The Jayhawks played really well tonight! One pick six and and win! If you didn't guess already, I am talking about in football. That's right, the only Jayhawks playing a sport tonight that did anything worthwhile were the Jayhawks on the Denver Broncos. Props to Aqib Talib for a pick six, Chris Harris Jr. and Steven Johnson for picking up a win and being on a championship caliber team. I wish I could say the same about the Jayhawks basketball squad.
Let me throw some numbers at you; 17 and 18, 32 and finally 0.71. You guessed! 17 turnovers to 18 total field goals made! 32% shooting from the field! 0.71 assist to turnover ratio for Selden and Mason combined! That should give the whole story. Couldn't score, turned the ball over just as many field goals made and finally our two "point" guards having a terrible assist to turnover ratio.
Let me throw out another number; 32. What is the number you ask? Too high of an average minutes played for Wayne Selden. He is quick sand, no matter how much he tries to climb out he gets deeper and deeper into trouble. He doesn't help the team, he makes it worse. Selden takes time away from someone who may actually try to win games and can score.
Let's keep playing this game…14. That's the average amount of time a game that we are at a defensive struggle because Brannen Greene is on the floor. The man is a defensive liability. He gets burned on the first step by anyone who can dribble the ball to the goal. My one year old nephew could beat Brannen Greene off the dribble! The man should play when we need a last three point shot to win the game, that is all.
What Mr. Self should do: Sit them all!!! When the Jayhawks were down 22 points with nine minutes left in the game, sit them and put the walk-ons on the court. Not because we want to save whatever inability we have to score to rollover to the next game but because these children need to be taught that lack of scoring and turnovers doesn't warrant playing time, it warrants sitting on your a$$ at the end of the bench, time! These children think they can walk onto the court and blow anybody out! FALSE! You're KANSAS…everyone wants to beat the $h1t out of you!
One more number…212. That is where KU ranks in field goal shooting percentage this year. There are 351 NCAA basketball teams in the country today, we are only better than 60% of them. You do the math.
The only good about this team is that they will all be returning next year, including Cliff Alexander.
