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Come on boys

Just because your hands are down doesn’t automatically mean it was a foul

Can we maybe go on a mini run?

@KirkIsMyHinrich Need Bryce to play well. Need to hit shots. Big Dave needs to pass the ball like he is today.

Why would Sparty deserve to be in the tourney?

If Bill can get Bryce to take just one more step I would legit be scared to play us in the tourney

@BShark yea I’m not upset by that either. Bryce is better

Bill Self out of a timeout to go up double digits into half.

@BShark just pointing it out.

THERE WE GO

We aren’t even missing tough threes. Like 10 wide ass open threes

Bryce has been lost 3-4 times today on D

You don’t want to know what our 3pt% the last 5 games

Did Dave start wearing lighter shoes or something?

Who is this dude playing C for KU today?

Love that shot though Ochai

OHHHH BABY

Friendly fire

When can Dick retire?

Ref took that well

The defense with the starters in is ELITE

Bryce misses a lot of those jumpers. But he takes them with the confidence of hitting them at like 90%

@KirkIsMyHinrich yea let him spend 4 years in a weight room

Obviously eating crow saying this, but Dave is the best player on the floor today

Timeout. Put the starters in Bill

Mitch don’t shoot the ball ever

Alright bring all the starters back in

Bill should have brought Mitch in right there before the TV timeout for Dave to catch a breather

I want THIS Dave back next year

Good foul

We could/should be up 15

Dave playing his ass off

I’ll take a lucky bounce

Dave’s head is in this one

Gonna have to make a few open threes today

UK getting hot just in time to win the SEC tourney and make the NCAAs

@Crimsonorblue22 we had a really long stretch of them playing the Super Mario theme song because of Chalmers and Little.

Or at least the last I remember...

I’m not sure if they still play those or not.

I know they play Bon Jovi “living on a prayer” and they play “Tequila” by the champs and “All I do is Win” like every game.

"My gut tells me this team is going to be an elite defensive team that has games where they struggle to score. We will have a nail biter or two against teams that are WAY below our level. And we will win games by 25 where the hoop is like throwing a rock into the ocean against a top 10 team.

The two big questions in my mind are how we will be able to function with Mitch as our backup 5 and will we be able to shoot the ball consistently enough that the four guard rotation works well.

My biggest concern is the post depth. Big Dave picks up two quick fouls and then we are playing Mitch and Gethro 25 minutes in a game. Tshiebwe would be dunking the ball every single possession.

As far as projecting this team, it really is tough. There isn’t anyone on the roster that I have super high expectations for. At the same time, there really isn’t anyone that I think shouldn’t be getting minutes that will be. Will the depth give us enough of an advantage? Will TGF play his way into starting? Will Ochai have the All-American breakout? Can Garrett make a leap offensively? How good is Bryce going to be day 1?

Last year, we knew we’d be good. Doke and Dot coming back virtually assured they would be a Top 5 team. But even with Dave, Ochai and Garrett coming back I definitely don’t have that same feeling.

If this team wants to be FF good, they will need Ochai or Thompson to be a walking 15 ppg imo. Otherwise I just don’t know that we will be able to score consistently enough to make that type of a run."

Bringing back my preseason prediciton... Looks like it is a little closer now than it was in December.

Like how is Adidas not landing this dude for KU? I'm so serious. How is a life-long Kansas native, where was KU his second offer and first P5 offer, not put on the Adidas payroll?

@BeddieKU23 Are they? He isn't on the MoKan roster and he isn't at a Nike prep. I guess that I just don't see the Nike connection.

I think we have a good shot at Mitchell too. We were on him so early it'll be disappointing if we miss. Is he friends with any of the guys on the team rn?

@BeddieKU23 Right like I said different players. But AW3 thought he was going to get PT his Jr season and then BG came in and was just a .500 shooter from 3 and there was nothing he could do about it.

Tristan looked like he'd get run this year, but Wilson and Bryce are just better at the same things Enaruna is capable of.

@BShark 100%. We know at least one guy is getting the boot. I suspect more, but at least Tristan. Hard to know what Bill will do with Jossel and Gethro and Tyon.

@BeddieKU23 Reminds me a lot of the Andrew White III situation. Not the same player, but a guy who could get minutes basically anywhere else but can't carve them out under Bill.

You'll hear Enaruna is gone like the next week after we get bounced in the tourney.

@approxinfinity He's gone. Just count it now. Has all the signs written all over him.

Yep, that was a full on frustration possession from Enaruna. He's probably checked out

Imagine how frustrating it was for us to watch this game, and then imagine your team being the one who only has 35 points...