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Since we're playing TCU and we already ran them by 29 at their place, I would put Harris into the line up, take Braun out and slide Garrett to the 2 spot.

McCormack had arguably his best game of the season against TCU so unless he's one of the guys Self said didn't respond well in practice yesterday, I'd keep him in the starting line up at least for Thursday.

I still think as long as Self is going to play through the post with roster instead of basing the on motion, pick and roll, screen and roll and other action to open up driving lanes, the offense is going to struggle with consistency.

@jayballer67 said in Non-KU Games Thread:

Every year I think well maybe THIS might be the year KU women show something - - EVERY YEAR another let down. You can't tell me it's all the ladies. The last couple of years good recruiting classes BUT the mechanics of these Ladies is really sloppy - -THAT'S COACHING

Brandon Schneider should've been fired 3 years ago . It's the same thing every year with him. Build up a nice non-conference record against sub 200 ranked programs and then win 3-4 Big 12 games.

Florida absolutely destroyed #6 Tennessee tonight 75-49.

@BShark said in Emperor Of Basketball Game Thread:

I say it again, future Kansas basketball coach Scott Drew.

When Baylor was an Adidas school, Drew had trouble making the tournament every year. Their recruiting uptick didn't happen until they switched to Nike. I don't think Drew would be as successful switching back to an Adidas school.

KU seems like they do better when I turn away so I'm out for the night.

@Kcmatt7 said in Baylor Game:

@Texas-Hawk-10 I’ve said plenty about PG play. You just focus on the Dave stuff.

I actually don't, just seems like most posts I see attached to your name involve shitting on Dave when he's about 4th on the list of biggest problems this team has this season.

@Kcmatt7 said in Baylor Game:

@Texas-Hawk-10 feel free to mute me if you don’t want to see my posts bruh

I'm just sick of you being a one trick pony blaming every issue this team has on Dave.

@Kcmatt7 said in Baylor Game:

Dave sucks. He sucks. You can say a player sucks. It’s okay

We get it, you hate Dave. Guess what, he isn't the biggest issue with this team though. Perimeter defense and PG play are both much bigger issues this year than Dave is.

For everyone wanting to see more Harris, I would play him over Braun at this point and slide Garrett to the 2.

Self also appears to be playing to prevent Baylor from getting out in transition so we're gonna get destroyed on the glass tonight too so KU has to make shots to have any chance.

John Higgins is reffing tonight, does anyone really expect balanced officiating when he does a KU game?

Baylor is the best defense in the country and Self still hasn't developed an offense suited for this personnel grouping. This team really needs to base its offense on pick and rolls and screen and rolls.

I see John Higgins brought his usual KU whistle tonight.

ESPNU is currently showing Sunrise vs. IMG if anyone wants to watch Clemence play live against top HS competition.

It's getting to the point where cord cutting isn't guaranteed to be cheaper anymore because of everyone having their own streaming platform. You still have to have an ISP to watch at home which isn't that cheap, and usually more expensive per month when not bundled with another servoce. You'd need a subscription TV service and decent one is going to start at about $50 per month and up because not all include a sports package with channels like FS1, CBS Sports, or NBC Sports. Then you'd need an ESPN+ subscription to see games like the one KU was supposed to play yesterday which is either $60/year or $6/month. Depending on which subscription package you go with, an antenna to pick up local channels when KU plays on CBS, ABC, or Fox.

Ballpark, you're probably still looking at around $150 per month specifically to watch KU and that doesn't other streaming services like Netflix or Disney+ that could easily push a monthly bill to the $200 per month range.

Decide what all you want and price it out because it's getting to the point where cutting cable isn't guaranteed to be cheaper anymore depending on which subscriptions you have/want.

Garrett playing hero ball when that's not his strength.

Of course it had to be a fast break started by Cunningham.

Bryce got destroyed on that play

Braun has hit the sophomore slump. Sit him, play Harris at the 1, slide Garrett to the 2 and let him lock down Cunningham.

McCormack is the only reason OSU isn't up 20+ right now. The guards have been absolute shit at getting back on defense tonight and stopping OSU's transition offense.

This is a weird team this year that's hard to get a solid read on.

I guess that's part of the relative inexperience of this team even those with experience taking on new responsibilities this season is creating a very inconsistent team.

@approxinfinity said in This is a Second round team if they keep playing McCormick:

@BShark I'm not convinced. I think we can make noise

There's a lot of relatively inexperienced players on this team. Self's less experienced teams don't have a great track record of making deep runs.

@Kcmatt7 said in Must win game tonight:

Would you rather see Mitch or Dave? Serious question.

And this is a one or the other question.

At this point, Mitch. Advanced numbers favor Mitch in just about every category.

