In 206-17 we went 5-4 on the road which should have been good enough to compete with Kansas, but we lost 2 games in Hilton which cant happen. We just cant seem to put it all together in the same year.
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Based on what?
Jacobson was solid against Big 10 frontcourts. Better than Lard and similar to Young. Jacobson played well against Lawson, and Lawson is one of the best in the conference.
With how the game is called, there are few guys in college basketball that are going to be able to shutdown or not need a double on a guy like Clark. Like in the past, Clark’s success was also due to guard play- allowing easy post entries, weak doubles, and guard penetration resulting in bad rebounding position.
So your angle is to set the expectations extremely high.
FWIW I think 13-5 probably wins at least a share of the league this year. 12-6 is probably 3rd place in conference and a 4/5 seed depending on how Ole Miss and KC go.
Good luck against Northwestern tonight though.
Frustrating game. My two biggest gripes are the substitution pattern and late game shots. Somehow, we've lost all our depth. There's no reason Talley and Lewis, and with Lard out even Conditt, shouldn't be getting more minutes. You could tell our guys were gassed down the stretch. I know that they normally would have gotten a few minutes in the mid-to-late second half, and that was during Baylor's run, but you gotta save their legs a bit. Also, why was Haliburton out the last 6 minutes? And while I know Jacobson was having some trouble defensively, I'd still have taken him out there the last 5 minutes over Solo.
Otherwise, and this is stemming back to last year, our late game execution is horrible. I'm working of memory here, but after THT hit that 3 we took a lead we got two stops in a row. Babb took a running/falling out of bounds floater and then Shayok dribbled into a double team. We lost all flow and all ball movement. I seem to recall last year as well our offense becoming very stagnant with a late lead.
Otherwise, and this is stemming back to last year, our late game execution is horrible. I'm working of memory here, but after THT hit that 3 we took a lead we got two stops in a row. Babb took a running/falling out of bounds floater and then Shayok dribbled into a double team. We lost all flow and all ball movement. I seem to recall last year as well our offense becoming very stagnant with a late lead.
We lost to Kansas at home that year didn't we? And we also lost at Baylor.that year,
By my count we are already ahead of that pace. No?
The Big 12 champ will not have 6 losses. That is completely unrealistic.
The reason Halliburton was out for the last 6 minutes was because when he was in Baylor's offense became pick on the skinny kid. They'd run a pick'n'roll to switch him onto a big, then get an easy layup.
The funny thing is, my finger was just an inch away from purchasing a session ticket for the NCAA's in Des Moines yesterday - that's how excited I was. Now adopting a wait and see position
The possession when we ran around trying to get into a play for 20 seconds was frustrating. We've definitely seen that before.
To make matters worse, this might be our year to make a move in the Big12 and NCAAs. We might lose a CRAP LOAD of players next year. Shayok, Talley, and NWB of course, probably Wigginton (he wanted to leave last year) and maybe THT. If we do nothing this year, I don’t see us doing anything for at least 2-3 more years.
You guys gotta get a grip. The college basketball season is so long. If we win Saturday, and especially if we look good doing it, everyone will be back on the hype train.
The team we see now will not be the team we see in February. And it won't be the team we see in March. Settle in. Expect to lose on the road in frustrating fashion. That's college basketball. Hope we can steal a few more and win out at home. That's a hell of a season and likely a top 5 seed.
The team we see now will not be the team we see in February. And it won't be the team we see in March. Settle in. Expect to lose on the road in frustrating fashion. That's college basketball. Hope we can steal a few more and win out at home. That's a hell of a season and likely a top 5 seed.
This season is shaping up like the 2014-2015 season where yes Kansas won the league at 13-5, and others finished 12-6, KU's perfect home record was the difference
Maybe because you are saying KU will not lose 6 games in the league, since they never have under the 10 team big 12.
But the fact is it was not that far off from happening a few years ago, and one could argue the league this year has an even smaller discrepancy of talent between top and bottom.
13-5 probably does but 12-6 is not as far fetched as you make it out.
Don't think anybody is going 14-4, or 15-3, will see how things play out.
Every year we win some we shouldn't and lose some we should win. It's called sports.
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Winning is only half the battle. Then we have to avoid being screwed by the selection committee sending us to Hartford or San Jose.
He was solid, avgd 6&6. I'm not sure how you're basing your "better than Lard" though. Cam avgd 14 & 9 in the Big 12 last year.
I'm not saying Jacobsen sucks, and shouldn't play, but I do think to be the best team possible, Lard needs to have similar minutes as Jacobsen.
Doesn't matter at the moment between them because Lard is going to be out for couple weeks, but my original point was that I hope Prohm doesn't try to just play Jacobsen 30+ minutes, and Solo only spot minutes, while Lard is out.
