Kansas Crimson

TDub wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 5:43 pm You could see it coming

I was still upset by it and more specifically, by our complete lack of effort and competitve spirit.

PhDhawk wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 5:51 pm

TDub wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 5:43 pm You could see it coming

I was still upset by it and more specifically, by our complete lack of effort and competitve spirit.

We had shown that we could loose, and if it went bad it could snowball and we could loose bad.

We knew that we had trouble with length and USC had it, not an ideal matchup...still, not even the best team in (what we all thought was) a mediocre conference.

We knew that a deep run was not that likely and would depend on lucky matchups, still as a 3 seed, you think you have a decent shot at a sweet 16 (no one was saying otherwise prior to the game).

We knew we were susceptible (more than normal) to an upset, if you'd told me we'd loose to USC by 10-15 points, I wouldn't have said you were crazy.

No one woke up that morning and said, we're gonna get taken behind the woodshed by a 6 seed outta the pac12. And the people who came on here puffing out their chests in the days that followed acting like they KNEW we were gonna get boat raced by a 6 seed and couldn't understand why anyone was upset were full of shit, and remains the weirdest flex I've seen on this message board.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but no one had us loosing by 30+ in their guess the score, did they?

ousdahl wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 5:54 pm One paradox of this season is, how did we have so much trouble with length if, top to bottom, we were the tallest starting lineup Self has had at KU?

TDub wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 5:58 pm A very unKansas like performance .

PhDhawk wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 6:01 pm

ousdahl wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 5:54 pm One paradox of this season is, how did we have so much trouble with length if, top to bottom, we were the tallest starting lineup Self has had at KU?

I've made this case before but:

McMack is a below the rim 5
Wilson is a vitruvian 3 masquarading as a stretch 4
Garrett playing PG nullified his height
Braun and Och are Vitruvian guards who, like Svi and Vick before them, don't play to their size.

BoH knows length =/= height

ousdahl wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 5:54 pm One paradox of this season is, how did we have so much trouble with length if, top to bottom, we were the tallest starting lineup Self has had at KU?