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Our next opponent is upon us and now.

Questions arise about our defense in this game.

1. Who out of our committee at the 5 gets to guard their 7foot 245b center, Welsh, who got 20 against UNLV? He went for 5 more than his season average, put he also averages just south of 2 blocks a game and 7 rebs. I'm guessing we see Lucas in the beginning for that match up.

2. Who gets the call to guard the coaches kid Alford? He too got 20 its last night , right at his season average. Does this assignment go to Seldes or the combo of Frank and Devonte?

3. Holiday another guard had 18, 5 above his season avg., but was hot from the FT line.

The bonus is those three players score 58 of their 77 points. So can we stop one of them? Slow the other two down a bit?

1. Will KU play free again tonight?

We have no answer for Welsh but I doubt he will be the reason We would lose. It's important to get Parker in foul trouble as he is their double double machine.

Alford is going to require someone's best defensive night, if he's making shots from outside this will be a very close game. The key will be forcing him into bad shots, not wide open shots. UCLA has a high ceiling and they could definetly best us, we are no world beaters. It will take an effort I'm not sure we are ready for, maybe we are after going through the MSU debacle.

Obviously the key to winning on our end will be to make shots, especially perimeter. Nothing else matters, we make shots we win

I really hope that coach will let them play freely and don't hold back on the 3-pt shooting. Its no secret that KU has trouble scoring inside against L&A and I hope that coach will keep 3-pt shooting an integral part of the offense.

KU 91 UCLA 79.

The key is to put the clamp on Alford first. He's a volume shooter, so disrupting him will disrupt their offense. My belief has always been to put size on shooters and speed on slashers. Alford is a shooter, so you put Selden on him to start. This may also be a night where you put Vick on him and tell Vick that while he is on the court his only concern is to make sure that Alford is within arms length at all times.

In the post, I would play behind their big guy and dare him to dominate. I don't know that Welsh is good enough to score with his back to the basket on every possession, even against a team lacking size. He's not Karl Anthony Towns or Jahlil Okafor. He's a guy that averaged just 4 points per game last year. The temptation would be to double him, but I think KU is better off not compromising the defense and daring him to beat us because honestly, I don't think he's good enough to do that.

@justanotherfan I thought Vick looked like a man among boys playing in a mop up role. Man oh man, he is going to be good !!!!

Vick will see 2 minutes lucky in this game. What makes you think our 5th perimeter player is going to play?

Because of UCLA'S Size we will see more Lucas than fans will be able to handle. Hunter is clearly the odd man out in games against better so unless we are in serious foul trouble don't expect him to see more than 5 minutes. Bragg will see his customary 10 minutes or so, you know not enough to make an impact at either end.

The minutes spread will be no different than last week. If graham or mason can disrupt Alford we should pull out a close game. This will not be a blowout by any means, we will play down to them.

Making shots whether 3's and FT's will be key

@justanotherfan Very excellent post on Vick & Alford Jr....he is capable of manning up on many upper classmen already as a freshman. So between Selden & LV there's 10 fouls to give. My biggest apprehension is we get beaten so badly on the boards that Alford is a moot point. They've a footer & a couple of6'10" guys that play & play well so even though LL is our least offensive producer in the paint, he must play the big board rat tonight. Their guards get back on defense most always so if Frank plays his expected Bulldoggie role, I think he could well have 8-10 boards himself.

@KUSTEVE

Holy cow, that is a prediction with a pair slapping!

Radio station broadcasting the game in the kc area?

NM. Found it

Good start offensively. This might be interesting to watch how we perform inside and how the playing time plays out tonight v last night.

Is this the chat spot?

I assumed it was

Is that Jamari making a jump shot?

I like Jamari despite all the ripping on him from people here.

10 missed shots - 5 on each side:

KU 2/4 RB
UCLS 2/5 RB

I like Jamtray also. There are better bball played out there. But he does give it all. And a great kid. Met he and his mom at Omaha last March. Nice talk

I'll take fools gold to the bank.

What number is Cheick, I can't figure out which one is he on the court.

Even scoring for us:

3 players with 4
4 players with 3

Then Seldon with another fools gold shot...moving 1 player with 3 up to 6

4-6 from 3pt

@Bwag We better keep shooting it before Coach reins em in.

UCLA Bailed out by the refs there

@wissoxfan83 anyone think coach self still doesn't want them to shot the 3?

@wissoxfan83 lol...

Parker is a big pile of slow.

@Crimsonorblue22 If its close late? Yeah, his mindset is always the high% shot. always...

The floor is covered with the brains of Bruins being beaten out

@jaybate-1.0 oh, it's an old-fashioned trip to the woodshed, alright.

@globaljaybird said:

@Crimsonorblue22 If its close late? Yeah, his mindset is always the high% shot. always...

Right now, high %shot is the 3pt

4/6 v 3/6 from 2pt

KU defying the law of 3pt averages and shooting the lights out!

Let's see if the KU killer instinct comes out or if we let this team back in it.

@jaybate-1.0 more the merrier

Time for Luke to take a Trey!

Seems to me another bail out by the ref...but I didn't watch the replay.