@BeddieKU23 said in Must win game tonight:

Marcus is game time decision

Bryce is out
:crossed_fingers_medium-dark_skin_tone:
25 point loss last game.

Can't lose to bottom feeders on the road. This TCU TEAM IS NOT GOOD.

Rock Chalk

TCU isn't a bottom feeder this year. I'm not saying they're a great team, but they're definitely a tier above ISU and KSU this season. I could see them finishing as high as 6th battling with OU and OSU for that spot.

@hawk4life JRE doesn't change much with this team specifically. His skill set doesn't really address the glaring weakness in the paint for KU. He's a bad outside shooter (32%), a terrible rebounder (sub 14%), and average at best defender on his best night.

The answer for the Marcus Garrett issue is, and I can't believe I'm about to type this, Garrett needs to shoot more 3's. He's making 40% from 3 this year, but only taking 2 per game on average. That's how Garrett gets himself easier shots is by taking more 3's and forcing defenses to respect that shot or let him beat teams from deep and open stuff up for others.

The other group I'll throw in are Caribbean players as well, Haiti in particular. That's starting to be an area that's producing some talent as well and there's still a lot displaced people from the earthquake a few years back. Skal Labissiere a few years ago is by far the most high profile example at Kentucky, but I'd also be curious about all of the details of Gethro Muscadin's recruitment as well.

@wissox said in Tshiebwe:

@Texas-Hawk-10 Who was the other African? Diallo?

Yes

Today was as bad as I can remember KU playing in a long time. It looked like a combination of having an 11am top off combined with having 11 days between games I believe. I think Self messed up by not getting a game on the schedule between Christmas and New Year's because this team came out flat and not in game shape.

The decision making was terrible today. I'm shocked KU had only 12 turnovers but I guess it was because a lot of the bad passes were on drives that should've been shot attempts and instead were bad dump offs and kick outs for worse looks. Only 6 assists on 20 made FG's isn't good. The bench players today we're absolutely atrocious. Only 10 points in 60 minutes from bench players (TGF and Enaruna each had 5).

Just an ugly game all around.

@BShark said in Tshiebwe:

@approxinfinity said in Tshiebwe:

@BShark what Nike school was Udoka bound for before we intercepted?

FSU. They helped bring him over and let's just say Hamilton is a strong ass recruiter.

Hamilton is also one of Self's biggest mentors as Self was hired at OSU by Hamilton when Hamilton got the OSU job.

There's got to be a better way to deal with African recruits because it seems like there's usually a lot of drama involved with high level African recruits. 2 of the 3 players that have KU in the NCAA's cross hairs are Africans.

I don't know what a good solution could be, but African recruiting seems to be the most dirty of all types of college basketball recruiting.

@BeddieKU23 It's not the players that are likely to cause a suspension of the program, it's the coaching and support staff that interact with the players that aren't pretty much isolated in McCarthy that will likely be the issue for KU.

As long as none of the players test positive this week, I'm not worried about a player being the one responsible for an outbreak and shutdown.

@wissox I know Kentucky was ranked when we played them, but can we really count that game considering how bad they are this year?

@Marco Marcus Garrett will be playing professional basketball this time next year. If Mitch Lightfoot isn't playing basketball at KU next year, he'll probably be a GA somewhere next season.

@Marco said in Players eligible for next season:

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Players eligible for next season:

@Bosthawk In theory yes, but it's doubtful Garrett will choose that option.

I don't see how either of them could. If Cuffe reclassifies we're already one over the scholarship limit. They would still count as scholarships, right?

Read my initial response. A situation with either Garrett or Lightfoot returning next year would more than likely involve them paying their own way. That's not an option that makes sense for Garrett because he'll have his degree and be playing pro ball somewhere next season.

Mitch Lightfoot on the other hand while still not very likely to return has a higher % than Garrett. Lightfoot doesn't have a pro future in basketball, already in grad school and should finish up his master's degree in 2022. There's a plausible scenario where Mitch gets enough academic scholarships to cover his costs for next season and comes back in something like a hybrid GA/player-coach role to go mentor the incoming big men because Lightfoot screams future coach with his love and passion for the game.

Mitch coming back on academic scholarships means he'd be a walk on officially and not count against the 13 player limit.

@Bosthawk In theory yes, but it's doubtful Garrett will choose that option.

How bad of a team cancer has Fletcher been for Cal to publicly throw him under the bus. Say what you want about Cal, but he's not someone that has the reputation of throwing his players under the bus unlike some other coaches we know. Because of that history, Fletcher has to have done a bunch of really dumb/bad stuff for Cal to throw him under the bus.

