Just now, gchs_uk9 said:

I know he got the last one on the inbound pass that sealed the win. I'll be honest, I didn't think you could get an assist on an inbound pass. I have no problem with it, and you should get an assist, but I genuinely thought for some reason it didn't count. Am I alone here?!

My Dad kept stats when I was a kid and he always said no.  I never thought that made sense.

I'm really kicking myself in the behind for not picking K State to go to the Final Four. I remember watching their game against Kansas at the Rock Chalk and they dominated. I thought to myself that night, they were built for the tournament. I had them in Elite 8 losing to Purdue. 

44 minutes ago, Randy Parker said:

My Dad kept stats when I was a kid and he always said no.  I never thought that made sense.

I bet he wore himself out keeping up with your dazzling offensive statistics. 

10 minutes ago, mcpapa said:

I bet he wore himself out keeping up with your dazzling offensive statistics. 

Something like that. LOL 

11 hours ago, Randy Parker said:

Really fun one to watch.  Perimeter defense was atrocious, but still really fun to watch.

If you didn't enjoy that game you are not a basketball fan. Told my wife that was a heavyweight fight lol. Nowell's great performance out shadowed Massoud's daggers. Wow.

11 hours ago, Randy Parker said:

He gets after it, for sure.  Almost impossible to guard on those screens. 

The guy throws some unbelievable passes!

11 hours ago, futurecoach said:

I’m trying to figure out how a great coach like Tom Izzo, who is known for being a great X and O coach. Could allow a player from the other team to control the game like that. To allow a player to have 20 points and 19 assists is just bad coaching when it should have been common sense on how to slow him down. I mean all they had to do was force the ball out of his hands and they could have stopped them. Instead they allowed one player to literally contribute to over 60 points by himself. Kansas State had 82 points at the end of the regulation because of him.

 

It’s almost like he is just so good, it didn’t really matter what a coach did or didn’t do. 

Uh, I think your last sentence wraps it all up in a nutshell lol. He's the real deal. I really enjoy watching him play.

10 hours ago, mcpapa said:

Hopefully I won’t have to moderate another eleventy billion-post hard hedging thread again.

 I don’t have the stamina. 

I wouldn't hedge on that. Maybe recommend boxwoods, rose bushes, or decorative grass lol.

11 hours ago, futurecoach said:

I’m trying to figure out how a great coach like Tom Izzo, who is known for being a great X and O coach. Could allow a player from the other team to control the game like that. To allow a player to have 20 points and 19 assists is just bad coaching when it should have been common sense on how to slow him down. I mean all they had to do was force the ball out of his hands and they could have stopped them. Instead they allowed one player to literally contribute to over 60 points by himself. Kansas State had 82 points at the end of the regulation because of him.

 

It’s almost like he is just so good, it didn’t really matter what a coach did or didn’t do. 

Maybe if Izzo was paid more, he could have figured it out. ? 

10 hours ago, Kentucky Windage said:

I'm really kicking myself in the behind for not picking K State to go to the Final Four. I remember watching their game against Kansas at the Rock Chalk and they dominated. I thought to myself that night, they were built for the tournament. I had them in Elite 8 losing to Purdue. 

I bet them on 2/8/23 to make the Final Four, but I parlayed it with the Suns to win the Western Conference Finals. I thoroughly enjoy watching them and hated seeing them slotted against Uk in the Opening Weekend.

Had them on the ML last night too solo. But also had Arkansas and the points haha!

3 hours ago, 9068 said:

Uh, I think your last sentence wraps it all up in a nutshell lol. He's the real deal. I really enjoy watching him play.

Absolutely! It was a shot to the ridiculous comments after the UK game. When people acted like a good coach would have found a way to stop him, a good coach wouldn’t allow one player to dictate things. Since UK couldn’t stop him, it was all Cal’s fault and a good coach wouldn’t have allowed that to happen. So if that is the case Tom Izzo must not know what he is doing as a coach either lol. 

3 hours ago, Jumper_Dad said:

Maybe if Izzo was paid more, he could have figured it out. ? 

Absolutely! Money talks! If he was paid more he probably would have done more film study and would have came up with the best hedge defense of all time, or possibly would have created a new defense that was never seen before. 

13 minutes ago, futurecoach said:

Absolutely! Money talks! If he was paid more he probably would have done more film study and would have came up with the best hedge defense of all time, or possibly would have created a new defense that was never seen before. 

It's Cals fault, I think he turned Izzo on to Little House on the Prairie!

39 minutes ago, futurecoach said:

Absolutely! It was a shot to the ridiculous comments after the UK game. When people acted like a good coach would have found a way to stop him, a good coach wouldn’t allow one player to dictate things. Since UK couldn’t stop him, it was all Cal’s fault and a good coach wouldn’t have allowed that to happen. So if that is the case Tom Izzo must not know what he is doing as a coach either lol. 

 

21 minutes ago, okie1 said:

It's Cals fault, I think he turned Izzo on to Little House on the Prairie!

We all know the answer here. Izzo obviously called Cal for a scouting report on K St and did everything Cal told him to do.

Sometimes whatever you do as a coach..... Calipari, Izzo, Pitino, Auerbach, Wooden.......it just isn't enough. KState has played exceptionally lately but it's tough to sustain. I would imagine the point guard (Nowell or Norwell ??) is becoming best friends with the training staff today.