Yip

Dude, we spent around a milly easy. That's whats up.

Figure it out.

Dollar signs - Mangino

I wonder what Dukes budget it? They got the #1, #2, #3 and #17th ranked players this year. KU needs to step it up and stop being cheap.

I'll take that win.

2-3 million.

Trash schools like mutt u spend 17k and get a blown out knee for it.

Looking like a really good roster. The young guards need some experience but we’ve been spoiled with upper class guards the last few years

This is my main concern. I expect them to be different/better players come March.

How many minutes did Doke play? Seemed like Self was messing around with the lineup since we were up big.

Enough at the end if the game to shit the bed at the FT line..... Again.

Ok

I’d like to see us roll with Lightfoot at the 4 and Dedric at the 5 at the end of close games.

That eliminates the Poke-a-Doke, but also allows us to still match size pretty well. Lightfoot seems to get a lot of blocks and hustle plays.

Duke is the best team in the country. They even look it right now - with freshman. They are freaking dangerous. I hate to say it - but Nike musta paid alotta money.

It's all meaningless. Duke wins it all. Could beat a few NBA teams right now.

It’s one game...

Duke would probably go 8-74, but yeah - they could beat some NBA teams when they play out of their minds.

Les Miles to KU would give me a huge boner.

He's an idiot play caller. But I don't give a shit.

He's as close as a rock star as KU could possibly get or deserve. Whatever it takes.

Not the last part. Probably not the rest of it either.

They'd get destroyed by any NBA team. Absolutely annihilated really. The NCAA is essentially a joke in comparison to the level those guys produce at the highest level.

We will smack Duke in the tourney!!!! WRITE IT DOWN

Wouldn't be the first time.

YES!

Duke looks pretty damn good.

Made UK look like a middle school team all night.

No, this is just stupid.

I'm not saying Duke isn't really good, but let's not overreact.

Teams had no scout on each other because it was the first game. Duke played overseas games together, so they've had more exhibitions and practice time. UK's ranking is based on where they expect them to finish, not where they are today which is largely a team of players who are unfamiliar with one another.

This is a perfect blend for really talented players to shine because the organized defense against them isn't available yet.

If they still do this in conference against UNC, UVA and Syracuse, then I'll get concerned. There is absolutely NO college team that would beat an NBA team. The only team I ever saw that would come close was UNLV and even they wouldn't have done it. Losing at epic clips to other NBA teams is NOT a barometer for how a really good college team would fair.

The Dream Team got ran out of the gym by some college all-stars during a practice. Daly was't subbing guys in and some say he threw the game on purpose to teach them how to lose, but point being...unlike the NFL where the physicality and speed of the game plays a major factor, there isn't as big a difference, if any in some cases, when you compare NCAA to NBA players (esp in today's game where nobody plays any defense). I don't believe that it is impossible if you assemble the right group of guys. The NFL vs NCAAF would be impossible in any scenario lol, no matter how bad the Browns suck.

NO, they wouldn't. They would go 0-82 unless one of the NBA teams decided to start a G-League roster instead.

So, why didn't they send the college team to the Olympics?

Practice? PRACTICE?

You mean when a collection of talent that has never played together before comes together and tries to figure out how they are going to run? That's what you want to go with? Do you really watch pro basketball or do you just imagine completely inane scenarios in your head to score internet points? This is the umtlimate overreaction to a team that comes out on fire vs a team that hasn't yet found itself. Its like saying, the McDonald's All American team could have beat Villanova last year. It completely does away with any idea of "team" and tries to substitute projected talent and believes it will work.

Good Lord, why do you always have to be so wrong? ROFL

So 8-74 is probably too amitious - but if they play the way they did last night they could win a few games. Williamson, Barrett and Reddish all might be the second best player on a quite a few bad nba teams - so the mere fact they have 3 of them - its possible they could beat a team if they had an off night.

If you took a team of Doncic, Young, Ayton, and Bagley and put some random role players on it. They could do it too. Would they be the worst team? Absolutely. But they could get a few wins.

https://offthedribble.blogs.nytimes....-very-bad-day/

Yeap.

lost by eight in a scrimmage the coach threw...

"ran out of the gym."

Point is...it's not impossible.

It wouldn't be a 77-0 tecmo bowl blowout like it would be in a NCAAF vs Cleveland Browns

NBA team could have a bad shooting night and NCAA could be going 2018 'Nova from the 3 pt line.

