If we had not switched to the Zone last night Frank Martin and Delonte Hill would have had to suit up to finish the game for us. Hard to believe that we would have gotten beat worse than we did had we stayed in Man to Man, but I have no doubts we would have. Kelly and Samuels would have been better off not checking into the game to save them the walk back to the bench after fouling out with the way the refs were calling it last night.
As for Clemente, I am not a big fan of his playing style sometimes, but he was one of if not the best player we had out there last night. He was making things happen and while he runs around out of control sometimes, most of the time it's due to the fact that no one else is moving at ALL! I wish Clemente played better defense, but either way, he will be missed next year. You could say Pullen was our best player out there but he had some key moments where he gave the momentum right back to ku. The pass he threw to Denis, I mean Collins, after Judge made a nice block on the back board absolutely killed us. Turned a nice defensive stop and chance to gain momentum into a Clemente foul, nearly Intentional, and the start of another ku run. Then the shot clock violation and letting Aldrich play "hey, you throw it up and I'll block your shot into the stands" were typical.
Why Colon was out there so much, I have no idea. I would have benched him after he gave up the ball in the high post in back to back offensive series to start the game. He looked like a turtle out there. Where was Jordan at? He had played great in the past few games and looked to be coming around only to get the Wally Judge and Rodney McGruder treatment? Made no sense to me. Was nice to see Judge and Rodney get the chance to show up last night. They were the bright spots in a forgettable and frustrating game. Glad now that it wasn't on national TV like we all were hoping and wondering why it wasn't.