@wissox I'm sure it'll be like football where not everyone will be invited back and teams will be restricted by scholarship limits so if a senior wants to come back for a super senior year, it may end up being on their own dime some in some cases. I'm betting that a lot of seniors are going to choose to move on based on what's happened with other sports as well and probably most super seniors will end up as grad transfers to mid and low major programs if they're coming from P5 programs.

KU is already full for next season on scholarships as they have 12 players this seasin with 3 incoming freshmen (Adams, Clemence, and Curry) and 2 outgoing seniors (Garrett and Lightfoot). There'd have to be a transfer to open a scholarship, but I'd be curious to see what happens with Lightfoot.

Mitch obviously loves KU, already has his undergraduate degree and I believe would be a year short of his master's degree after this year. Would Self invite Mitch back as kind of a hybrid GA, player/coach type situation to help mentor and coach up the incoming freshmen? That's something I think Self and staff should consider because Mitch has a high enough GPA that he should be able to get enough academic scholarships to cover his costs if there's financial need and then he can go get a coaching/support staff job somewhere with his master's already completed.

Baylor's women have won back to back games by 93 points each.

@BShark said in Non-KU Games Thread:

@KirkIsMyHinrich said in Non-KU Games Thread:

Luckily for Kentucky they play in a weak SEC conference, so they'll probably get some wins. They would have a losing record in the B12, B10, maybe ACC this season.

Yeah. Good to decent teams in the SEC.... Tennessee, LSU, Florida, Arkansas and...Missouri? A lot of chaff.

Tennessee and Missouri have looked like the two best teams in the SEC this year and I'm bummed we didn't get to play them this season because it would've been a really good and competitive game.

@BShark said in Non-KU Games Thread:

@KirkIsMyHinrich said in Non-KU Games Thread:

Kentucky about to move to 1-5. I am very much here for it.

Imagine the KU fan base if this happened. Good news is it's so unlikely as long as Self is the coach. Weak 2020 class hurting Cal.

I'm not going to say unlikely because Self loves scheduling a lot of good teams and if KU gets hit with sanctions, what's going on with Kentucky this year becomes a more realistic possibility.

@tis4tim I know exactly one person from Lubbock, they don't speak well of growing up there.

@COHawk said in Coaching Carousel:

@FarmerJayhawk True, but too often a player is overlooked simply because of size. Not overlooking legions of undersized guys; just saying that size doesn't mean everything when it comes to recruiting. There are some small guys in pro sports doing quite well after doing well at the collegiate level.

Todd Reesing checked pretty much every box other than heighth when looking at a QB. If he was even 6-0 or 6-1, he probably would've been a 4 QB and competing with Colt McCoy at Texas instead of coming to KU. If he was 6-3 or taller, decent chance he could've been a 5 or very high end 4* player.

@FarmerJayhawk Wells is only in year 2 at Tech and I don't think they have the money to buy him out this year.

Missouri might be the best team in the SEC this season as they also beat Oregon earlier as well.

Missouri has upset #6 Illinois by 3.

Missouri up 3 on Illinois with 41 seconds left.

Les Miles has said that he'd like to have 5-8 seniors return next season. Kyron Johnson has already spoken about wanting to return so that's likely 1. Miles has said he'd like convince Parchment to change his mind and stay. Here's the list of potential seniors that could be brought back next season.

• Ricky Thomas, S

• Elijah Jones, CB

• Stephon Robinson Jr., WR

• Thomas MacVittie, QB

• Kwamie Lassiter II, WR

• Ezra Naylor II, WR

• Denzel Feaster, LB

• Nate Betts, S

• Liam Jones, K

• Malik Clark, LG

• Adagio Lopeti, OL

• Chris Hughes, OL

• James Sosinski, TE

• Jack Luavasa, TE

• Sam Burt, NT

Out of that group, I wouldn't mind Stephon Robinson, Kwame Lassiter, Denzel Feaster, Malik Clark, and Sam Burt being the guys Miles asks back. Maybe Ricky Thomas as well with Davon Ferguson officially announcing his intentions to transfer. That group plus Kyron Johnson would be 7 returners and are all guys that would figure to be on the 2 deep next season which is what you'd want in a situation like this.

As much as I'd like to see Drew Prox return, he's just so injury prone that I don't see it being worth bringing him back to likely miss a big chunk of 2021.

Kentucky is getting the butts handed to them early against ND. 31-9 Irish halfway into the 1st half.

Also, preseason SEC POY Keyontae Johnson collapsed and had to taken to the hospital in the Florida/FSU game. Johnson collapsed coming out of timeout.

@KirkIsMyHinrich said in Omaha Game Thread:

@DanR Arkansas is pretty much Southern Missouri.

Depends on which part of Arkansas. Southern part of Arkansas is basically North Louisiana.

I know Jimmy Dykes is an SEC guy, but can we get him for more KU games since he's pretty pro KU?