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 :buh-bye:
oh, so we can move on now from Marcus Foster, great
Is there something else we should do.  Maybe you should blame Foster for KSU getting to the elite 8 this year.  After all, beating Creighton must have really screwed your expectations. 

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Lots of good things on the recruiting front right now.  Moyer to be in this week end for a visit.  Either Stewart or Tarke would be great transfers to pick up. 

We won't win all of these battles and maybe even lose all of them but it is great to be in competition for guys like this that are not 5 star talent but players who will be here for more than one year and all have great potential. 

And if we strike out on these transferrs there is still a lot of good targets for the fall signing period that the staff is working on.  Weber has Frazier, Lowrey and Korn and all have some experience now and seem to connect well with recruits.   

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It's hilarious that anyone thinks Ku is going to not win the conference. I don't know why you guys do this to yourselves every year.

We also won the conference six years ago and with a team none of us considered to have a chance before the season started.

True, and if memory serves I believe a 16 seed beat a 1 seed in the tournament this year. So yeah given a long enough time span these sorts of things are bound to happen from time to time but I wouldn't pin my hopes on it
  Look at it this way.  I'll pin my hopes on it and be excited about our chances every day til we are mathmatically out of the race.  Its a fun way to go about being a Cat fan. 

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It's hilarious that anyone thinks Ku is going to not win the conference. I don't know why you guys do this to yourselves every year.

We also won the conference six years ago and with a team none of us considered to have a chance before the season started. 

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 :combofan:
Angel Rodríguez was the best DC assault guy we got IMO.  Close second was Curtis Kelly.

Lots of positive news on recruits.  Number one juco rebounder Austin Trice in for a visit this week. Offer out to 6 ft 8 transfer Moyer and visit set up with him also.

Lots of activity on 4 star players for 2019. 

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Not melting down
« on: April 01, 2018, 10:55:52 AM »
I thought he pinned it on his hip but when I looked at it with a full screen I changed my mind.  Not even sure it touched his hip.
Play broke down because Wainright could not contain Custer on the dribble.  Wainright has gottten better at this as the year has gone on but he is still a defensive liability because of his inability to contain guys off the dribble.  Needs to improve this area of his game in the off season. 

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Not melting down
« on: March 29, 2018, 05:54:55 PM »
It appears to me that the only game Loyola lost this year where both Custer and Richardson played was by 2 pts at Bradley.  Both are not listed in the box score for their first two losses and Richardson not listed for their third loss.  Bradley was their fourth and final loss of the year.

Loyola and Michigan will be an interesting game.

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: oscar still sucks
« on: March 26, 2018, 07:48:56 PM »
 :Take the Bait:
Heard someone on the radio comment that Wes Westicles never really focused on his jumpshot until halfway through his senior year.

that's pretty lazy.
The fact is that Iwunda decided to correct his shooting form late his junior year when he could not practice due to a foot injury.  Coaches worked with him to completely change his form by getting his elbow in and underneath the ball. Use multiple training aids tohelp advance this change.  Then he worked on it the entire spring and sumer of 2016.  I think he should have made that change his freshman year and don't know who should be blamed for it although there are lots of so called experts that do not think shooting form can be changed after high school.  It has nothing to do with being lazy. 

The Flush made the same change this summer and shot 38% from three in Big 12 play vs 25% his sophomore year on the same number of shots. 

Buddy Hield made similar changes after his freshman year and additional tweaks every year he was at OU.

Hard work without using the right technique is just hard work with no reward.   

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Makol Mawein
« on: March 26, 2018, 07:56:36 AM »
Utah had a 7 ft player (Poetl) that year who was second team All American and currently playing for Toronto.
 and a 6ft 9 player who averaged 11 and 6 rebounds.
They went to the second round of the tournament that year.

Mawien weighed 20 lbs less than he does now.  Redshirting made sense for Utah if you believe in red shirting basketball players.

