U-C-L-A
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Our next opponent is upon us and now.
Questions arise about our defense in this game.
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Who out of our committee at the 5 gets to guard their 7foot 245b center, Welsh, who got 20 against UNLV? He went for 5 more than his season average, put he also averages just south of 2 blocks a game and 7 rebs. I’m guessing we see Lucas in the beginning for that match up.
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Who gets the call to guard the coaches kid Alford? He too got 20 its last night , right at his season average. Does this assignment go to Seldes or the combo of Frank and Devonte?
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Holiday another guard had 18, 5 above his season avg., but was hot from the FT line.
The bonus is those three players score 58 of their 77 points. So can we stop one of them? Slow the other two down a bit?
- Will KU play free again tonight?
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We have no answer for Welsh but I doubt he will be the reason We would lose. It’s important to get Parker in foul trouble as he is their double double machine.
Alford is going to require someone’s best defensive night, if he’s making shots from outside this will be a very close game. The key will be forcing him into bad shots, not wide open shots. UCLA has a high ceiling and they could definetly best us, we are no world beaters. It will take an effort I’m not sure we are ready for, maybe we are after going through the MSU debacle.
Obviously the key to winning on our end will be to make shots, especially perimeter. Nothing else matters, we make shots we win
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I really hope that coach will let them play freely and don’t hold back on the 3-pt shooting. Its no secret that KU has trouble scoring inside against L&A and I hope that coach will keep 3-pt shooting an integral part of the offense.
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KU 91 UCLA 79.
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The key is to put the clamp on Alford first. He’s a volume shooter, so disrupting him will disrupt their offense. My belief has always been to put size on shooters and speed on slashers. Alford is a shooter, so you put Selden on him to start. This may also be a night where you put Vick on him and tell Vick that while he is on the court his only concern is to make sure that Alford is within arms length at all times.
In the post, I would play behind their big guy and dare him to dominate. I don’t know that Welsh is good enough to score with his back to the basket on every possession, even against a team lacking size. He’s not Karl Anthony Towns or Jahlil Okafor. He’s a guy that averaged just 4 points per game last year. The temptation would be to double him, but I think KU is better off not compromising the defense and daring him to beat us because honestly, I don’t think he’s good enough to do that.
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@justanotherfan I thought Vick looked like a man among boys playing in a mop up role. Man oh man, he is going to be good !!!
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Vick will see 2 minutes lucky in this game. What makes you think our 5th perimeter player is going to play?
Because of UCLA’S Size we will see more Lucas than fans will be able to handle. Hunter is clearly the odd man out in games against better so unless we are in serious foul trouble don’t expect him to see more than 5 minutes. Bragg will see his customary 10 minutes or so, you know not enough to make an impact at either end.
The minutes spread will be no different than last week. If graham or mason can disrupt Alford we should pull out a close game. This will not be a blowout by any means, we will play down to them.
Making shots whether 3’s and FT’s will be key
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@justanotherfan Very excellent post on Vick & Alford Jr…he is capable of manning up on many upper classmen already as a freshman. So between Selden & LV there’s 10 fouls to give. My biggest apprehension is we get beaten so badly on the boards that Alford is a moot point. They’ve a footer & a couple of6’10" guys that play & play well so even though LL is our least offensive producer in the paint, he must play the big board rat tonight. Their guards get back on defense most always so if Frank plays his expected Bulldoggie role, I think he could well have 8-10 boards himself.
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Holy cow, that is a prediction with a pair slapping!
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Radio station broadcasting the game in the kc area?
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NM. Found it
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Good start offensively. This might be interesting to watch how we perform inside and how the playing time plays out tonight v last night.
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Is this the chat spot?
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I assumed it was
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Is that Jamari making a jump shot?
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I like Jamari despite all the ripping on him from people here.
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10 missed shots - 5 on each side:
KU 2/4 RB UCLS 2/5 RB
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I like Jamtray also. There are better bball played out there. But he does give it all. And a great kid. Met he and his mom at Omaha last March. Nice talk
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I’ll take fools gold to the bank.
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What number is Cheick, I can’t figure out which one is he on the court.
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Even scoring for us:
3 players with 4 4 players with 3
Then Seldon with another fools gold shot…moving 1 player with 3 up to 6
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4-6 from 3pt
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@Bwag We better keep shooting it before Coach reins em in.
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UCLA Bailed out by the refs there
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@wissoxfan83 anyone think coach self still doesn’t want them to shot the 3?
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@wissoxfan83 lol…
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Parker is a big pile of slow.
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@Crimsonorblue22 If its close late? Yeah, his mindset is always the high% shot. always…
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The floor is covered with the brains of Bruins being beaten out
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@jaybate-1.0 oh, it’s an old-fashioned trip to the woodshed, alright.
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@globaljaybird said:
@Crimsonorblue22 If its close late? Yeah, his mindset is always the high% shot. always…
Right now, high %shot is the 3pt
4/6 v 3/6 from 2pt
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KU defying the law of 3pt averages and shooting the lights out!
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Let’s see if the KU killer instinct comes out or if we let this team back in it.
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@jaybate-1.0 more the merrier
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Time for Luke to take a Trey!
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Seems to me another bail out by the ref…but I didn’t watch the replay.
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Bragg fouling like a frosh
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Svi playing HARD!
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Wayne in a zone shooting
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Too much trouble for Parker to run down the court after getting out-rebounded. Why is it that whenever I see the top “missed” recruits for KU I don’t think we’re missing much.
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Cherry picking
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It’s boring to see them do this against Chaminade, it’s exciting to watch them do it against UCLA.
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KU running the asses off the baby bears!
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@jaybate-1.0 Love the up tempo…do we substitute to keep fresh?
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Mason lies in the laps of the UCLA cheerleaders, I think he spent an extra few seconds on the floor there.
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Just murdering ucla with transition baskets.
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Alford have 2 fouls?
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@wissoxfan83 i know I’d linger there for a minute…til I thought of my wife
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@wissoxfan83 a friendly thought I hope!
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@wissoxfan83 but hunny…
