Other than Braylon’s impact tonight, I am relieved that he may be close to 100% healthy. I don’t like when injuries are day to day or if a player comes back too soon, a reinjury occurs. Tarris really needs to be 100%. We don’t need him for the next game, but a week from now we play Florida with the largest front court in college. Duke beat the Gators tonight by only 1 at Cameron and Duke is impressive.
If Reed can go it would be good to get him some game minutes.
Every time I see posts like this about Demary all I can think about are the people complaining about Newton ("We don't have a point guard") in January 2023. Demary will have some good games (he looked pretty good against BYU) and some bad ones (tonight) but I really am confident he's going to settle in nicely by January or early February.
I figured that Kansas would let Council take the last three pointer to try to tie the game. I’m glad they didn’t.
I though officiating was decent tonight. Much better than game vs Illinois at MSG.
That was with him going 3-9 from three in a half court game. Wait until he has a couple 6-9 from three nights.
I think Stewart will get his minutes by giving Alex a break maybe Danny can get Alex down to 33-34 minutes a game. Other than that I don’t see where Stewart helps us on the court. He is a 4 who can shoot and he can rebound.
Clingan was a force of nature on the defensive end, and a major threat in the pick and roll as a rim runner/lob threat. Reibe has post moves and footwork that Clingan still lacks.
Make no mistake, as sweet a win as it gets, even if not the most elegant game. This is a team we have never beaten, in their house, it being one of the two most historic joints in the land. Great for the resume as well.
Stew needs to channel AJax then we’d have the missing piece.
100%. McNeeley was asked to carry the offense. Mullins is put in a much better situation where he's not the sole focal point for the defense. Also, let's not forget McNeeley's superhuman performance at Creighton where he scored 38 and we won at Omaha for the first time ever.
Yeah anyone comparing Reibe to Clingan needs to go watch the Illinois NCAA game again. Clingan singlehandedly shut down an entire teams offense
He will
And he shouldn’t be. Nobody should be playing that many minutes in our lineup.
I didn't say or write anything negative about him, but...I had concerns. Glad those were not justified! He's the real deal, and we are going to be a total nightmare for every center who faces us. when Reed comes back.
Yep, they're basically polar opposites as centers. Both better than we could've ever expected as freshmen.
Replicate this form. We can use it for what we said about these guys:
My God, he started in the SEC last year. There’s only one ball to go around. He’ll be fine. We’ve seen enough of what he is capable of already. Really couldn’t say that about Mahaney or Nowell.
They did say at least 3 times how Hurley told them Reibe has saved our early season.
In games that matter, Hurley is not taking AK off the floor much. He's the floor captain and I just don't think Hurley likes him not out there. I can see there being plenty of time to give in the BE as we run through those cupcakes and checking Alex down to the 30-32 mpg to keep him fresh for March.
Someone probably already answered but 3. 2 at Allen Fieldhouse and 1 in Kansas City (Kemper Arena, I think). Then 1 in the NCAA Tournament and 1 in Hartford.
For one, it wouldn't hurt to give Alex a few more breathers - but also instead of trying to go small and have AK play the 5, let JS take that role neither is a great option but at least we can save a foul or two from Alex.
Karl Krauser, Brandin Knight, and Julius Page all still play for Pitt.
