Kansas Post Game Thread

[BFieldHusky]

Totally agree - he’s making smart plays too.

I honestly don’t know where we need Stew once Mullins starts. He legit brings nothing we need as I’m yet to understand what he’s good at.

Stewart can back up Karaban at the 4.

 

[uconn_jack]

I feel bad saying this because of his loyalty, but Stew needs to be like the 9th man once Reed comes back. Reibe, Smith, and Ross all ahead of him. 5-10 min backing up AK, maybe 5 backing up Mullins after Ross.

 

[B1GEast]

It feels like they still have room to get better. We haven't seen their best game yet, which is scary.

 

[Chin Diesel]

3-1 so far in our high-quality OOC matchups.

On to the trap game, then UF. UF isn't great but their bigs are a problem. Hope Reed is back by then.

Lolz at East Texas A&M being a "trap" game.

 

[Jaydumo20]

Uh, no. Reed healthy is a top-3 center in the country. Reibe is just the Clingan-lite to his Sanogo.

I dont know about Clingan-lite. I feel like Reibe is playing better than clingan as a freshman. More minutes, sure. But he just posted 12 and 8 (and good rebounds) at Kansas... in his 6th game

 

[nomar]

If Reed played vs Arizona, we’d be 4-0 against top teams. We are busting through the gauntlet like the Kool Aid Man.

 

[Mike Honcho]

Tarris with the top notch IG story…

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Braylon is getting a lot of love for good reason, but wow was I impressed with Eric tonight on both ends of the ball. 12-8-2 blocks in 31 minutes! He made a great defensive play rotating over to force a miss on Kansas' last possession.

Also... Braylon knocking down those two FTs to ice the game shows what he's made of. Reminded me of Boatright's first game against FSU (after serving his suspension). We were also top 5, and he got fouled on a three-pointer with seconds remaining. He calmly made all three to force OT, and then we won it in overtime.

Huge W for the resume.

 

[uconngb]

That’s the 5th time we played Kansas. We’re now 1 win and 4 losses. Of the 5 games played, how many were played in Kansas?

1 game at Phog, 1 game at Kemper before tonight
1 in Hartford
1 in the tournament

 

[UCan3]

I think Stew was contributing well in other ways, but when we desperately needed offense, Mullins brought it. After that, I think Stew’s second half minutes went the way of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” while we were turning the tides. He’s still got a lot to offer this team even with a healthy Mullins and we’re still gonna need him to make it where we all want to see this team go.

Stew is playing as well as he can but he is mistake prone / turns ball over / esp 2nd half of game and when his shots are not falling we have better options outthere.

It was smart to sit him 2nd half. Got to go with best players on the floor. I like Ross over Stew starting.

 

[Mr. French]

Totally agree - he’s making smart plays too.

I honestly don’t know where we need Stew once Mullins starts. He legit brings nothing we need as I’m yet to understand what he’s good at.

Knee jerk reactions never fail to arise.

 

[FlockOfLambs]

Some homework for the people who were writing off Reibe after the exhibition games:

 

[TheHorde]

 

[Scottobot]

Hurley didn’t lie when he said Braylon might be his best freshman ever. Just wow. And Reibe too. Two special talents

Both freshman were incredible tonight. Solo was huge at the start of the game too.

 

[nomar]

I dont know about Clingan-lite. I feel like Reibe is playing better than clingan as a freshman. More minutes, sure. But he just posted 12 and 8 (and good rebounds) at Kansas... in his 6th game

On offense he’s well ahead of DC. But DC was an eraser.

 

[uconn_jack]

I hope the dude who said Reibe would get eaten alive tonight by Kansas(in the Tarris GTD thread) can at least admit our boy more than held his own.

Its amazing how quickly a high IQ kid can adjust.

 

[homunculus]

Mullins is as advertised. So good to finally have him out there, very excite.

Reibe is taking full advantage of this chance. His confidence is surging.

