Hog fan here. Y’all are a nice team who came to one of THE MOST hostile environments in the country against one of the best teams per ranking in the country with 3 key players out. We had a couple playing that haven’t been practicing much and one key guy out, but all in all both teams now know what to get better on and brought in a TON of cash for a charity event and showed class doing it!
I would’ve told myself either way, win or lose that it doesn’t count. All in all, I think both of our respective teams will do just fine and both are very talented, but as a fan, it’s still too early for me to worry or get amped about things right now. Good luck on your season.👍
@@cade7117 that 2022 liberty bowl could’ve gone either way, same with the 2023 NCAA tournament matchup (except we were without Coach Self so that hurt our chances anyway) Hopefully next time we meet, we won’t be so short handed like we have been in these last few matchups against you guys.
Arkansas controlled the game from the jump.. Storr and Mayo were very underwhelming, but it is an exhibition game.. bill self didn’t run very many sets, KU didn’t go into the game thinking they need to win, self played lineups he probably wnt consider in the regular season.. Kansas will be fine, Self doesn’t have the team playing its best or even close to it.. Kansas was without 3 players, 2 of which will be starters and also their best player in Dickinson.. turnovers and defense was nonexistent, it was encouraging to see Harris play well offensively, but he struggled big time on the defensively.. Passmore was really good, he has a very bright future, I really liked what I saw from him.. Kansas will be fine, Self and coaching staff will get this team playing its best come conference play.. Arkansas looked like a final four team.. their two guards Fland and Wagner will be a very good backcourt this season.. they have depth in the front court, depth in the backcourt, they have athletes all over the court and some experienced players as well.. plenty of talent and potential for Arkansas.. they will have a really good season, good luck to Arkansas and all Hog fans!!! RCJH-ISWT!!
Hey, there were bad plays and situations for Kansas, but Arkansas is also REALLY good. Best Razorback team in a long long time and I mean just Uber-talented and that will cause anyone problems.
Calipari said it several times. Kansas was missing key players. In my opinion, it was not a fair test. But as a Hog fan, I thought we played pretty good for a brand new team's first game.
Arkansas was missing their 6 ft 11 man......Calipari isn't going to bad mouth Kansas, Kentucky or any team. Kansas needs a better bench. Teams don't stay healthy all year. Kansas will be fine.
Look,.. Arkansas is a different animal now. They are the best Arkansas team I've ever seen I believe. THAT SAID,...Kansas is gonna be just fine. They are well coached and they have massive talent. Would not surprise me to see these guys meet again post season. But setting the score aside, KU is gonna be tough
Actual Arkansas fan here. I'm trying not to read too much into this after all we beat Purdue an Duke last year an look what happened. I mean no disrespect to KU but I think if everyone is healthy on both sides the outcome isn't that much different. Closer sure. There's gonna be some growing pains for us for sure but the Hogs looked pretty good. Good luck to yall this year Jayhawks. Go Hogs!
Lol quite the assumption when the 3 players we are missing are Shaq Moore(elite defensive athletic guard), 7'1 Hunter Dickinson, and elite shooter that you should know well in former Alabama Rylan Griffen
We got caught up in this exhibition stuff last year after we beat Purdue. The year before Texas beat us by 50 and we went to the elite 8 or something. It doesn't matter really. Kansas will be okay.
Beating purdue showed the potential of that team, which is all gone... muss was looking for a new job instead of being focused on the team and the season and thats why that potential never happened.. notice not a single player followed him, and how Jaxon Robinson reacted when even asked about him... new team, new coach, new season.. this is one of the best teams arkansas has ever had, talent wise... gonna be a fun season, and see how it plays out.
Dejaun Harris is a senior guard who is probably a high nba draft pick. For sure. But as good as he is as a seasoned college basketball player, freshman guard Boogie Fland out played him multiple times.
He’s a great college guard but he’s not gonna be drafted high for sure if at all. He fits this system very well and he’s reliable but he’s not an NBA player.,
Not shocked they did this last year in the exhibition game scrimmage with Illinois. They didn’t have 3 of their key guys and also Arkansas is a good team. I’m not gonna worry yet but they need to show signs early cause the non conference schedule is brutal and the conference is just as brutal.
honestly it seemed to me that Arkansas was out there playing free and we were thinking a lot trying to run a offense guys are not comfortable in trying to find their shots within the offense. sometimes I think Bill just needs to let them play as opposed to trying to run everything thru a specific offense where guys have to over think. A lot of times They look like they don't know if they want to pass or shoot or drive... and on top of tht u got a guy out there tht just takes up space if he isn't 3ft from the bucket.
