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Best line from Tucky fans after their horrid loss to an unranked MSU team

"CHEATIN AZZ CORKSOAKIN REFS F U IZZO"

Did KY run out of gas at the end? I was unable to watch the game. 😖

Hawks by 11.

@Gorilla72 Tschiebwe fouled out in 2nd OT, significant loss

Ugh 1024 start

@Gorilla72 They made a great coast to coast fast break game tying play in the 1st OT. It looked like Kentucky had it wrapped up in the first OT

Late night! I'm fortunate, can afford to stay up til midnight pretty easily.

@Gorilla72 said in Dook Game Thread:

Did KY run out of gas at the end? I was unable to watch the game. 😖

Cal was outcoached. Tucky had control of the game many times, and simply melted down.

@BeddieKU23 said in Dook Game Thread:

Ugh 1024 start

only 9:24 in the central time zone!

😴😴😴

@DanR And 7:24 out west

Our regular spot for watch parties is the same as Duke's. Everybody's pretty mellow right now...so far.

@Gorilla72 said in Dook Game Thread:

Did KY run out of gas at the end? I was unable to watch the game. 😖

Here's a good description of the game from a Tucky fan:

We got first OT because we couldn't defend a junior high level inbound pass.

We got the second OT because MSU threw over our press with 7 seconds left.

Think about that, BBN.

Both of those were junior high level defensive plays.

Both of them showed how ill-prepared we were.

What a complete waste of our emotions and lives under the Cal era.

The guy has squandered so much talent.

I'm tired of his stupid face.

@nwhawkfan I don't know how you west coasters don't just go to bed at 9:00. Everything is over by then.

@Jethro Kentucky fans are treasures aren't they?!!

Kentucky fans at it again- -just wash and repeat - - Cal can't Coach , playes so undisciplined- - Michigan St sucks they ain't doing s - - - this year were better the them - -Refs screwed us - -lol- - -Every year - - -Every Game always the same - - Can't wait for Cal to be Gone - - Fire Cal lol

I'll say this about Cal, his stated goal of making NBA players is superb. I think his coaching is decent but he never has anyone older than 20 on his team and you just can't expect kids that age to compete for championships anymore.

Think Self traveled to Indianapolis with the team, until he turned into a pumpkin at midnight last night?

Calling it now. It’s gonna be McCullar’s coming out party.

@tundrahok think I saw that he stayed at a separate hotel.

@benshawks08 That would make sense. I wouldn't think he'd stay in Lawrence, but I wasn't sure.

Jon Scheyer once scored 21 points in the last 2 minutes of a game at the Proviso West Holiday Tournament in Chicago's west suburbs. Unless he gives me a reason to I'm not going to dislike him like I did coach K.

Sloppy early

Harris not switching off roach. Like that adjustment to switching everything.

Ooo that was pretty

very nice feed...

@benshawks08 said in Dook Game Thread:

Harris not switching off roach. Like that adjustment to switching everything.

More of a game plan than an adjustment I guess.

Jalen!!

Shit I’m behind.

Good d dick.

We’re getting most of what we want

Great shooting

BEAUTIFUL

Awesome start

If Kevin can keep his shot going…

Everything coming in the flow of the game right now. Nothing forced.

Time for Udeh....

@benshawks08 best player on the floor

@Jethro said in Dook Game Thread:

Time for Udeh....

KJ is absolutely causing fits in the defensive end.

We don't really need that guy, uh what's his name coach shell, sell..??? Sign Norm for life!

Great look. Keep getting those all night and we’ll roll

Sunrise on Sunrise violence

Dick!!!!

Dick is not afraid of contact

Granderson is playing for Duke? That shot was very typical!!

Udeh time

we couldn't ask for a better start.

Wilson is playing like a man

For all their size, they’re soft af

Jalen friggin Wilson coming hard

When this team is turned up on d they are really good. Scary that we are already saying that.

Doesn't look like Duke is gonna score 84 points like they did the other night.

not a good shot there, Jwill, but worth a crack I guess

May need to keep Harris in just for roach.

We are better with Dajuan on the floor offensively, it seems

I'll take speed and D over height

Lol flop

Haha dukey flop T love it!

DOOK FLOP

Flopping dukies

Grayson Allen wouldn't last in college these days

He did land on Udeh's foot...

They don’t call that with k on the sideline.

But I really thought they were going to call a foul on us.

That 100% should’ve been 3 shots for dook buuuuuut karma

With the late whistle, I just figured K was bitching

Yeah looked like Udeh fouled. He's gotta learn there

bad call. Hate to see that go against Duke

Of course we miss the FT

Put harris back in please

Refs blew that call, and of course KU goes "ball don't lie" by missing the FT.

whaaaaat was that, Gradey?

GRADEY

Yeah Gradey

That was a Gradey A+

It looks like we’re a junior high team playing the varsity lol

Enjoy Dick this year because he's gone after this year.

Ok. Joe can handle roach too.

Yesufu...sigh

Omg Joe

we're playing sloppy...let's settle down.

Phew there’s Juan

Dajuan of a new era

Udeh with a nice block that won’t count.

Nice D DeJuan

Thank you f’er out of control

Yes, you ran Harris over and that was a charge.

get it back in gear, guys

Does Scheyer ever get out of the refs ear?

