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@kuballin10 said in Talent Wins Games:

@Jethro said in Talent Wins Games:

Bill Self said KU is going to forget about this one.

"I'm not going to dwell on this one and make it out to be bigger than what it is." #kubball

The one game he should watch the most tape of he’s going to not even make this out to be bigger than it is.

Yeah makes perfect sense when you are absolutely exposed in any sport or business don’t go back to the drawing board and look to improve instead just keep doing what you’re doing. Genius

What exactly did we learn about this team today that wasn't already well known about this group? This is a bad defensive team, that's not new. This team struggles to score against more athletic teams, again, already well established with this group.

This freshmen class, while generally more athletic, is also a pretty low skilled group of players. KJ and Pettiford aren't really threats to score yet. Pettiford also can't handle being pressured on offense yet. KJ had 0 rebounds in 11 minutes today so his minutes weren't exactly positive today. When Clemence has played, he's the worst defender on the team amd that's saying something with this team.
Yesufu, there's a reason he didn't start at a mid major last year and that's because he's a very inconsistent player.

I'm not exactly sure what you're expecting Self to learn about this team that he's not already very aware of.

KU women won by 14 in Stillwater today to move to 13-5 overall and 4-4 in league play.

Zuby is probably going to be the odd man out in the big man rotation next season, especially if Jalen Wilson is back. That'd likely have Zuby 5th on the big man depth chart behind Wilson, Adams, Clemence, and Udeh. It doesn't mean Zuby doesn't have ability, but if he's 5th on the front court depth chart, he's not seeing many minutes when Self tightens his rotation.

@Kcmatt7 said in Non-KU Games:

@rockchalkjayhawk Still surprised mock drafts don't have him going #1. I know the other guys in the convo are good, but he's a freak of nature.

A lot of it is his lack of muscle. He is a stick and will need some time to bulk up in the NBA before he plays to his potential at that level. Once he adds bulk, does he lose any of what makes him a gifted player?

Those questions are why he's not #1 and Banchero and Smith are more likely to picked ahead of Holmgren.

@jayballer67 said in Non-KU Games:

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Non-KU Games:

@jayballer67 said in Non-KU Games:

@tis4tim said in Non-KU Games:

@jayballer67 said in Non-KU Games:

Some rumors/talk of Bruce Pearl been talking to Louisville about the possibility being Coach. - -Has been looking at property on a lake in vicinity

Because Pearl is the guy you want helming your team when you are trying to fight NCAA allegations.

would be going from a team on probation - - to a team on probation. - -sure not a step up , would be a lateral move. doesn't make a lot of sense

Auburn to Louisville is definitely a step up. Louisville is a place you can win national championships at while Auburn is not. Pearl could have a monster at Louisville once their sanctions are done.

He has a very legit shot at winning the National title this year at Auburn. -- Auburn is no joke - -Louisville though IS a joke. Don't think you will have to worry about them making a title run. - Pearl ha the Auburn program at a level now where they are always going to filed a strong ball team even keel now with Louisville, unless they get a good Coach they are going to continue to waller in ehh ball, for sur not what they use to be

I'm not referring to this year specifically. Louisville has the same number of Final Four appearances as Auburn has NCAA tournament appearances. Louisville has 3 national titles to Auburn's 1 Final Four that came under Pearl. Louisville is also committed long term to basketball whereas basketball is an afterthought at Auburn. Louisville is a top 10 all time program and you're really going to try and argue Auburn that Auburn is an equal overall job? Sorry, but the two programs are not comparable to each other.

@jayballer67 said in Non-KU Games:

@tis4tim said in Non-KU Games:

@jayballer67 said in Non-KU Games:

Some rumors/talk of Bruce Pearl been talking to Louisville about the possibility being Coach. - -Has been looking at property on a lake in vicinity

Because Pearl is the guy you want helming your team when you are trying to fight NCAA allegations.

would be going from a team on probation - - to a team on probation. - -sure not a step up , would be a lateral move. doesn't make a lot of sense

Auburn to Louisville is definitely a step up. Louisville is a place you can win national championships at while Auburn is not. Pearl could have a monster at Louisville once their sanctions are done.

How many of those mocks where Braun is ahead of Ochai haven't been updated recently? Some of those sites only update about once a month or so at this time of year. I know ow the ones that update weekly definitely don't have Braun listed anymore.