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: oscar still sucks
« on: March 25, 2018, 03:34:31 PM »
I don’t think oscar will ever put a team on the floor with a realistic shot at winning the Big 12, or to put a team on the floor with a realistic shot at a deep tournament run. A tournament run could happen with a lot of crazy luck, but it’s not realistic to think that will happen.
I agree.  No chance of winning the Big 12 til next year.  We're the last team in the Big 12 to tie Kansas.  Two pre season all league performers coming back and all other players from an elite 8 squad. 

Weber and all the players plus some additions will be back in spite of whining by those with low bbiq.


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We will challenge KU for a share of the regular season title and fall just short.  Get a 3/4 seed.  Go to S16.  OOD will be back and it will be the most fun any KSU basketball fan has had since 2010.
Those are my expectations. Fell a little short on the regular season this year. Post season was fantastic. Would have loved a FF but I'll take the Elite 8.

Go Cats.
  Good post.  We got beat by a team that hit it's first 10 shots or so.  It happens.  We have everybody back.  Beat teams like TCU who was considered a very good team and now losing a number of seniors.  TT is losing a lot of production in Keenan Evans.  Texas losing the big man.  OSU losing Smith, and two good seniors in Carrol and Soloman.  OU losing Young.  Baylor losing a lot of senior production.  WVU losing two starting guards. 

All these teams will recruit replacements and be good next year.  We will have two pre season All Big 12 players on our team and  we should look forward to having a great year with guys like Diarra, McQuirl, Sneed and Mawien all improving and adding Williams and maybe a juco rebounder.   Chance to do some good things next year is good but never guaranteed. 

If you can not be excited about our basketball prospects for next year then you never will be.   

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Makol Mawein
« on: March 24, 2018, 10:20:05 PM »
Mawien played his worst game in a long time. 
first half we let post entries and then no help defense for the post.  Impossible to stop a center with post moves from scoring if he receives the ball in the block and has time to work.    Still the right strategy vs giving up threes.  Second half we fronted Mongo and had better success stopping him. 

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Stokes played 39 minutes last night.  Four steals, five rebounds, three assists and two turnovers.  Six points on 2 for 7 although at least two of his shots were taken with the shot clock about to expire.

His defense was very disruptive to Kentucky.  I hope that most posters are now looking forward to him being back next year and competing to start and for playing time with Diarra, McQuirl and Williams.  He is a valuable player for us and showed that last night.   

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Makol Mawein
« on: March 23, 2018, 09:57:50 AM »
Ball screen defense. 

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if he's not 100% now, what was he when he came back, 30%? him coming back too soon worked out poorly for everyone involved
It didn't work out too bad.  We're in the sweet 16.

After reading about a Jones fracture, I am surprised Stokes has been able to play.
This is from a medical site on the web so it has to be correct:  A person who has had surgery to repair a Jones fracture can expect a return to all activity, including sports, 3-4 months after surgery. However, the doctor may recommend a period of physical therapy to recondition the injured area.

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There’s no fracture.
Fitz trying to salvage business by pretending he knows something.

I have no connection to Fitz and have no idea what he's saying. I'm going off what I've been told by better sources.
  I absolutely believe what you report.  My comment was about Fitz going on about somthing locked up, etc.  I expect only Dean, the coaching staff and doctors know for sure and they seem to be keeping the exact nature of the problem pretty closely.  Probably an irritation of the pin in his foot that he played through last year during the Big 12 season.  Or somthing similar.

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I thought this was the Stokes thread.
  My bad.

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http://www.810whb.com/between-the-lines/

podcast from Fitz' appearance yesterday - 12:50 mark - Fitz says it's a "kind of like something locked up in there (his foot) and can't get it to release. bones are a little out of whack, but nothing is fractured."

what the eff is he talking about?

Hope it’s not a Lisfranc injury


Uhhhhhh...


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From Wikipedia:
Options include operative or non-operative treatment. If the dislocation is less than 2 mm, the fracture can be managed with casting for six weeks.[12] The patient's injured limb cannot bear weight during this period. For severe Lisfranc injuries, open reduction with internal fixation (ORIF) and temporary screw or Kirschner wire (K-wire) fixation is the treatment of choice.[13] The foot cannot be allowed to bear weight for a minimum of six weeks. Partial weight-bearing may then begin, with full weight bearing after an additional several weeks, depending on the specific injury. K-wires are typically removed after six weeks, before weight bearing, while screws are often removed after 12 weeks. [crap]

There’s no fracture.
Fitz trying to salvage business by pretending he knows something. 