Length is bothering our offense now.

the duke chargers

We're getting calls against Duke!!!

Need Jalen.

Don’t pull Bobby pull Joe
Brutal Norm

Ugly for stretches will be the norm for this team.

Kj doing some nice things offensively this game.

Yeah when kj is in and now Joe
Get udeh in and Joe out Joe don’t have it tonight

Juan and McCullar are carving them like it’s a week from now

@benshawks08 my feed is delayed my excuse

Shit kevin

Not a good look there on mccullars face, hope his
Backs ok

Was that a key moment with Kevs back?

Kj to - already negative on the block defensively geez

McCullar with my kind of injury at 57 years old. Moved

I get those all the time from an old back injury. Feels like you got shot for awhile

@wissox said in Dook Game Thread:

We're getting calls against Duke!!!

Refs might be getting revenge all year.

This is amazing

Predictable oafs

The free throws. Good god.

3 charges drawn by 3 diff ku guys

Are we the new Duke?

@benshawks08 nah we’re likable

@benshawks08 no they were charges ;)

KMC is that dude

Love how Dajuan is reading this game.

Way to get big Gradey

Can’t believe all the calls we are getting

Are we actually getting the Duke whistle so far?

Did Duke hire this coach because he looks like a compilation of every unlikeable duke player in history

Are they gonna foul out on just offensive fouls?

Our dudes play hard

WHAT A POSSESSION

Holy crap

Lets go!!!!

WOW!!!

Wow, some tough D! Love it

👏👏👏👏

Slow the F down guys, just a little bit

Wow

We can see the fricking future

Oops, Pushed that ref into the second row

But but I was told dook’s size would be impenetrable

This team is elite defensively this year. This group could end up rivaling 2008 for best defensive team Self has had.

left about 10 points with passes into the first row of seats

Sloppy play

Really had a chance to throw a haymaker and get the lead over 10. Now it’s going to be 2…

Wheres the foul though

Clearly jalen should have gotten his pound of flesh

@approxinfinity said in Dook Game Thread:

Wheres the foul though

Timeout default one

Slop on offense is the difference between Bill and Norm

Self just might be going stir crazy right now with these offensive miscues.

we're not getting easy baskets.

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we will win this game.

@DanR that and he leaves ice cold chucker Joe in the game and pulls Bobby quickly

Just win tonight we are clearly the better team

Let’s close this half out 11-0 run with some threes

@Jethro we are the better team least what my eyes are seeing

Give them whitehead I still like our chances

That Dajuan chasedown block was epic

@wissox he’s eating popcorn loving the defensive show just cheesin hard though ha!

We do still seem to have offensive issues. Something MJ could really help with

@FarmerJayhawk we laboring right now

Awful and predictable

Sorry but if Zuby can’t get time against Omaha he shouldn’t see it against Duke

@kuballin10 yeah but we’ve gotten a bunch of good looks too

@Kcmatt7 said in Dook Game Thread:

Sorry but if Zuby can’t get time against Omaha he shouldn’t see it against Duke

I forget Zach is out. Nvm

Bill on a zoom call in the lockerroom at half time?

Zuby and udeh suck at screening
Sit still let the guard run their man off you

Lolz

Ogres

@FarmerJayhawk throwing the ball away
Not sure we are watching the same game

6 charges on dook

@kuballin10 said in Dook Game Thread:

Zuby and udeh suck at screening
Sit still let the guard run their man off you

That'll get better as the year goes on.

@kuballin10 did you miss the open 3’s we got?

No fouls on Duke in that last sequence is a joke

@BeddieKU23 not like we’d have made the free throws.

@approxinfinity said in Dook Game Thread:

Bill on a zoom call in the lockerroom at half time?

Have to be on the burner account :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:

@FarmerJayhawk I didn’t think they were that open maybe lol - but I did see them!

Gradey needs to double his shots take some of Wilson’s

Wow gradey missed that horribly. Could have changed the game right there

Also - I see Juan completely controlling a game right now - Bill may be onto something with this coaching gig

@BeddieKU23 his worst miss all year

Juan just out here working dook on both ends

First time we’ve seen gradubstruggle to hit shots. Still has like 6 or 7 points this half.

Gradey is 3-8, Wilson 5-10

Dajuan Scoreleone

Teams combined 3-24 from 3 lol

We had good enough looks to be up by 15

Hope this wasn’t our good half.

Damnit

@benshawks08 he’s hit the guarded ones and missed the wide open ones

Why are we talking to losers? I guess Norm not up to it

Dang. Missed a ton of good opportunities down the stretch. But if you would’ve told me we shot 2-13 from 3 and were ahead I would’ve asked where you got your shrooms

7 blocked shots against really really really tall dook who has zero blocked shots against really really really short KU

Gotta get that zoom set up. Gonna take a minute Norm not tech savvy

@wissox said in Dook Game Thread:

7 blocked shots against really really really tall dook who has zero blocked shots against really really really short KU

This team guards. And I think we might be sneaky athletic.

@approxinfinity Brady and Case are our last two video coordinators we got this 😂

I really don't like Duke so I hope we win

@benshawks08 we clearly owned them athletically. How sweet it is.

We are only getting one shot and they're getting several!

