how to guard the post pretty fast

what a shot CB

Braun needs to do that more often, not just when the shot clock is running down.

Zach earned some minutes

Is Och the worst in bound passer of all time?

Wake up Ochi. Please.

@benshawks08 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

Is Och the worst in bound passer of all time?

Yes

Don't mind me I'm just grinning ear to ear as Bill closes this game with Zach.

@benshawks08 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

Is Och the worst in bound passer of all time?

OMG

@benshawks08 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

Is Och the worst in bound passer of all time?

GOAT

@BShark said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

Don't mind me I'm just grinning ear to ear as Bill closes this game with Zach.

Right there with ya buddy

or WOAT

@BShark some would call this an in game adjustment

As long as everyone else is stepping up up. Wilson scares me though

like Gurly was just saying - - Don't forget - -Christan for the first 18 minutes of the game was scoreless and now 17 points and 3 blocks later has taken over the game - - spot on

@benshawks08 Of all time? Does that include pee wee basketball?

@jayballer67 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

like Gurly was just saying - - Don't forget - -Christan for the first 18 minutes of the game was scoreless and now 17 points and 3 blocks later has taken over the game - - spot on

Someone pissed in his wheaties

@BeddieKU23 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

@jayballer67 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

like Gurly was just saying - - Don't forget - -Christan for the first 18 minutes of the game was scoreless and now 17 points and 3 blocks later has taken over the game - - spot on

Someone pissed in his wheaties

lol kid has a set

@Jethro said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

@benshawks08 Of all time? Does that include pee wee basketball?

Ok. At the collegiate level? It just boggles my mind and has for about three years!

@jayballer67 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

@BeddieKU23 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

@jayballer67 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

like Gurly was just saying - - Don't forget - -Christan for the first 18 minutes of the game was scoreless and now 17 points and 3 blocks later has taken over the game - - spot on

Someone pissed in his wheaties

lol kid has a set

Brass braun

Now, let's convert...

@benshawks08 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

@Jethro said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

@benshawks08 Of all time? Does that include pee wee basketball?

Ok. At the collegiate level? It just boggles my mind and has for about three years!

Or his coach ya know could try someone else

@benshawks08 I can't think of anyone in college basketball worse...

Gold wire is a dude

Lucky trip on d there. Open shouts abound.

FINISH THIS

Last 3 min is where we fell apart vs Texas

So glad Wilson figured it out.

Rain with a risky sneaky poke from behind there.

big time D there

Big!

Wilson is playing his way into a nice pro resume

+11 with Clemence on the floor so far

@Kcmatt7 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

+11 with Clemence on the floor so far

Is that good?

Wow we suck at late game free throws.

Zach!!!!

Boy does ZC help open up the lane

Och is just playing so slow

MAKE THE FREE THROWS

Odds on both of these going in?

@benshawks08

LOL

Ya know just make a free throw anyone

Hey oooooch!

I hope Zach just goes off the rest of the season and I eat so much crow

Yay

Zach is fired up

Holy shit Zach. Didn’t know you could rebound!

Young gun havin fun

Game ball goes to Braun. But the win goes to ZC

Not taking the sh/t from him

Zach's probably tired of smelling that beard

@DanR said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

Zach's probably tired of smelling that beard

LOL

Zach what a badass

Free throws could have sealed this game.

Please make these…

Four missed in the last 1:30

I know 2 missed free throws BUT how about Zach

JW come on

How can you miss this many how

Thx

That’s an offensive foul…

KU leads the nation in face fouls

@DanR said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

KU leads the nation in face fouls

It’s usually Wilson but Zach took one there for sure.

OU making us work for it.

@benshawks08 mitch gets popped in the face a lot too

JCL stitches

Wow. Really wish we would have made any of these free throws late.

I'd foul braun

Ahhhh geeez

Lol can’t make it easy can we

@DanR said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

I'd foul braun

Anyone really.

Can't make a fucking free throw

Juan

Wilson’s efforts to get in the face of a shooter always seems halfhearted.

Well it comes down to FT's. Jwill.

try the alley oop to big Dave here?