Kansas's success will rely on the health of Hunter Dickinson. It could be an amazing year but if he's injured, winning for Kansas will be much harder against great basketball teams.
This game is an oppertunity to see where thewe teams is are with what they h avye with and what they can be at full strength, hopefully no lower teams sneaking up on you.
Life long Jayhawks fan here. We have serious issues if we are going to try to play 2 non volume shooters (Adams and Harris) around a true 5 (Dickinson or Flory). I know Harris made some shots tonight be his inability to shoot off the bounce allows the defense to go under every ball screen and pay no price. Then you have Adams who cannot shoot without a foot in the paint. Brazile got to play free safety all night and just jam up the paint. I don’t think Dickinson would have made much a difference in this game because their would still be no spacing on the court. Bottom line: this roster is more talented 1-10 than last year’s. This roster is deeper than last year’s. But if we play Adams and Harris around a true center for 30+ min. A night that isn’t different than last year at all. No spacing on the floor will result in inefficient offense and a lot of turnovers just like last year. Just like in this game.
He definitely needs to limit the time that Harris and Adam’s are on the court together and this year he has that option because of the depth. A good line up honestly would be Harris storr coit Griffen and Dickinson. It’s small but it has scorers in it and if he’s healthy Dickinson is a one man machine inside.
Didn’t watch the game first hand, but followed the score, but after analyzing the box score, there are areas that I believe that we had an off night in and some that are still major question marks. Mayo and Store struggled this game and heard open looks didn’t fall, but since they have been good in practice according to Self, I think we will get more out of those guys and the offense as a whole than what we saw tonight. However, guarding ball screens is something that seems like a question. Big takeaway: This team needs time to find its identity. My advice for the Jayhawks. Don’t worry too much about the No. 1 team. Just be a fun and entertaining team that will regularly make your fan base feel good.
Watched about a 15 min vid of KU's inter-squad game. Really sloppy. Looked so bad I was shocked to see them ranked pre-season #1 when I pulled up the highlights for this game. I guess for good reason.
I've worked for an athletic department I will not mention but I can tell you this! Calipari is the master at raising money for charity and using it as a write off!
Arky fan here...this game means NOTHING!....KU gonna be jes' fine ...this game was just a way of getting Coach Cal off on a good start at Arkansas...no set plays ..two best players out for Kansas...with Bill Self's help for his good friend Cal...wink wink...i truly believe this game was aimed at Kentucky for Cal with a lil help from his friend...😉...Kansas STILL legit #1....ROCK CHALK!
Your not an arkansas fan if A. Your calling the hogs Arky. (No fans of the razorbacks call them Arky) 2. If your saying Rock Chalk. I agree nothing to worry about for KU but for different reasons. I think arkansas is extremely talented.
last thing.WHAT THE HELL makes bill think KJ IS A good ball handler and should bring it up the floor??? I heard him say the other day yhat kj is one of the guys he trusts most to bring the ball up. WHAT R U SERIOUS?? every time he looks like hes about to lose yhe ball and then makes a pass that almost gets stolen. he cant handle the ball. Just another thing that makes me scratch my head. Bill must get paid more when kj is in the game or something because i just dont understand what bill is seeing thats so great about him. not even a good rebounder smh im gona stop before i blow a fuse
I don't know how much you've watched AJ Storr, but how he played last night happens way to much, for all his NBA size and athleticism he settles, and if his first few shots don't fall he disappears for a while, he's the guy that needed to get to the rim. Also where's the shooting on KU? Mayo looks slow of foot as well, I know this was an exhibition but sheesh they almost didn't compete
also this handooff offense where guys pick up their dribble before they even pass and guys are trying to shake their guy to get open and the passer doesn't know which way he's about to go and throws it out of bounds or makes a bad pass because of pressure we turn yhe ball over so much trying to run this offense smh it's not good when you are being pressures trying to make all those handoff passes. STOP PICKING UP YOUR DRIBBLE BEFORR U CAN PASS IT SMH day one ish smh
Kansas looked like crap. Obviously not playing your best player puts you behind the big time, and going on the road for a sellout 18k arena in October is going to be a no-win situation most of the time. But the guys who played can't shoot and the portal guys who put up big numbers on bad teams last year look exactly like guys who put up numbers for bad teams but aren't winning players. But im sure Self will figure it out and also looked like both coaches agreed before the game to just run the base offense, so it felt more like a scrimmage than an actual game in that regard.
