Pretty unfortunate that KU's best unit (special teams) was its worst on Saturday. Better special teams play and no pass-interference penalty (when KU was up 13-0...leading to an OU TD) and this game becomes a nail biter.
I thought the Cozart move would have made better sense coming out after half time. Let OU make adjustments for Heaps and surprise them a bit with a different look.
Is the Facebook link a financial deal? Or is it simply an attempt to clean up the comments sections, so the LJW employees don't have to spend so much time monitoring them?
That's my guess. I'm certainly not buying the bull about how it "increases readability and enjoyment."
Marcus (stupid) Smart is butt hurt.
I made it to the scrimmage and I agree with pretty much everyone's thoughts.
I actually thought Greene looked better than some are suggesting. I was surprised/pleased to see how much he was asked to handle the ball. There was one moment, however, early in the shot clock when Greene didn't pass the ball to Black, who was in the post. Black had great position and I'm not sure Green even looked at him. Black SCREAMED at him. I also noticed that nobody seemed too concerned when he got knocked to the ground a couple of times. I hope I was looking too much into those incidents and that it isn't a personality problem, or something. You can tell he has an assassin's mentality and could be very valuable.
From my observations it looks like Mason will be the primary backup to Tharpe. Looks like Frankcamp will play in spots this year... end of the half, when KU is struggling to score, foul trouble... The most promising thing I saw about Frankamp was how tightly guarded he was the entire time. And when he did finally have some space to shoot, he did. And made 2/3.
I was very critical of AWIII last season. And it looked like the same AWIII through the first period of the scrimmage, but then he made a jump shot and continued to make the next 3 or 4. He was arguably the most assertive player on the court. Which is good when he's making shots... not so much when he isn't...
Perry was Perry. I hope he gets better at finishing at the rim. He missed a lot of shots in the paint, but got some put backs as well. He was very aggressive. I imagine he will be the leading scorer most games.
Jamari was Jamari. Played mostly within himself.
Wiggins was good, but definitely no Messiah. He made some mistakes and didn't appear to be playing with as much effort as some others. He had some lapses on defense where he lost his man. Which is kind of sad considering he was guarding Niko Roberts and Tyler Self a lot of the time... Still, you can tell the guy is very good. If/when he completely buys-in on defense...
Overall, I was pleased. The starters looked very good in the first period. It's gotta be difficult to score when the other team knows exactly what to expect. And the blue team (first period) had no problem scoring.
I'm assuming that those who started on the blue squad at today's scrimmage have earned the highest favor from bill self thus far. Right now it looks like AWIII will be the primary back up for Wiggins. But Greene looked pretty good. White just needs confidence. He missed his first three or four badly, but then he made his next four...
I'm not scared! F*ck the LJW! Just kidding. I'm actually very scared that my colleagues will find out how much time I spend on kusports.com. Very glad this was set up.