@BShark said in Boo Part 2 Game Thread:
Joe has 0 turnovers btw
Has definitely been a spark... Except, no more quick 3 pts attempts....
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1 TO so far in the first half of the second half....
@kuballin10 said in Boo Part 2 Game Thread:
@DCHawker it was fine he makes it all is well
Mason and graham made a living transition threes
Not sure I'm ready to equate Yesufu with Mason and Graham....
That was NOT a good shot by Joe...
Great to be up by 12, but....
We're at 57% FGs. 10 RB advantage. And, they are 1-11 from 3. Should be 20+...
First points by Jalen...
@BShark said in Boo Part 2 Game Thread:
We are okay on offense when we actually get a shot up lol
Alas, that's only about half our possessions...
@jayballer67 said in Boo Part 2 Game Thread:
Iowa State not actually strong with the ball either 9 turnovers themselves
Yeah, but it's a 7 TO differential. We should be able to score more than 1 pt per possession. So, the TO differential is the difference between being up 38-24 vs. 30-24...
7 assists and 16 turnovers. Uh, that ratio will not win many games. Thankfully, ISU is offensively challenged...
13 FGs and 16 effing TOs...
Curious what is the most we've ever had in a game???
13 TOs and maybe 2 or 3 actually forced....
We're shooting 50% and have 16-8 RB advantage and we have 24 points with 3 minutes to go...
12 TOs - 10 FGs...
Dave is the least instinctual basketball player in the history of the sport - maybe a wee overstatement....
HCBS can't believe some of what he is seeing...
Our guys constantly pick up their dribble for no discernible reason...
@jayballer67 said in Boo Part 2 Game Thread:
were lucky if we gt past half court without a TO - - 9 all ready
Nearly on a Duke at MSG pace on TOs....
@Kcmatt7 said in Boo Part 2 Game Thread:
Boy Jalen has been ungood thus far
Ungood = bad, correct????
He's right - we are keeping ISU close...
@tundrahok said in Boo Part 2 Game Thread:
@RockChalkinTexas Dribbled off his foot, so should be.
Dave should NEVER put the ball on the floor - only bad things happen...
More TOs than made baskets....
Hate to say this, but we are lacking in ball players - guys who have a high bball IQ and instinct for the game. Way too mechanical and one dimensional....
Wilson can contribute in a lot of ways - shooting from deep is not one of them. Shots aren't even close.
@Jethro said in Rewatching the UK game:
Saw this quote on another board:
"It’s also worth mentioning KU finished the game shooting 11 of 25 on layups. That percentage (44 percent) was worse than Kentucky’s overall field goal percentage of 51."
It's been a season long issue. I don't know if there is somewhere to find the data, but it sure feels like we have to have among the worst make %s from 3 ft in the history of college basketball. The issue is that, almost to a man, every time our guys are around the hoop, they lean or fade away from contact, rather than inviting it. Primary reason that we aren't getting to the foul line nearly as much as we should, especially running so many downhill plays. If you get fouled, it's not a FG attempt (unless made).
@kuballin10 said in Talent Wins Games:
@DCHawker exactly 17-3 is awesome but also some smoke and mirrors if we watched the games.
We saw what the sec just did to the big 12 and it wasn’t pretty. Chances a big 12 makes a final four is diminishing as Baylor isn’t a final four team without lj cryer.
Kudos those to our guys for showing toughness to comeback against kstate and hanging on in double OT against tech.
I'm not sure how much I would read into the games with the SEC. Every home team won, except the Hawks. IF we had held serve it would have been 5-5. The 4 teams that didn't play are from the bottom half of the conference, including GA, which is just bad.
I do think their best 2 are better than ours - clearly more athletic. But, I might give a slight edge to our top 6 compared to theirs. Then, a slight edge back to them for their top 10 against all of ours.
Regardless, they are conferences with the most quality nonconference wins and teams capable of making E8 or FF runs.
@mayjay said in Talent Wins Games:
This crappy coaching job still has managed somehow to go 17-3 against the hardest schedule in the nation.
Not a comment on the coaching, but just our record against the "hardest schedule in the nation." Our schedule strength is wholly a reflection of the fact that all the teams we've played are at least decent, to good, as well as the fact that all B12 are ranked fairly high (were all top 60 in Kenpom). I'm not sure there is a Quad 4 team in the bunch - probably only a few Quads 3. BUT - how many wins do we have against teams that are potentially second weekend tournament teams? 2 - MSU and TTU. One, the first game of the season and one in 2OT at home. How many teams have we even played that are likely at-large selections? Just UK, MSU, TTU, ISU and maybe Iona and one of OU or WVU. That's it. We got hammered by UK, barely split against TTU, and we'll see after tomorrow with ISU. Other than that, we've only beaten the bottom half of the league so far.
The point is that I'm not sure that we are even close to as good as our record - and statistical strength of schedule - suggests. At least we haven't yet proven it against many tournament caliber teams.
@BShark said in Squid Game (Thread):
@Bosthawk said in Squid Game (Thread):
The question is… How can Bill self and the team use this…
Holy crapI just don't know, this team can't just magically get more athletic. Remy doesn't answer that either. Joe does to an extent but that ship has sailed in regards to pt.
Very reminiscent of the USC beatdown....
Well, they didn't get to the century mark on us.....
Mitch put in more effort to go after rebounds in 30 seconds than Dave did during all of his minutes.....
They have 17 rebound advantage. Needed a big team effort and didn't get it.
Based on this game, their Big O may now have a big leg up on our Big O for POY....
@RockChalkinTexas said in Squid Game (Thread):
Of course he gets a career game
Well, there is a pattern here. Bunch of guys have career games against us, because they can. Our defense is porous....
We've only drawn 8 fouls on them the entire game....
So much for momentum...
The difference in the game is FTs and rebounding. They have 10 more points at the FT line...
3 TOs in the 1st half - 4 already this half. All bad passes...
They have 13 more RBs and 10 more FTAs...
Ochai 1-7 and 1 rebound...
@DanR said in Squid Game (Thread):
Gotta make them earn the buckets
Not sure we know how to or are capable of doing that...
Ochai does standing around....and making lazy passes...
Kentucky is good, but we are making them looking WAY better than they are. They're 2-1 in their past 3 games, with the wins by 6 and 8 points. And, they lost to Notre Dame.....
@kuballin10 said in Squid Game (Thread):
@DCHawker because we can’t stop dribble penetration our on ball defense is weak just like the majority of our athletes
That about sums it up...
@Zabudda said in Squid Game (Thread):
We can make the open shots. Can we count on them to miss? Probably not.
Let's see if we can grind.
Well, especially since about half of them were dunks...
SEC could end up with 3 teams in the FF....
20-9 UK rebound edge. And, we've only gotten to the FT line once (at home)....
This is embarrassing - our defense is just really bad. They are getting any shot they want...
@BeddieKU23 said in Squid Game (Thread):
@DCHawker said in Squid Game (Thread):
@BeddieKU23 said in Squid Game (Thread):
Gotta make shots
Especially the ones at the rim - at least draw a frigging foul...
Not getting called tho
Because we lean away from contact on drives...
@kuballin10 said in Squid Game (Thread):
@DCHawker tougher when their are legit 6-11 athletes there to contest straight up
Actually, they aren't any bigger than we are, at least with starters. We have more size. Whether we play like it is another matter...
@BeddieKU23 said in Squid Game (Thread):
Gotta make shots
Especially the ones at the rim - at least draw a frigging foul...
Our guys just loping down the floor...