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Originally Posted by KC_Connection
Started watching the 2nd half/OT of this game after Self mentioned it in his presser as probably the only comeback win that surpassed this West Virginia game for him.
A few takeaways:
-I miss Tyshawn, A true gutsy winner. The guy just found a way to make the right play in the big moments.
-TRob's greatest attribute as a player might be just how hard he played. So much energy.
-Connor Teahan certainly picked the right time to have the game of his life.
-Releford and EJ were tremendous role players (Selden in particular should watch tape of Releford...he has the natural talent/size/skill set to be better than him in every area, but isn't at all yet).
-Marcus Denmon is cold-blooded (I have no idea how he held his nerve and made so many big shots under that pressure in that situation...ridiculous level of respect for that guy).
-I was too hard on Kevin Young in retrospect. He'd probably be starting for us right now and be a better rebounder/defender than any big we've had all season (we were just privileged to have a run of elite bigs including Aldrich, the Morrises, TRob, Withey so it was hard for him to measure up to that standard).
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Agree on all counts. I was pretty frustrated with Taylor his junior year, but even when he was having turnover problems early in his senior year, it was easy to see that the boat didn't float without him. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, him and TRob drug a team that started Conner Teahan to the national freaking championship. Dude was great.
Releford was one of my favorite jayhawk players. I was really disappointed he redshirted. I wanted him to play instead of Brady Morningstar. I had no idea he would come out of his redshirt year as the best defender in the country. My God I loved watching that kid defend.
Kevin Young was a decent player. Early on my wife and I (her moreso than me) would scream at the TV when they'd give him the ball because he'd have his head up his ass, but as he got comfortable in the uniform, he became very good. Really, there's no reason Traylor (this year's energy guy) shouldn't be making all of those plays in addition to the crazy dunk type plays he made last night. Traylor has so much more to work with than Young, it's not even funny.
That game is probably my favorite regular season game. Man, it was fun to watch. Probably took 5 years off my life, but still.