Nebraska did get in on Graham after he de-committed from App State. But so did Kansas. How many of those battles have we won?
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Nebraska did get in on Graham after he de-committed from App State. But so did Kansas. How many of those battles have we won?
I assume you are kidding, but for those who really believe it: Wes Unseld at 6'7" and Dave Cowens at 6'8" did ok in the era of giant centers like Wilt. Russell gave up at least 4 inches to Wilt but did ok. Charles Barkley at 6'5" could hold his own against any 7 footer.
My point is that a good coach can find under-rated players who will flourish in their system. Plus not every player on KU's roster is a 5 Star recruit. 4 of their top 7 players were either not rated or were 3 Stars or less when recruited by KU. Svi was not rated, Lucas was a 3 star and then Graham and Mason. Need to be able to identify the talent and develop it. Not seeing that from the Nebraska Staff right now.
Kansas can recruit on a different level but they are also superior in their player development. However we should be able to compete in recruiting with Creighton. Creighton's guards, wings and post players run laps around ours. Tai is having a great year but he is a One-Man-Show right now on offense and probably the only player we have that could possibly crack their starting roster but doubt he would beat out Foster. Jody would be a good back-up to Patton but if Hansen was healthy Jordy would be #3 on their depth chart. Morrow and Watson would see some minutes off the bench for them.
Well I agree If Ed matches up well with the D then by all means do everything we can to get a bunny instead of a 20 foot jump shot. We have been trying to get it to Tshimanga down low and he's had some success. He's a much easier target to pass to. I think he just gets better every game I see him play. People keep bringing up Barkley and guys like Dave Cowens as being successful in the pros but Cowens was closer to 6-9 to 6-10 and just an absolute mauler that could hit a mid range jumper. Barkley weighed over 265 for much of his career and just pushed people out of the road. You can't get away with that, or at least we can't, in the B1G. IF we go .500 in the B1G this year, I will be surprised and happy. I just think these kids are year away and then we HAVE to find another guard to replace Tai (preferably 2 guards) that can play right away.
We need more than that. Unless something changes on the offensive end we will be talking about the same issues next year.
All that needs to happen is for guys to start making shots and I think they can.
Just keep shooting and hoping eventually they go in is a recipe for disaster IMO.
That sounds good but tough to do when you recruit a roster that has quite a bit of poor shooters.
I agree that Webster is our best player right now and most consistent scoring threat. What I think Morrow is, is our best inside threat that gives us a chance to go to in the post from time to time to try to help break a scoring drought. He is a high energy player who gets a lot of garbage buckets by his hustle alone. He's the type of player teams need. Not afraid to do the dirty work.
We recruited guys that shot the ball pretty damned well in high school. It always seemed to me that when one guy gets hot the rest of the the team tends to shoot better too. The opposite also seems to be true. I've played and watched a lot of basketball in the last 50 years and shooting is without a doubt at least half mental. I'm hopeful that it will turn around. The first thing I would do is get their butts out of the weight room and make sure they get their legs some rest.
