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KUSTEVE said:

@Crimsonorblue22 He's used him at the 2, the 3, and the 4. DG plays 40 minutes. When he does come out on those rare occasions, he uses Newman at the point. Maybe he feels better about Malik because of his experience. Now, just because Mayjay and I feel he should be a point guard doesn't mean Coach agrees with us. BShark certainly doesn't agree..lol.

To be fair I said Garrett has good passing and pg instincts. It's about roster construction. There is nowhere else to put Dotson but PG, it's what he is. Moore is a 1/2 as well. Grimes and Garrett are versatile guys so you get them on the floor at w/e position 1-3 and they should be fine.

jaybate 1.0 said:

Americans better start hanging together, or they are going to hang apart.

On this I whole heartedly agree with ya.

Won the league by two full games with this roster. This includes throwing a game at OU. This is one of his best coaching jobs. We saw how bad this team can be a few times this year, and Self mostly pushed the right buttons.

Are we talking about the 2019 post season itt yet?

@jaybate-1.0 Chappelle (sp?) and Rock have declined sadly. Both still kind of funny at times, but not near what they were.

@jaybate-1.0 I was wondering if you saw my signature line. :joy:

jaybate 1.0 said:

Should we claim Padgett as a KU guy?

I just don't know.

Tough call.

jaybate 1.0 said:

Is Bucknell in the tourney this year?

Not for certain. They have to win their conference tournament which is in progress. Which is stupid. They won their league in the regular season by 4 games. That should be the criteria for making the NCAAT but tying it to the conference tournament generates more revenue. Money talks...

Back to Silvio though, he's going to be really good before it's all said and done.

KUSTEVE said:

I didn't want to be a 1 seed anyway. I wanted to be the underdog...

With our luck we will draw St Marys in our 2nd NCAAT game. That would be a blood bath and not in our favor.

@jaybate-1.0 Yes.

But will Self play him in a tight game over Mitch? I doubt it.

@jaybate-1.0 Silvio was a bright spot today.

@KUSTEVE Thursday 1:30pm

This was the preview of our 2nd NCAAT game.

@Crimsonorblue22 @KUSTEVE I'll do you guys a favor and read a book instead of watching and commenting on the 2nd half here. I'll check back in about 80 minutes or so after the loss is complete.

@BeddieKU23 Pretty much. Don't deserve to be leading this game by any means but there have been some atrocious calls.

Smith pushing off and the foul being called on Newman is the perfect microcosm of this game.

KUSTEVE said:

@BeddieKU23 They're not going to shoot 57% for the game. Be patient.

10 pt win OSU minimum. I'd lean towards 20+.

BeddieKU23 said:

At least Devonte cares

Only player that got off the bus today.

HawkChamp said:

Man get rid of the ball Dok!!!! Good grief

He got fouled a few times there first but w/e at this pt

KUSTEVE said:

@BeddieKU23 I'm not sweating this game. I think we'll come back and win it.

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Smith >>> Newman

McGriff >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Vick

Solomon is a donk but we are making him look all league.

@Crimsonorblue22 I care as much about this game as the KU players.

Might as well put in Sosinski and Teahan at this point.

@Crimsonorblue22 Just speculating because they clearly weren't ready for this game. Lazy effort.

Crimsonorblue22 said:

@BShark do u they were partying?

Dunno, but they won the league outright against UT on SR night Monday. Don't seem that engaged today.

That turnover rate is nuts.

8 turnovers on 22 possessions by Kansas. Jayhawks 4-for-9 at the rim. Shooting 6 of 17 overall. Down 30-15 with 7:57 left in 1st at Okla. St.

HawkChamp said:

Another bone head turnover. Again, Bill doesn't know how to get them ready for osu.

I don't think the opponent would have mattered too much today. Team was probably too busy partying to get ready.

StLJhawk said:

Jeez, who are these guys?

A team that doesn't care.

Going to get hundo balled by one of the worst teams in the league.

Smith for OSU is the best player on the court. Dominating our soft guards.

I expect Garrett to play a lot next year.

