Originally Posted by smithandrew051 (Post 17841206)

If they just play off of Harris, he’s still a good enough shooter from 3 to make them pay a bit.

Both together just kills the spacing offensively.

KJ being such a shitty rebounder negates much of the benefit of having another big on the floor.

Bill Self has forgotten more about basketball than I’ll ever know, but I’ll never understand his opinion of KJ.

I get riding with him when he’s effective like he was against Duke. But it was clear pretty early that this wasn’t a “KJ” game.

Originally Posted by Chiefspants (Post 17841213)

Pretty incredible how McDermott’s gameplan around Self always revolves around “find the guy on KU’s squad who can’t make an open shot and let him shoot whenever he wants to.”

Worked tonight, would have worked without the Remy Martin joker card we had in 2022.

Originally Posted by KC_Connection (Post 17841215)

If it wasn't clear before now, we were extremely fortunate Kalkbrenner got hurt the game before that or I think the outcome of that tournament would probably have been completely different. That was a very good Creighton team with him in the lineup.

Originally Posted by smithandrew051 (Post 17841220)

That’s just the universe making things right for taking Simien away in 2003, Embiid in 2014, and Doke in 2017/2019.

I’m confident we lost at least 1 title due to that collection of injuries.

Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 17841228)

KJ just struggles vs size. Hunter got punked.

But when POP ISAACS 10-15 and 6-9 from 3 you just probably aren't going to win. That guy is a human bricklayer vs any team but us apparently.

Originally Posted by KC_Connection (Post 17841236)

How did he get punked when we didn't even try to give him the ball the entire game? He got one touch in the post and it was the first possession of the 2nd half (leading to an open three). They ignored him after that and Self didn't even attempt to involve him in plays.

The problem was McDermott basically didn't guard KJ (or Harris) and took that strategy to an extreme in a way we hadn't seen any team do since last year.

Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 17841241)

If we simply switched Hunter with a guy like Jeff Withey we would be so much better.

Originally Posted by KC_Connection (Post 17841243)

The guy I once beat in tennis?

Defense would be elite, but offense would be a disaster in that scenario.

Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 17841246)

That might be the worst brag of all time. :clap:

Originally Posted by KC_Connection (Post 17841250)

He couldn't move, but he had a good serve as you might imagine.

Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 17841259)

He seemed to have a weird athletic profile. He was a fast leaper but he wasn't very agile or fast. Most quick leapers are agile & fast even if they don't have a huge max vert.