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RobDauster said:
Completely shameless self-promotion: Broke down the matchup with a guy that knows Kansas as well as we all know UConn, CJ Moore from The Athletic:

A couple interesting things from that discussion:

1. He expects Kevin McCullar to get matched up with Tristen and Dajuan Harris to guard Cam.
2. His take on Nick Timberlake is pretty interesting. Part of his struggles are confidence, but also a lot of it is difficulty picking up Kansas scheme.
3. The way he thinks Self will use KJ Adams to attack Karaban.

I actually think the matchup suits UConn really well. Kansas doesn't really have a guy that's elite off the bounce, and I think Karaban should be able to win the matchup with Adams on both ends. To me, it comes down to Donovan vs. Dickinson. Hunter is kinda uniquely suited to being able to attack Clingan.

Should be fantastic.
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CJ seems to see a lot of this the same way I do.
 
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RobDauster said:
Completely shameless self-promotion: Broke down the matchup with a guy that knows Kansas as well as we all know UConn, CJ Moore from The Athletic:

A couple interesting things from that discussion:

1. He expects Kevin McCullar to get matched up with Tristen and Dajuan Harris to guard Cam.
2. His take on Nick Timberlake is pretty interesting. Part of his struggles are confidence, but also a lot of it is difficulty picking up Kansas scheme.
3. The way he thinks Self will use KJ Adams to attack Karaban.

I actually think the matchup suits UConn really well. Kansas doesn't really have a guy that's elite off the bounce, and I think Karaban should be able to win the matchup with Adams on both ends. To me, it comes down to Donovan vs. Dickinson. Hunter is kinda uniquely suited to being able to attack Clingan.

Should be fantastic.
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Great pod.He knows the game. Surprised neither of you brought up Samson as a factor in Friday's game. If he can play with a little discipline and not bite on the up-fakes and stay out of foul trouble.Think he could have a major impact on the outcome of the game with his D/boards.
 
Letsgohuskies11 said:
I wonder if Uconn's game plan for Dickinson will be similar to their plan against Gonzaga last year and Timme. My biggest fear is that the refs give Kansas a very favorable whistle which is what I'm expecting. I think UConn is deeper and more talented but again, like what was said, Phog Allen isn't any easy place to win.
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I don't know why people worry about the refs. These will probably be Big East refs. KU doesn't get any different whistle at home than we do. It's not going to decide the game. It's hard to play there because 1. the team you play against is almost always very good and 2. it's loud as hell. They may challenge this record. Loudest crowd roar at an indoor sports event
 
HuskyHawk said:
I don't know why people worry about the refs. These will probably be Big East refs. KU doesn't get any different whistle at home than we do. It's not going to decide the game. It's hard to play there because 1. the team you play against is almost always very good and 2. it's loud as hell. They may challenge this record. Loudest crowd roar at an indoor sports event
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I would rather have B12 refs than the 3 stooges we had last game!
 
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I'm interested in what our approach is with Samson. Do we see some double big like we did against Indiana? Adams is a pretty natural candidate to guard with a big.

If we play it like normal, we would constantly have fresh legs against Dickinson. That's obviously valuable. But it does allow them to pull our big away from the basket for back cuts and over the top of Karaban to Adams in the dunker's spot or on hi-lo's. That's a pretty big part of their offense.

If we go double big, the benefit is pretty much always having a shotblocker in the paint or near enough to help, which could really slow down their offense. But we can't really do this fulltime since Clingan can't play very long in a row without a sub. This would actually let us maybe put Clingan "on" Adams (but really roaming), and let Johnson follow Dickinson to the 3pt line. If they want to try to find Adams for a lob, good luck getting it past Clingan. But since neither Clingan or Samson have shown an ability to successfully stretch the floor on the other end, we're then playing 2 non-shooters and limiting our playbook. We'd potentially have a big edge on the glass though, although we'd be crowding it a bit when Clingan vs. Dickinson 1v1 for rebounds should be in our favor.
 
Who's guarding this guy?

Kevin McCullar 6’7 212 fifth-year
  • 18.1p, 7.3r, 5.7a, 1.1s, 0.9b, 60.9 2P%, 1.1 3PM, 29.6 3P%, ¼ FGAs from 3, 4.9 FTA, 73.5 FT%
Would be great to see Stewart or Ross step up and become important pieces if for nothing other than perimeter defense. I don't have a ton of confidence in TNew picking up McCullar for an entire game while still providing what we need from him on offense (flirting with a triple double every night)
 
auror said:
I'm interested in what our approach is with Samson. Do we see some double big like we did against Indiana? Adams is a pretty natural candidate to guard with a big.

If we play it like normal, we would constantly have fresh legs against Dickinson. That's obviously valuable. But it does allow them to pull our big away from the basket for back cuts and over the top of Karaban to Adams in the dunker's spot or on hi-lo's. That's a pretty big part of their offense.

If we go double big, the benefit is pretty much always having a shotblocker in the paint or near enough to help, which could really slow down their offense. But we can't really do this fulltime since Clingan can't play very long in a row without a sub. This would actually let us maybe put Clingan "on" Adams (but really roaming), and let Johnson follow Dickinson to the 3pt line. If they want to try to find Adams for a lob, good luck getting it past Clingan. But since neither Clingan or Samson have shown an ability to successfully stretch the floor on the other end, we're then playing 2 non-shooters and limiting our playbook. We'd potentially have a big edge on the glass though, although we'd be crowding it a bit when Clingan vs. Dickinson 1v1 for rebounds should be in our favor.
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Love the double big tactic and Karaban can slide down to pick up McCullar. How short does the rotation get becomes the question.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
ESPN'S matchup predictor gives Kansas a 77% chance of winning. Seems a bit excessive to me.
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It somehow has Kansas above us in the BPI thing, even after yesterday. So ESPN would still have Kansas winning on a neutral court, which differs from the other computer rankings.
 
