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Kansas Post Game Thread

Hoophound said:
4. Lost a tourney game to them in Iowa in 2016 when KO was showing serious cracks in his coaching and again, they had a huge crowd advantage.
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Not to mention that Kansas was the 1 seed and UConn was the 8 seed.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Let's be honest. He's a shooting guard playing small forward. Against many (most) college teams that's fine. He's not as solidly built as Castle or McNeeley before him, but is probably quicker and more explosive than either of them.

I mentioned Alex going off once White was moved from SF to PF, well at the same time, the SF became McDowell most of the time, a guy who doesn't pose any size issues for Braylon. Not surprisingly, his minutes went up. Even White isn't all that big. I really don't want to find out what Caleb Wilson at UNC would do to Mullins. Bryce Hopkins would probably be tough for him to guard as well.
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Hopkins has always been a Karaban matchup/issue at the 4. He'd probably have Wilson in a UNC matchup as well. In theory St. John’s could go extra big with Hopkins-Mitchell-Ejifor but they’d have to guard our perimeter with that lineup.

I'm honestly not worried about Mullins at all. Along the way, I'm sure some specific matchups will give him a little trouble in the post or off the dribble, but he's not a liability on defense. He's tough and he competes. We are also versatile enough to dictate matchups the way we like and decide to go quicker or bigger at basically any position.
 
navery12 said:
He had 1 bad game, he's currently averaging 11 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists a game. I'm not really sure what the complaint here is
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The complaint is he was horrendous and has made some head scratchingly bad plays even in his good games. The same way you can praise him for being good in games we as fans can call him on playing terrible and he was terrible in a big game. A bad game like that can derail the season. Thats the complaint.
 
TheChamps990411 said:
The complaint is he was horrendous and has made some head scratchingly bad plays even in his good games. The same way you can praise him for being good in games we as fans can call him on playing terrible and he was terrible in a big game. A bad game like that can derail the season. Thats the complaint.
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Derailing the season is a little dramatic. Demery - like the rest of the team - is a work in progress. There were enough head-scratching plays to go around last night, but they gutted out a win in a really tough environment. It's a process. It's a bit odd to expect a well-oiled machine, especially from your brand new point guard, this early in the season.
 
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BigErnMcCracken said:
Derailing the season is a little dramatic. Demery - like the rest of the team - is a work in progress. There were enough head-scratching plays to go around last night, but they gutted out a win in a really tough environment. It's a process. It's a bit odd to expect a well-oiled machine, especially from your brand new point guard, this early in the season.
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By derailiing a season i mean him playing like that in the tournament and we get bounced. Yes its early and i expect him to get better but im going to call it out. He needs to be better and be consistent. Yes its early and sure im being hard on him as correctly you pointed out there were plenty of bonehead plays to go around but him in particular he is probably the most important player on this team.
 
TheChamps990411 said:
The complaint is he was horrendous and has made some head scratchingly bad plays even in his good games. The same way you can praise him for being good in games we as fans can call him on playing terrible and he was terrible in a big game. A bad game like that can derail the season. Thats the complaint.
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That's fine, he was bad last night. I have no issue with you complaining about how he played last night. It's a little weird you think his 1 bad game will derail the season and are putting more weight on yesterday than the first 7 games where he was great and carried us to a win against BYU
 
Coach's IG post today....
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HCCForever said:
No. The whole Mora UConn drama bummed me out for a few days. I’m over it now.
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Ahh don't get bummed out. Mora is basically going into semi-retirement. That and I think he relishes the turnarounds. He left UConn FB in a better place.
 
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navery12 said:
That's fine, he was bad last night. I have no issue with you complaining about how he played last night. It's a little weird you think his 1 bad game will derail the season and are putting more weight on yesterday than the first 7 games where he was great and carried us to a win against BYU
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Fair enough. Youve talked me down off the ledge. lol!
 
TheRealKBuks said:
Big time win, Reibe is much better than advertised and already playing like a veteran. Mullins is going to be special. He still has some rust he’s shaking off but I haven’t felt this way about a freshman since Jordan Hawkins made his UConn debut
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He’s a better player than Hawkins and easily too. Can’t wait until that first 7 of 9 night from 3 from this young man because it’s coming.
 
RuffRuff said:
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.
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This is ridiculous in all reality. He and Ross offer solid bench like minutes, work hard, rebound and play D pretty well. These are players needed in a system and Stew has done a nice job and Ross as well. Saying he brings nothing is just strange.
 
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uconn_jack said:
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.
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I get a kick out of the Hurley-like admiration of Ross vs Stew. Neither are consistent nor has either distanced himself from the other. Just 2 solid bench pieces who aren’t consistent enough to be a starter, neither of them. But nice pieces.
 
mauconnfan said:
I get a kick out of the Hurley-like admiration of Ross vs Stew. Neither are consistent nor has either distanced himself from the other. Just 2 solid bench pieces who aren’t consistent enough to be a starter, neither of them. But nice pieces.
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This is it. Our eighth and ninth guys (in whatever order) play like eighth and ninth guys. If we needed them to play like starters, it’d be a problem. But saying either is worthless is just as wrong
 
alexd said:
Oh come on...its not replicating, but the imagining when you're 12 years old in your driveway..... "the kids at the line. Game is in his hands. Crowd is screaming" can he handle the pressure..."
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I understood what he was going for, I just thought it was ineloquent.
 
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Silas needs to be getting it the line 3-4x minimum per game. It really does feel like Newton’s first year at this time. Silas in March will be a much different and improved player. Zero concern, but he needs to turn up the aggressiveness.
 
TheChamps990411 said:
The complaint is he was horrendous and has made some head scratchingly bad plays even in his good games. The same way you can praise him for being good in games we as fans can call him on playing terrible and he was terrible in a big game. A bad game like that can derail the season. Thats the complaint.
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You clearly exist in some kind of alternate universe.
 
superjohn said:
How is he sneaky athletic? His athleticism should jump out to everyone right away when they watch him play.
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Because at first glance, he looks overly skinny, weak, and like he's 11 years old. Then he crushes you with his first step and elevates. That makes him sneaky in my book. You just don't think he's as quick or athletic as he looks.
 
Jaydumo20 said:
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
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I think you forget who won the MVP award at PKI 2022 in the 6th, 7th and 8th games of his freshman season.
 
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