10 turnovers and laying bricks and still up on Duke. Self has to be loving this teams d.

@KirkIsMyHinrich said in Dook Game Thread:

I really don't like Duke so I hope we win

Not only do I not like Duke, I actually really like our team.

@approxinfinity said in Dook Game Thread:

Why are we talking to losers? I guess Norm not up to it

Ridiculous. They NEVER interview the losing coach. Unless it's Dook.

Kevin 4 to's

@Jethro as long as they take home the L they can have the interview

Also, I keep seeing replays of that double block on twitter. Not only was it an amazing defensive player by both Harris and Udeh, they were inches away from getting an assist and a dunk on the other end. Udeh RUNS the floor.

Get Gradey involved more in the flow of the offense instead of freelancing stuff

Keep Wilson and Harris on the floor. No breaks for those two until it's in the bag.

Pettiford and Yesefu... not much contribution from those guys

@benshawks08 you think he out runs his head?

Really hasn’t been a good game for Bobby.

WE have an elite defensive team. Once Udeh begins to get it, we will be very hard to beat.

Just an aside to the exciting game is I'll be making a rare visit to Kansas City Ks this weekend for a funeral. KU roomies Mother In Law passed, we've remained great friends so we're going to support him and his wife. Will make the drive west to Lawrence after the service just to see it. If we didn't have to drive back to Chicago I'd try to go to the football game.

Juan has been so great he better not come off the floor for Bobby.

@Crimsonorblue22 maybe a bit right now. It’s just a matter of time before it all clicks for him and he will be a menace. If it happens this year our d could be just stupid good with him, Juan and Kevin.

@wissox enjoy!

@wissox sorry for your loss, would love to see that game too.

I gotta say this again. This team as the year continues , our defense can really get nasty. Pretty dam good now .So far anyways ya just half but to this point Mitchell no factor , Young no factor, - -I loved the hustle 1st Juan then Udeh back to back blocks on that series- -this defense is just nasty.

@approxinfinity I've got a good feeling about it.

As good a defensive team as this is, they should be able to average about 80 on offense, IMO

@Jethro said in Dook Game Thread:

WE have an elite defensive team. Once Udeh begins to get it, we will be very hard to beat.

E - -L- -I- -T - -E

This game could go either way. I hope our offense finds some easy buckets. We are smarter than them. Lets use it.

We go about 3 deep on help side!

we kind of bogged down those last 7 -8 minutes offensively , like were in mud.- three point shooting really baad

@Crimsonorblue22 helping the helper already.

@benshawks08 love it!

@jayballer67 their length is bothering us. Lots of deflections. High hands on every shot even when they look pretty open.

how is it dukes ball?

Make up call time

@wissox the stick counts as a jump ball.

so the refs are going to try to foul us out?

All ball

Wow 3 fouls in 67 seconds

Late call too

Atta boy Jalen

Turns out it was k on zoom with the officials.

Wow

Defense

Man our D looks crazy good

Juan my God

If Dajuan could just shoot

Not that the pro duke announcers would notice but mcullers picked up two cheapies early in the half and has 3 now. A guy steps on kevs foot and it's a foul and then a clean block. A really damaging sequence there.

I know they’ve had the charges but how many free throws have they had.

Can’t buy a bucket.

4-0 foul count this half is why Duke has the lead Jay

need a real big man in there

Duke got a stretched out Cameron Frye at the 5

Nice seal by Udeh there.

Missing Ochai rn or CB

Gradey hasn't touched the ball this half

@DanR his man scoring too

@Crimsonorblue22 playing NBA D

They don't even notice that mcullers is out. They just think Duke has magically figured it out when our best defender is sitting on the bench after two really bad calls.

This is where losing MJ hurts.

2-15 from 3, ugh

Duke starting to dominate the boards

Well we shall see what fight they got. Need a good 4 min stretch here

We need fun dick back.

Our bench has contributed 2 points. Rice missed 2 out of 3 games so far can't happen. Concerning to me.

Kj scored on a drive - a first
The jalen Wilson show needs to stop move the ball
Get Kevin and Bobby I’m there

Wow refs put the pipe down

time to circle the wagons boys - -starting to slip away

5-0 foul count now.

Why this kj at the 4 lineup
This is where Duke has made their run

I'm not judging this team from this game without Billy out there running the show. It seems like Norm has no in-game plan other than to randomly substitute guys

We need McCuullers back in but refs will probably do as K face timed them at half time and call another foul on him

Nothing you can do about a 7 footer driving and dunking like that.

This lineup isn’t great but I’m not sure where you go. Only so many combos when you have 9 guys

No bill might be hurting us here coming out of half.

@BeddieKU23 said in Dook Game Thread:

Nothing you can do about a 7 footer driving and dunking like that.

the length I was worried about. - Showing up in the 2nd half. - - 6-7 in the 2nd half

A little irritated that Bill is out for this particular game. Oh well. At least its on at 3 am so no randos are watching it.

This is where Bill would call a set play to get us a lob and get us going

Udehs gotta collect that dajuan drew all defenders away

Nice Jalen

Udeh has such poor timing

gradey needs to get in the game or get on the bench

Those guys are so dam big

Nice Bob

Lets get stops

Stayin close tho

Udeh lost defensively

no fouls on duke now?

