I’m not sure they would have called a foul no matter what after seeing him get hammered on the dunk attempt. I was happy it was mike shooting free throws though.
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I’m not sure they would have called a foul no matter what after seeing him get hammered on the dunk attempt. I was happy it was mike shooting free throws though.
Considering that would include playing Kansas at home and at Phog Allen and Tech (who had only lost to Duke) in Lubbock, I probably would have been happy.
You think it's all mental for him? I'm not wanting to totally get down on him as he does do some good things out there but he's definitely not on the same page with everyone else.
I'd have been happy with 4-3 but now knowing what I do just makes the Baylor and KSU losses more frustrating. Could be 6-1 instead. Even though both Baylor and KSU have looked pretty good since we've played them.
Not sure what you saw, but it looked like a clean block to me. That one was a heck of a play by Lawson.
Not sure we are better, but we are darn close. Really struggled defensively in the paint last night. Would have liked to see Conditt get a few minutes, but rumors were that he was sick. KU had way too many driving layups and way too many offensive rebounds. Lard was not good last night. Got a couple cheap fouls right away, and never really got in the flow of the game. Jacobson looked like he didn't feel very good out there. Played well, but he just looked a little flush, like he was coming down with something. LW is a train wreck out there. He need to settle down and play basketball. Clones have a lot of nice pieces, just not a great team right now.
Yeah, the replay didn't show any body contact at all (was not in-frame), but the block itself was clean as can be.
Being a fast break changes who has the advantage/benefit of the doubt though. In a half court set, trying to take it to a shot blocker is typically advantageous to the defender because he's just there waiting. A 3 on 2 fast break is advantageous to the offense. The shot blocker is back pedaling and on their heels. You gotta take it to him down one, in the bonus, and on a fast break with numbers. AND being the most athletic guy on the floor.
I was OK with the no call, but there was plenty of contact with LW's chest and shoulder for it to go the other way. You could only see it from one angle, though. Again, I'm not saying it was at a bad call, just that there was significant body contact. But now that I think about it, Lawson might have gone straight up anyway. So....nevermind?
I will say this - Lawson should have been whistled for worse moving screens earlier in the game than the one that got called. He was throwing blocks out there on several possessions.
I totally agree Dress....LW just is having a nightmare of a season.... but the season is not over by a long shot so maybe, just maybe, Wiggs will regain his form from last year.............and remember GO Cyclones
As always, if we could have other teams not **** their pants at the sight of blue, we'd have a better chance. Allen Fieldhouse is a massive advantage for KU. I love Hilton, but it's not AFH.
Kansas State and Texas Tech have to beat KU on their home courts. If they don't it's 15 (?) straight for Kansas.
Agree here. Last night was a frustrating loss, but not a bad loss. This team is very close to figuring these close road games out...which it did in Lubbock. Now needs consistency.
I am optimistic about the month of February. I remember two years ago, the team struggled through January, and finally caught fire with the game at AFH in February. Burton goes off for 7 3s. That team found its mojo and never looked back. I think this team can do the same. Prohm seems to take a little more patient tack at coaching his team to its optimum performance level.
Until that game, we didn't trust Burton. Everyone complained about him like we do LW. But the light finally came on and he became our mismatch. It will happen for LW - maybe Lard, too.
But LW would be enough to finish these games. He can be a big-time play maker. Just needs to figure it out. In the future, I think THT will be that Burton-type mismatch. But he doesn't have that kind of inside game yet. Right now, he's taking too many bad 3s. Glad to see him score more last night, though.
Wigginton's assist rate is up nearly 2% this year and his turnover rate is down almost 5%. Give the kid a break. He will continue to improve.
That looked like a pretty clean block by Lawson on that play to me.
One big way that KU took control of the game was on perimeter defense. Kansas came out in the second half determined that they were going to disrupt ISU on the perimeter and Self wasn't going to let the fear of foul trouble stop him. They were aggressive and extremely hands on. The officials weren't going to call the shoving and hand checking on the perimeter so to their credit they continued to do it. It is tough to get a head of steam up taking it to the basket when you are getting shoved 25 feet away from it. ISU did not adjust to what the officials were allowing and they paid for it. KU was able to drive and beat them at the rim.
