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Mr. Krab · 03-23-2009, 08:58 AM

JASON WHITLOCK COMMENTARY

KU ready to beat Michigan State? I don’t think so

MINNEAPOLIS | It would be a shame if Kansas basketball players and their relatively small contingent of traveling fans left the Metrodome believing the Jayhawks proved this weekend they’re ready for a rematch against Michigan State.

“Sadly mistaken” doesn’t do justice to how little the Hawks demonstrated in advancing to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet Sixteen with victories over North Dakota State and Dayton.

We already established that Friday’s 10-point victory over the Bison was a product of a ridiculous strategic error by North Dakota State coach Saul Phillips.

Sunday’s 60-43 laugher over the Dayton Flyers simply confirmed what I’ve always believed about the unfairness of the Big Dance. Thanks to a flawed seeding process and a horrendous, first-round performance by Bob Huggins’ West Virginia Mountaineers, the third-seeded Jayhawks were blessed with the privilege of playing the most unskilled team left in the tournament.

Honestly, I played on and coached better-shooting intramural teams in college than the 2008-09 Dayton Flyers.

Dayton, the runner-up in the Atlantic 10, might be on par with Colorado, the last-place team in the Big 12. Yes, in November Dayton beat Auburn and Marquette on back-to-back nights. November is college basketball’s exhibition season. The results shouldn’t count.

I’ve never seen anything as pathetic as Dayton’s offense. On Saturday, I spent much of the afternoon wondering how Chris Wright, a big-time recruit, landed at Dayton. Sunday he provided an answer. He can’t finish at the rim, in the paint or on the perimeter. He’s Kansas State’s Dominique Sutton without the defensive intensity.

Wright is so raw that a vegan would put him in the microwave.
The Flyers shot 22 percent from the field.

Yeah, you can delude yourself into thinking Kansas played amazing defense. Not true. The Flyers hurled themselves into the lane and threw up shots into the outstretched arms of Cole Aldrich, who recorded what is believed to be the third triple-double in Kansas history.

Young McHale scored 13 points, snagged 20 rebounds and rejected 10 shots. I love Young McHale. If he stays in college four years, he’ll likely be one of the 10 best players in Kansas history and have a chance to be a Young Bill Walton, the last great white NBA center.

After offering that bit of context, let me say emphatically that Aldrich’s triple-double on Sunday was the least impressive I’ve had the pleasure to witness. The Flyers missed so many damn shots that $weet Lew Perkins was credited with five boards. Every time Wright sailed into the lane he gently placed the ball in Aldrich’s hands. Some of Aldrich’s blocks should have been scored as steals.

The truth is Kansas played poorly on Sunday. Oh, the Cole and Collins Show performed to rave reviews. Sherron Collins knocked down 11 of 19 shots, scored 25 points, snatched seven rebounds and avoided a turnover. Mario Little turned in an efficient 16 minutes, hitting three of four shots and hauling in six boards.

The rest of the Hawks were worthless.

Brady Morningstar and Tyrel Reed missed eight of their nine three-point attempts. Tyshawn Taylor was a turnover machine (six). The Morris Twins combined for two points and five rebounds in 31 minutes.

The Jayhawks turned the ball over 17 times, missed half of their 22 free-throw attempts and 13 of 16 three-point shots.

Dayton is the only team that played on Sunday that would have lost to Kansas.

The Cole and Collins Show won’t beat Michigan State on Friday.
The second-seeded Spartans, who spanked Kansas in January, looked like a national-title threat on Sunday in their close victory over a highly skilled Southern California squad. Michigan State looks better when it plays outside the Big Ten — all the Big Ten teams do. The style of play in the conference is so physical that the teams beat each other up and look bad doing it.

Against USC, an unfamiliar opponent, the Spartans appeared athletic, smooth and tough. They looked a lot better than Kansas.
So did the Missouri Tigers, who slipped past Marquette in the West Regional.

Are you getting the picture?

Good teams were tested this weekend and passed those tests. The Jayhawks have yet to be pushed.

There’s no reason for the Jayhawks or their fans to get cocky. There’s no reason to believe the Hawks can beat Michigan State.

Reerun_KC · 03-23-2009, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by petegz28

Dude, this is college. This is not the same KU team as last year, not even close.

Yep and this team is going deep in the tourney as young as they are, regardless of play...

Now if they were upperclassman loaded like MU is, anything other than a FF would be a failure...

