Kansas Game Thread...

[MSOrange]

This could have easily turned into the St John's game from last year when KU went up 47-26. So at least this team has heart.

 

[Cusesky8214]

Not terrible considering our offense most of the game...showed fight and Graham single handedly killed us. I like this team but we are young and going to take some punches but I think we are going to learn a lot from this game and get better as the year progresses. Battle had a off night even with 20.

 

[Cusefan0307]

12-1 non conference record should be the goal.

 

[jgeorge322]

Good loss to shake the nerves off for the youngins.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

It's worse than that. If you are just inside that circle, they call it a charge.

I agree. Keep in mind where this team was just 4 weeks ago. That second d-2 team we played, we were down by 17.

At no point during the game did I feel we were not in the same class athletically or physically vs Kansas . They actually won the game by shooting threes

We out rebounded them ..including more offensive boards

Got to the line a lot more than they did

Just a matter of shot making .. . And more specifically we have to put the brakes on Brisstte and his outside shots .. he needs to drive , drive , drive

 

[dasher]

Before the season it was 11-2. I will still settle for that. We have some sand traps ahead of us. might it in to one. I can live with 11-2.

12-1 non conference record should be the goal.[/QUOT

 

[CuseTG2003]

The biggest take away for me this week is Frank Howard is a very good player.

He played well. I wish he would stop wasting 10 seconds every possession pounding the ball and initiate the offense.

 

[tbonezone]

They actually won the game by shooting threes[/QUOTE]
well that and all those alley oops.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[Cusefan0307]

We outrebounded another Power 5 team. We grabbed 75% of their misses and 40 percent of ours. Rebounding is a strength.

 

[pearl31]

I’m not sure Chuwuku knows how to play basketball...

Clueless (you are, apparently).
Obv that missed dunk in the 1st half (you could also say the one in the 2nd half too, but that was a tough finish) was bad - but he acquitted himself pretty well and actually made Azabuki invisible.
He rebounds very well, generally has good hands and even started knocking down some FTs tonight

 

[Cusefan0307]

Before the season it was 11-2. I will still settle for that. We have some sand traps ahead of us. might it in to one. I can live with 11-2.

I hear you, but I think this team plays to hard to lose to an inferior team. We need to wax UConn on Tuesday.

 

[JAXCUSE]

I was pretty encouraged by his performance. Active on D & the boards, including a couple tap-outs to save possessions that won't show in the box score (Marek is giving us 2-3 of these every night as well). He'll only get better on O as he gets more comfortable & works on his footwork. I've said it a few times but, IMO, a 6th year for him would be HUGE. There's quite a bit of potential left to be tapped.

Hope you are right.
I think his footwork and court awareness are sub-par for a D-1 player.
Not to mention that he is 7’ 2” and can barely dunk. Just putting his hands up on D when the ball rotates to the top of the zone would be an improvement.
Sidibe is allot more serviceable at the 5 IMO...

 

[tbonezone]

is it just me or does anyone else see the shadow monster in that box score.

 

[dasher]

I hear you, but I think this team plays to hard to lose to an inferior team. We need to wax UConn on Tuesday.

Okay. Count me in.

 

[Cusesky8214]

Clueless (you are, apparently).
Obv that missed dunk in the 1st half (you could also say the one in the 2nd half too, but that was a tough finish) was bad - but he acquitted himself pretty well and actually made Azabuki invisible.
He rebounds very well, generally has good hands and even started knocking down some FTs tonight

Yep I thought our centers played decent. Let's be honest, offensively no one played good for us but they way everyone talked the beginning of the year was that bigs from power 5 schools were going to eat us alive. They didn't even remotely come close to eating is alive inside besides the occasional backdoor oop that tends to happen when you play zone. But for the most part our interior defense has been solid. I'll take that all year long but we have to get guys to contribute more on the offensive end. One positive was chukwu making a few from the line...he will get more comfortable to more games he plays.

 

[JAXCUSE]

Clueless (you are, apparently).
Obv that missed dunk in the 1st half (you could also say the one in the 2nd half too, but that was a tough finish) was bad - but he acquitted himself pretty well and actually made Azabuki invisible.
He rebounds very well, generally has good hands and even started knocking down some FTs tonight

Not clueless at all.
Go watch the tape.
Difference between him and Sid at the 5 was night and day.

 

[hoopsupstate]

Chukwu might have solved his foul line mental funk today. He looked ok after he made a couple. That’s a good sign. OB has to learn to play in the flow of the game. He gets anxious when he doesn’t get shots. JB needs to get him looks in the paint without having to dribble. I wish they would run the box to box screen for OB, like they did for Carmelo. Melo made a killing with that simple play. If nothing else, he would shoot a ton of foul shots. I liked their fight today. Graham bailed them out several times today after we played pretty good defense. Their lob dunks eventually took us out of the game. Kansas doesn’t high low, but high dunk.

 

[edowd26]

Just beat the hell out of uconn please.

 

[pearl31]

Not clueless at all.
Go watch the tape.
Difference between him and Sid at the 5 was night and day.

"doesn't know how to play basketball" = clueless. He rebounds better than Sidibe and is comparable defensively - not to mention Sidibe's knee issue

 

[hoopsupstate]

There’s no reason for us not to run the rest of the pre-ACC schedule. That needs to be our only goal. It starts with UCONN on Tuesday.

 

[SoBeCuse]

At no point during the game did I feel we were not in the same class athletically or physically vs Kansas . They actually won the game by shooting threes

We out rebounded them ..including more offensive boards

Got to the line a lot more than they did

Just a matter of shot making .. . And more specifically we have to put the brakes on Brisstte and his outside shots .. he needs to drive , drive , drive

I agree with most of this. But, did you see the Vick one handed tomahawk? Physically we have too many thin guys like Marek and Sidibe who can’t handle any contact. Love the effort for rebounding. Looks like that will be a constant and help us out since the offense could be rough all year. I think the zone hinders Kansas’ athleticism. Hypothetically if SU played M2M then, mano e mano, that Kansas athleticism and physicality advantage would show more, IMO. I like most of the pieces we have when reinforcements come next year.

 

[tbonezone]

glad to see bubbles sink a few free throws.

 

[JoeySimz]

Check out the difference between the two stars from three point land

 

[OttoinGrotto]

That box score has an error - says we didn't have any technical fouls. Isn't that what they called Chukwu's blown dunk?