Pretty solid tournament here...going to be fun.
I predict:
KU v. MARQ - KU
TENN v. LOU - TENN
KU v. TENN - KU in the final.
I predict:
KU v. MARQ - KU
TENN v. LOU - TENN
KU v. TENN - KU in the final.
NIT at Barclays - KU/TENN/MARQ/LOU
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Will definitely give Tennessee a good chance to see where they stand if they play KU. Looking forward to that matchup.
I think Marquette upsets KU. Have struggled big time against teams that like to put 4-5 guys who can shoot the 3 on the court together. Overall talent gap with those mid-majors allowed KU to prevail against them. That talent gap isn't there with Marquette. I just get the feeling Marquette upsets KU.
I think KU will be by far the strongest in the field by the end of the year, but I'm not sure they're there now. They've been underwhelming overall.
Vick: unconscious two straight games.
Udoka: unstoppable force
The rest: decent so far. Plenty of talent, but the chemistry isn't quite there and Lawson hasn't been the efficient scorer I expected.
Vick: unconscious two straight games.
Udoka: unstoppable force
The rest: decent so far. Plenty of talent, but the chemistry isn't quite there and Lawson hasn't been the efficient scorer I expected.
I can see this...Dedric's defense is going to be a major deciding factor. If he can guard out to the 3pt line today, we should be ok. If not, then we are playing for 3rd Place.
Kansas has a very solid team but have so much to improve on. We haven't collectively played well yet and D Lawson hasn't shown up yet. Marq will give us a good game and I think UT has the type of roster that could really gives us trouble if we don't have a good shooting night.
He really needs to step up on both ends of the floor. Dok has been drawing doubles and Lawson has yet to make teams pay on the back side. He needs a breakout game soon.
Kansas hasn't impressed me, outside the first half of the CC.
I wouldn't be surprised if KU dropped either of these games, tbh.
Yup and right now D. Lawson is playing too much with finesse on the offensive end. He's normally in a great position where he can dunk the ball but we haven't seen that power play on the interior just yet.
Other than the 1st half of MSU they've looked bad all year including the exhibitions games. The same issues have crept up in every game. Guarding the 3pt line, turnovers, and inability to finish around the basket outside of Dok dunks.
Marquette is taking our guys to the woodshed now. If our guys don't collect themselves, Marquette will blow this game wide open.
Not worried. Eventually they will start to miss a few. Nobody outside of ‘18 Nova can keep shooting at that clip. And Self will finally put Doke back in. He changes the game even when he isn’t scoring.
Lawson is not an all American. His vertical is a credit card swipe.
Garrett sees the floor way too much. He's guaranteed to a) throw up an ill-advised brick, b) drive and miss or c) draw a foul and brick at least one at the charity stripe.
All five KU starters are very talented, but it seems like two of them are required to be a complete no-show each game.
If/when they all start to show up together, they can dominate. Especially if they consistently give the defensive effort they showed in the 2nd tonight.
If/when they all start to show up together, they can dominate. Especially if they consistently give the defensive effort they showed in the 2nd tonight.
Grimes effort level on both ends was just awful last night. He had so many miscues defensively last night that Self had no choice but to sit him on the bench for long stretches.
It’s early. They’ll be stupid good in a month
Exactly. Enjoy the ride. This team is going to be special. There is so much to improve on and they will get tremendously better.
I’m excited to watch them grow and develop. So many freshman, transfers who haven’t played in 2 years and guys developing into new roles.
This definitely could be one of those games KU loses because they don't have the experience in some parts like Tennessee does. That said Tennessee plays a style with 2 bigs that fits more to what KU likes to play. KU could find themselves with having more success defensively against Tennesse than they have had against their last few opponents.
TBH, this is a toss'em, game. I just like Tenn more b/c pf the experience. But you are right--UT's style does fit KU.
Why didn't they review that UL three? They take points away all the time for a foot on the line, why not add one?. He was clearly behind the line.
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