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Ochai could score 100 tonight cutting down the middle of the lane

Prison mitch!!!!

@BShark did they lose again?

I think all replays should be at full speed....no slow mo. All sports that is.

Prison mitch is +9!!!

@DCHawker said in Michigan State Game Thread:

Why am I still nervous. We have this in hand, right????

Big time....been in hand since the 2nd ochai dunk

@DanR said in Michigan State Game Thread:

Been running that play for a long time. Ben Mac probably jammed it best

I always loved Vick on that play

Big Dave used to be ol reliable in the line....and now? He's shooting worse than doke

Remy has 0 arc on his shot. I've never seen a flatter shot than his.

So cuffe and cam are not going to play. Any other folks? I'm looking at redshirts

@wissox said in Michigan State Game Thread:

@bmensch1 DId you see that shot?

Can't believe it!!!

41.4 seconds left

Espn2 right now. Akron 62....Ohio state 63

@BShark said in Michigan State Game Thread:

@KirkIsMyHinrich said in Michigan State Game Thread:

I'd rather Remy take no shots than too many. Let's wait longer than 1 half of basketball to move him to the bench.

Remy should absolutely start every game this year.

With 100% certainty

And we're winning? Double yikes for the spartans

Sooooo.....Remy with zero shots???

Yikes

@DCHawker said in Michigan State Game Thread:

Other than the first possession, very sloppy on both ends through the first TO...

Much like last year....the first 10 minutes are the slow play minutes.

So I guess this cools the bill self has lost his touch, we can't recruit without snacks, or we can't get any good players because of the investigation talk....at least for a week????

This team is good. I'm not as excited about martin as everyone else is, but I'd rather have martin and yesefu over wheeler or tyty. The biggest recruiting get of this off-season is ochai and Jalen. I fully expect ochai to come back....Wilson not so much. I think he's dreaming about the dolla dolla bills y'all and he could get those in some bulllshit overseas league. I don't think wilson can compete professionally anywhere in the world right now, but is still a solid P5 basketball player.

3rd time is hopefully the charm for the lobos picking up KU's sloppy seconds. I really hope gethro plays well. I don't know why, but I just like that kid.

Just saw on the ol news wire that formerly signed jayhawk Issac mcbride has left Vanderbilt to suit up for oral Roberts. I completely forgot about that kid.

@DCHawker said in Ochai:

On CBS latest top 50 draft board, there are 8 players from the B12, representing 6 different teams. 60% of the conference represented, but not KU. When has that ever happened? When viewed through the NBA talent (or lack thereof) lens, pretty remarkable that HCBS was able to coax 20 wins out of this year's team. Of course, he owns the absence of talent, as well...

I'm not sure who the 12 are....but off the cuff, I would say there are only about 8 players I would take above ochai and maybe 3 players I would take above Garrett.

I look at like this....if Austin reeves is on any list as a better player than ochai and/or garrett....the list is trash. But the draft isn't about best players....its about how a dude can fill a specific role for an NBA team. Ochai and Garrett are great college players, but an NBA liability as they can't score frequently and consistently enough. If Garrett went to a Rodman mentality where all he did was play defense and get every rebound....he could be a real special commodity; unfortunately, his vertical jump nor the ability to get vertical with merely using his calves doesn't allow him to do that. He has to jump like a frog to get any height whatsover.

Defense is also disregarded in the NBA so much. You can't block a 3 and that's 60 to even 70% of all shots. People kick out their legs to draw a foul....so you have to be 2 feet away from them. The new reality of pump faking and jumping into someone....even though the defender is 100% vertical, draws fouls....so you can't jump to block a shot. You can't guard someone close cause the offensive guy will see an out stretched arm, and hook it on the way up to draw a foul. The NBA, and the college game is getting close to a system where it's a 3 point contest or game of horse. But that my friends...is for another discussion topic.

I was thinking...the NBA is a superstar league. You get your big 3, fill in the remaining 12 or 14 (whatever the NBA player limit is) with role players. You're a 3 point guy, you're my I need to foul this dude a couple of times, you're my speed guy to drive down the middle of the line and throw the lob or kick for a corner 3, and you're my setting screens guy, and you're my rebounding guy,, etc. Etc. I get that these kids are 18, 19 or 20 years old....but if these kids transfer because they're not happy with playing times or roles....why would an NBA franchise invest millions on someone who gave up because of a little adversity. This adversity is gonna happen in the league unless you're a physical monster like ayton or athletic specimen like Mitchell or Tatum. Get him on board, work 20 minutes with them, and then play games. You don't "got it"....the role is taken way down to a singular task.

