If KU WINS AGAINST A TALLER TEAM, IT HAS TO PLAY BAD BALL!!!
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See Frank drive.
Drive, Frank, drive.
See Wayne drive.
Drive, Wayne, drive.
See Devonte drive.
Drive, Devonte, Drive!
"A BAD BALL PRIMER" by Dr. Selfseuss
OMG! That was a clinic in bad ball the last 15 of each half!
God help me, I do love it so!
An contraire!
If it were up to me, I would require they shoot a quick Trey every possession!
As I predicted, it was 5 minutes each Half of good ball followed by 15 minutes of BAD BALL.
Self finessed Stallings and Vandy.
KU had the fresher legs at the end because of BAD BALL!!!
Rock Chalk.
Are we sure it wasn't a delayed effect from 9-11...like WTC VII?
Some kind of quantum entanglement.
Appears the NCAA might have been advised to back down, and leave a little smear, in case someone goes ahead and sues.
Thx for the clarification. On a cell phone on the run!
Is this confirmed to beyond a reasonable doubt?
If yes, then now, at long last, Perry can play some three.
Actually, it will probably take a month to work Diallo into the lineup. If he plays against Vanderbilt, then we know he is more than sushi, but if not he m if he plays against Vanderbilt, then we know he is more than sushi, but if not. he must be very raw
We can hope. Defense can tip the balance when teams get tired near the end of three games in three days, especially in a hot climate player used to
It's still fascinates me you think three games in three days would be awash for two such apparently strikingly different teams.
maybe. But to outrun someone, you usually have to out rebound them first in order to get the ball out on the break. Can KU you rebound three 7 footers? If they can, then your approach would work.
But of course they are not in the same boat. Vanderbilt is taller, when it is tired So unless KU plays in a way that saves it's big man and fatigue Vanderbilts big men before the end, then KU LOSES, unless Vanderbilts bigs at the 5 are no better than Lucas, Bragg, Mickelson, and Traylor. Are you trying to say there big men are not better? I have not seen them yet.
This is the third game in three days, so…
The two keys to this game will be who can score most efficiently on tired legs and who can rebound better on tired legs.
KU clearly lost its shooting legs the second half against UCLA. So Self will encourage some early three-point shooting before the legs give out, but will quickly shift gears to Bad Ball. We should see KU shooting three point baskets in the first five minutes of each half and then defaulting to Bad Ball the last 15 minutes of each half. Bad Ball will make their bigs work hard, fatigue and foul on defense. Tired legs fouled up can't fight for position.
KU needs to turn this into short three shooting by KU versus long three shooting by Vanderbilt the last 15 minutes of each half.
Stay close and win the last five minutes, when Vanderbilt starts missing long threes from tired legs and their bigs are fouled up.
HYPOTHESIS: Bill Self's job was never in jeopardy of firing, but KU was probably in some jeopardy of him thinking, 'Screw these ingrates that don't get what I'm up against in recruiting against the apparent Big Shoe-Big Agency Complex, while still winning conference titles and averaging .821.'
The problem is not over, however, because of a great win proving again he is a fine coach that wins big when his tough defensive teams shoot the lights out vs good teams like UCLA, and hang tough but lose, when shooting poorly against good teams like MSU .
The apparent Big Shoe-Agency Complex appears still to be in position of benefitting from bringing KU back under its aegis, or from marginalizing it, from a strategic POV.
And Self likely will remember this chicken little behavior from the fans each time he and Cin talk over the next offer. The fans can be destabilized quicker and quicker, he will likely recall. They are no longer part of the foundation of my strength here, he might say. It's not their fault, he might think, there is probably some pretty sophisticated stuff being used on them to stoke their insecurities. Sports is just a microcosm of the world, Cin, he might say. Sewing dissension with hacks works in politics and business, so why not in sports, too, he might say, and sports ARE big business now, Cin. But regardless, he might add, we know the fans can't be trusted now even as much as they once could be.
And Bill Self, like most coaches reputedly have, probably has some sense of fans' contentment with coaches being somewhat unstable, even without being nudged.
And that's the whole point of sustained destabilization strategy--in government, business, and sports. Sew dissension into the always slightly unstable cornerstoneso of an order/structure that supports a regime desired to be replaced, or marginalized.
It works so well that a whole industry has reputedly evolved to meet the demand.