12-21. Barf

🤣

50% freethrow in the last 1:30.

Just… I don’t know.

Omgosh

Packing everyone under their lane to get the ball in, is not working

Choke city

Good lord.

need a steal harris

Neeed them both to get to OT

Whew.

EXHALE

Adam’s with some good d there.

Too close.

We didn’t exactly win that game but we did get the W.

Wowza, good D KJ

Glad KJ was out there. Good call.

Good grief

It's a win. That's about all it is

This team is top 5 at making games closer than they really were

Our late game management leaves something to be desired.

@bskeet said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

Our late game management leaves something to be desired.

A very pg version!

I am going to mald the next time 44 comes in over Zach.

We almost choked it away...

We will struggle when the bench is this bad. If Zach didn’t show up it would have been our worst bench showing this year.

Zach in the starting lineup.

Still can't hit FTs during the last 2 minutes. That will lose a team a lot of games.

Jalen really is gonna be first team all conference. 22 and 9 today.

Okay, now it's time for the women to do their thing. Big game against KSU tonight. Right now we're a projected 11 seed in the tournament.

Just keep winning.

We miss FTs because he doesn't use his bench, and all our starters are gassed...

Survive and move on.

This team has got so much work to do - - don't know if we have enough time to get it fixed for any kind of run in the Tourney : - -BALL HANDLING , FREE THROW SHOOTING AND DEFENSE -- DEFENSE - - -DEENSE

@Jethro first half bench was 0-5 with 5 fouls, 1 block and that’s it. Hard to want to sink more minutes into that dumpster fire

@approxinfinity said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

@Jethro first half bench was 0-5 with 5 fouls, 1 block and that’s it. Hard to want to sink more minutes into that dumpster fire

Wouldn't have minded Joe a little bit in the 2nd to keep guys fresh. Was great to see Zach and KJ get some run.

You would think come Tourney time , we should be able to handle late game tight situations as we have had so many of these - - How many comfortable out of our 20 wins how many comfortable wins have we had compared to tight W's - just got to do better

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@approxinfinity said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

@Jethro first half bench was 0-5 with 5 fouls, 1 block and that’s it. Hard to want to sink more minutes into that dumpster fire

Wouldn't have minded Joe a little bit in the 2nd to keep guys fresh. Was great to see Zach and KJ get some run.

Joe was not worth much today found a quick seat

@BeddieKU23 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

Good grief

Next - -that's all you can say

Tanner Groves scored 0 points with Zach guarding him.

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All comes down to making throws

@jayballer67 You would also think this team could get the damn ball in bounds despite the press. Jeez

@stoptheflop said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

@jayballer67 You would also think this team could get the damn ball in bounds despite the press. Jeez

Agbaji has always been suspect at inbounding the ball which is who Self seems to use in clutch situations.

When did Clemence learn how to play defense? First time he's ever look competent, let alone good on that end of the floor.

Can't catch the ball in those corners! We had been bringing our 5 down and that was working. Then we were running

Well that didn't look promising in the first half, now did it? yikes.
Bottled up. Defended well.
It seems defenses have caught on to our offense, just like what happened to the Chiefs. Teams started playing that "cover 2 deep" against them, forcing them to dink and dunk. When they had patience, they did well against that D. When not, maybe not so much.

So defenses are doing a similar thing against KU in a way. their "cover 2 deep" is defending the 3 pt line like crazy, and limiting Och from hurting them from afar. And that forces us to dink and dunk inside, and we don't have great dink and dunkers inside. Ahem, Dave.

Not an exact replica, but close.

So, the question is, will HOF Head Coach Bill Self figure out a way to play a better O against those brain stormed Ds we've been facing???

@rockchalkjayhawk not sure offense is the problem. We score close to 80 if we make some free throws. The second half offense was pretty solid. This team needs to figure out how to guard for 40 minutes. The help, rotations, and seemingly scouting has all been a mess for a couple of games with teams scoring at will with the players anyone could have said at the beginning of the game we’re going to go off.

@rockchalkjayhawk o hai does need to figure out how to not let himself get taken out of the game for 25-30 minutes of it. He had a spurt this game where he got free for some looks but the just didn’t fall. He’s still attempted a good number of shots this game and is rarely taking bad shots.