Frazod · 03-23-2009, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Metrolike

That wasn't the point, dumbass. I was trying to show him what it would feel like, since he obviously has no idea.

Just like you have no idea what it must be like to live in a state that actually rates professional sports teams.

You might as well root for the Broncos and the Rockies.

Pants · 03-23-2009, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frazod

Just like you have no idea what it must be like to live in a state that actually rates professional sports teams.

You might as well root for the Broncos and the Rockies.

I live in the greater Kansas City (Kansas City Chiefs). You live in Chicago, why don't go cheer for the Bears, dumbass. What kind of fan cheers for the Cardinals and the Chiefs, pick a city and stick with it. You're a less knowledgeable CoMoChief of professional sports, grats.

blaise · 03-23-2009, 01:28 PM

KU fans do rate pretty high on the crybaby list nationwide. Ohio State, Texas, KU are all right up there.

**Buehler445** · 03-23-2009, 01:32 PM

Dude ebery team has crybaby fans. Even misery.
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blaise · 03-23-2009, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

Dude ebery team has crybaby fans. Even misery.
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I know. College fans of any school are generally way too reactionary and defensive. I'm just saying, from personal experience living in various parts of the country, KU fans are up near the top. I didn't go to a Big 12 school, I'm not from here. I really don't have anything against KU. I'm just telling you what it seems like to me. Texas fans were/are probably worse though.

**HemiEd** · 03-23-2009, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by whitlock

Bill Walton, the last great white NBA center.

racist

Sully · 03-23-2009, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by blaise

KU fans do rate pretty high on the crybaby list nationwide. Ohio State, Texas, KU are all right up there.

St Louis Blues fans...

...far and away the worst ever.

Frazod · 03-23-2009, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Metrolike

I live in the greater Kansas City (Kansas City Chiefs). You live in Chicago, why don't go cheer for the Bears, dumbass. What kind of fan cheers for the Cardinals and the Chiefs, pick a city and stick with it. You're a less knowledgeable CoMoChief of professional sports, grats.

Pick a city? At least Missouri has cities. Who gives a shit where I live now. I grew up in Missouri, a state with five professional sports teams. How many professional sports teams do you have in Kansas, ****tard? Perhaps you should find a NASCAR board to infest, that's definitely more your speed.

And I guess if I was from Kansas, I would adopt Chicago teams, since I had none of my own previously.

Pants · 03-23-2009, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frazod

Pick a city? At least Missouri has cities. Who gives a shit where I live now. I grew up in Missouri, a state with five professional sports teams. How many professional sports teams do you have in Kansas, ****tard? Perhaps you should find a NASCAR board to infest, that's definitely more your speed.

Too bad it's not the Missouri Chiefs, Missouri Royals, Missouri Cardinals or Missouri anything else, they're based on cities, dumb****. If you want to go by states you look at schools, you know like Kansas Jayhawks or Missouri Tigers... You fail.

Oh and Missouri has only 2 cities AND THOSE ARE SHARED with other states. So in fact, there really aren't any Missouri cities worth mentioning.

ArrowheadHawk · 03-23-2009, 01:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frazod

Pick a city? At least Missouri has cities. Who gives a shit where I live now. I grew up in Missouri, a state with five professional sports teams. How many professional sports teams do you have in Kansas, ****tard? Perhaps you should find a NASCAR board to infest, that's definitely more your speed.

And I guess if I was from Kansas, I would adopt Chicago teams, since I had none of my own previously.

Time and again you prove me right.

Brock · 03-23-2009, 01:52 PM

You'd think a state with all that super duper stuff would be able to do better than just be competitive with little old Kansas. They must run their universities the way they do their cities.

**petegz28** · 03-23-2009, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reetard_KC

Yep and this team is going deep in the tourney as young as they are, regardless of play...

Now if they were upperclassman loaded like MU is, anything other than a FF would be a failure...

So now you are comparing KU's recruits to MU's? GTFO

Frazod · 03-23-2009, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Metrolike

Too bad it's not the Missouri Chiefs, Missouri Royals, Missouri Cardinals or Missouri anything else, they're based on cities, dumb****. If you want to go by states you look at schools, you know like Kansas Jayhawks or Missouri Tigers... You fail.

Oh and Missouri has only 2 cities AND THOSE ARE SHARED with other states. So in fact, there really aren't any Missouri cities worth mentioning.

But see, you're wrong. All of these teams ARE MISSOURI TEAMS. Unless somebody relocated Arrowhead across the border and it didn't make the news, that is a 100% undeniable fact.

