So the Kansas basketball season began last week with an unimpressive win over UC-Santa Barbara. Let's be honest here, they won 21 games and returns four starters; they looked good and Kansas looked subpar. With that in mind, I am more excited for tonight's game against the D-League Kentucky team. They are going to be without a doubt the toughest competition Kansas faces this year and are picked to win the National Championship after only playing two games.
What I would like to see:
1. Perry Ellis extend the defense and maybe play a little hybrid 3/4 spot like Dirk.
2. Limited turnovers from Frank Mason and Devonte Graham. Need a better asset to turnover ratio than what we had in the first game.
3. Aggressive rebounding from Jamari, Cliff, Hunter and Perry. They have Cauley-Stein who is a seven footer who has only gotten better with his three years with Kentucky. He is a machine and our smaller boys need to be aggressive.
4. Svi start hitting his shots. He is supposed to be the best shooter on the team, we are yet to see that. Beautiful stroke but nothing seems to fall for him. He needs to get into a rhythm and maybe calm down a bit.
What I expect to see:
1. Perry Ellis taking more shots and getting to the line a lot more. He has to stop being so soft and trying to finesse his points. Drive to the hoop man get on the block and use your turn-around jumper.
2. Jamari Traylor to start. He is the most aggressive on the team and Bill would want to make sure Cauley-Stein and the rest of their big men can't get into a rhythm.
3. Turnovers to be plentiful. Although Mason played quite a bit of minutes last year, he is still young and inexperienced. He and Devonte are inevitably turn the ball over with Calipari's great defensive schemes. Frank and Devonte need to make sure that if they turnover the ball, they cause one on the defensive end too.
4. A high scoring game. This is going to be a shoot out, hopefully. Kansas can score as long as they hold on to their posessions. Kentucky is going to score no matter what. This is going to have highlight reel all over it tonight.
Let me know what you would like to see and expectations for the game and I will be at Black Sheep Lodge in Austin cheering on our boys and of course hoping Duke loses somehow without Michigane State winning!
ROCK CHALK!
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