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Makol Mawein
« on: March 20, 2018, 09:01:06 AM »
Regarding Mawiens offense.  He is so bad the other team has had to double him the last two games.  KU tried later in the tournament game but screwed up their doubles and he went for 29.  Surprising they put such a poor player on All Big 12 tournament first team.  Doesn't really matter, we'll have to live with him against Kentucky. 


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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Makol Mawein
« on: March 20, 2018, 05:30:18 AM »
There is no doubt Mawiens ball screen defense is extremely good and a big part of why this team has become so good on defense.   I was surprised our help defense did not regress in the three games without Claws but it does suffer when Mawien is subbed out.   Some posters may disagree. 

We are in the sweet 16 because of our defense.  Just held a team to 43 points. 

Lets hope Mawien stays out of foul trouble against Kentucky. 

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Makol Mawein
« on: March 19, 2018, 07:12:13 PM »
My guy/gal cat97 is consistent, come in and complain that Mak was mentioned in non glowing ways but avoids the actual critique leveled.

He did hit two huge FTs in the second half.

Critrique seemed to target Mawiens inability to catch post passes and his breakdowns on help defense.  I addressed both.  Does not mean you agree with me. 
Now we have Weber claiming Mawien is one of the best ball screen defenders in the country and Lowrey saying Mac is a great ball screen defender.  Both those guys actually know more about defense than I do.  You don't have to agree with them either.

The biggest concern is Mawien getting in early foul trouble against Kentucky but lately Mawien has avoided the moving screens and the arms in the defenders back going for rebounds.  If the refs keep allowing physical play like they have so far in this tournament, we may be OK against UK.

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Makol Mawein
« on: March 19, 2018, 05:40:01 PM »
Mawien 11 points on 4 for 7 from the field.  0 turnovers  6 rebounds and two blocks.  Out of position on one pick and roll.  The other break down was a double screen and Diarras man got free rolling to the goal.
Didn't catch entry passes from our guards that were thrown three feet away from him.  Hard to understand why he didn't get charged for the turnovers on those entry passes. 

Hope those complaining about Mawien are scouting replacements.




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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Makol Mawein
« on: March 18, 2018, 12:12:23 PM »
  Been reading this board.  Our three defenders held Creighton to their lowest point total of the year  (59)  with the two worst and laziest defenders, "Mak and Stokes" on the floor with them.  Very impressive that three guys can play great team defense in spite of Stokes and Mak.  .  And that was great team defense last night. 

More likely this board just likes to throw players under the bus to provide additional motivation.  Seems to be working for Mak and Stokes.  Good job posters.

It's not just this board.

Unless I'm blind there isn't a single post on this board that questioned Mak's or Kam's defense, literally not a single one. Cat97, who clearly has a personal stake in defending Mak, can't argue against the observation that Mak was bad offensively last night so it's easier to lash out at this board.
How bout the post I pasted below from this thread.  One of a number just in this thread.  (This was from the OU game where his hedge on ball screens helped us get 12 turnovers from Young.)   And I do liike to point out errors by posters who lash out at players.
Mawien did not handle Creightons double teams last night.  Caused him to make three turnovers.  That's what happend.  Meanwhile, he was part of the team defense that held Creighton to a season low. 

Quote from this thread:   There was a possession where he lost his man 3 times in the paint, fouled him and the OU guy got called for a travel. He fouls on box outs a lot. He is terrible.

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Makol Mawein
« on: March 17, 2018, 04:02:13 PM »
  Been reading this board.  Our three defenders held Creighton to their lowest point total of the year  (59)  with the two worst and laziest defenders, "Mak and Stokes" on the floor with them.  Very impressive that three guys can play great team defense in spite of Stokes and Mak.  .  And that was great team defense last night. 

More likely this board just likes to throw players under the bus to provide additional motivation.  Seems to be working for Mak and Stokes.  Good job posters. 

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