Think selden got his hops back? Man
BeddieKU23
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If Diallo is slow to learn hunter starts at 5 he's a difference in there
Is this a game on someone else's homecourt definitely feels like it with the calls
Selden hit in the face and th en they call a touch foul, smh
These refs suckkk
Ellis= brick blachole
Selden is insane woweww
That was probably our worst quarter since the first game. One Russian guy makes shots, ellis missed 6
Lucas man
Of course Mari dropped that. Come on guys we are a tired bunch
Have to make shots and we are definitely not doing it e nough
If we want to win right now don't give it to ellis, where is his head
Love jojo to death but it seems he's destined to be a bust if this injury never heels. And Oden is a perfect example of that. At least he gets paid his rookie contract. Sad
As far as I have seen no ku interest. Notre Dame could get him
Bragg is killing us man. But he's a freshy
Ft's
How can you call that
Mason is a jet
Wayne is a career miss the first ft
@Crimsonorblue22 not a chance
Fast break equals football tackle jees
This blonde hair kid can he play college ball damn he's good
Let's swe if the lead falls with Mari lucas
Man these fiba rules are hard to follow what's a foul again after Bragg was mugged
Bragg had a beautiful pass to lucas. Thought that jumper to eND the quarter was money but rimmed
Vicks defense is so far behind. Not sure what he can give us on this stage this early
That 3 from wayne is straight ICE
Everything posted above is pretty spot on. Selden leads the tourney in scoring, to say hes improved is really not giving him credit. He has been the main cog.
Hunter has played himself into the lineup
The freshman are talented, vick has made more shots, Bragg does a good job of diving for balls.
Competition has been good, Serbia was a good team, Brazil and turkey were physical. Chile and switz were overmatched.
Nothing wrong with the offense. Serbia was a big experienced team that clearly had an advantage playing the zone but we still beat them! I bet we practiced zone offense next to zero for this tournament. What I see is that our guards have to be aggressive in driving through the gaps. If your just passing the ball around which we tend to do a lot of in zone sometimes then you give the Defense the opportunity to just extend. The guy in the middle should always be getting a touch, or there should be active movement to get the ball into the middle.
We also missed a ton of outside shots which only made it easier for Serbia to keep the game close. They knew that playing M2M they would have gotten creamed because Selden was going to dunk every play it seemed. Kudos to them for exploiting the matchup. Self has generally never been a great coach against the zone unless he has guys that pass the ball really well. We have just a few proven passers so its even harder to breakdown a zone when your passing game is just average.
To continue on from what I've seen IMO what players should be in the rotation. Hunter has squarely played himself into the rotation. If he hasn't surpassed Mari & Lucas for PT, Self please take off the blinders. Mickelson brings hustle, and knows where to be and is a defensive presence. We see the same from both Landen & Mari so far, un-athletic & can't finish at the hoop for Lucas, and can't rebound from Mari. We may have 6 post players but only 4 of them should be playing any significant minutes. Unless Mari & Landon have development changing summers I just don't see how they figure in the rotation without negatively impacting what could be a national title team.
Frontcourt right now. Ellis, Diallo, Hunter & Bragg with Lucas & Mari getting situation minutes depending on foul trouble/injuries/matchups. There's a lot to like about Bragg but you can see he clearly has to hit the weight room and figure out what his role in the offense is. Defense will be the thing he must improve to get any sort of minutes.
Backcourt right now. Without Svi, Greene & Graham its really hard to project. But we now have a new SF in Wayne Selden. Lock it up, its a done deal my friends. I prefer to play Graham with Mason because that gives us so many advantages. With Svi & Greene coming in for subs. As for Vick I think we can all see that this kid can make baskets. And he has already shown a flair for making big shots. He has to get minutes if he can learn how to play Self ball. I am so pleased about getting this kid, I can definitely see him being our leading scorer by Jr year.
Again a lot is subject to change but if Graham is healthy (knock on wood) we have so much backcourt depth to throw at teams, its exciting for sure.
I had dangled with a post saying that Wayne Selden could be our leading scorer this year after seeing these games. I wanted to wait because I didn't want to claim something without merit You my friend, have 1 up'd the anty and I don't disagree one bit. You could argue that KU has potentially 4 players that could be vying for Big 12 player of the year. I consider Wayne, Ellis, Mason & even Diallo for the impact inside he's going to have.
Honestly, I've been super critical of Selden as you have in the past and some others on here. We know the potential that is there, you don't get that highly rated and as much praise from Self as he's gotten without being a good player. We've just never seen Wayne put it together for even 5 games consistently. In 5 games in Korea, this Wayne Selden is a totally different person. I'm seeing a committed, inspired, passionate, BEAST MODE type personality from him. In the Serbia game, he came out of a timeout in the 4th quarter and he was completely locked IN.
I'm not sure what has gotten into his head, but I do have this theory. Wayne knows, the media knows that coming out of HS his stock was sky high and he was supposed to be a OAD, if at the most a 2AD. That didn't happen, his stock was so low that he probably goes undrafted had he left this year. I think that has fueled his fire. I believe Wayne has this chip on his shoulder to prove everyone wrong. To prove to himself that I'm a good basketball player and I can elevate my game. He has done that. His shot looks great, his bounce is there and he's driving to the hoop with reckless aggressiveness. His passing has been great and he's just doing things I had dreamed he might do.
To say that he's improved since the end of the season is an understatement. Anything close to this level of play over the course of the season is going to not only make him our leading scorer, but will give us the Alpha dog player that Ellis hasn't shown in Korea.
Wayne your becoming a beast before our eyes, everyone enjoy it while we can!
what a survival, that play felt like Colorado 2 years ago
ft's are too close for selden
huge for him to make this front end
nba selden
i say bring in vick, a situation he can learn in
we had it last tie up
moore man
hunter has to grab those
can we close without mason?
huge shot and block in that sequence.
what a comeback
ellis ends the no show
that lead went quick, a t/o on the press and a rim out 3 from selden make this game tied again
huge shot from selden
i think we benefited from hunter being in on missed shot 2nd chance
we are going to like VIck
ellis struggling
Selden couldn't wouldn't do that last year. what a nasty play
is there a completely different rulebook???
mason's expression looked like his wrist is bothering him