@@rodbrock4759 yeah he was UTs big man last year. Named Aidoo. He's an average player at best. They got problems in the inside. Knox will have to carry the rebounding load
KJ needs to play 10 min a game. I'm sorry but not sorry. something has to give. And the fact tht Bill REFUSES to change things is really starting to piss me off JS
The only way this year is different from last year is if we try playing Storr at the 4 and let KJ be a small ball 5 off the bench. Griffen and Passmore could play the 4 as well. But we need players who can actually stretch the floor and open the paint. Look at the players we have played at the 4 in past years: Wilson, Svi in 2018, Jackson in 2017, Ellis, Morris brothers. All of those players could shoot from the perimeter and could get their own shot. KJ simply can’t and he hurts the team because of it. It is easy to defend a team when you don’t have to guard one of their players.
Depth isn’t the issue. There have plenty of Kansas teams that have far less at the 5 than Dickinson followed by Bidunga. The issue is KJ and Harris play 30+ min a night. They are not skilled and condense the floor. Harris had a good night but historically he passes up open shots. Allows the defense to go under every ball screen because his release is so low and slow. He has trouble turning the corner. KJ completely jams the floor because you do not have to guard him. That’s the issue. For this team to be successful they have to play guys who can shoot bigger minutes to open up the floor and give Dickinson a chance to go 1 on 1 in the paint.
We found out Kansas isn't very deep! But also you gotta take into account. This game was for the Arkansas fans. Which alludes to the free throw disparity
Arkansas isn't top 10. They ain't making 3s and their soft on the inside. And Aidoo isn't gonna change that. He's ok but not elite. Their back court is one of the best and calipari always has great guards. Self didn't do anything to challenge Arkansas s defense. Didn't even set one screen.
@@rodbrock4759 it's not an opinion it's a statement as to what happens! So yeah ok Arkansas s backcourt is trash cause they can't shoot!?? Is that better! Smh. Idiots!!
Despite all the changes and attempts at fixing last year's diarrhea disaster, with transfers and recruits, we somehow look ... EXACTLY THE SAME. We are still bad, we STILL can't make 3s, STILL can't stop anything, STILL SUCK! This year will solidify terrible future recruiting and a pitiful end to Self's career at Kansas. 4 seed at best again, and hope will be destroyed just as quickly as last year when we lost to Marquette and realized how inferior we are to anyone with even mediocre guard play. Another year WASTED.
I know what you’re saying but it’s way too early to panic on this Kansas team. Missing players, no set plays, foul disparity, Arkansas fans and players were pumped and treated it like a serious game while Kansas treated it like a preseason game.
Not an over reaction. We are exactly the same as last year. No shooting on the court - no spacing - ineffective offense and turnovers. Serious problems if we expect to play with only 2/5 positikns on the court who can stretch a defense. This team will be easy to defend if we okay this way.
@@BradleySirls-kt6dd no. Och, Remy and David won the national championship for us. Juan did nothing. Seriously, nothing. Go watch the game again. Juan is the problem. Along with kj not being able to shoot outside 15 ft
@@williamholke3325 someone has to be the leading scorer. If Juan is our leading scorer, even without hunt, we are in trouble. Be honest with yourself. Stop lying. Juan is th problem. Go look back at the history of ku guards. Juan is the worst of them all. We have had point guards like frank, devontae, dot,Mario. Scoring guards. We don't have that. Haven't for 5 yrs now. Once Juan leaves, we will get back to that. That's why i want diggy Coit to play more
@Noahbarkley-vq3ef How is Juan the problem being one of the best defenders in the big 12 and shooting 39% from 3 last year? We wouldn't have even made it to the championship without Juan. Remy Martin played like 2 games tht whole season
The issue once again is we can not get a potent offense going because we have the positionless dinosaur Kj at the four. They just sag off of him because he essentially useless outside of 5 ft from the basket. clogs up the whole spacing of offense can't even hardly get lanes downhill because of Kj. I for the life of me do not understand what the hell is so great about kj tht he has to play. Yes he hustles, but the lack of ability on the perimeter literally kills our offense. Last championship we had a stretch four. Last final four before that we had 4 guards around 1 with. This system dies NOT Work in 2024 with a 4 who can NOT stretch the floor. but bill keeps trying to force it. IT DOESNT WORK.WE CAN NOT SCORE! I can not understand why after having so much success with jaylen Wilson at the four, and previous years playing 4 guards, why you would try to go to something dif. The defense literally can just leave kj out there daring him to shoot and stop anyone else from driving in the paint smh it's sad. If Bill doesn't finally realize we can't have a good offense in modern basketball with kj as our 4, we will def look EXACTLY like last year smh I'm so damn sick of this bull crap
Completely agree. Harris doesn’t help either because when he and Adams are in the floor we have a relevant shooter and player who cannot shoot without a foot in the paint. His lack of skill severely condensed the floor and allows the defense to jam up the paint. Opposing teams essentially get to play a guy as a free safety who can jam back cuts, dribble penetration, help on post feeds, and check rollers in ball screen offense. Harris needs to be played like what he is, and unskilled super athlete. He need to give 15-20 min tonight as a small buy 5 and just play hard. His lack of skill just condenses and hurts the whole offense.