I don't think there's any scenario where something of the equivalent could happen in football.

Agreed.

This was being said of 2015 Kentucky after a few games. They lost in the Final Four

Was it the white as shit Wisconsin team that year?

If those exact scenarios happened the NBA team would still win by 30-40 points

They'd get blown out in every game they played.

Based on what evidence? Beating a bunch of guys right out of high school last night who have had virtually no coaching or practice time? And it's not like we're not talking about the second coming of LeBron James with any of those Duke guys either.

The NCAA level is a joke in comparison to the NBA and anybody who watches both levels somewhat regularly should be able to recognize that.

I've actually watched both the Mavericks and the Cavs (arguably the worst teams in the NBA in 2018-2019) in person this year and both have enough very solid pros who would absolutely kick the shit out of a bunch of college players.

It was dumb then too.

I don’t know - could Ronda Rousey beat up Floyd Mayweather?

Now that was a good thread here. That may still take the cake for most absurd sports claim on this website.

How do you win by 30-40 when your shots aren't falling and your opponent is hitting all their threes?

Now that takes some God-like talent.

Better than 120 lb Bruce Lee kicking Tysons ass?

I’ve shared this before, but I remember getting into a massive argument with a dude about how he was positive the UCONN womens bball team back in the day, could beat some of the worst D-I mens bball teams. It was a laughable point, those girls would get absolutely destroyed and it wouldn’t even be close.

ANY of the good boys high school teams would destroy them. Too big of a size, strength, and athleticism difference. It wouldn’t even be close.

No, they would not.

Absolutely agree with all of this.

I hate when people say “well Duke has 7 (or whatever number) NBA players.”

Uhhh...the worst NBA team has 15 NBA players. All sorts of star college players become role players or worse in the NBA. Only the exceptional talents (maybe 2-3 per draft) become stars. Some drafts have even fewer than that.

The worst NBA teams are basically college/international All Star teams with years of development under the best training and coaching that the world has to offer. Additionally, they are full time players. This is their career.

My thoughts exactly!

glad to see everyone coming around to my 2018 opinion of Vick. There is no reason for him to be starting with the talent we have this year.

because they wouldnt need to hit shots when they can get easy layups and dunks

But he will save our ass 1 or 3 conference games this year. Seems to happen with guys that take the brunt of the fans jeering.

Vick has always been bad. It's not a new Revelation.

So why is Self starting him when we have all that talent on the bench? Self should let the talented players riding the pine get a lot more minutes in our "tomato can" part of our schedule. See who deserves to start based on performance in live games.

For the same reason he has started someone that shouldn't be starting every year for the past 15 or so years.... he generally values experience over talent at the beginning of the year.

Besides. It’s NCAA investigation time for KU.

Who would you start ahead of him?

That's why I was kind of surprised when Dotson was starting over Moore in that first game.

But it became clear pretty quickly that Dotson is way better.

If Grimes is going to shoot like that - you dont need his 3 pt shooting - but I think you'll find that was quite an anamoly.

Also, they would be shooting wide open 3’s. Pros won’t miss those forever.

A college team’s defense wouldn’t be able to defend against the passing, driving, and decision making of an NBA squad.

Hey wait a minute, I’ve been pointing out how bad Vick is for years and actually contested your claim that he would be drafted in the first round last year. LMAO

You won me over.

KU getting ready to lay the wood to the Vermont Catamounts. Time to get that #1 ranking back. Dedric should be able to dominate these guys without elite athletes :)

This shit is hard to watch

Early season games are brutal.

Uzibookie needs to dunknit or pass it. Dude can’t ahoot for shit.

Only wood being laid is Vermont laying in on KU.

Nice to see franchilla in mid-season form!

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Is he hating again? Lost my internet connection, just came back.

Not so much hating, but rooting for vermont whenever he can.

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Took us talking crap all over Vick for him to look good, keep talking smack and maybe he'll be decent.

So much for CP hating on Vick.

Nobody talking shit on Vick tonight?

We need to keep it up, I did say he always starts out the year hot then sucks in March.

Dude. Vick.

27 pts, 7-7 from three. Yeah, he's probably decent.

Mad Decent!

Senior year is when the unfocused start focusing. And working harder.

Whatever it is i'll take more of that, much more. :)

KCC will be along shortly.

for? :D

Defense! We need to learn how to play it.

Vick

He hasn’t been owned this badly by one of his own players since Jose Bautista threw to the wrong base three years ago.