May need KJ

Wilson got hammered and now it's 6-0 on the fouls.

I hate to sound so cynical, but Jalen isn’t good enough to shoot this much

Wow you gotta be kidding me

Hmm…..

Wilson got mugged

Idk, that stuff looked pretty clean on Jalen

might have pissed Jwill off on that last round, clean or not

@Kcmatt7 Gradey has disappeared
Dude needs to hunt for his shot - should be our 2nd leading scorer every game

@StLJhawk said in Dook Game Thread:

Idk, that stuff looked pretty clean on Jalen

@StLJhawk said in Dook Game Thread:

Idk, that stuff looked pretty clean on Jalen

Seriously ?

Get gradey involved on O

@StLJhawk said in Dook Game Thread:

Idk, that stuff looked pretty clean on Jalen

It was the one before the one that got the replay that looked sus to me. But didn’t get a replay to confirm.

@Kcmatt7 well, we need someone else who can go off, Gradey or Bob gotta fill big shoes

@BeddieKU23 Udeh is really going for the blocks and has 4, but gives up position and only has 1 rebound.

@BeddieKU23 he’s been awful this half
Defensively
Rebounding
Missed the dunk off the Juan miss

Zuby in for a reason he can grab a board

I hate duke

Jalen seems to be the only one that's not timid on O. That's a big concern but we
Knew this team is young

Not a fan that we haven’t been able to exploit at 7!footer guarding Bobby.

McCullers back in

Sitting gradey for a minute or two... hope that helps get him on track

Michigan State win was sweet. Izzo showed why hes a HOFer

That’s better

Length starting to show. -- Guys playing on guts right now- - Duke outrebounding us now by 9

Can’t hit a trey at all

By now Bill would've drawn a T just to wake up the team

yes and bobby out there together... shuddering

Nice tip JW

Nice, Jwill

Just wanna know who is reliable source of 3s

JW again!

Zuby grabbing boards
Joe instant spark with Bobby

Big time Jalen

McCullers is the difference.

@approxinfinity said in Dook Game Thread:

Just wanna know who is reliable source of 3s

nobody in this game on either team!

WE HIT A FT

Jalen showing he might have some star power.

Fake foul

@FarmerJayhawk said in Dook Game Thread:

WE HIT A FT

THEY CALLED A FOUL, but just made up for by calling a crap foul on DeJuan

@BeddieKU23 said in Dook Game Thread:

Fake foul

We took the lead. Wasn’t the story line.

And in the bonus. Ouch.

Really bad pass

Guess Scheyer’s jawing worked

Still gonna be 5 on 8 vs Duke.

Shut up Shulman

elbow to the face, F that

Ok I already hate Filikowski

@BeddieKU23 said in Dook Game Thread:

Really bad pass

Juan’s not gonna do anything down there anyway.

Is he crying?

Head case man. Guess Ferris totalled his Dads car

Come on jay!

Filipowski got a real punchable face

Incredible defense

@Kcmatt7 looks like it's been punched a few times

@Kcmatt7 he's part of the brohood

Zuby banging is great

@FarmerJayhawk said in Dook Game Thread:

Ok I already hate Filikowski

Truly very unlikable.

Boy, I am dreading the day Bill Self retires or moves on

@DanR then his dad sued

Nice stuff for our 11th block

Zuby has some tools.

Zub with happy feet in the lane then a really nice block. Good minutes despite the ups and downs

We have 4 guys with 3 fouls, needless to say duke doesn't

If you told me we’d block 11 shots this game I would have had you checked into a mental health facility

@BeddieKU23 said in Dook Game Thread:

Zub with happy feet in the lane then a really nice block. Good minutes despite the ups and downs

Great experience minutes on a big stage.

just some growing pains fella's - -young-ens learning- - 11 blocks this defense saves our but a lot - - we may struggle for awhile but were gonna be ok down the line for sure I think

Don’t pull Zuby cause happy feet
Like to see it again he didn’t travel
He’s the only guy who can board!!!!

Dumb norm!

Blocks for the smaller team - D gonna be nasty if bill plays the frosh bigs!

We still got this game

@benshawks08 always have why I’ve been begging Bill to let him get more minutes especially over Zach who
Isn’t gonna he here next year

Feels like the reverse of the first half. Should be down by a lot based on the feel but are right there.

Wilson and Gradey 0-8 from 3. Unexpected.

@DanR I’m not feeling it between the whistle and our offense laboring

Duke playing much better d

Gradey is riding the pine longer than I thought he would

ESPN's broadcast is horrible. Fox does way better.

Can’t buy a 3

Oooof

should have dished it

Tough call but hard to complain about that one specifically. Been the call all night.

Harris has to stop shooting grrrr

OMG threes

KJ can play some D

Shooting is a major problem

Enjoyed watching Scheyers team get eliminated by VCU in tourney. Eric Maynor! Also, losing to Lehigh. Good stuff!

Terrific work KJ

Juan can’t score worth crap Bill!

Dick alert

We tried.

I’m starting a Go-fundme to try and raise money to buy a 3 for us

@BShark it ain’t over
But feels like it

@BShark we're not done, LOL

Man how does roach pivot 3 diff pivot feet away from bucket and not travdl

Playing braindead for a fair bit here @kuballin10 I think this team can get great but not there yet.