I’m hog fan and we haven’t been nearly as good as Kansas in the 21st century overall. Can an experienced Kansas fan give me some true feedback on the hogs. Did they look good or was it really just Kansas not caring about a win here.
I’d say that you guys are legit this year and the hawks played poorly. The same thing that we’re saying to make ourselves feel better “it’s early and just an exhibition game” is the same thing that should give you a huge smile. You looked that good this early. Arkansas has some stuff to work on too, check out Cal’s press conference from after the game. He breaks it down really well on what Ark needs to work on and didn’t do well during the game. But KU wanted to win. Bill doesn’t mind throwing Cal a bone but that team very much tried to win.
Hog fan here. Y’all are a nice team who came to one of THE MOST hostile environments in the country against one of the best teams per ranking in the country with 3 key players out. We had a couple playing that haven’t been practicing much and one key guy out, but all in all both teams now know what to get better on and brought in a TON of cash for a charity event and showed class doing it!
Well said jfinch0221
I love seeing D1 schools playing each other in exhibition instead of always playing D2, NAIA, or national teams. I hope this becomes the new norm.
you mean like UK just did ..... lol ...... Kentucky Wesland or something like that.....
Arkansas fan here. I told myself it wouldn’t count…unless we won! KU’s gonna be alright. Hope we see you again in the tournament.
I would’ve told myself either way, win or lose that it doesn’t count.
All in all, I think both of our respective teams will do just fine and both are very talented, but as a fan, it’s still too early for me to worry or get amped about things right now. Good luck on your season.👍
After the 2022 liberty bowl, the 2023 tournament, and now this: I hope we never see you guys again ever. (good game though)
@@cade7117 that 2022 liberty bowl could’ve gone either way, same with the 2023 NCAA tournament matchup (except we were without Coach Self so that hurt our chances anyway)
Hopefully next time we meet, we won’t be so short handed like we have been in these last few matchups against you guys.
@@DrystHawk Fair enough.
Go Hogs...
Arkansas controlled the game from the jump.. Storr and Mayo were very underwhelming, but it is an exhibition game.. bill self didn’t run very many sets, KU didn’t go into the game thinking they need to win, self played lineups he probably wnt consider in the regular season.. Kansas will be fine, Self doesn’t have the team playing its best or even close to it.. Kansas was without 3 players, 2 of which will be starters and also their best player in Dickinson.. turnovers and defense was nonexistent, it was encouraging to see Harris play well offensively, but he struggled big time on the defensively.. Passmore was really good, he has a very bright future, I really liked what I saw from him.. Kansas will be fine, Self and coaching staff will get this team playing its best come conference play..
Arkansas looked like a final four team.. their two guards Fland and Wagner will be a very good backcourt this season.. they have depth in the front court, depth in the backcourt, they have athletes all over the court and some experienced players as well.. plenty of talent and potential for Arkansas.. they will have a really good season, good luck to Arkansas and all Hog fans!!!
RCJH-ISWT!!
Incremental Shuttle Walk Test?
@@ajpend What . lol
@@rodbrock4759 ISWT
@@rodbrock4759 he said “ISWT”.
I’m curious what that is.
Y'all do realize Arkansas is really really good right?
It’s a exhibition numb nuts
Oh they know. Arkansas has won 5 of the last 7 against kansas. We prefer to knock them out of the big one though.
Hey, there were bad plays and situations for Kansas, but Arkansas is also REALLY good. Best Razorback team in a long long time and I mean just Uber-talented and that will cause anyone problems.
Calipari said it several times. Kansas was missing key players. In my opinion, it was not a fair test. But as a Hog fan, I thought we played pretty good for a brand new team's first game.
Arkansas was missing their 6 ft 11 man......Calipari isn't going to bad mouth Kansas, Kentucky or any team. Kansas needs a better bench. Teams don't stay healthy all year. Kansas will be fine.