@Kcmatt7 @FarmerJayhawk I think Langford would be and Dedric will be excellent for us. I just don't think either is in that junkyard dog do it all mold of those three (JJ/MKG/Justise). I do suppose Garrett could be a version of that. He won't score as much as either of those three, but he won't have to either.

@mayjay I'd still put money on Dotson starting at PG.

mayjay said:

I think Garrett will play a lot of PG. Where else would he play with all the talent in the other spots?

Wherever Self can sneak him in.

Statmachine said:

I think he even set a freshman assist record at Cal?

Maybe, but it's usage rate related. He turned it over a ton too. So it's just a product of the ball being in his hands so much. He was not an efficient player.

Still looks like an AAU team. I thought Cal was a master coach? :thinking:

@Kcmatt7 Who is the Winslow/JJ/MKG type that plays for KU next year? Langford would be a fantastic addition for sure though. We'd be looking at 3 very likely NBA players (Langford, Grimes, Dedric) and 3 fringe guys (Silvio, Dotson, Doke) as well that will for sure play elsewhere if they don't make the NBA. That's not even mentioning the depth of very solid college players on the roster as well. That's a lot for Self to work with, even if most of the top talent is young.

@HighEliteMajor KU definitely ditched Cat Barber after the stealing while on campus at Louisville incident. Louisville actually put out a statement saying they were no longer recruiting him. KU did not put out a statement but KU was no longer an option for him.

Demetrius Jackson never even visited KU. KU coaches never stopped in to see him much either. It was ILL or ND leading into his SR year. KU offered that's about it.

I would say the Harrisons were definitely top targets though. No doubt about that. Despite the fact that KU was always third in that recruitment.

@approxinfinity that is a filthy list. You have to go back to Sergio McClain to find the last real bust. Richmond made a mistake by leaving early.

@KUSTEVE Agree. I think he is a good solid player to have around. Jamari is one of the only guys I can think of that was around 4-5 years at KU and didn't really develop/improve. His SO year was so promising too. :/

@Statmachine @Fightsongwriter Bill has said that Moore isn't really a PG, so he will need to develop those passing traits. Grimes probably won't run the point any next year and same for Garrett but both of those guys have really good passing/pg instincts. We could have line-ups where it's like having 3 pgs on the floor.

@wissox Your wife seems thrilled to be there. :joy:

But seriously that's pretty cool.

@Kcmatt7 I believe you are a big fan of Romeo Langford right? Doesn't mean a ton but a guy on the shiver (regular poster) posted that an Indiana guy told him that the word is Romeo is heavily favoring picking Kansas at this point.

@Kcmatt7 He might still end up at AZ. He was clearly keeping that option open in his announcement. Kid loves AZ, probably depends on how things shake out.

McCormack 14 and 12 tonight. He seems consistent.

@Statmachine I wasn't here when we signed Mason and Graham. I was super high on Mason and it was apparent to anyone that saw Graham that he was going to be a good college player. Jerry Meyer of 247 was pimping Mason prettttty hard after the signing too, saying we got a steal. Mason was not a back-up plan either, the staff saw him and trusted their own evaluation. He moved up the priority list quickly.

As for Charlie Moore...

We will just have to wait until next season. If you don't think he was an insurance plan though I don't know what to tell you. Missed on many players in 2017 so Self had to take transfers. He was also immediately recruited over unlike Dedric.

I'm just being honest with what I see and hear. Sometimes I'm right and sometimes I'm wrong. Lucas did more than I ever figured he could. I did get Cunliffe and Garrett right though. Pretty sure I would have been right about Preston too but we can't know that now of course...

Statmachine said:

Tharpe

Welp, going to have nightmares tonight.

mayjay said:

@BShark @approxinfinity @Statmachine

Remember the Sherron factor, I'm telling you... He wouldn't have rec'd Moore if the guy is a chump!

I don't think he's a chump. I just think he's going to take some time and I don't think he starts until maybe his SR year. I could be wrong though.

Moore's game does not look like Mason's at all to me. After we got him I watched every Cal game he played that was available on youtube. We will see. You think he eclipses his Cal FR season stats next year @Statmachine ? I'll take the under.

Arizona just lost their last 2018 commitment PG Brandon Williams. He actually attended late night in 2016 but I doubt KU gets involved. Ainnnnn't no seats.