19 boards and 19 assists. Crazy
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Certainly has figured out some things. Really settling into his role and finishing plays
Huge buckets here with the bench
Haha ref had to make his mark again
I just can't with these refs
Bob the walking turnover
Bryce and Boone have 36 of their 47pts.
Smart gradey we are only owed like 5 of these
Another shit call on harris
Wow
Wow gradey
Didn't touch him
@RockChalkinTexas said in Bryce Thompson Career Game Part 2 Game Thread:
Why are so many of you behind on the feed?
Streaming
Wow huge!!!
Wow yes
Bullshit
Wow that's our ball are you kidding me
I'm good with what they are doing. We cannot give up 3s to this team.
He played last game. Might have to get a few minutes from him with our foul trouble
@StLJhawk said in Bryce Thompson Career Game Part 2 Game Thread:
Big Boone is getting what he wants under the rim
We are choosing this over wide open 3s which they got in the first game off doubles.
Lol adams
Just gave up 2 points for nothing. I don't get it
Dumb foul
Gotta make shots, if we ever get a chance
I'm sorry KJ YOU GOTTA REBOUND
Has 2 fouls
Lol
Wow that's such a bad call. It's typical
Bullshit
Wow this is a nothing foul
@FarmerJayhawk said in Bryce Thompson Career Game Part 2 Game Thread:
Of course they’re going to shoot out of their minds
Same guy as last time in the first half
Wow Joe your that wide open and completely brick it
Udeh yes
Huh?
@RockChalkinTexas said in Bryce Thompson Career Game Part 2 Game Thread:
Can Udeh handle Boone
Probably will see Cisse as well, a better matchup
Paint touches, we are deadly when we get em
Boom
We will take it
I'll take it
Oh man this is a classic game thread title right here
On3 providing some useful 2024 recruiting updates
Four-Star SF Isaiah Evans
- Which schools are recruiting you the hardest?
“Arkansas, NC State, LSU, Kansas, and Maryland.
Four-Star SG Juke Harris
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Which schools are recruiting you the hardest?
“LSU, Miami, Tennessee, Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, and Kansas.” -
What schools would you like to visit?
“Miami, LSU, and Kansas.”
Four-Star SG Vyctorius Miller
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Which schools are recruiting you the hardest?
“Gonzaga, Arkansas, Memphis, Oregon, Cal, LSU, USC, Auburn, Kansas State, and Kansas.” -
What schools would you like to visit?
“I want to visit Kansas again. Just the atmosphere and culture they have over there is crazy."
Four-Star PF Robert Miller III
- What schools would you like to visit?
“UCLA, Kansas, and Duke.”
Four-Star SG Jalil Bethea
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Which schools are recruiting you the hardest?
“Miami, Syracuse, Penn State, Rutgers, Kansas.” -
What schools would you like to visit?
“I would like to visit Kansas and Miami.”
Yeah, true this is reminiscent of Doke's earlier years besides the season ending injuries he had.
You can see the game starting to slow down for Udeh just a bit. When he's not fouling, he can really impact the game on both ends because of how Self is using him. He trusted Udeh to switch on guards against OU which is scary because that took Doke 4 years to get there. The guards are actively looking to feed him a lob when he's rolling off the high ball screen so that lets you know the confidence they have in him making plays. This offense goes to another level when we can scheme easy dunks.
Wanted to make this it's own post to follow up on @Jethro about Udeh.
I think it's very important what Udeh is potentially to this offense, not just his presence on d which we've seen can be game changing as well. I can imagine Self drawing up plays he used to with Dotson/Doke where he'd force the defense into a bind on one side of the floor and it often ended with a Doke dunk. He can start doing the same with Udeh by putting Gradey on the side they want to attack. With how teams guard Gradey, that guy is unlikely to help so then you're forcing the big into containing 2 players and now KU has the advantage. This was part of the success Udeh had in the OU game and something they can continue to do. It works as well because Adams isn't being used this way, so when Udeh is in, now defenders are having to adjust to the differences in how they play and that's the margin Self is going to live in all day.
FYI we get 1 extra day of rest for the Texas game, we are home on Tuesday while Texas is away @ TCU on Wednesday in case that ends up mattering when we get there.
Just awful
No doubt this is a gritty bunch and with the schedule they have played, it's negatively impacted their rating to some degree because every game has been so difficult for them to play well (which then reflects in the numbers).
FYI Kenpom currently rates this as the 16th best team in the Self era.
If we look at prior teams around this one (3 above, 3 below), you have everything from a 1st round exit to a Final 4.
Also will mention, 3 of those 4 teams below this group did not win the league.
It sure felt like this was the pivotal game. We'll see Tuesday but I would expect these guys will be hungry for more, we have as much momentum going for us as Okie-Lite does right now.
I would love for this team to watch Sr year Frank's game at Gallagher-Iba. That was an electric performance that night from a team that was locked in around its best player.
Starting to look like the Iowa St game might have been the turning point for this team. The paint touches and playing Udeh/MJ/Joe off the bench has given this team its best foot forward.
Correct Zuby was first big off the bench for a bit. Udeh wasn't even getting into games (then we learned he had his wisdom teeth removed). This new Ernest has grown a lot in the last 3 weeks. Like he listened to Bill Self motivational speeches on repeat while he slept and then woke up with the light on.
To go from not playing to being a big difference in why KU won both games last week is remarkable really. I just hope we haven't seen the last of it
Updated for the big OU win!
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Jalen now sits in #35th place all-time on the scoring list. He can realistically pass Eric Chenowith & Jo-Jo White on Tuesday night.
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