....Trae Young is a joy to watch. If the young man stays at this pace it will be an incredible, historic performance. Based on his play alone KU's 13 year conference championship run is in question. His distribution is super fun....his shooting unbelievable....his hand speed on offense and defense is like a magician.
To take lessons out of this one about NU would be difficult but I have two or three.
Benson is a better player this year...he's smoothed some of those rough edges;
I can't get on board the B Mac sucks train. If everyone played with his intensity it would have been a closer game. He's missing shots. It's happened before. He'll make them. He doesn't wilt against better competition.
Law was sorely missed. It would have been tough for Trae to take those threes over a six seven law who jumps like a bunny rabbit. It wouldn't have stopped his game, but it would have taken something away. His offense was missed as well. That was at least 10 points of the margin.
Willy, this post is for you. Drive into Evanston, ask for a meeting with coaching staff and explain that shot conversions increase when players use the backboard. Show them film of Pardon, B Mac and Lindsey last night short arming little bunnies that bounced off the iron.
Looks to me like the attitude problem hasn't been completely fixed. Not a huge problem, but it hovers.
Finally, I've been in the minority of believing there is always enough opportunity in conference play to build a resume for the tournament. It would be nice to have a couple chips, but that's not the case. A healthy NU team can make a little run and beat anyone except, maybe MSU. They know what they have to do, and if they want to go back they have to do it.
Finally, finally. This roster is far less the Final Four team than what walks through the door next June. This is a nice, talented team that can compete. But it's NU and so Collins has to stair step this thing. The roster/talent gets better and better as the calendar turns.
It would be really nice to get in the tournament for recruiting's sake. But nothing has changed the overall momentum.
To take lessons out of this one about NU would be difficult but I have two or three.
Benson is a better player this year...he's smoothed some of those rough edges;
I can't get on board the B Mac sucks train. If everyone played with his intensity it would have been a closer game. He's missing shots. It's happened before. He'll make them. He doesn't wilt against better competition.
Law was sorely missed. It would have been tough for Trae to take those threes over a six seven law who jumps like a bunny rabbit. It wouldn't have stopped his game, but it would have taken something away. His offense was missed as well. That was at least 10 points of the margin.
Willy, this post is for you. Drive into Evanston, ask for a meeting with coaching staff and explain that shot conversions increase when players use the backboard. Show them film of Pardon, B Mac and Lindsey last night short arming little bunnies that bounced off the iron.
Looks to me like the attitude problem hasn't been completely fixed. Not a huge problem, but it hovers.
Finally, I've been in the minority of believing there is always enough opportunity in conference play to build a resume for the tournament. It would be nice to have a couple chips, but that's not the case. A healthy NU team can make a little run and beat anyone except, maybe MSU. They know what they have to do, and if they want to go back they have to do it.
Finally, finally. This roster is far less the Final Four team than what walks through the door next June. This is a nice, talented team that can compete. But it's NU and so Collins has to stair step this thing. The roster/talent gets better and better as the calendar turns.
It would be really nice to get in the tournament for recruiting's sake. But nothing has changed the overall momentum.
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