I understand you're butthurt. I understand your eternal inferiority complex, and how it's made you such a vile, raving douche. It is certainly well deserved.

Frazod · 03-23-2009, 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArrowheadHawk

Time and again you prove me right.

Well, I've always said that you're a douchy little troll, and if you agree, then yes, you are definitely right.

03-23-2009, 08:58 AM
Mr. Krab Big Red Nuts Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kansas City Casino cash: $10004900	Whitlock: KU sucks JASON WHITLOCK COMMENTARY KU ready to beat Michigan State? I don’t think so MINNEAPOLIS \| It would be a shame if Kansas basketball players and their relatively small contingent of traveling fans left the Metrodome believing the Jayhawks proved this weekend they’re ready for a rematch against Michigan State. “Sadly mistaken” doesn’t do justice to how little the Hawks demonstrated in advancing to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet Sixteen with victories over North Dakota State and Dayton. We already established that Friday’s 10-point victory over the Bison was a product of a ridiculous strategic error by North Dakota State coach Saul Phillips. Sunday’s 60-43 laugher over the Dayton Flyers simply confirmed what I’ve always believed about the unfairness of the Big Dance. Thanks to a flawed seeding process and a horrendous, first-round performance by Bob Huggins’ West Virginia Mountaineers, the third-seeded Jayhawks were blessed with the privilege of playing the most unskilled team left in the tournament. Honestly, I played on and coached better-shooting intramural teams in college than the 2008-09 Dayton Flyers. Dayton, the runner-up in the Atlantic 10, might be on par with Colorado, the last-place team in the Big 12. Yes, in November Dayton beat Auburn and Marquette on back-to-back nights. November is college basketball’s exhibition season. The results shouldn’t count. I’ve never seen anything as pathetic as Dayton’s offense. On Saturday, I spent much of the afternoon wondering how Chris Wright, a big-time recruit, landed at Dayton. Sunday he provided an answer. He can’t finish at the rim, in the paint or on the perimeter. He’s Kansas State’s Dominique Sutton without the defensive intensity. Wright is so raw that a vegan would put him in the microwave. The Flyers shot 22 percent from the field. Yeah, you can delude yourself into thinking Kansas played amazing defense. Not true. The Flyers hurled themselves into the lane and threw up shots into the outstretched arms of Cole Aldrich, who recorded what is believed to be the third triple-double in Kansas history. Young McHale scored 13 points, snagged 20 rebounds and rejected 10 shots. I love Young McHale. If he stays in college four years, he’ll likely be one of the 10 best players in Kansas history and have a chance to be a Young Bill Walton, the last great white NBA center. After offering that bit of context, let me say emphatically that Aldrich’s triple-double on Sunday was the least impressive I’ve had the pleasure to witness. The Flyers missed so many damn shots that $weet Lew Perkins was credited with five boards. Every time Wright sailed into the lane he gently placed the ball in Aldrich’s hands. Some of Aldrich’s blocks should have been scored as steals. The truth is Kansas played poorly on Sunday. Oh, the Cole and Collins Show performed to rave reviews. Sherron Collins knocked down 11 of 19 shots, scored 25 points, snatched seven rebounds and avoided a turnover. Mario Little turned in an efficient 16 minutes, hitting three of four shots and hauling in six boards. The rest of the Hawks were worthless. Brady Morningstar and Tyrel Reed missed eight of their nine three-point attempts. Tyshawn Taylor was a turnover machine (six). The Morris Twins combined for two points and five rebounds in 31 minutes. The Jayhawks turned the ball over 17 times, missed half of their 22 free-throw attempts and 13 of 16 three-point shots. Dayton is the only team that played on Sunday that would have lost to Kansas. The Cole and Collins Show won’t beat Michigan State on Friday. The second-seeded Spartans, who spanked Kansas in January, looked like a national-title threat on Sunday in their close victory over a highly skilled Southern California squad. Michigan State looks better when it plays outside the Big Ten — all the Big Ten teams do. The style of play in the conference is so physical that the teams beat each other up and look bad doing it. Against USC, an unfamiliar opponent, the Spartans appeared athletic, smooth and tough. They looked a lot better than Kansas. So did the Missouri Tigers, who slipped past Marquette in the West Regional. Are you getting the picture? Good teams were tested this weekend and passed those tests. The Jayhawks have yet to be pushed. There’s no reason for the Jayhawks or their fans to get cocky. There’s no reason to believe the Hawks can beat Michigan State.
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