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Originally Posted by KC_Connection
Underrated play in that game is Remy Martin getting back to block Caleb Love from behind at the rim on what would have been an open layup while up only 1 with less than a minute left. For everything that happened all year, the guy showed up when it counted on both ends and was probably our best player throughout the entire duration of the tournament.
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That play was huge. And I thought in real time he fouled. That shit was clean as a whistle. Remy was fire. The turnaround he had this year…I’ve never seen anything like it. I know he was injured. And self is a wizard for making some kind of call to be like GTFO of any ball until it’s right. But even then to go from 0 to **** you like he did, even compared to where he was pre-injury, is just incredible. Especially defensively. He was never going to be a Garrett type stopper, but he made a ton of huge plays defensively and a shitton of effort that undoubtedly made a big difference.
The confidence he had is just amazing. I’ve never seen anything like it.
Probably the play that surprised me in watching the highlights was on Daves basket where he beat Manek and Bacot, Bacot bailed out. In real time I was like, “WTF? Cool!” But he bailed because Wilson was crashing. Wilson stays in the corner, maybe Dave feeds him maybe not. But that’s a fairly important cut in the history of KU basketball.
It bears repeating. It’s never not enjoyable to watch Manek get destroyed by KU. I’ve seen it a lot now, and it’s always good.