I will effing take it

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There's definitely nuances in the conversation. Players stepping up that in Lipsey's absence might be most important in longevity. Guys like Gilbert and Watson may have had their best overall games.

Heck Omaha got in and had a glimpse of what could be to come. I hope that continues because he looks super eager to do well.
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There's definitely nuances in the conversation. Players stepping up that in Lipsey's absence might be most important in longevity. Guys like Gilbert and Watson may have had their best overall games.

Heck Omaha got in and had a glimpse of what could be to come. I hope that continues because he looks super eager to do well.
Beating iowa was probably the biggest win:mccaffery:
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There's definitely nuances in the conversation. Players stepping up that in Lipsey's absence might be most important in longevity. Guys like Gilbert and Watson may have had their best overall games.

Heck Omaha got in and had a glimpse of what could be to come. I hope that continues because he looks super eager to do well.
I just keep thinking of KU bigs that you don't even notice until late February/March. Granted, they usually get more minutes than Omaha has gotten, but I do think he can be a factor for us late.
 

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Road wins are going to be so hard to come by....Kansas has already lost at WV and UCF, two of the 'worst' teams in the conference.

A ranked road win without our best player? I think it is easily our best game of the year. And the Houston game was really, really good.

ok, i think if you had said "most impressive" i'd agree. "best" in terms of NCAA tourney impact, I'd say houston. splitting hairs. at season's end no one on selection sunday will be taking into account that TL was out. just that ISU got a quad 1 win on the the road against ranked TCU
I believe the Houston win got us ranked and the TCU win kept us ranked.
 
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It wasn’t so much trying to blow a lead, but not scoring a bucket for over four minutes at the end was the biggest problem I saw. Score on half of those possessions and it’s a double digit win.
This has been a characteristic of Otz’s teams so far. They go in big scoring droughts and that’s prevented them from being a top team in the B12. When our defense doesn’t generate turnovers, our offense stagnates. I don’t really know what the solution is, but hopefully somebody gets their jumpshot going.
 

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in the last 35 seconds wasn't it just:
jones 2-2
gilbert 1-2

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at 0:32 CuJo goes 2-2 at the line to go up 73-67
at 0:20 Keshon misses front end of 1 & 1, score 73-69
at 0:04 H Ward misses front end of 1 & 1, score 73-69

We have to lead the conference if not CBB in missed front end of 1 & 1

Inside last 4:00, we had 3 turnovers and 3 missed FG attempts, plus the FTs listed here and were outscored 13-2
 

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There's definitely nuances in the conversation. Players stepping up that in Lipsey's absence might be most important in longevity. Guys like Gilbert and Watson may have had their best overall games.

Heck Omaha got in and had a glimpse of what could be to come. I hope that continues because he looks super eager to do well.
I know he scored a couple nice buckets in the first half, but man he still looks like he has no idea what to do or even where to stand on offense. He has to be directed by teammates the whole time, and I kept holding my breath hoping he didn't bump into teammates. It almost feels like watching Terrence Lewis a few years back, just hoping he could figure it out
 

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I think this was our "biggest" (define that as you wish) win of the season and I'm not sure we can top it unless we pull off a win @ Houston and/or the wheels fall off for TCU to diminish this win a bit.

Blowing out EIU was great but that was light work against a trash team.

If you ask me which is harder, Houston at home at full strength or TCU on the road without Lipsey, I'd say TCU. I'm also not convinced Houston is "elite" yet, they're obviously a very good team.
 

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I know he scored a couple nice buckets in the first half, but man he still looks like he has no idea what to do or even where to stand on offense. He has to be directed by teammates the whole time, and I kept holding my breath hoping he didn't bump into teammates. It almost feels like watching Terrence Lewis a few years back, just hoping he could figure it out

His second made shot he looked like he just got the ball and balled out to get the hoop. It was progress.

Agree on the rest but I'm guessing the staff is seeing things develop to a place where they were OK with running him out there. In the first half the foul trouble wasn't too bad so it must have been something they were OK with.
 
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Free throws are hard man sometimes you just miss'em.