The night is dark and full of sophomores. We were due a down year, but it's back to hunting banners.
Thread to be updated as new developments emerge.
RETURNING PLAYERS:
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#35 Udoka Azubuike - Sr.
#44 Mitch Lightfoot - Sr.
#0 Marcus Garrett - Jr.
#22 Silvio De Sousa - Jr. (!!!!!)
#11 Devon Dotson - Soph.
#30 Ochai Agbaji - Soph.
#33 David McCormack - Soph.
#12 Chris Teahan - Jr.
#20 Garrett Luinstra - Soph.
#10 Elijah Elliott - Soph.
LEAVING PLAYERS:
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#1 Dedric Lawson - DRAFT
#13 K.J. Lawson - TRANSFER
#2 Charlie Moore - CRUSHED BY A DWARF
#5 Quentin Grimes - TRANSFER
INCOMING PLAYERS:
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SF Jalen Wilson****
6'8" 215 lbs
47 NATIONAL
9 POSITION
SF Christian Braun ****
6'6" 180lb
90 NATIONAL
24 POSITION
SF Tristan Enaruna ****
6'9" 205lb
44 NATIONAL
25 POSITION
TRANSFER Isaiah Moss
SENIOR
6'5" 208lb
IMPORTANT GAMES:
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University of Kansas Athletics
2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule
Subject to change. All times Central.
NOV 5 (TUE) TBA VS DUKE STATE FARM CHAMPIONS CLASSIC
NEW YORK, N.Y. MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
MAUI INVITATIONAL
ESPN
NOV 25 (MON) - NOV 27 (WED) vs TBD MAUI INVITATIONAL
LAHAINA, HAWAII LAHAINA CIVIC CENTER
DEC 21 (SAT) AT VILLANOVA
VILLANOVA, PA. WELLS FARGO ARENA
DEC 29 (SUN) AT STANFORD
STANFORD, CALIF. MAPLES PAVILION
PHILLIPS 66 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP
MAR 11 (WED) VS TBA
BIG 12 FIRST ROUND
KANSAS CITY, MO. SPRINT CENTER
MAR 12 (THU) VS TBA
BIG 12 QUARTERFINAL
KANSAS CITY, MO. SPRINT CENTER
MAR 13 (FRI) VS TBA
BIG 12 SEMIFINAL
KANSAS CITY, MO. SPRINT CENTER
MAR 14 (SAT) VS TBA
BIG 12 FINAL
KANSAS CITY, MO. SPRINT CENTER
NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
MAR 19 (THU)
MAR 20 (FRI)
NCAA FIRST ROUND
ALBANY, N.Y. / SPOKANE, WASH. / ST. LOUIS, MO. / TAMPA, FLA. / GREENSBORO, N.C. / OMAHA, NEB. / SACRAMENTO, CALIF. / CLEVELAND, OHIO
MAR 21 (SAT) MAR 22 (SUN)
CBS / TURNER
NCAA SECOND ROUND
ALBANY, N.Y. / SPOKANE, WASH. / ST. LOUIS, MO. / TAMPA, FLA. / GREENSBORO, N.C. / OMAHA, NEB. / SACRAMENTO, CALIF. / CLEVELAND, OHIO
MAR 26 (THU) MAR 27 (FRI)
NCAA SWEET SIXTEEN
INDIANAPOLIS, IND. / LOS ANGELES, CALIF. / HOUSTON, TEXAS / NEW YORK, N.Y.
MAR 28 (SAT) MAR 29 (SUN)
NCAA ELITE EIGHT
INDIANAPOLIS, IND. / LOS ANGELES, CALIF. / HOUSTON, TEXAS / NEW YORK, N.Y.
APR 4 (SAT)
NCAA FINAL FOUR
ATLANTA, GA. MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM
Originally Posted by BWillie:
This team is better than that Robinson + Tyshawn team that made the Championship game. That team was one of the more overrated KU teams IMO. Just because they made the Championship game, doesn't mean they are one of the best KU teams. Because they were an extremely flawed team.
That team was really bad. What TRob and Taylor did to get that team as far is it did is no short of spectacular. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Prison Bitch:
They don’t pass my “eye test” for dominance (although I stand by my point all year which is we are as good as anyone)....... but my eyes are no match for hard data. And in SRS (how many pts +/- than avg team) we are an astounding +27.
Let me repeat that: +27. Just ahead of 2008 +26 and 1997 *25.
That’s a crazy stat. I never would’ve guessed that. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Buehler445:
That team was really bad. What TRob and Taylor did to get that team as far is it did is no short of spectacular.
Eh, 2012 wasnt too far off from this team, played great defense and let the (2nd) best player in America dominate.
2012 definitely struggled at times, a lot due to Tyshawn taking forever to pull his immature head out of his ass, and having ZERO bench, but we might forget how good guys like Releford and Withey were on the defensive end, and how amazing TRob was. [Reply]
Gotta shoot the 3 to win in today’s game / kcconection
Kansas 2-10 from deep in road win. 40-29 boards edge tho.
In other news Dok is the #1 efficiency player at +15.5 pts/100 possessions. Last year Zion cracked 20, but most years leader is in the Dok range. He’s been incredible. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Prison Bitch:
Gotta shoot the 3 to win in today’s game / kcconection
Kansas 2-10 from deep in road win. 40-29 boards edge tho.
In other news Dok is the #1 efficiency player at +15.5 pts/100 possessions. Last year Zion cracked 20, but most years leader is in the Dok range. He’s been incredible.
KU being the best defensive team in the Self era has a little more to do with their success right now than their offense (which again could still use more 3PAs; 3s being more valuable than 2s is a fact that isn't changing any time soon). [Reply]
Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
KU being the best defensive team in the Self era has a little more to do with their success right now than their offense (which again could still use more 3PAs; 3s being more valuable than 2s is a fact that isn't changing any time soon).
All things being equal. They rarely are tho. Here’s our national ranking:
2 pt FG %: 6th
3 pt FG %: 48th
FT %: 300th
We want to shoot a lot of 2pt, some 3pt, and no FT [Reply]
Originally Posted by Prison Bitch:
All things being equal. They rarely are tho. Here’s our national ranking:
2 pt FG %: 6th
3 pt FG %: 48th
FT %: 300th
We want to shoot a lot of 2pt, some 3pt, and no FT
Dotson is pretty much our only reliable FT shooter. I’d like to see him learn to body seek like Frank Mason used to. He could bail us out of bad possessions at the end of the shot clock. Dotson could take his game to another level with that skill. [Reply]