Also 1st half turnovers…

@benshawks08 Yup, not a perfect analogy, i know. The defense at times is an issue, giving up easy baskets. But, if you look at the totals we've given up, it doesn't look bad on paper. In January, we mostly gave up totals in the 60s (ugh, kentucky. shh). In February same except for Texas (79). So, maybe? But, i've said this before, we make one dude look like an All American must about every game. guess that's Self's defensive game plan. lock up every body but X. So, maybe we're looking at the defense in the micro instead of the macro? I dunno. they have their moments.

Och does take a few bad shots when he's feeling like he's left out, but not too many. Him and Jalen can make some bad dribbling decisions, too.

@rockchalkjayhawk said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

Well that didn't look promising in the first half, now did it? yikes.
Bottled up. Defended well.
It seems defenses have caught on to our offense, just like what happened to the Chiefs. Teams started playing that "cover 2 deep" against them, forcing them to dink and dunk. When they had patience, they did well against that D. When not, maybe not so much.

So defenses are doing a similar thing against KU in a way. their "cover 2 deep" is defending the 3 pt line like crazy, and limiting Och from hurting them from afar. And that forces us to dink and dunk inside, and we don't have great dink and dunkers inside. Ahem, Dave.

Not an exact replica, but close.

So, the question is, will HOF Head Coach Bill Self figure out a way to play a better O against those brain stormed Ds we've been facing???

KU's biggest issue on offense was sharing the ball. It stuck with too many people not being active when they didn't have the ball. I didn't think OU's defense was all that good today, it just felt more like KU being lazy on offense. This is a comfortable win if Ochai shoots his normal numbers and KU makes 5 more FT's.

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Self was right

On my assumption that UT would wither from all the "attention" given to them after their win against us:

From the Austin Newspaper: 2 different columnists saying the same thing!

Either way, the elation of the Kansas victory quickly became a thing of the past after Texas got trucked 80-63 at Baylor....Problem was, the Horns spent too much time patting themselves on the back and showed up in Waco figuratively fat and happy.

Texas was surging after Monday's win over Kansas. But five days later, the Horns came out and played "soft", players and coach Beard said. "They came ready to play. We didn't. We let the Kansas game be our championship" Courtney Ramey said.

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

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Self was right

How the f is that even missed with a ref standing right there.

@BeddieKU23 Not to mention the ou player holding juan!!

I know I harp on our team (and past teams) not coming pumped and prepared for games... but it must be a lot tougher to coach your players into coming ready for games than it looks. Seems like most D1 teams have this issue. But they are only kids out there.

I find that one of the most-fascinating part of college basketball is all the shifts in momentum.

So while I say our team isn't usually pumped and ready for games... I compliment them on their overall toughness. We've been pretty good at maintaining a certain level of composure that keeps us a threat in games.

The biggest letdown was the Kentucky game.

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@Crimsonorblue22 said in Boomer 2 Game Thread:

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Self was right

How the f is that even missed with a ref standing right there.

KU gets all the calls tho tbh

It will be nice to see if Zach can be a difference maker and if will he get that chance. Probably will.
Our offense is getting stuck and confusion reigns leading to a turnover or awkward shot. Dave and Mitch are more dangerous on put backs then hooks or whatever. The only ones who are getting open looks for treys are Daj or Jalen and they do not take them. Our high ball screens are a waste of time largely because of that. The aggressive B12 defenses push us out until the shot clock becomes a factor and then pack it in or when we spread it out Dave is a mess to get the ball to within his shooting range.
If we can go 5-2 in our last 7 conference games and get to the conference game championship games that means we are good enough to get past the first weekend of the NCAA's.
Make some three's make our bunnies and we can sleep better. Woot woot!
Och and Christian it's on you, sorry.

Just found out the game was at 8 pm. Cool beans. Was going to have to wait to take the little lady out for grub because on V day- now I can do the early bird special, and still not miss the game. It'll be a little like when I was in Florida, and I would see seniors eating dinner at 3:30 in the afternoon...lol.

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