Missing a board guy

Should have been a jump ball which would have been ours with the possession arrow. Instead they give Duke a no call and they get a bucket.

drain a couple threes here and rip this game up

+10 on the boards. Not good

This is where Bill would slow the game down and get his best guys set looks

Was that time out a coaching decision? Haven’t seen many of those from the ku bench.

Going on a scoreless drought for 5 minutes is less than ideal.

@Kcmatt7 said in Dook Game Thread:

This is where Bill would slow the game down and get his best guys set looks

We were definitely missing Bill tonight, would have manufactured some looks for Gradey I bet.

@BeddieKU23 said in Dook Game Thread:

+10 on the boards. Not good

Honestly not as bad as I would have thought. We knew this would be a problem given KJ.

If Bill was on the bench, he'd have Wilson and Harris driving every possession until the buzzer. Norm is going to let Dick fire off some three bombs

JALEN

@BShark problem is Bill playing him - let the freshman bigs figure it out
I’m more irritated at the same turnovers as them 15

Game against better athletes is quicker

What does Jalen have to do there to get a foul called?

Wilson outplaying filidorky but announcers not noticing but he needs to stop shooting 3's

@Kcmatt7 said in Dook Game Thread:

What does Jalen have to do there to get a foul called?

Die probably

Crap! 2-18 3s????

Nice play Gradey

Come on. Big Dick time right here

Good looks. Not much else to do.

Or Big Mac.

KEVIN

Let's go

Good response

How is this a one point game?

@benshawks08 said in Dook Game Thread:

How is this a one point game?

We defend and scrap.

finally!

Finally!

Big time

Zuby should be dunking that in front of Kevin - experience and speed of game these guys need more minutes in a REAL GAME Bill not just practice

Practice can never replicate a game

GRADEY DICK

Dick comes up big

Dick is hot

@FarmerJayhawk said in Dook Game Thread:

GRADEY DICK

PART TWO

Nice lob!!

None of the 4 teams here have really shot the three well.

Grade A

JUANDOOOOOO

Dick going straight to the hole

And a charge going our way too!

Damn roach

Oh my

Wow

Gradey seems a little focused coming off the bench

Gradey should maybe shoot more or get the ball more

Duke can't even foul us to get the ball back because they're not in the bonus

That’s why you don’t keep Gradey on bench that long

Harris doesn't really have many muscles to cramp

Dajuans a warrior man

Sweet!

HAIL YES, KJ

Juan. Fucking. Harris.

@Kcmatt7 I’ve said it all freaking game
He and Wilson our Braun and Och -
Bill needs to BRush him - SHOOT THE BLl

Hot dang

Wow!

Wow wow wow

Dook

Light switch = on. Life gets so much easier when you got a microwave scorer going off

WTF

WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?

Fuck that guy

Come on man

Flagrant

Holy crap

Damn

What the f is that.

Lets go JWill make 1 at least please!

average shooting three teams will kill this Duke footer group

Psycho bitches. Take the L

So, um, are we like really good?

Way to bury them J Will. Make them cry

First loss in the illustrious career of jn shyer

Made em both, clutch

@wissox said in Dook Game Thread:

First loss in the illustrious career of jn shyer

Many more to follow. ACC is going to murder him. Good luck trying to get lotto picks to listen to your punchable face for a season. Lol

We tried to tell them! Go to gradey

Gradey does not like to lose, that is obvious

Glorious end to this

Imagine how good we could be if MJ buys in…

Good guys win again!

Rock chalk! See ya, Duke

Holy crap, what a finish.

Gradey Dick > your team's white guy

Rock Chalk Jayhawk. Fuck dook

Our interim coach beat coach k's savior.

You hate to see it

Lots to love

gonna be a fun year

Wow, I thought I wasn't going to be able to sleep because of a loss to Duke and the zebras. Now I can't go to sleep because of this awesome finish.

Anyone know how long our winning streak is?

Juan 🥰🥰🥰

Ched gave me pills!🤣

Juando and Wilson have the perspective!

Juan is constant motion when interviewing haha arms flailing around

@FarmerJayhawk big time

@BShark you in bed bro? Missed that Gradey Bird show late just TOOK over

And Juan huge charge on d

Beat Duke in football and basketball.

Suck it, Duke

Yeah we learned something real good about this bunch that last 4 minutes. They got it

Just a beautiful win. Any time you beat Dook, it's a great day.

@kuballin10 I should be, I'm too old for this! Darn double OT

College football on a Tuesday night is ESPN at its worst

@wissox said in Dook Game Thread:

Wow, I thought I wasn't going to be able to sleep because of a loss to Duke and the zebras. Now I can't go to sleep because of this awesome finish.

Anyone know how long our winning streak is?

I believe it's at 14 right now.

@Kcmatt7 and the bigs figure it out

Kj shut me up - Huge and 1 - dude is vital from Baylor

plus...Tucky chokes out a win and we gain 1 game in overall!

Any day Duke and Kentucky lose and KU wins is a happy trifecta

@BShark try being in EST!

@DanR on espn

too hepped up to sleep now. i LOVE IT...DOOK GOES DOWN IN FLAMES

This team has a real chance to repeat if they stay healthy.