@benshawks08 said in Post Texas Tech Thoughts.:

CB may have had an off night shooting (and boy were some of those OFF!!!), and he was certainly sped up when pressured out high with the ball leading to a few turnovers. But I think one play that has been overshadowed is the lob he threw to Och. Not sure we have another player on this team who would have had the confidence to put that ball up there for him. Och was fairly well guarded and just jumped over his man. If I remember correctly, that was at one of the many big moments in that game and had the red raiders worried about the back door for the rest of the game possibly freeing up just enough space to get off some of those outside shots late.

Braun didn't have an off shooting night against Tech, he hasn't shot well since conference play started. He's sub 40% from the field overall and only at 30% from 3 in 7 Big 12 games.

Braun has still been a net positive though unlike this year because he's finding other ways to contribute thankfully and helping Ochai get his looks.

Kentucky by 8 in OT. UCLA up by 15 with about a minute left in the first against Arizona.

Kentucky-MSU going to OT.

Kentucky in a fight with Mississippi State at home. Up 2 with about 3:30 left.

@drgnslayr said in Tonight's Game vs Tech:

I hope we don't let down after that huge amp-up at KSU. I wondered if it also might have had something to do with Bill losing his dad. If we scrap like we did on Saturday tonight... TT is doomed!

It's hard to beat us twice in this league. I would think we come amped and ready to kiss some Red Raider butt tonight!

This is a payback game, if KU isn't motivated by thar alone, there's a big problem.

In women's basketball KSU's Ayoka Lee broke the single game scoring record today with 61 points in a 94-65 KSU win over 14th ranked OU. She was 23-30 from the field and 15-17 from the FT line.

@BeddieKU23 I generally agree about Braun, but his poor shooting against better teams is a concern going forward. Biggest difference this year is he isn't a black hole when his shot isn't falling. He's still finding other ways to positively impact games which he didn't do last season and has been huge for this team.

I also still believe this team has to find a way to get Remy going on offense if they're going to have any chance of making a run in the NCAA Tournament.

This is probably the best the Big 12 has ever been top to bottom. Every team is currently ranked in the top 56 of Kenpom and top 63 of the NET rankings (9 of 10 in the top 48).

In terms of an NCAA resume, every road win is a quad 1 win, only KSU wouldn't be a quad 1 game on a neutral floor and half the league is quad 1 at home. Depending on the team, 13 or 14 Big 12 games this year will be quad 1 games for teams. There's literally not a bad loss to be had in conference this year from an NCAA resume perspective. This team is struggling right now, but still finding ways to win on the road against quality competition as KU is 3-1 on the road already through 6 games so there should be zero questions about the toughness of this team as a whole.

@Kcmatt7 said in Octagon of Room Game Thread:

@BShark said in Octagon of Room Game Thread:

How are KSU fans doing?

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Lmao I love that people think KSU will be able to find another Huggins. They had Underwood and kept Brucey instead… get what you deserve

They had Frank Martin too that had them in the Elite 8 and regularly ranked.

KU women beat Tech by 14 at home today. Ladies are now 12-4 on the year and 3-3 in league play. If they finish .500 or better in league play, they might actually have a good shot at making the NCAA tournament this year.

@mayjay said in Octagon of Room Game Thread:

@BeddieKU23 Maybe they thought it wasn't reviewable, so they huddled and "determined" that it was a 2 pt attempt.

In all seriousness, the most reasonable suggestion is that they called the foul prior to the shot as @nwhawkfan wrote.

If the foul was called prior to the shot, Dave would've been shooting those FT's instead of Ochai because Ochai wasn't touched until after he was in the air shooting. Refs just screwed up on that call plain and simple.

Loved the waves to the student section!!!

Just fucking stole this game!!!

Worse than the Bengals-Raiders refs that aren't calling anymore games this year.

How is that not 3 FT's???

@Kcmatt7 said in Octagon of Room Game Thread:

Can we get a Svi grave ending?

Refs would probably call the travel today though.

@BeddieKU23 said in Octagon of Room Game Thread:

Right on cue Dave for the worst shot of the game

Still not as bad as Remy's last few shots that killed momentum.

@wissox said in Octagon of Room Game Thread:

I'm really disappointed with Remy. I have no idea how that guy can barely make a basket any more. He's damaged, hopefully not beyond repair.

