They got an intro inside Hilton at the under 12 or under 8 media timeoutDid they ever show our NFL guys? Gradey ****’s mom seems to get a lengthy feature whenever we play. Had to switch to radio a while when we had a stray dog in our yard.
You keep bringing up points that are irrelevant and misrepresentative of everything I said.
Contrary to popular opinion, I think this team has the pieces to do damage and make an Elite 8 run (ultimately I think the lack of a true go to scorer will bite us). With that said we don't have the luxury of making self-inflictef mistakes, and that starts with rotations.
BRE is the worst player who gets significant Big 12 minutes. It's not even close really. While it didn't impact the game significantly today it WILL impact a tournament game if it continues. The frustrating part is we don't NEED him to play these minutes. King can play the 5 and even Watson is a much better defender and transition player. Once Kunc gete his lungs back, BRE should be next to Hawley on the bench. Why? Because the eye test and metrics tell us BRE is a terrible player.
I don't know about you but I want this team to succeed. I'm just realistic in acknowledging making large, indefensible errors with minutes is difficult to overcome in this conference. Especially on the road.
I think you will see Bob's minutes decrease but today Kunz and King each picked up four fouls. This was the very first game both were available at the same time.
King still lags on the defensive end. He gave up a wide open three to Wilson around the 15min mark in first half, looked over at the bench and point at his chest seemingly saying 'thats on me' and then the very next trip down the floor gave up a second wide open look to Wilson that fortunately missed the mark. He was then pulled from the game and received some sideline coaching.
Jone is shooting 47%, not great but not terrible either. Every big man misses easy layups not just Jones
I think the fact that we are a team with 5-6 Betas is what makes us dangerous. Kansas was a team with a clear Alpha and despite "getting his" today, the rest of the team really struggled and often deferred to him.
Because TJ wants him to.Tell me why Rob should play this much when he's tied with Eli King and Conrad Hawley with 0.0 WS in conference this year without a ****** appeal to authority.
I have come around on TJ and love so much of what he's done, but that's a very questionable decision.
How many of King’s minutes were as the 5?King: 5-7, 10 points, 1 ORB, 4 DRB in 16 minutes.
BRE: 2-7, 2 boards, in 17 minutes.
Regardless of the win this kind of line can"t keep happening. It has and will continue to cost us games.
Those two baskets came in transition too. Jones can’t score when posting upKing: 5-7, 10 points, 1 ORB, 4 DRB in 16 minutes.
BRE: 2-7, 2 boards, in 17 minutes.
Regardless of the win this kind of line can"t keep happening. It has and will continue to cost us games.
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Were you this critical when our starting center shot 43% in his senior and 44% for his career? Jones is not great, that’s why he is a backup center, but he is not terrible as you think he is.Nobody misses them as routinely as he does. His 2 buckets BTW, were 2 of the easiest baskets we had all game, coming off great feeds.
Those two baskets came in transition too. Jones can’t score when posting up
I’d have to go back and watch, but Jones gets a lot of attention on his misses and we got offensive boards on a couple of them.No, Bob should not a 17-minute player but there is a reason he gets those minutes. One is personnel, who is the next five up? Bob is value added on the defensive end despite his pitfalls on the offensive end (4 misses at the hoop today).
The other reason is because Shoon is not a 30-minute player in our defensive style in the big12 across a 35 game season. If he were able to maintain the intensity required and simultaneously stay out of foul trouble then his minutes would rise. What he did at st bonaventure is irrelevant because of the style of defense he was in (sit and swat) and the number of power five opponents he saw week in and out.
See reason 1 why Bob is getting those minutes.
I feel like there is always a player that gets selected as the fanbase whipping boy. Last year it was Gabe. This year it's Rob.I'm not sure I've ever seen a player in recent seasons receive the level of attention on this forum that Rob Jones gets after either a win or loss, especially in comparison to his level of impact on the game, whether good or bad. It's really almost fascinating.
King plays so well with Osun and Bob at the 5, let’s move him to the 5!How many of King’s minutes were as the 5?