@Texas-Hawk-10 im feeling it

@FarmerJayhawk said in Dook Game Thread:

@BShark try being in EST!

NO lol

Come at the kings you best not miss

If I'm a Duke fan I'm kind of mad at Roach right now. He wasn't very good

@Texas-Hawk-10 huge load on Gradey MJ and Bobby to give us scoring we lost. The defense is there already

@Crimsonorblue22 True. They're trying to show all the UK highlights right now. I'm sure it'll be a Duke highlight fest until the show the final score where KU won.

@KirkIsMyHinrich said in Dook Game Thread:

If I'm a Duke fan I'm kind of mad at Roach right now. He wasn't very good

Harris may have had a little to do with that.

@benshawks08 said in Dook Game Thread:

@KirkIsMyHinrich said in Dook Game Thread:

If I'm a Duke fan I'm kind of mad at Roach right now. He wasn't very good

Harris may have had a little to do with that.

No doubt but Roach did too

Post game is on espn+

Gotta tell you guys - - Pretty dam proud of these guys , NO QUIT in them , Had Dick show up late came up big - - whole team stayed with it.

Positive things if we can win a game like this shooting like 2-19 from the three and like 15 turnovers and still manage a way to win - -that's a huge PLUS..
Duke length showed in the 2nd hal but Jalen was just a MAN 25 & 11 - -got to love it

@approxinfinity said in Dook Game Thread:

@Texas-Hawk-10 huge load on Gradey MJ and Bobby to give us scoring we lost. The defense is there already

And that defense is only going to get better

Who told gradey to get with it?

@Crimsonorblue22 probably his mom was there

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Dook Game Thread:

This team has a real chance to repeat if they stay healthy.

I know one thing this defense is just crazy , give them a little more ya buddy

No double block highlight on ESPN Sportscenter. even though that was really the highlight of the game.

@DanR was thinking the same thing

@KirkIsMyHinrich said in Dook Game Thread:

Beat Duke in football and basketball.

Suck it, Duke

I hope we play them in baseball.

You know what give em a little time I think KJ - - Udeh - -& Zuby all gonna be key -- they all played a little bit in this - - KJ some critical scores - - -Zuby just energy some big rebounds - -and dam as a team can you beleive this block party, it's like we gonna challenge everything

Kj's last bucket was pretty tough!

@approxinfinity Bill needs to define some roles with this tape.

Bobby gotta hit floaters and threes - always be in attack mode

Gradey - Shoot as much as Jalen

MJ - Be a dog - attack and dunk on people (he’d have a lob had he played tonight)

These guys are taking to Self’s play quick and thank Juan and the other experienced guys (even bench guys) for that

@jayballer67 Zuby is a rebounding machine - did it in high school and circuit against legit bigs

Bill should be forcing minutes his way

When game slows down for him he’s gonna be nasty
T rob jr

@Jethro - must be ugly on the KY boards. And, they fall back another game in all-time wins! 😉

Duke fan.

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@wissox Ha! Dook blaming the refs for the loss??

Scheyer not gonna get K calls. Not gonna control the locker room egos. Long season. Popcorn pls.

@StLJhawk Unbelievable. I mean when your team has 3 fouls with a minute left in the 2nd half and you've shot way more FT's than your opponent it really just demonstrates how much people get blinded by their affection for a certain team.

@wissox all you can do is not feed the trolls

@approxinfinity Yeah, it's kind of a sport of mine!

UNC won by 6 at home against Gardner Webb, empty seats all over the place. Maybe we'd have trouble filling a huge arena like that too but it's kind of surprising.

Harris more assists than the other team combined.

Dukes trees combined for 2 blocks. 4 of our players had 2 or more blocks.

Since I didn’t see the game, will someone describe the Duke technical foul please?

@Gorilla72 Flop. But it was questionable. The guy landed on Udeh's feet and fell over. Looked like a flop, but it was just because he landed wrong after shooting.

Watched the game at midnight. Holy cow don't know where to start.

We have guys who really know the game and can flat out ball. McCullers was so valuable. KJ what can you say other than he is one tough ass playerand put the ball in the hole. Udeh and Zuby made their mark in a big way. We have depth!!

DuJuan was better than any Duke guard on both ends, great game!
Grady is a freak!! Highlight reel plays and Jay Bilas will realize that he is a terror on defense too.
This was J Will's best game I think. All American stuff. What can ya say?
The whole team was focused and poised. So Impressive.

Duke played like punks and the refs made them pay. You could see the plan was to rough our guys up and beat us down with their length and depth. That last foul on J Will made my blood boil. But who was tougher? Yeah eff you Dook.

@FarmerJayhawk

Exactly!

@Zabudda

Summed up well my friend!

@wissox said in Dook Game Thread:

Duke fan.

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That guy was really struggling last night. Said some really vile things to a friend of mine (then deleted them).

@Zabudda said in Dook Game Thread:

Watched the game at midnight. Holy cow don't know where to start.

We have guys who really know the game and can flat out ball. McCullers was so valuable. KJ what can you say other than he is one tough ass playerand put the ball in the hole. Udeh and Zuby made their mark in a big way. We have depth!!