Why would someone even consider drafting a grimes...or thompson...or McClung? From a personal standpoint in just business, when you're looking to hire someone with very little experience....say a 28 year old...and you look at their resume and see they transferred schools twice and worked at 3 different places in a 6 year span....would you hire them? I wouldn't, nor have I ever supported such a decision because you know they'll do the same thing to you they did to the other people. You'll invest time and money to train and hone their skills only to see them jump ship at the first obstacle or "missed" opportunity.

This thompson thing really has me bothered. On the opposite spectrum, I applaud the likes of Martin, yesefu, and curry. Started in a small pond and now they are seeing what they can really do against really tough competition. Whether they went to KU, or Duke, kentucky, whatever...they are actually trying to prove themselves. Thompson and grimes did the complete opposite.

And that ladies and gentlemen, is what really grinds my gears.

With all the transfers, NIL, covid, and no fans this year, I almost gave up on college basketball....but now just like every year, I watch one shining moment, get pissed cause another season is over and now I'm all in again. I can't wait till October to see the boys in blue suit up for "midnight" madness. I'll convince myself that no matter the rankings, KU is the best team in the conference and probably the nation...at worst 3rd in the nation. I'll endure the early losses with hopeful bliss that we just need to get past the Christmas break and HCBS will have this team turned around. We'll go undefeated from mid Jan to March. Lose in the 2nd round of the big 12 tournament. Then I'll fill out a bracket with KU on the winning line with a final score of 72 to 65 and hope for a 2021 Houston draw where we don't play anybody till the final four.

Jesus....I miss college basketball already and it's only been about 37 minutes.

Baylor is wayyyy too athletic for the zags

Houston getting hammered and the big 12 represented in the championship game really pleases me.

@jayballer67 Houston defense is good when they're not playing against superior athletes from the big 12, acc, or sec.

Grimes looks like ku grimes tight now. Tentative, slow, poor d

Remember when we were ranked 3rd in the country. Wilson couldn't be stopped. Braun was hitting 3s....then 2021 turned and went all down hill. 2020 was such a good year

We won't be doubled up....will we?

I think every shot tonight....the ku guy yells short.

I knew we should have canceled the season because of covid. Coach k was right

@DCHawker said in KU vs USC game thread:

That TGF is our second leading scorer tells you all you need to know...

Is he????? That....that pretty much sums up the entire season

Tgf hitting a 3 is the topper on this....ain't a damn shot went in all game and tgf hits a 3....

Comical

Hahahaha

I want to what gethro can do against Mobley

Clamence is weak. Curry is a big, big project

Clamence....not clarence

@Crimsonorblue22 said in KU vs USC game thread:

Need length

Zach Clarence ain't the answer

@DCHawker said in KU vs USC game thread:

@bmensch1 said in KU vs USC game thread:

Is this ochai last game?

Is that hoping it is???

Negative on my end....I like the kid

@FarmerJayhawk said in KU vs USC game thread:

@bmensch1 said in KU vs USC game thread:

Is this ochai last game?

No

Did he say he was coming back? Or do you still believe we're winning?

Is this ochai last game?

Tgf and lightfoot....hcbs has called mercy

Hahaha

(Insert team here) a season long 35% 3 point shooting team is hitting at a 60% clip. Is a quote I've heard at least 20 times this year. I don't even think I'm exaggerating

If I hear 1 more damn "and 1" from Braun on his bullshit drives, I'm gonna flip the eff put

@Kcmatt7 said in KU vs USC game thread:

We should start recruiting tall guys again

I like Ukrainians with short arms who have a name that takes Fran 4 years to learn how to say

@DanR said in KU vs USC game thread:

Garrett > Vick in the zone busting spot at the free-throw line

Not when we played washington....we lost that game....but Vick had like 27 on 60% shooting

+1 this half....good start

Remember when Indiana went to the NC game? Terrible.