None of the above is meant to suggest a conspiracy. As nearly as I, a layman and fan can tell, there is nothing illegal about destabilization strategy, so there would be nothing apparent necessitating conspiracy.
And none of the above suggests that normal fan dissatisfaction is not operating now right along with hypothesized destabilization strategy. Quite the contrary. Normal fan dissatisfaction is the active agent that the catalyst of strategic destabilization needs to be applied to in order to be effective.
Those behind the scenes and outside programs with loyalties to the Big Shoe-Big Agency Complex not in power at certain programs, apparently know top coaches like Self are too good for their schools to fire them much of the time. Thus their logical strategic move is to run enough analog and cyber psy-ops often enough to sew enough destabilization to get top coaches to choose to leave with their FU monies for untargeted positions. Slow, but low risk and elegant strategy and tactics, it would appear.
Hypothesis: The apparent complex appears to run destabilization strategy, on programs that would offer strategic net benefit were they brought back into the fold, or simply wrecked. Data points? It was apparently possibly tried at Louisville on Pitino and now appears to be again. It was apparently possibly tried on Roy at UNC a couple times. It now appears possibly to be almost normalized versus KU and Self.
Hypothesis: Leaking dirt to trigger investigations is the analog approach. Using media, in whichever portals permit It, to sew dissension and to inflame fan fears of inadequate performance is the cyber approach.
Time to start looking back, around and forward to see if any data fits these hypotheses. And don't waste a second looking for conspiracies for there apparently wouldn't be a point to one.
Rock Chalk!
Efficiency, thy name is Jacarlanter Traglucmic.
Traglucmic, KU's 6-7 to 6-10 post man, scored 12 points and grabbed 15 rebounds against a UCLA Bruin team that had no answer for him on the glass.
None.
Zero.
Zip.
Traglucmic continued on a path to to exceed Joel Embiid's peformance in the paint that lead him to be the number two pick in the NBA draft!
Coupled With rebounding point guard, Frank Mason, who cleared 5 caroms playing Coach Bill Self's unique point-post position, Traglucmic, the composite post, let the Jayhawks dominate the glass in Bill Selfs new Hexa-Low Post System wherein Mason, the four-man composite 5 Traglucmic, and the quaintly conventional 3 playing a stretch 4, Perry Ellis dominate all phases of the paint.
UCLA literally had no point-post to match up with Mason.
UCLA's highly recruiting guru ranked big men were quietly out played by Traglucmic.
And Ellis played perhaps his best game as a Jayhawk yet.
As Self said, "Everyone shot the fools gold well, but it was our rebounding that decided it. Traglucmic played very well."
Self really schooled Steve A
We can out run most and run with any, but Self only does it if they don't release two
Insane!
Good sign. There is brotherhood between Wayne and Svi.
Wayne looks alive again... Not like MSU
His floor game is finally looking good!
He can't stay with any one even as quick and long as Devonte. The points he gets you he costs you on defense.
I've watched him a couple seasons. He is a guy that can be stopped by ranked teams.
Alford's kid is a joke.
Steve should be ashamed. If UCLA weren't an Adidas school his kid would be playing for Cal State Fullerton.
I know. It's a crime the apparent syndicate crowded him away from Self to a .600.
I am stuck in an Irish bar again watching this game through a bunch Irish wannabes
So long as Alford doesn't release two for defense, Self will keep cherry picking.
LSU is going to be very beastly despite their .600 coach
The lid went on the rim at the end of the half. Self will have them come out and try some treys, then let the air out?
LSU the new SEC stack getting some hype
Not this season. He told me.
Maybe lots of shoe turf stuff to be worked before Cheick can be cleared?
Hair on head has to be on the resume, ESPN!!!
Can someone on ESPN try some rogaine!!!
Hang a century on the Bruins!
Alford's created a soft team--very soft!
Now this is the right way to waste a hot shooting night!!! On UCLA!!!!
Welcome to basketball school Bruins!!!
Bruins too Ray-ed back!
Svi is a stud suddenly. The Crimean Kid has a mad on!!!
KU running the asses off the baby bears!
Cherry picking
Wayne in a zone shooting
Svi playing HARD!
Bragg fouling like a frosh
Time for Luke to take a Trey!
KU defying the law of 3pt averages and shooting the lights out!
The floor is covered with the brains of Bruins being beaten out
Holy cow, that is a prediction with a pair slapping!
Zenger blacks out all games attended by Olivia Wilde in exchange for Chapstick for the minor sports.