DuJuan was better than any Duke guard on both ends, great game!
Grady is a freak!! Highlight reel plays and Jay Bilas will realize that he is a terror on defense too.
This was J Will's best game I think. All American stuff. What can ya say?
The whole team was focused and poised. So Impressive.

Duke played like punks and the refs made them pay. You could see the plan was to rough our guys up and beat us down with their length and depth. That last foul on J Will made my blood boil. But who was tougher? Yeah eff you Dook.

13 blocks against Duke I think we got more athletic. Really got after them on D despite being short handed I loved it.

@kuballin10 said in Dook Game Thread:

@jayballer67 Zuby is a rebounding machine - did it in high school and circuit against legit bigs

Bill should be forcing minutes his way

When game slows down for him he’s gonna be nasty
T rob jr

Not looking good for Zach I'll say that.

@Gorilla72 said in Dook Game Thread:

Since I didn’t see the game, will someone describe the Duke technical foul please?

KU player fouled Duke guy on a three. He didn’t get the call. Landed on KU players foot, then after a slight delay flailed around on the way to the floor. - missed call (hand slap on three) followed by a flop - would’ve gone Dukes way in the past.

Only two guys that really couldn’t stay on the floor in stretches were Udeh and joe. And they both still did things defensively that kept the game close.

Not sure that it is fair that for joe to play he really needs to score. But with Juan doing Juan things and Bobby being Bobby that kinda the only role available for him. I still think he will get a look most nights to see if his shot is falling. Love that we can trust him to play tough d no matter what anytime he steps on the floor.

Udeh had his first moments where the game looked a bit too fast for him. He had some bad moments where he looked lost or failed to convert on plays we really need him to convert on but still again plays hard. Effort never in doubt. Made some huge blocks. He will be fine.

Bobby didn’t do anything great but also didn’t make any big blunders. There was a time early where I wondered if he’d be able to handle roach when Harris sat. He struggled at first but then settled in and was able to contain him. Even in the second half, Bobby stayed on roach when Harris got the assignment of shutting down that freshman who found his stroke in the second half. (I don’t remember his name but probably because it didn’t get called after Harris switched onto him)

Overall very impressed with where this team is defensively. I guess it shouldn’t be too surprising when you start 3 guys that you wouldn’t be shocked if they showed up in defensive player of the year lists (Juan, Kevin, and kj). This team not only plays hard on defense but does things from a team perspective that we usually don’t see until later in the year. The rotations are super crisp most of the time. The athleticism is there to challenge at the rim (clearly if we can challenge that Duke team at the rim we can do it to anyone). The hands and anticipation of those three defensive studs will continue to give the other team fits all year.

@benshawks08 Ideally MJ can take any minutes Joe might be getting.

@BShark That would be an upgrade!

@dylans said in Dook Game Thread:

@BShark That would be an upgrade!

Indeed.

Some more thoughts

I'm just not sure how Zach fits in at all. I have consistently liked what I've seen from Zuby he has great instincts just needs to learn the system and have the game slow down.

Our top 5 is very clear currently and this includes KJ. Right now he is absolutely the best big despite his rebounding issues. This does mean starting 2 guys that don't look to score at all but we made it work against a major opponent that was favored against us.

Jalen is a legitimate player of the year candidate currently. If he keeps up 20/10/5 he might just get it, will certainly be in contention and win conference poty.

Juan is fantastic and was playing on one leg. He orchestrated everything.

The defense has been suffocating though Duke did go after Gradey in a major way to start the 2nd half. Norm made a key adjustment by getting Bobby in there. Well done. McCullar and Dajuan obvs great on this end.

@BShark I’m good with that. Zach is somehow slower and his shot isn’t falling making him not playable

@benshawks08 TOS showed how Duke 2nd half went right at Gradey which explains why he sat

Bobby came in and we got stops and kept it close then Gradey late off the bunch. I was mad at norm for lineups yet he looked like a genius with that play.

Bobby, Juan and Zuby isn’t a scoring offense why JW shot so much.

JW, Gradey and Kevin gotta carry the scoring load

Going to need to find some reliable guys off the bench. Points wise the bench contributed very little. The two bigs off the bench especially Zuby contributed in other ways.

Most cringeworthy moment was Joe chucking up a three and badly missing but got the rebound right back to him and chucked up another badly missed ball.

Coach Rob said he sat Gradey because he was tired. I don't think he was that tired, we can't have him sit that long. That'll change when Self is back or after next practice! Gotta push his go button. Wilson finally made some nice passes. We weren't making them work hard enough on D, and not getting a second shot.

@kuballin10 I think Bobby will score against most teams. Just tough for a 6 ft guy to get anywhere when the other team can literally put a 7 footer on him and know another 7 footer is at the rim if he gets beat off the dribble.

I think that Duke team has potential to be REALLY good. Their length is impossible to prepare for. And while they may be a little soft, they have some real pieces that could come together.

Really good win by our boys.

No doubt, Scheyer is going to study this game to figure out how he could have defeated KU. One thing he may have to conclude is that his team may not be equipped to win against KU. Duke is built for the old style and KU's team is built for a new style. We're evolving toward the GSWarriors style and Duke, Gonzaga and Kentucky are in classic mode. If you have shooters, it has been demonstrated that the Warriors style can pick apart and run down the classic approach.

