We finally executed a 2 for 1 in the most improbable way possible lol
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47-19 too close
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No need to worry about this one being over crazy late Central time... before 10:30 isn't bad.
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Embarrassing effort
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Self went to the joke lineup too early. Should be up 30 right now.
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:-)
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Oh jeez. Never go full Reerun.
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We’re rocking a solid 25% from the charity stripe.
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We’re doing g great. We just need a few more fouls and they will be in the double bonus with 15 min left.
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That’s 5.
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All year long, refs almost never call fouls for Wilson. He takes a lot of body contact on his drives and gets very little.
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The bench lineup getting embarrassed again in this 2nd half. Are we really going to have to put the starters back in?
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Welp. Getting sloppy. Burrito Bill isn’t happy.
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Bill Self has seen enough. Starters checking back in.

— CJ Moore (@CJMooreHoops) March 18, 2022

The answer is yes.
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On to R32 after an understandably casual 2nd half there.

Creighton is, of course, a serious threat. They are an elite defensive team (16th in adjusted defensive efficiency in the country). They hold teams to only 43.7% shooting from 2PT range (9th in country). They also give up just the 4th amount of FTs per FG in the country, so they effectively don't foul at all while defending very tightly.

Creighton also have long switchable wing type players all over the court (Hawkins, Kaluma, O'Connell) who are all over 6'6 and will make it difficult to get open shots and get good matchups in the half court.

The question will be whether Ryan Kalkbrenner (who is certainly their best defender, think Jeff Withey type) can play on Saturday. His knee injury did not look pretty. If he can't, Keyshawn Feazell, a senior and solid two-way big, will play much more than anticipated. In all likelihood, though, they will just go much smaller than they usually do which will force its own set of defensive problems for KU. One of KU's biggest issues this year has been when teams play five out and force McCormack to guard the perimeter (usually eventually taking him out of the game entirely). That may be what KU faces in this one.

Better be ready.
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