I will take a weaker Big-12 if that's what ends up being. The amount of difficulty it's been the last 2/3 years was due to regress to some extent at some point.
But just look at KU's league schedule. There's no way teams are not coming with their super bowl efforts when KU comes to town. 10 road league games.
On a list from ESPN you know how biased that is going to be.
The thing with Hunt is he always seems to be in a rush to shoot when he gets the ball. It's rare he's guarded when taking an outside shot so when I watch him rapid fire the shot up with plenty of time to gather, load and finish it's frustrating to watch. He does that a lot on his FT's as well, often missing the front end of a 1 & 1 or the first of a two shot foul. I know after 40+ games here it's just who he is. He should be a 70%+ shooter at the line, he's proven it in the past.
I've had the opinion for the past year now he misses shots by rushing the process too much. Some of his shooting % issues this year have been from missing dunks and shots around the rim. He will rush layups as well if guarded by someone with comparable size. Sometimes his quick trigger is a positive as he's able to get a short shot or an angle that the defense hasn't had time to react to but overall, I don't think it helps to keep him as efficient as he can be. I guess from watching him at Michigan for 3 years I had this expectation that he'd be an elite level playmaker with efficiency as his numbers there suggested he would. That hasn't been the case as much here.
He's still a top-level College Basketball Player but I think he gets a bit overrated with the "All-American" tag attached to his name. I've seen previous KU players that earned first team AA honors, and I don't think Hunt is a first teamer currently. Now if the Michigan St game is something we see 5-8 times over the course of the season, then that changes things.
From what I've seen of Banchero, he's really good now. Too bad he went to puke
2 very impressive games from him. Juan and him have made a leap
35 pts from the bench and 20 boards
Adams tied career high with 22
Harris with 8 dimes. 17 dimes to 2 turnovers last 2 games. Studd
Great game.
KJ 2 pts away from his career high of 22 which he's hit twice
Thanks espn for showing the dunk.
You freaking amateurs
KJ so LOCKED IN
Juan a killa
Adams playing well. Can notice the effort on both ends. Really seems to be bouncing around there
A bit better
More bs
Seems like we are struggling with the cuts on d. Need a 3 to go down to get the momentum going.
Furman making everything contested. Can't last. Frustrating
Wooo
Lost 4 of their top 6 guys from a year ago. With Caleb Love your main dude your going to have a hard time being consistent. Their talent is just down from previous years from what I've seen so far.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Forever grateful for this place.
Even if they lose they have an agenda to prop them up.
Griffen made a miraculous late 2nd half surge. That shot at the end of the first half was criminal but he regrouped and made huge plays late when we needed them. Imagine if he starts putting both halves together like that.
The fact Bidunga was able to man the post for 10 minutes really let's us know how good we have it at the 5. Big moments for flory and he responded. Good sign
Big win. That was a great 10 minutes without Hunter. Played small and found a way
Big time. Now finish this
Come on D!!!
Damn mayo. You had better shots
Shocking call
Wow
In Rylan we trust
Just an incompetent call
Yeah. Whatever you cheats
Refs time to shine
Juan rubbing off on them
great work KJ
6 dimes for the best pg in the country
JUANNNN
Foul trouble incoming
@SlimShaddy54 said in KU vs Duke Game Thread:
Watch out for Flagg to go off in the 2nd half. What he get in the first half 2 points ? - -KJ has done a good job on him
Need KJ to stay out of foul trouble but that's probably not reality with how he picked up his 2 fouls so far. Flagg will certainly be making an emphasis to score.
@tundrahok said in KU vs Duke Game Thread:
@BeddieKU23 Maybe there's a reason for the demotion
I think it was more matchup based then anything with the size of Duke. However if Storr has a big 2nd half then that spot has been taken
Certainly didn't take the demotion to the bench well
Watched his shot like he nailed it, barely hit rim man. Wow
Wow that's awful Griffen
Yeah let's review a bullshit play
Wow they called an actual foul
Brown made him do it
Harris is showing some offense. He's taken a leap
Good response
Looked like great Defense as Harris got decked to the ground
Wow hunt that was pathetic