this true, but Deputy Dawg use to be about the run and gun, full court game.

is he still?

Whew, survive and advance. UNC never should have never let Villanova back in the game, and Kansas should have separated from WKU in the first 10 minutes of the 2nd half when WKU had only hit like 2 FGs in the half.

Kansas should play loose Sunday, and hopefully McLemore can find his game. If Kansas wins, hopefully Michigan will, too, or Self comes up with some magical gameplan... because VCU is scary, and those 74 turnovers tonight didn't change my mind.

They didn't overlook WKU, they are just really undisciplined and are weak on offense.


If UNC can press the ball and double Withey then our offense turns to shit.

UNC is not a good basketball team. Michigan is a ridiculously tough matchup for KU. Withey would be a non-factor and KU would have to win w/ guard play (offense and defense). Not impossible, but I don't think that's happening.

Non-factor? Have you seen Withey play?

Yes they are. But thats all they are. They are good, but nothing special. They have three guys who can score in macadoo, Bullock, and Hairston, and thats it.

If hairston gets hot he could take over the game.......I have no idea how they are going to stop whithey though. We have NO one.....

@ESPNStatsInfo: Kansas is the 1st team to win an NCAA Tourney gm without making a single 3-pointer since Arizona vs Ole Miss in 2001 #fb

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Self: KU made one shot outside of two feet, and that was from its 7-foot center. #kubball

I'd rather play the traditional Power 6 school than a gimicky little squad of jerk and squirt scrappers.

They definitely lacked focus... WKU looked like Kansas on a couple of in bound plays in the first half, and they scored on a layup right after Kansas took the lead (IIRC) where all of Kansas' defenders might as well have gone to the locker room, because they sure as hell weren't anywhere near the paint. I think Self ripped them a new one at halftime, because even though WKU missed some easy shots in the 2nd, they weren't getting nearly as many of them.

Offensively... yeah, a team like VCU scares me. PG play is one thing, but throw in McLemore's turnovers, and they obviously need to get better at dealing with that kind of pressure. KU missed a lot of easy shots early, and I was pretty surprised they didn't put it away early in the 2nd half.

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I think KU can handle Carolina just fine. Now you are right that Miami deserved a #1 seed over KU. Their supposed bad loss just knocked off Georgetown. Im sure Georgetown would have rather played KUs bad loss TCU.

Who knows, maybe UNC will be too arrogant/stubborn to think they need to adapt their schemes and we will roll them.

Yes. I've also seen a lot of Michigan games. They don't score a lot of points in the paint. They hit the shots that W. Kentucky was clanking tonight though. Michigan has the best backcourt in the nation. So Withey is not going to be a factor on defense. And I don't trust McLemore/Elijah. Do you? Sure they could come out and play out of their minds, but the odds are against that. KU matches up horribly against Michigan.

Michigan should probably worry about dealing with VCU first.

Agreed. But a team that rarely turns the ball over has little to worry about. They'll be fine.