Not a good decision by DG - lot of time to work the ball around - settle for an early 23 footer...
DCHawker
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Evans does have nice stroke. Sweet looking FTs...
It will hurt his stats (and POY chances), but I would love to see HCBS keep Frank on the bench for as much as possible this game....
@Crimsonorblue22 I think just one. Actually, ESPN stats don't have him with any - thought he got called for one - maybe it really was a phantom call...
@Crimsonorblue22 said:
Frank needs a week off
He's had 5 days, but clearly needs more rest - looks gassed already...
None of our 3 pointers has been anywhere close to going in...
2 straight really bad defensive possessions....
@HighEliteMajor The margin of victory point is a good one. The the average margin of victory for this year's team is about middle of the pack for a Self team - far below 07-08 and a few other years. And, given our overall record, the margin of victory is surprisingly small. As was noted by @drgnslayr, it's been more than 2 months since a blowout victory. Is it lack of a killer instinct, a depth issue, quality of the opposition, or simply that this is a good, but not dominating team?
@drgnslayr You ask if the glass is half full or half empty and my answer is yes....If it is half full, by definition it is half empty. And, I think that characterizes this team - a team that has guys worth rooting for, that can score the ball as well as any Self-coached team, and which is fun to watch when things are clicking - but which can also be extraordinarily frustrating and vexing - with too many silly turnovers, squandering leads, being unable to put away inferior competition, and extended periods of defensive ineptitude.
Yes, I think we can beat any team in the country - even without necessarily playing our best game. But, I also think that we can be beaten by a lot of teams if we're not playing our best. My concern is that we haven't faced as much high quality competition as in most previous years. We've beaten Duke on a neutral court (although they didn't have their bigs then) and we've beaten Kentucky at Rupp. But, we've only won 3 games against certain tourney teams - those two plus Baylor. ISU, KSU, OSU, TTU and Indiana may make it, but none of them are locks to do so at this point. And, while we have only 3 losses - nothing at all to complain about - we lost at home for the first time in 50+ games to probably the least good ISU team of the past several years, got whipped (again) in Morgantown, and lost to an IU team that has an RPI in the 70s. So, the point that others have made that we can beat anyone and can win close games, but don't have much margin for error, seems to be spot on.
Can we get on a run during the tourney and win 4 games to make to the Final Four. Absolutely, esp. if we get favorable match-ups. But, win it all? I would simply note that no team in the past decade has won the title with a defensive efficiency rating (Kenpom) as low we have now - not even close. We're currently ranking 37th, which would by far the lowest in the Self era. And, I believe the title team with the lowest DER during the past decade was the '09 Carolina team, which had the 21st ranked DER - but the #1 ranked OER. Not to say it can't happen - it would just be unprecedented.
Get some well deserved rest this week boys!!!
Throw the ball into the back court...
DG didn't do much all game - but props for nailing the FTs when it counted....
Seriously guys, this isn't rocket science. They're down 6 with 20 seconds - defend the damned perimeter!!!!
WTF Svi!
This is one ugly, sloppy game. But, these are the kind that HCBS seems to like most....
Their 60% foul shooter is 5 for 5...
Hope this doesn't go to OT....
Good thing the 9th foul is a shooting one. Double bonus from here on in...
Okay, finally something from Svi - but that's after he once again was completely unaware of where the shooters are near him - he keeps getting hung up in no man's land guarding no one....
Seriously, do we have anyone who wants the ball other than Frank? Nothing still from Svi or DG...
@approxinfinity said:
I dont understand how someone as confident as Josh can be so bad at freethrows.
Come on - he got it half way to the rim...
@wissox said:
Look at that, we're in the bonus
Lucky us - maybe we can miss the front end of a few 1 and 1s...
@Bwag Okay...
@drgnslayr said:
Maybe Devonte wakes up now?
If a contested fall away is waking up, he can stay asleep...
@drgnslayr said:
Devonte... Svi.... your number is up!
Need at least one of them to show up - 6 and 5 points isn't going to cut it....
Shows Mason with just 3 TOs, but he's had at least that many bad passes to either Lucas or Bragg...
Only 1 foul on KSU this half?????
Refs are losing control of this game....
What was DG doing there - matador defense - just lucky they didn't take advantage...
@Crimsonorblue22 said:
Ll drives me nuts
Has at least half a dozen fumbled balls tonight... About right on average???
@drgnslayr said:
Frank is exhausted.
Unless Self plays Bragg and Lucas at same time, he's not gonna get a blow for a while since JJ has 3 fouls...
Wade is a stringbean - Landon has to power through him...
@wissox said:
I know @HawkChamp is dying to rejoin us here. He (she?) left when we were losing 20-10.
Maybe wait until the end of the game????
Some bad decision-making by Frank the first half - including that last shot. We had 11 seconds - could have run a play...
Ref was giving JJ a long look there - thinking about T'ing him up...
@drgnslayr said:
It's always a huge advantage to have a set of fresh legs on the court this time of year.
Bragg should have a huge game.
Clear head even more important than fresh legs????
Is Graham going to contribute anything this game???
Kinda stunning that we're only down 1 right now....
Much better defensive effort the past few trips - getting killed on the boards though - giving them some easy put backs...
Frank completely out of sorts....Just waved at this guy driving by him...
@HawkChamp said:
@DCHawker coaching?
But Mason and Graham should be on the court coaches - just not getting any leadership. Don't see them talking to each other...
@Texas-Hawk-10 said:
KU needs to slow down. Playing way too fast and making a lot of stupid turnovers playing too fast.
We're supposed to be a veteran team that can play smart and disciplined, and control tempo. Why is that so difficult for these guys???