Bill has no idea what to do. The bad Ku defense has showed up for us.
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embarrassing. we anxiously awaited all week for this.
why has self given direction to not shoot threes
2 put backs
half of the them have been wide open. half have been guarded. it is just insane.
this is just ridiculous. can you even get mad about it is so crazy
there is nothing to say when they are hitting everything they shoot. that’s the way it goes sometimes. self has obviously instructed to drive every possession and try to draw fouls.
bills messages obviously to feed doke
ouch
I hope we are all celebrating in 2 hours.
Loyola is very composed.
pundits and lines makers all in on Nova At least we can play the nothing to lose card and let it fly.
Kansas. An underdog to a Private Catholic school from Philly. Let that sink in.
I hope Self takes the scout on this one.
@jaybate-1-0 but they have the Philly Crime Families....
Or convert a 1 of Selden's 2 airballs...Or Perry have even a glimmering of an average game.
I've officially started losing sleep over it.....super excited.
I have to go to Houston for work next week so if they play Monday I may end up heading over.
“I think he takes those matchups very personally,” Newman said of Graham's previous battles with bona fide stars. “And I think Saturday will be the same thing but, at the same time, he's not going to try to do too much.”
Let’s hope not
@jaybate-1.0 If I tell him "I told you so" He might show me to his trophy case.....
In addition to the scouting report Jay Wright nailed in '16 with cutting off our hand offs he also did two things that I really think changed the game. The team came out tight, and never got comfortable because of these wrinkles:
Wright started showing match up zone about 5 minutes into the game, which Self is notorious for struggling against.
And they turned up the heat on their traps in the 3/4 court press after they starting hitting a few shots.
Over the next 7-8 minutes Kansas didn't make one shot and turned the ball over 8 or 9 times.
That was back when they tried beating the press with the lazy soft pass over the top of the trappers, and it didn't put any pressure on them or make them pay for trying to pressure and trap. I think Self has evolved since then with his pressure break.
A few things that didn't help....
Ellis missed a 2 foot bunny at the opening tip of the game, and charged on the next possession and he never was right the rest of the game.
Devontae's fouls were something I will always remember as not being fair, but then again I bitch about fouls all the time anyway, so who knows: Cant trust me on that matter!!
Jamari provided no resistance at all when he came in against Ochefu.
The team was just tight. Selden airballed shots. Frank was short arming. Perry was short arming.
I felt Self had the better Team and players and Wright did a better job at coaching that day.
Let's hope Self has a plan for the 3/4 court press, and the Match up Zone as well. Nova will chameleon in and out of those and the M2M D all night.
@drgnslayr I have a small concern that Devontae will be a little focused on the POY Matchup and over exert at first. He seemed to do this in the first game at OU when there was all the hype around Trae Young and Devonte. D'Tae seemed to be out to prove something the first 10 minutes or so, and I believe that backfired Let's hope he comes out 100% team ball and no inclination or tendencies for Hero ball.
@Crimsonorblue22 spoken like a mama :)
@JayHawkFanToo wrong, wrong, wrong. The Zebras will match up perfectly against Doke. :)
He'll foul out 30 minutes into the game, I'd almost guarantee it. I'll bet Jay is making that his major offensive strategy. Once Doke is out of the game, his D will really be able to push out on the 3 line without fear of easy buckets inside.
they have not had a close game in a while. maybe if its a possession game they will crack...
Is that Mike Lee right to the lower right of Julian @wrwlumpy
Lost to Nova 59-61 on a last second shot 2013 Battle of Atlantis
Lost to Nova 59-64 in 2016 (duh, blown)
Mason could have tied it with a three at the end, but he didn't even get a shot up.
Who thinks this game will be played in the 60's?
@KUSTEVE are you sure? With 5 player shooting 40% plus from three? Sounds like zone killers to me
Self has got to drill D'Tae on staying out of Foul Trouble.
The same way he did in 2016. Beat our offensive players to their spots. Cut off handoffs. Block the passing lanes.
This will be one of those games that Self should revisit his previous March Carney Loss.
Seems like Kansas is enjoying the Rodney Dangerfield treatment.
@HighEliteMajor yep. I think about that a lot. Especially when it became evident we were closing in on 14 straight. Bill’s quick trigger on that decision was very wise.
Someday I hope we learn the full
story.
@kjayhawks i looked for that video. couldn’t find it
is there a place
to watch the replay of this game
I just thought fin ten was new form of slang
@mayjay : hey blown, lets not talk about blue bloods, its been rehashed too much. Blown, Blue Balls is a much better topic.
I want to change my alias name now.
ya @dylans I agree. Was he on the sideline watching the game maybe ?
Maybe Lon will be transferring, too? TBA.
@mayjay I quit reading espn comments a long time ago, but I went back and visited them at your suggestion.
Coleby and Whitman transferring out left the door open for Silvio. Crazy how the little things can affect things.
....and other Hype Driven Headlines
Kansas, Kentucky, Duke, North Carolina, UCLA, Indiana (but they need to get their S*** together quickly). Top Tier
UConn ( almost put in top tier), Syracuse, Michigan State, Second Tier.
Florida, Nova, Michigan, Arizona. Third Tier.
They went zone because they couldn't guard M2M. They shot up to the top 10% in defensive efficiency after going zone. They had been out-rebounding opponents by a significant margin. The man is the all-time leader in wins. 5 National Titles. K adjusted to his players as any good coach would. I have no insight on what the NBA thinks about players playing zone, but Boeheim has been getting players drafted for a while now, hasn't he? Carters foul trouble played a huge factor in the outcome. And Self had an incredible defensive plan.
I think we are starting to learn that having a team full of OAD's may not be the way to go.
Charge/Block Call was Huge. I personally felt like he was in position. Refs missed a lot of calls. I cannot beliece one as close as that one went in our favor. Game changer.
You can hyphen that again
@KUSTEVE I’ll remind you if when I said the jayhawks would win this and you said they would not before tip off. :)
Somewhere @HighEliteMajor is singing “i told you so”
trough trough
(pow pow)
trough.
why..........