I honestly felt like we played better than we did Saturday. Baylor was ready to go, and we flat out took it from them.
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It was unreal how amazing Baylor was shooting the ball for 3/4 of the game, but we nutted up and hung with them. At one time, Bridges was 9/9 and 6/6 from three. On top of that, they threw in a 40 footer at halftime buzzer.
I am still a little shocked we pulled it out, let alone going away last five minutes. The boys played great.
Baylor had one guy that was set on automatic and without him we coast to a win. Today was dang impressive.
Mods, please merge with the vasectomy thread.
Especially when we were down 8 at one point in the 2nd half, or maybe it was 6. My stomach was churning towards negativity at that point and texted a buddy- ok we just need a couple fouls and bounces our way and a couple 3's and then all of a sudden we can get back in it. Team just didn't give up and showed so much grit. These guys are showing a little more togetherness last 2 games than last years squad I think.
yeah he was our physically strongest player that year
Kane was a great rebounder but he was pretty big grown man compared to Lipsey at this age.
It was such a good game even the nails in the floor wanted a better view.
Effort and energy level was off the charts for 40 minutes. Biggest plays that stood out to me were Lipsey grabbing his own rebound off a missed 3 *on the other side of the court*, and Holmes getting his own rebound on a missed free throw. Even Eli King skying for a rebound and getting a foul call against BU for his effort. The guys wanted this one and played like their hair was on fire
I was at Stations of the Cross and when I got back we were down eight. I think we were able to come back because I refrained from looking at my phone once during the stations!
Hopefully the resurgence continues. I'm liking the 2-bigs + deep-rotation approach.
We don't know if it's working well in part due to having BU as opponent ... and I am NOT down-playing these past two wins and how well the team has played, but we don't have a large data set yet.
We don't know if it's working well in part due to having BU as opponent ... and I am NOT down-playing these past two wins and how well the team has played, but we don't have a large data set yet.
I loved his three-point attempt in the second half, where knew the shot was short and a bit to the right, and he was running to where the ball was going before it had even hit the rim. He got the board and extended the possession.
We won't play against any significantly better backcourts than Baylor, so there's at least that.
we tend to jump out to leads as teams take a bit to acclimate to our pressure. Baylor knew exactly what to be ready for from the jump.
KU looked really good today even with a hobbled McCullar. Going to be a great game tomorrow.
KBoooooooo must be destroyed. Tomorrow’s atmosphere will be crazy!
I'm confused. Did we turn the ball over frequently? I know it looks ugly, but besides once when Lipsey threw a really bad pass after passing midcourt I don't remember a turnover off of the press
