Kansas Crimson

hasbeen wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 9:52 pm Folks, I'm going to like this guy.

hasbeen wrote: ↑Thu Nov 04, 2021 10:51 pm It was a ways back but there was a lively discussion around the 5 spot behind Dave and rebounding effectiveness.

It's Thursday night and I have a lot going on so I took a look at KenPom and Sports-Reference:

- In the last 5 games (all KenPom has), Jalen played a greater percentage of the available minutes at
5 than Mitch did.
- Per Sports-Reference, Dave had an ORB%* of 19.5 and a DRB%** of 26.5%. Jalen, on the other hand,
had an ORB% of 8.6 and DRB% of 22.7%. Jalen is easily a good enough rebounder to get a lot of run
as the biggest player on the court if/when Dave has to sit.

*An estimate of the percentage of available offensive rebounds a player grabbed while he was on the floor
**An estimate of the percentage of available defensive rebounds a player grabbed while he was on the floor

I'm so tired of always being right.

ousdahl wrote: ↑Fri Nov 05, 2021 9:21 am

hasbeen wrote: ↑Thu Nov 04, 2021 10:51 pm It was a ways back but there was a lively discussion around the 5 spot behind Dave and rebounding effectiveness.

It's Thursday night and I have a lot going on so I took a look at KenPom and Sports-Reference:

- In the last 5 games (all KenPom has), Jalen played a greater percentage of the available minutes at
5 than Mitch did.
- Per Sports-Reference, Dave had an ORB%* of 19.5 and a DRB%** of 26.5%. Jalen, on the other hand,
had an ORB% of 8.6 and DRB% of 22.7%. Jalen is easily a good enough rebounder to get a lot of run
as the biggest player on the court if/when Dave has to sit.

*An estimate of the percentage of available offensive rebounds a player grabbed while he was on the floor
**An estimate of the percentage of available defensive rebounds a player grabbed while he was on the floor

I'm so tired of always being right.

I’ve been bullish before too on Jalen at the 5. It has the potential to actually create mismatch issues, maybe even ones we can exploit.

All of a sudden, the other team’s center has to deal with a dood who can drive, can shoot, and can grab a bored and run the fast break. And yeah Jalen’s our best rebounder so might be better off with him on the glass than Mitch.

The trade-off, which I think you mentioned, is if we face Timme or some other elite big with legit size. Fortunately there’s not a ton of them around, and fortunately we still have Dave either way.

And while Dave has his own limitations, I think he’s still best equipped to guard elite bigs. Even if he’s not elite bu KU or national standards, he’s still prob a top 10 (or so?) D1 big, and among the toughest matchups the Timme types would see all year.

hasbeen wrote: ↑Fri Nov 05, 2021 9:26 am Lot of interesting comments in this video. Self gives a pretty good indication of the rotation -- Harris, Remy, Braun, Ochai, Jalen, and Dave will get most of the minutes. He gives some shoutouts to the freshman but specifically talks about Yes a few times, so safe to assume he'll fill in behind Harris and Remy. Jesse Newell also some good insight on the NCAA investigation timeline at the very end:

NewtonHawk11 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 09, 2021 5:52 pm Self saying Cam Martin is only planned redshirt. Kyle Cuffe Jr is possible redshirt as well.