[BWillie]

Originally Posted by RaidersOftheCellar

Underperformed every year? In his first year at Michigan, they were #25 in preseason, won the B10 and went to the Elite 8. His second year, he carried them to the Sweet 16 as an 11 seed. In his third year, they sucked because they didn't have a PG.

Last year's KU team underperformed because they lost their two best guards (McCullar and Morris) and were overrated by the media.

You've been shown that Dickinson's actually much better defensively than most think, and he's the #3 player in the nation according to Kenpom. He's obviously a skilled scorer who excels at passing and rebounding. Yet, in your world, he's the source of every problem, and Self's an absolute moron for going to such lengths to land him.

If you actually think the team would be better if they benched Dickinson, you're hopeless. Bidunga's a foul machine who makes a lot of freshman mistakes and produces little aside from dunking a few lobs and the occasional block. They'd have to hold teams to 50 ppg to win.

We already know what happens when Dickinson sits out. It's not pretty. Check out the Cincinnati game in the Big 12 tourney last year for a refresher. 20-point loss to a team that was 7-11 in conference, and it wasn't that close. One of the few times I've truly been embarrassed by a KU team's performance. They legit looked like a D2 team that day.

Instead of your ridiculous hypothetical, ask yourself what the team would look like if you replaced Harris and KJ with great scorers, freeing him from being double/triple teamed.

Aside from it being a really bad take, you're also implying that you understand basketball better than Bill Self. Just sad.

Outside of his first year at Michigan...where he only got 20 to 21 mpg I believe Hunters teams have failed to live up to expectations. Yes. When he was the key cog every orher year things did not go as well as expected.