Kansas Crimson

wake players just gave up

…for the 35th time this season and for the third time in a three-day span. Yep, another team ranked in the top 10 of the Associated Press Top 25 poll lost to an unranked opponent on the road…

(cbs sports)

Down goes UNC. Again. To Syracuse.

We aren't going to be a 4 or 5 seed if all the other top 10 teams keep losing too.

Is Iowa State legit?
They might be.
Think Texas Tech in 19.

i think it was Jay Williams that was giving them love over the weekend and thinking they were legit

I honestly don't think anyone in the big 12 looks like they're capable of winning it all other than us.

Maybe Houston, but offensively they make me nervous.

Houston certainly is capable of winning it all.
Their adjO is currently better than ours.

However, their tempo is so slow that if they run into a fast tempo/good offensive team, they may get exposed.

pdub wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 12:06 pm Houston certainly is capable of winning it all.
Their adjO is currently better than ours.

Agreed. We made Houston's offense look terrible. That will cloud some judgement of people who don't watch all their games.

thekid6 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 8:04 pm However, their tempo is so slow that if they run into a fast tempo/good offensive team, they may get exposed.

Xavier is a Top 50 Kenpom team in tempo and Houston beat them 66-60 on Xavier's home floor.

all houston needs to get beat is to match up with a strong defensive rebounding team

DeletedUser wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:09 am I honestly don't think anyone in the big 12 looks like they're capable of winning it all other than us.

We just lost by 68,532.

To Texas Tech.

twocoach wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 9:35 am

pdub wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 12:06 pm Houston certainly is capable of winning it all.
Their adjO is currently better than ours.

Agreed. We made Houston's offense look terrible. That will cloud some judgement of people who don't watch all their games.

"It's well past time for a word or two about Houston. The Cougars' success under Kelvin Sampson has included a 1-seed, a 2-seed and a 3-seed in the past five seasons. It has also included a Final Four, an Elite Eight and two Sweet 16s. But the joyride was supposed to end, or at least slow down, with this season's entry into the Big 12. Surely the grind of the nation's top conference would wear them down. Instead, the Cougars sit at a tidy 21-3. Their only losses have come at Kansas, Iowa State and TCU -- all NCAA tournament teams. They are No. 1 in the NET, No. 1 in KenPom and a clear-cut No. 1 seed. It's not a manipulation of the numbers, either. Houston has the wins (7-3 in Q1, third-best in the country in that all-important category). Yet somehow, few are talking about the Cougars as national championship contenders. And it says here that's a big mistake."

https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story ... redictions

Byu getting clobbered by okie state

We have the most wins against ranked teams so far this year it looks like.

I like that.

I think Purdue is better than we are but watching them today they certainly aren’t a put fear in the hearts of men team.

I think UConn is that team.

I do think Hunter would do fine guarding Edey. Edey ain’t mobile which is Hunters weakness.

pdub wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 1:24 pm I think Purdue is better than we are but watching them today they certainly aren’t a put fear in the hearts of men team.

I think UConn is that team.

Without edey purdue is a very very average team. And there's ways to minimize an old school centers effectiveness

People forget purdue lost to a 16 seed last year

Purdue didn't lose to Fair Dick because Edey's effectiveness was minimized.
Edey had 21 and 15 in that game. They lost because minus Edey they shot 12-42 fg, 5-26 3pt, and had 16 turnovers.
I wouldn't count on being able to minimize Edey's effectiveness. Ever.
This season the guy has had games of 30-15, 30-18, 33-14, 30-20, 35-7, 35-14. That's not mentioning he had 28-15 against Marquette, 25-14 against Gonzaga, 23-10 against Tennessee, 22-9 against Arizona and a bunch of 20+ 10+ rebound games.

"The Committee" had Purdue ahead of UConn on Saturday. That will be changed today if it wasn't changed yesterday.

As far as Dickinson vs. Edey. The past is the past but.....
They were basically even last season head to head. Dickinson dominated Edey offensively in February of 2022.

#5 Tennessee down 7 in the 2nd have on the road @missouri.
Mizzou is 8-17(0-12) right now