He was never a good shooter though. He was a volume scorer at ASU because he was all they had for the last years.

@tis4tim said in Octagon of Room Game Thread:

What can you do? Those are tough shots.

Pack's last shot wasn't tough, he flat out beat Braun and hit a pretty easy shot.

@DanR said in Octagon of Room Game Thread:

I'm guessing Bill leaves Remy in so he can get his mojo back

Pulled him after that shot.

@tis4tim said in Octagon of Room Game Thread:

Need an Ochai sighting here

Got held there pretty blatantly, surprised they called it.

@Kcmatt7 said in Octagon of Room Game Thread:

Remy is so bad on that end.

This is ASU Remy hero ball right now on offense.

@BShark said in Octagon of Room Game Thread:

That was off a grape

Got Dave's left fingertip last.

+21 on the glass so far.

@DCHawker said in Octagon of Room Game Thread:

Get 3 good looks - have to make one of those...

Well, 2 good looks anyway. That first one wasn't a good shot.

That's the Remy that needs to show up every night. Be aggressive driving the ball and it opens everything else up on offense.

Why not bring in Yesufu to help on defense, can't do much worse than what Remy has done on that end today or on offense too.

@BeddieKU23 said in Octagon of Room Game Thread:

4 yrs and nobody can get into Dave's head to teach him to keep the ball high

That's not a problem exclusive to Dave among big men unfortunately.

@DCHawker said in Octagon of Room Game Thread:

@Texas-Hawk-10 And, no air under Dave's "jump"...

Because it was a bad pass. Dave has finished enough lobs this year we know he can go get a good pass. That was flat and level with the rim, even Ochai wouldn't have finished that lob pass.

@DanR said in Octagon of Room Game Thread:

Harris needs to just realize ain't nobody to lob it to

Dave was open, just didn't put any air under that lob.

@DanR said in Octagon of Room Game Thread:

What's the "Squires 6" on the KU warmups?

Both schools are honoring the players that broke the color barriers at each school. That's why KSU has the 3 Wilson shirts on today too.

@Marco said in Octagon of Room Game Thread:

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Octagon of Room Game Thread:

@tis4tim said in Octagon of Room Game Thread:

Just tuned in. Could someone tell me what we did well? Telling me what we did bad would take too long it appears. Oof.

KU has 8 assists on 12 made FG's so they're sharing the ball and Davehas been aggressive when in. Beyond that, I got nothing positive about today so far.

Oh come on @Texas-Hawk-10 where is the Mr. Brightside that we have all come to know and love?

Did anyone else post anything positive?

@tis4tim said in Octagon of Room Game Thread:

Just tuned in. Could someone tell me what we did well? Telling me what we did bad would take too long it appears. Oof.

KU has 8 assists on 12 made FG's so they're sharing the ball and Davehas been aggressive when in. Beyond that, I got nothing positive about today so far.

@DanR said in Octagon of Room Game Thread:

As bad as we were and as hot as Pack was, we're in pretty good shape!

Down 16 with an offense that hasn't been good today and a defense that's been even worse isn't in good shape.

@DanR said in Octagon of Room Game Thread:

Mitch... that was a lob for you

But it wasn't a good lob though.

@DanR said in Octagon of Room Game Thread:

Remy on Pack... that seems like a bad plan

As opposed to the other players that have guarded him today?

I'm fine with how Dave is playing today. He's being aggressive which is what he needs to do every time.

@DanR said in Octagon of Room Game Thread:

Och's head is not in the game

Ochai is the only reason KU isn't down 15+ right now.

@BeddieKU23 said in Octagon of Room Game Thread:

This lineup ain't ittl

Neither was the starting 5

@BeddieKU23 said in Octagon of Room Game Thread:

I just don't get this defense today it's a simple BALL SCREEN

Same issue as last year, guys aren't quick enough to switch on screens.

KSU on pace for about 110 so far today.

@jessejayhawk said in Octagon of Room Game Thread:

What kind of deal does KU have With ESPN+. Surely the KU basketball doesn't need the money.

KU doesn't control who broadcasts Big 12 games. The Big 12 controls the media rights deals it has for conference games.

@BShark said in Non-KU Games:

Kentucky is very good, they will probably smoke us.

They're good, but not that good and UK is only 2-4 away from Rupp this season. AFH will be amped up like it was for the Missouri game and I expect KU to come out fired up as well.