Alex was Perfect Karaban tonight.

Solo made some big shots.

Demary appears to be struggling to find his rhythm. You can see it’s in there though, and I think when it finally clicks into place that will be a leap forward for the team similar to how the 24 team shifted into a higher gear after Stephon Castle had that moment.

Awesome win.

 

[Waquoit]

Don't tell that to @RuffRuff .

He probably eating that lunch that Bidunga was supposed to eat tonight.

 

[Mister P]

Mullins was awesome and lived up to the hype i was hearing. That kid is going to score a lot of points in the NBA. The rest of this season he will be a problem for opposing teams. Good luck stopping him when he gets comfortable. Hes the big story but shout out to Reibe who was awesome tonight. Absolutely big time! Stayed out of foul trouble, scored, blocked shots and rebounded against a pretty good frontcourt. I have no worries the rest of the season about the 5 spot once Reed gets healthy. With the emergence of REibe added to the already big expectations of Mullins who appears primed to do something special as a freshmen this team will be terrifying by March. The caveat will be Demery. If he doesnt clean up the poor decisions it could derail this season since Malachi while being a really nice back up is too shot first a guy to lead this team where it can potentially go.

He didn’t have a great game but I’m not too worried about Silas.
He’s already shown that he can run the offense, score, defend and play well in big games.

 

[RuffRuff]

Stewart can back up Karaban at the 4.

Karaban plays like 38 minutes a game, lol.

 

[Conndog]

Reibe is so solid and even here, not sure he is getting the attention he deserves.

He was so so solid tonight. He made it tough for Kansas to come inside, ripped down lots of rebounds, and made most his shots.

The homer TV announcers were to wrapped up about talking about the missing Kansas player (not ours) that they missed some nice talking points on development of players like Reibe - who were growing up b4 our eyes.

Without Reibe's presence we would have lost that game tonight.

He’s great! Wish he would dunk more though

 

[3rdbass]

I feel bad saying this because of his loyalty, but Stew needs to be like the 9th man once Reed comes back. Reibe, Smith, and Ross all ahead of him. 5-10 min backing up AK, maybe 5 backing up Mullins after Ross.

He still looks like the same player from last year. A little better on D but still not aggressive on offense. He has the tools but just not the mindset to be agressive and score. He loves to settle for the wide open 3.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

I dont know about Clingan-lite. I feel like Reibe is playing better than clingan as a freshman. More minutes, sure. But he just posted 12 and 8 (and good rebounds) at Kansas... in his 6th game

Just in terms of the impact off the bench and not losing much when he comes in. Different players but similar impact hopefully.

 

[Hunt for 7]

That's just wrong. Liam was hurt most of his one season here. You don't have to blow out Liam's candle to make Mullins candle shine brighter. Mullins looks like he may be one on the best freshman we have had. But why piss on McNelley?

Nothing against McNeeley very good player. I think Mullins will end up being a great freshman. We won a title with Castle but he was never our first option on offense. Mullins will be. You could just see it with Mullins watching the tape on him. He just has special written all over him.

And at least some of the doubters about him being strong enough and able to defend now understand. This kid is just a great basketball player.

 

[superjohn]

Don't tell that to @RuffRuff .

Honestly, RuffRuff wasn't great tonight.

 

[TheChamps990411]

Mullins is going to feast on Florida's guards. Can't wait to see it.

I watched FL tonight against Duke and i like their team. I think theyll be better as the season goes on but they gave Duke a hell of a run and had them on the ropes in the final minute. I think once they realize Clayton jr isnt walking through the door theyll find their own identity and could be a team that makes a decent run at a back to back. I cant wait to play them. Its going to be a fun one. Whats crazy is that back before Hurley won the first of his back to back titles i had a dream that we beat Florida for the national title. Since that dream 3 of the 4 national titles have gone to Uconn and Florida. Maybe my prophecy comes true this season. 😁