444JR said:
Who's guarding this guy?

Kevin McCullar 6’7 212 fifth-year
  • 18.1p, 7.3r, 5.7a, 1.1s, 0.9b, 60.9 2P%, 1.1 3PM, 29.6 3P%, ¼ FGAs from 3, 4.9 FTA, 73.5 FT%
Would be great to see Stewart or Ross step up and become important pieces if for nothing other than perimeter defense. I don't have a ton of confidence in TNew picking up McCullar for an entire game while still providing what we need from him on offense (flirting with a triple double every night)
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To me it's Spencer. Let Newton rest guarding Elmarko or whoever Kansas has on a wing (Timberlake, Furphy, etc.) and let Solo be a roamer/helper on Dajuan Harris. McCullar isn't overly quick, and Spencer is good enough positionally I think he'd do a good job on him.
 
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RobDauster said:
To me it's Spencer. Let Newton rest guarding Elmarko or whoever Kansas has on a wing (Timberlake, Furphy, etc.) and let Solo be a roamer/helper on Dajuan Harris. McCullar isn't overly quick, and Spencer is good enough positionally I think he'd do a good job on him.
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I think it’s Newton. Ideally it would be Castle. Jackson hasn’t shown that he’s an offensive threat, so I’d put Cam on him. But we will likely switch a bit.
 
RobDauster said:
Completely shameless self-promotion: Broke down the matchup with a guy that knows Kansas as well as we all know UConn, CJ Moore from The Athletic:

A couple interesting things from that discussion:

1. He expects Kevin McCullar to get matched up with Tristen and Dajuan Harris to guard Cam.
2. His take on Nick Timberlake is pretty interesting. Part of his struggles are confidence, but also a lot of it is difficulty picking up Kansas scheme.
3. The way he thinks Self will use KJ Adams to attack Karaban.

I actually think the matchup suits UConn really well. Kansas doesn't really have a guy that's elite off the bounce, and I think Karaban should be able to win the matchup with Adams on both ends. To me, it comes down to Donovan vs. Dickinson. Hunter is kinda uniquely suited to being able to attack Clingan.

Should be fantastic.
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It was a good listen. Dickinson is a good matchup against Clingan because he can step out and make shots for sure

But I think Clingan is also a good matchup against Dickinson because he is mobile. He can beat Hunter down the floor after every missed shot if he wants. That would put a lot of pressure on the rest of the defense to rotate over

Wonder if it’s a viable strategy to just tell DC to book it to the rim on every break, tire them both out, then bring in Samson lol
 
RobDauster said:
To me it's Spencer. Let Newton rest guarding Elmarko or whoever Kansas has on a wing (Timberlake, Furphy, etc.) and let Solo be a roamer/helper on Dajuan Harris. McCullar isn't overly quick, and Spencer is good enough positionally I think he'd do a good job on him.
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Man I disagree. Spencer isn't strong or big enough for McCullar. McCullar is almost 6'6 barefoot (measured 6'5.5 at g league camp) with 6'9" wingspan. Spencer is at least 3 inches shorter without the wingspan or hops to make up for it. Positioning can only do so much when you are at that big of a physical disadvantage. He's just going to finish right through and over him on drives (or pass over him when the help comes).

Let Solo try to prove himself defensively here. Use that wingspan to contest. Where Solo has gotten beat in the past is by being over aggressive up in the guys shorts, knowing he has shot blocking behind him. So play off him a little bit, McCullar isn't a burner, maybe even goad him into some jump shots. He started the year shooting well, but has come back down to his low 30s averages.

If we do go double big, I think Karaban could actually hold up on him a bit. It's the bigger dudes that have given him problems in the past. He can move his feet with quicker guys okay.
 
Let McCullar get his and lock down Hunter, Harris, and Adams. McCullar gets tunnel vision.
 
auror said:
Man I disagree. Spencer isn't strong or big enough for McCullar. McCullar is almost 6'6 barefoot (measured 6'5.5 at g league camp) with 6'9" wingspan. Spencer is at least 3 inches shorter without the wingspan or hops to make up for it. Positioning can only do so much when you are at that big of a physical disadvantage. He's just going to finish right through and over him on drives (or pass over him when the help comes).

Let Solo try to prove himself defensively here. Use that wingspan to contest. Where Solo has gotten beat in the past is by being over aggressive up in the guys shorts, knowing he has shot blocking behind him. So play off him a little bit, McCullar isn't a burner, maybe even goad him into some jump shots. He started the year shooting well, but has come back down to his low 30s averages.

If we do go double big, I think Karaban could actually hold up on him a bit. It's the bigger dudes that have given him problems in the past. He can move his feet with quicker guys okay.
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I’d put Newton on him. Solo and Diarra are the only guys we have that can really match up with Harris. But Cam is our worst perimeter defender so I’d give him the worst offensive players, Jackson and Timberlake. He is the right size for them too. Double big could be interesting, but if they do that it’s probably when Alex is out.

I expect Furphy to play quite a bit tomorrow. They need the shooting.
 
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