Annoying half, but we’ll be fine
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Well if we can keep the from 8-14 again.

That would be cool.
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Might help if someone other than Remy steps up.
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Pretty dreadful half defensively. They did basically everything wrong on that end and Self didn't start adjusting to Creighton's small lineup until late in the first half. A lot of room for improvement there.

Offense wasn't much better except for Remy bailing them out. Would be nice if Ochai showed up, but he has a tendency to come up small in big games so I'm not expecting much.
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24 of their 38 are from 3.
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Those who talk about Ochai as a national POY candidate honestly are just looking at the scoring totals and don't watch him play IMO. Good shooter, but he's really not that impactful in the overall sense.
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That half went about as good as I could have hoped
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A teams that averages 6 3s a game and the worse in the big east.

Yet we let them go for 8-15. Sigh.

Why?
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They made 5 threes the past two games combined. Why does this always happen against us. Also, our stars can't make shit. Luckily Remy is holding us together
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Some of it is just lazy defense, but most of it is because they are playing a completely different lineup and style than usual without their star center (5 guards) and KU hasn't adjusted appropriately. Small opposing lineups have always been this particular team's issue given McCormack's central role.
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That's a strange stat. They've not been good behind the arc at all this year.
Not sure what Self is trying to do?
Feed your big men inside the paint and end any chance Creighton has
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It’s fucking maddening.

Everyone bitches when I point it out. But they make 6 a game on average.

JFC. Perimeter D.
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Well, the game changes a bit when you can't just throw it inside to your 7' dude.
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Same shit different tourney.
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Wilson has done some things. We've gotten nothing from our bigs. Well, I guess Dave did make some FTs. But he should be dominating on offense.
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