Soren: oscar is living up to the expectations, he was a known quantity. At least if you get some unknown the ceiling is sky high because you don't know, but with oscar it is about a 6 and a half foot ceiling because he can't recruit. We knew they would have more playmakers 4 years ago!
Doug: Kansas is going to have more playmakers than K-State. Most of these KU guys weren't highly recruited: Graham, Mason, Lucas? No one in the Big 12 offered Mason. I like oscar's freshman, I think they have some players. They don't have a Josh Jackson, you are right. DJamer misses some easy shots, but DJamer is a decent recruit. They didn't get beat because of recruiting battles, but the thing that is missing is that Self has the ability to call a play or two and we can get a bucket or get to the free throw line. oscar does not have that, the offense was a mess. There were times they had guys in the right spot. They don't have guys in the right spot, great spacing, they don't play great wild.
Soren: When is it going to add up to a run at an Elite 8?
Doug: they just won at Baylor so lets be careful before we crush the dude, but that is a better question and I don't know.
Soren: Currie is not going to fire oscar because he is having an exceed expectations type year, but you've got to look yourself in the mirror as a program. He did a great job of scheduling, he did a great job of getting a couple wins against Baylor and WVU. I think he is going to get in the NCAAs, there are a lot of teams that look like TCU, there are a lot of bad resumes out there. But the big picture is let's take a look at next year, next year looks like an NIT year.
Doug: You are saying why wait til next year what you know this year.
Soren: We just saw Frank go to the NCAAs 4/5 years. K-State fans know you don't have to wait 3 years to build toward something with this program. I want him to make a Sweet 16 run, get in there and do some damage, he hasn't won a game in the tournament.