Their concerns with officiating reflected the schism in approaches -- KU was quicker and more athletic which led to defensive charges, etc.

By no means does this mean that KU or anyone using this style can win simply by adopting it; you have to execute it well and hit shots. But even with just 3/19 threes, we were able to spread things just enough to drive various lanes to the basket.

This can change recruiting over time ... because the premium on recruiting a 7ft center (which is fairly rare) is diminished when you construct this kind of team.

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Dook Game Thread:

Coach Rob said he sat Gradey because he was tired. I don't think he was that tired, we can't have him sit that long. That'll change when Self is back or after next practice! Gotta push his go button. Wilson finally made some nice passes. We weren't making them work hard enough on D, and not getting a second shot.

He played 32 minutes, third most on the team.

We were never going to outrebound Duke. Our starting 5 man can't rebound and they are massive.

I really thought our bench would score more. Only Zuby and Bobby got baskets. So, 4 pts from the bench on 2/9 shots. Four bench players played 46 minutes. KU needs more bench scoring. Come on now. The bench did contribute 10 rbs, 7 blocks and 2 assists, so that's something.

@stoptheflop said in Dook Game Thread:

I really thought our bench would score more. Only Zuby and Bobby got baskets. So, 4 pts from the bench on 2/9 shots. Four bench players played 46 minutes. KU needs more bench scoring. Come on now. The bench did contribute 10 rbs, 7 blocks and 2 assists, so that's something.

The bench I'm pretty confident would of produced more if MJ would have played

@wissox said in Dook Game Thread:

Going to need to find some reliable guys off the bench. Points wise the bench contributed very little. The two bigs off the bench especially Zuby contributed in other ways.

Most cringeworthy moment was Joe chucking up a three and badly missing but got the rebound right back to him and chucked up another badly missed ball.

your right on Joe - -I mean we know he can hit the three have seen a couple , just wondering if he just doesn't get to sped up when he is in and just plain hurrys his shot more often then and not get det before launching -somewhere down the line we might very well need that three point shooting , hope he get's it worked out

I know some of you all are pretty high on Yesefu and Pettiford. I just haven't seen anything yet to think they'll be impact players at KU. I'm hoping they can get some mojo going, but they just seem too small and too timid.

I was high on Yesufu, but his shot selection .... well let's just say it's looked a bit wild. I want to believe, but he's put considerable doubt in my mind.

Pettiford has looked pretty good by my eye. I think he'll be a solid backup to Dejuan soon enough.

@bskeet I’ve been pro Joe forever but it is MJ time to be that scorer off the bench

@kuballin10 said in Dook Game Thread:

@bskeet I’ve been pro Joe forever but it is MJ time to be that scorer off the bench

No question about it. - I think if we can keep MJ on the floor when it's his rotation -- got to have him. More physical bullish type can get his shot and seems to do an efficient job of doing it

The feeling of confidence and alignment with the world is so nice after a big victory.

Living in the afterglow right now.

@approxinfinity today is my bday. Got my birthday wish a little early!

Joe does it in practice all the time, but he hasn't been able to translate that into games. MJ has to be ahead of him. I thot BPJ played small- I don't think he ever penetrated their defense once.

@Jethro

He did get a floater to go in over Lively. The only shot he took I believe

@jayballer67 his 1 three looked smooth his mechanics are solid just like selden. Just needs to get more shots up and practice - he is a scorer when it’s needed he will make them

@Jethro yeah Bobby has to attack way more. He can penetrate at will but the speed of the game I think made him hesitant
Duke’s size is no joke after the first two games we played. Guarantee the court felt smaller to each guy

@kuballin10 said in Dook Game Thread:

@Jethro yeah Bobby has to attack way more. He can penetrate at will but the speed of the game I think made him hesitant
Duke’s size is no joke after the first two games we played. Guarantee the court felt smaller to each guy

The whole team shied away from driving to the rim at times in that game- drove me crazy. Guarantee you- when Bill gets back, he'll make them drive it to the basket.

@dylans nice! Happy Bday! :shortcake: :party_popper:

@Jethro said in Dook Game Thread:

@kuballin10 said in Dook Game Thread:

@Jethro yeah Bobby has to attack way more. He can penetrate at will but the speed of the game I think made him hesitant
Duke’s size is no joke after the first two games we played. Guarantee the court felt smaller to each guy

The whole team shied away from driving to the rim at times in that game- drove me crazy. Guarantee you- when Bill gets back, he'll make them drive it to the basket.

Main reason jalen ended up with 26 shots.

After rewatching that game i just am in awe of Jalen and Dajuans composure. Yes Grady had a brilliant sequence and looked like a senior during that stretch, but how lucky are we to have two returning champions who believe :hundred_points: in our potential this year and appear ready to lead us there? These guys arent the left overs from a championship run. These guys are made men. HARD warriors!

@approxinfinity said in Dook Game Thread:

After rewatching that game i just am in awe of Jalen and Dajuans composure. Yes Grady had a brilliant sequence and looked like a senior during that stretch, but how lucky are we to have two returning champions who believe :hundred_points: in our potential this year and appear ready to lead us there? These guys arent the left overs from a championship run. These guys are made men. HARD warriors!

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