Bragg fouling like a frosh

Svi playing HARD!

Wayne in a zone shooting

Too much trouble for Parker to run down the court after getting out-rebounded. Why is it that whenever I see the top "missed" recruits for KU I don't think we're missing much.

Cherry picking

It's boring to see them do this against Chaminade, it's exciting to watch them do it against UCLA.

KU running the asses off the baby bears!

@jaybate-1.0 Love the up tempo...do we substitute to keep fresh?

Mason lies in the laps of the UCLA cheerleaders, I think he spent an extra few seconds on the floor there.

Just murdering ucla with transition baskets.

Alford have 2 fouls?

@wissoxfan83 i know I'd linger there for a minute....til I thought of my wife

@wissoxfan83 a friendly thought I hope!

@wissoxfan83 but hunny....

@jaycon11 keep on running!

@Bwag But we all know Bill-recall the one possession MSU game when BG & Svi both rode the pine...

@Crimsonorblue22 good thing it's at sea level or ucla would be sucking on the oxygen tanks.

Late call

Is this a better offensive or defensive performance?

@wissoxfan83 UCLA is so slow it looks real easy right now.

Ucla being out-rebounded 15-9

Svi is a stud suddenly. The Crimean Kid has a mad on!!!

No Mickleson yet...Traylor, playing decent and back in versus Hunter getting pt.

Bruins too Ray-ed back!

Alford II has an even more punchable face than his dad, and that's saying something.

No need for Lucas to body up on that shot attempt...but it's only number 1 on him.

Ellis up to 11...how did he get there exactly?

Welcome to basketball school Bruins!!!

What Fran is trying to say is that Ellis is the King of Spin.

UCLA having issues with fools gold. 1-7 Ithink now.

We've dropped to 5-10 from 3pt.

Now this is the right way to waste a hot shooting night!!! On UCLA!!!!

UCLA bigs are making Lucas look good.

AFH West!!

@wissoxfan83 wish we were there!

God we are owning every phase of this game.

Alford's created a soft team--very soft!

Svi is our worst % 3 pt shooter on that's played so far at 1/3

Wow what a performance. I didn't expect this but it's great to see these guys confident. My predictions are Thankfully very wrong.

Hang a century on the Bruins!

Might not have been such a bad thing to lose to MSU in the second game. This team looks unbeatable. My expectations might have been unrealistic.

Second half could be very different. I would not underestimate Alford or UCLA. Too much tradition and pride. This is an opportunity for KU to prove they can put their foot on the throat of an opponent.

RB leaders:

Lucas - 5
Mason - 4
Traylor - 3

this has been a real nail biter ....will we break 100 again?

Damn is that Opie on the floor? Shazam, Shazam !!

Svish.

This is fun.

I like the fact that HCBS let the team open it up from the 3.

I don't think Svi is a streak shooter, but I kind of like that. Every other one works just fine.

OMG....look at our offense.....59 in a half?....

Amazingly, an even more lopsided first half than last night's beat down.

So, according to Fran, NCAA is "working on" the Diallo debacle.

Most of the 3's I've seen fall were wide open, feet set, uncontested knockdowns. PP defense by the Bruins JMO ...

59 in a half is a good sign-- even if it's against Washburn.

Can someone on ESPN try some rogaine!!!

@DanR No, that's what the NCAA told Zenger yesterday. It's on KUSports if you don't believe that.

@BeddieKU23 should have bet u

@DanR and..... No cheick yet

Hair on head has to be on the resume, ESPN!!!

Anyone check to see if @Jesse-Newell is running the live blog tonight?

@Texas-Hawk-10 Thx. Haven't had a chance to read KUsports today for the latest.

@Crimsonorblue22

You would have made a bundle at half!

Maybe lots of shoe turf stuff to be worked before Cheick can be cleared?

@wissoxfan83

Not this season. He told me.

RB update:

KU 5/23
UCLA 4/15

Interesting...we've missed 14 shots.

UCLA has missed 21 shots.

LSU the new SEC stack getting some hype

TO's...3 tonight. Seems to be an improvement. OR, are the new rules reducing the number of TO's across the board?

Radio station crapped out. Force to watch the live update on espn website. Yuck. Beats nothing I guess. Looked like a great half offensively. Defensively also. Except last 4 minutes. Trading buckets

@jaybate-1.0 But they just lost twice. I've seen Simmons twice now in person. Phenomenal.

The lid went on the rim at the end of the half. Self will have them come out and try some treys, then let the air out?

Did Alford zone us at all first half guys? And gals?

LSU is going to be very beastly despite their .600 coach

@cragarhawk a lil

So long as Alford doesn't release two for defense, Self will keep cherry picking.

I am stuck in an Irish bar again watching this game through a bunch Irish wannabes

NCAA is taking all the fun away from KU Fans who want to make signs for games:

Cheick Please!

We've got the best Ukranian and the best Cheick!

Doug, Cheick your shorts! (this one for Gottlieb)

and of course, "ROCK CHEICK!"

Self has always been "take what they give ya". I assume he tries to pound it in first. Cause he prefers when they give us that. But maybe he is seeing we have the outside game against long interior teams??

