@drgnslayr said in K-St Game Thread:
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Caught that, too. It was spot on. Everything except him trying to take a punch for the team by blaming himself for the timeout. At the time he started to signal the TO Jalen wasn't shooting yet and at that moment our team needed the structure of a play. Had JWil missed the shot, everyone would have been saying "thank God" Self called it.
I've been vibing in for quite a while that MJ isn't whole. Think it's back spasms that come and go and will be with him through the remaining part of the season.
Spot on about Kevin remembering shots. Kevin is thinking too much instead of just playing with a free consciousness. The perfect example of who to mimic is JWil. He's as good as any Jayhawk we have ever had about playing in the moment and being free. Really love that about him and we are getting a plus on our results because of that.
I think we need to consider Harris' minutes down the stretch of this season and try (whenever possible) to give him rest, both in games and other times.
I'm really bummed about MJ and hope I'm wrong. I viewed him as our "late Remy surprise" going down the stretch of this season and into March.
Would be a big help if one big started "getting it"... not sure if it will happen. First... they are all so different from KJ and the other 4 players are used to KJ exploiting his speed and strength. Guess that says more about how valuable KJ has become over the season so far.
I still think this team has another gear to hit. Just not sure if we will be fresh enough down the stretch to kick into it. Some things we just don't know until we are there. What happens if we drop several upcoming games, including maybe a blowout? Suddenly the Jayhawk Nation questions the quality of this team... suddenly we have a chip! How will they react?
We were 6 for 29 from 3. We missed 10 free throws. 3 starters fouled out. We were down double digits. We end up losing by 1 on the road against the best Silo team since Jacob Pullen, Beasley and company.
My chief concern is playing starters too many minutes, and wearing our guys down. We don't get easy buckets at all. We don't want to play fast, so we end up in these grinders that suck the life out of a team. Joe has got to get more minutes. Same with Bobby. Zuby has got to get up to snuff.
Gradey was completely gassed, and was leaving lots of shots short. Kevin is in the mindzone, where the thinker is stopping the do'er. KJ was simply a revelation the first half, and Jalen had his best day ever as a jayhawk, imo.
Juan is not letting the game come to him and is pressing with mistakes he doesn't usually make. He was gassed and injured after the fall, and played like it. Free your mind, Juan. We know how good you are. Just go have fun again.
TCU is going to let us run and we should be able to score easier. Of course, so will they. We've had good luck against running teams ( Misery comes to mind), so it should be a fun game. Would love to see Kev and Juan just relax and play ball the way we know they can. Like you said, we certainly haven't played our best game yet.
