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Originally Posted by Buehler445
Thank God he did. If he'd just turn it on for half the possessions KU would rape.
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His last few minutes were both very impressive and aggravating to watch at the same time. We all know he has hops, but I'm pretty sure I've never seen him jump as high as he did for that one rebound. The fact that he is a worse rebounder than Mason and Graham is inexcuseable at this point of his career.
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I'm glad Landen is moving well and playing aggressively now. Why he hasn't with his size to this point in his career boggles the mind. He obviously wants to win, he just refused to be aggressive for 3 ****ing years. I don't get it.
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Landen has become one of the team's most important players. They are significantly better with him on the court than without him. It's been a pretty remarkable shift for a guy that I despised watching a little over a month ago. Other than Frank's resurgence over the last month to his November/December form (so much for the bogus narrative that he couldn't play well in the B12, eh), Landen's emergence is perhaps the biggest reason this team is on the way to winning #12 with another #1 seed.
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You have to give Perry credit. They obviously ran a bunch of plays to get their guards to drive right into him and he shut them down every time, several times playing on the ball defense against a guard without help for long distances and plenty of time for the guards to break him down. That is really, REALLY difficult for a guy his size and lack of experience doing so. That was really impressive.
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I don't disagree. But he had two rebounds in 36 minutes against a team that missed 39 shots. I have no idea how he managed to do that, but that's incredible. It can't be ignored just how much he was pushed around by their bigs tonight.