It's playground rules coach!! We're behind ya on the "free Diallo" deal. Now you're gonna get behind us on "freeing the three"... Yes?? :)

@wissoxfan83

I know. It's a crime the apparent syndicate crowded him away from Self to a .600.

Reminder to the Lawrence locals... they're blowing up McCollum Hall on Daisy Hill tomorrow at 9 am. Got a choice spot picked out to watch the annihilation.

I've NEVER got sleepy during a KU game....until this one.

@wissoxfan83 this i fear is a tissue of falsities

Alford's kid is a joke.

Steve should be ashamed. If UCLA weren't an Adidas school his kid would be playing for Cal State Fullerton.

@jaybate-1.0 He had some nice numbers coming in.

I wonder what it feels like to be a UCLAN tonight .... wondering if Reefer Walton is smoking away his anguish over the game ...

We decide not to play D this half?

@wissoxfan83

I've watched him a couple seasons. He is a guy that can be stopped by ranked teams.

Perry just messing with them now.

Bills hotter'n' little sisters rear at our PP defense this half...

@wissoxfan83 before he played us

Jamari had two early buckets and now nothing since. Still sitting at 4 points.

He can't stay with any one even as quick and long as Devonte. The points he gets you he costs you on defense.

Ugly D... our offense sputtering. Svi is maybe 20% from 3. (gotta find something to be critical about during a 20 pt lead)

Power move of the glass by Lucas. Sheesh.

Opie-Opie-Opie...

@bskeet said:

Ugly D... our offense sputtering. Svi is maybe 20% from 3.

Ugly D? What D?

If you can smack it off the backboard with both hands, then maybe you're close enough to dunk it, 6-10 guy.

@DanR said:

If you can smack it off the backboard with both hands, then maybe you’re close enough to dunk it, 6-10 guy

YES. sigh.

I have no problem with this line up.... one point guard.

Was hoping that Svi would look a bit more refined in his sophomore year in the system. He looks pretty 1-dimensional right now.

@bskeet On my TV, he's clearly two dimensional

Bragg will have knee pads in those tights next game.

But when the rain ain't falling, I see what you mean. @bskeet

Bragg's block is probably the highlight of the night.

@bskeet He's missed a lot of shots

Alford can be called a lot of things except bashful...hasn't seen a shot tonight he didn't like...

@wissoxfan83 yeesh... 2-9 from the 3.. not impressive. But he is hitting 2s..

Svi showing fundamentals right there and followed his shot and not only got the rebound but the basket.

@JRyman He's feelin it ...

We need to have a KUBuckets convention in Maui.

At least Svi is getting a lot of game experience.

Golden State is doing to LA Lakers what KU is doing to UCLA. Not a good night for LA teams except for the Clips

Opie wit da rebound yeah! Play him Bill-he should be starting over JT IMO He might even win the tip now & then...

@wissoxfan83... and that is just fine by me :-)

@bskeet

His floor game is finally looking good!

We really need to get to 100 against these dudes.

Weak second half

@jaybate-1.0 True-- but he is looking like a volume shooter.. While Ellis' numbers are beautiful... he's sooo efficient.

@wissoxfan83 Gonna have to hit some treys now to hang that Ben Franklin on em...

KS State beating UNC right now.

Good sign. There is brotherhood between Wayne and Svi.

Wayne looks alive again... Not like MSU

@wissoxfan83

Insane!

Jamari in for instant offense

@jaybate-1.0 can we out run vandy?

@Crimsonorblue22

We can out run most and run with any, but Self only does it if they don't release two

@DanR LOL..

This appears to be one of our better FT teams.

Wow what a brick from JT...

love the chant making the trip from AFH to Maui..

Aaron Miles on the bench.

That was Jaybate twirling the fire sticks

Does the NCAA go to 6 fouls next year with the way they call fouls now?

Perhaps experiment with that in the NIT?

@JRyman If the point is to cut down on the physical play, then why would they add a foul?

"If there was any justice in the world".

Translation

"If the NCAA was not corrupt"

@DanR because you can't play D on the perimeter without fouling. Need that extra foul to keep guys in the game.

@wissoxfan83 Maybe we get the century if the Walkons get held back...oops too late.

Still can get 100

Well, if you believe in the ultimate conspiracies -- with both Nike and Kentucky working the strings -- then the NCAA will make an announcement the morning of the Kentucky game.

walkons don't shoot.

@DanR not very well...

nice crowd

yep.. fanbase showed up well!

Nice no sweat win. Hope tomorrow will be that easy but we know it won't.

@bskeet Good chat too guys & GALS... (@Crimsonorblue22) Catch ya'll tomorrow eve...

@DanR maybe we should start a pool whether Tyler will score this year.

g'night all

@globaljaybird @Crimsonorblue22 Ya'll doing pretty gud without me.

@brooksmd Where ya been boss?

@DanR Big East Conf played with 6 fouls for years...they beat tarnation outta each other...

Self really schooled Steve A

@brooksmd just not the same!😭

@globaljaybird Got all kinds of family in for T-day. But me, son and nephew been sittin' here swiggin' adult beverages and cheerin' da Hawks.