KU ***** Official 2017-2018 Kansas Basketball Repository Thread ***** - Page 150

Originally Posted by O.city:
Vick's averaging 12 the last 4 games. He's not been terrible. He's being asked to do more than he should though or atleast was there for a while. With Newman and others playing better its worked out.

In the biggest game of the season on Saturday, he did absolutely nothing. He was also poor yesterday. Only games he's played well in during conference season are at ISU and home vs OU and neither of those teams plays any defense whatsoever.

Let's not sugarcoat what he is and that's not a very good basketball player.
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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch:
Mitch the Bitch has turned into Mitch the Man. Not sure I can recall a guy who turned it on this rapidly, as Mitch did when conf play began. Used to roll my eyes when he came in but not now. You can tell how much bigger he's gotten and he's aggressive going to the rim. He also blocks shots and doesn't throw the ball away.

This is a guy who showed up last year and shot a ton of 3s in practice until Self read him the riot act and started making him run laps until he accepted his role: rebounder and garbage bucket guy. He's really taken to the role and Self and He get a lot of credit.

He's got a chance to become quite good if he improves his rebounding and extends his range to beyond the arc (which he kind of already has). He's been one of the best shot blockers in the country in his limited minutes.
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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch:
One thing the Kentucky boards praise Self for is always having developed 2-3 year bench guys he can actually plug and play. Young, Landen Lucas, Tarik Black, Kaun, Mitch, even Releford/Withey were bench guys getting no time until JR seasons. Self really manages his roster well in this era of turnover

All these Self compliments from PB.

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Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
All these Self compliments from PB.

Bail earning his keep.
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Make no mistake, next loss the fangs come back out

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Have we figured out why the fuck Texas sucks at everything? 2 coaches who I'd consider home run hires and unlimited resources with acquiring talent didn't compete really in either sport. No reason Texas shouldn't threaten KU every year in basketball but they haven't even really competed with you guys since big nose took over.
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Originally Posted by Titty Meat:
Have we figured out why the fuck Texas sucks at everything? 2 coaches who I'd consider home run hires and unlimited resources with acquiring talent didn't compete really in either sport. No reason Texas shouldn't threaten KU every year in basketball but they haven't even really competed with you guys since big nose took over.

Shaka Smart is not a home run hire.

He has done exactly fuckall other than beating KU in a fluke game in the tournament a billion years ago.

He's a smarmy fuck too. That doesn't help.
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Originally Posted by Titty Meat:
Have we figured out why the fuck Texas sucks at everything? 2 coaches who I'd consider home run hires and unlimited resources with acquiring talent didn't compete really in either sport. No reason Texas shouldn't threaten KU every year in basketball but they haven't even really competed with you guys since big nose took over.

because jayhawks? :-)
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Originally Posted by Titty Meat:
Have we figured out why the **** Texas sucks at everything? 2 coaches who I'd consider home run hires and unlimited resources with acquiring talent didn't compete really in either sport. No reason Texas shouldn't threaten KU every year in basketball but they haven't even really competed with you guys since big nose took over.

I don't think many college basketball savants liked the Shaka Smart hire. The hype? Yeah the hype was good. But Shaka is a gimmick. You really only want to run a gimmick style system when you can't get talent and for a mid major.
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Originally Posted by Buehler445:
Shaka Smart is not a home run hire.

He has done exactly ****all other than beating KU in a fluke game in the tournament a billion years ago.

He's a smarmy **** too. That doesn't help.

Well aside from making the final 4 with VC fucking U he got them to the tournament 4 other times winning a game 2 other times. That's a pretty impressive resume and with the resources available no reason he shouldn't be able to accomplish that at Texas. He hasn't.
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I miss the days of Texas playing second fiddle to KU. Those were always great games.
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Originally Posted by Titty Meat:
Well aside from making the final 4 with VC ****ing U he got them to the tournament 4 other times winning a game 2 other times. That's a pretty impressive resume and with the resources available no reason he shouldn't be able to accomplish that at Texas. He hasn't.

Shaka is a fraud. He rode a couple guys getting super hot from 3 one year to big money at Texas. Funny thing is he hadn't done squat at VCU other than that one year really.

Then he shows up at Texas and immediately kicks the bear mentioning he knows how to beat KU. Hows that turned out for him?

Oh yes, and I believe that Smart had zero conference titles while at VCU.
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Originally Posted by BWillie:
I don't think many college basketball savants liked the Shaka Smart hire. The hype? Yeah the hype was good. But Shaka is a gimmick. You really only ywant to run a gimmick style system when you can't get talent and for a mid major.

Bomba is top shelf. He would have looked great in a KU uniform. We would be a legitimate tourney championship contenders this year with him on our team.
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Originally Posted by BDj23:
I miss the days of Texas playing second fiddle to KU. Those were always great games.

Yeah, it was perhaps the must underrated rivalry in CBB for a while. That 24 point/23 rebound game by Collison will always stick out in my mind.
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Originally Posted by Bearcat:
Yeah, it was perhaps the must underrated rivalry in CBB for a while. That 24 point/23 rebound game by Collison will always stick out in my mind.

To me it was that Julian Wright 360 dunk in the big 12 championship game that always sticks out as a Tejas moment. I wish Julian could have played forever in college.
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