*** Official #9 Kansas vs #2 IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***

[danvillecyclone]

Maybe KU thinking about running off like Missouri, Nebraska , and Oklahoma?

(Texas doesn’t count. They are reject Southwest Conference)

 

[NWICY]

Watched in a bar, minus volume. Given shots of fired up fans, pretty crazy. Was there thunderous/Magic volume?

At times it got pretty good, but my ears weren't ringing when I left.

 

[fsanford]

What 3 games is Houston losing???
I'm not sold on Arizona to lose only 3 games though.

Houston has played, at KSU, at OSU, beat WV and BYU at home. So not the best of Big 12.
They still don't have a quad 1 win

That said thinking 4 or 5 losses for them

 

[FerShizzle]

Was ISU ever in the running for Mayo as a transfer?

No. He was priced too high.

 

[CyNews]

Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch.

 

[bawbie]

ZRF can be found over at the Houston Cougar basketball forum Coogfans.com. He is a frequent poster and claims himself as a representative of the Iowa State Basketball fan base .

Every once in a while, I’ll scan other forums to see what news I can find on other teams. Last night I stumbled upon him and had a good laugh.

Last night I was looking at various rosters and discovered that Darlinstone Dubar is playing for Tennessee and scored 12 in their win over Texas last weekend. That was more fun than stumbling on ZRF.

 

[bawbie]

No. He was priced too high.

And we weren't looking for a guard. We did look at his teammate William Kyle III, though. He's coming off the bench for UCLA playing spare minutes.

 

[NorthCyd]

And we weren't looking for a guard. We did look at his teammate William Kyle III, though. He's coming off the bench for UCLA playing spare minutes.

The guy who shot free throws like he's throwing a shotput?

 

[bozclone]

During the off season it was thought Self was killing it in the transfer portal. It was said he was building two starting 5s so injuries couldn’t derail their season like last year. But they sure didn’t look very talented Wednesday night. For as great as Self was great at getting 5 star HS kids, he is really struggling with building a team in the transfer portal. His team looks better on paper than on the court.

 

[ISUNJ23BS]

I think Bilas is just p***ed that his pro basketball career didn't go anywhere. Duke has had plenty of early NCAA exits over the years. Cooper Flagg scored his 42 pts against a mediocre Notre Dame team. Iowa State is looking pretty powerful right about now! I'd like to see them try to slow down Cujo.

 

[RezClone]

 

[rosshm16]

We kicked their ass!

 

[Dgilbertson]

only saw tips

 

[Dgilbertson]

Watching Selfs postgame comments last night got me thinking. He complemented TJ and staffs talent evaluation and credited that as to ISU's rise over the last 4 years. I know its been said on here that TJ and Co do deep dives into the analytics of each player.

I wonder if KU has a talent evaluation problem? If you look at who they have picked up in the way of transfers Dickinson, Storr, Mayo were all hot names when they entered the portal and they have been okay, but not near the return they should be getting for the alleged millions they have invested into them. And that is just the transfers for this year-im sure you could go back and still find similar issues

Feels like they just go after the "big" names, without doing as much evaluating IMO

Has TJ taken any “hot names” from P4 schools?

He’s taken guys that don’t have fit, weren’t maximizing their skills, or were welcomed departures from their prev program.

Maybe Keshon being the most that fits that description?

I like getting guys rising from lower level or hungry contributors from other P4s where they’re not maxing out.

Gabe, IZB

 

[rosshm16]

I don't think we've had many transfers from P5 programs.

Gabe (MN) and IZB (PSU) as you noted

Enaruna and CEO from KU!

That's all I think.

 

[FerShizzle]

Has TJ taken any “hot names” from P4 schools?

He’s taken guys that don’t have fit, weren’t maximizing their skills, or were welcomed departures from their prev program.

Maybe Keshon being the most that fits that description?

I like getting guys rising from lower level or hungry contributors from other P4s where they’re not maxing out.

Gabe, IZB

When comparing this to professional sports… it is the difference between getting guys that are in a contract year vs getting guys who just signed a big deal.

 

[madguy30]

Does anyone know what KU was on Kenpom before Wednesday? They're 7 overall now. I thought they were like 10th prior.

Did they go up after losing in Ames?

 

[Psiclone]

Dickinson is a good player. I think he's been around so long that the book is out on him. Doesn't look like his game has really improved much. Jackson and Chatfield are stronger than him so that wore him down. He also doesn't have great defensive footwork.

They are big, strong enough to deny him easy post opportunities. That's the quickest Jackson has looked all year. I was watching him defend a guard and he moved his feet enough to keep the guard from penetrating. If he comes back next year, redistributing his weight could do wonders.

 

[Dgilbertson]

I don't think we've had many transfers from P5 programs.

Gabe (MN) and IZB (PSU) as you noted

Enaruna and CEO from KU!

That's all I think.

Enaruna had all the skills to Nader level contributor but it never fully clicked.

 

[Die4Cy]

Self nailed it in the postgame presser.

TJ has been an elite talent evaluator in terms of fit for his basketball team. I imagine there is some luck to it, but as with anything in analytics, some guys will just be better at spotting exactly what they need than others. And KU will likely always pull from a different pool of "accepted" players than TJ does.