Yes 23% from deep is very impressive, you'll go far in the tournament with that shooting. Sarcasm btw
@@rodbrock4759Kansas has a deep bench when healthy but missing two key bench players and a starter makes it difficult.
Look,.. Arkansas is a different animal now. They are the best Arkansas team I've ever seen I believe. THAT SAID,...Kansas is gonna be just fine. They are well coached and they have massive talent.
Would not surprise me to see these guys meet again post season. But setting the score aside, KU is gonna be tough
Best Hogs team you've seen...How old are you?
Actual Arkansas fan here. I'm trying not to read too much into this after all we beat Purdue an Duke last year an look what happened. I mean no disrespect to KU but I think if everyone is healthy on both sides the outcome isn't that much different. Closer sure. There's gonna be some growing pains for us for sure but the Hogs looked pretty good. Good luck to yall this year Jayhawks. Go Hogs!
Lol quite the assumption when the 3 players we are missing are Shaq Moore(elite defensive athletic guard), 7'1 Hunter Dickinson, and elite shooter that you should know well in former Alabama Rylan Griffen
@@michaelangeloorozco9549 Lol. I hope you get your three best players back soon because if we're not good you're gonna need em.
We got caught up in this exhibition stuff last year after we beat Purdue. The year before Texas beat us by 50 and we went to the elite 8 or something. It doesn't matter really. Kansas will be okay.
Beating purdue showed the potential of that team, which is all gone... muss was looking for a new job instead of being focused on the team and the season and thats why that potential never happened.. notice not a single player followed him, and how Jaxon Robinson reacted when even asked about him... new team, new coach, new season.. this is one of the best teams arkansas has ever had, talent wise... gonna be a fun season, and see how it plays out.
Dejaun Harris is a senior guard who is probably a high nba draft pick. For sure. But as good as he is as a seasoned college basketball player, freshman guard Boogie Fland out played him multiple times.
Harris will never be drafted to the NBA. He has nothing the NBA looks for. He isn’t long, not explosive, has a set shot and not a jump shot.
He’s a great college guard but he’s not gonna be drafted high for sure if at all. He fits this system very well and he’s reliable but he’s not an NBA player.,
Not shocked they did this last year in the exhibition game scrimmage with Illinois. They didn’t have 3 of their key guys and also Arkansas is a good team. I’m not gonna worry yet but they need to show signs early cause the non conference schedule is brutal and the conference is just as brutal.
honestly it seemed to me that Arkansas was out there playing free and we were thinking a lot trying to run a offense guys are not comfortable in trying to find their shots within the offense. sometimes I think Bill just needs to let them play as opposed to trying to run everything thru a specific offense where guys have to over think. A lot of times They look like they don't know if they want to pass or shoot or drive... and on top of tht u got a guy out there tht just takes up space if he isn't 3ft from the bucket.
Kansas's success will rely on the health of Hunter Dickinson. It could be an amazing year but if he's injured, winning for Kansas will be much harder against great basketball teams.
That was hard to watch. We look just like last year! Cant hit a three ro save our lives and look lost on defense at times
Zach won’t touch the floor and Jamari will red shirt
This game is an oppertunity to see where thewe teams is are with what they h avye with and what they can be at full strength, hopefully no lower teams sneaking up on you.
Life long Jayhawks fan here. We have serious issues if we are going to try to play 2 non volume shooters (Adams and Harris) around a true 5 (Dickinson or Flory). I know Harris made some shots tonight be his inability to shoot off the bounce allows the defense to go under every ball screen and pay no price. Then you have Adams who cannot shoot without a foot in the paint. Brazile got to play free safety all night and just jam up the paint. I don’t think Dickinson would have made much a difference in this game because their would still be no spacing on the court. Bottom line: this roster is more talented 1-10 than last year’s. This roster is deeper than last year’s. But if we play Adams and Harris around a true center for 30+ min. A night that isn’t different than last year at all. No spacing on the floor will result in inefficient offense and a lot of turnovers just like last year. Just like in this game.
He definitely needs to limit the time that Harris and Adam’s are on the court together and this year he has that option because of the depth. A good line up honestly would be Harris storr coit Griffen and Dickinson. It’s small but it has scorers in it and if he’s healthy Dickinson is a one man machine inside.
Didn’t watch the game first hand, but followed the score, but after analyzing the box score, there are areas that I believe that we had an off night in and some that are still major question marks. Mayo and Store struggled this game and heard open looks didn’t fall, but since they have been good in practice according to Self, I think we will get more out of those guys and the offense as a whole than what we saw tonight. However, guarding ball screens is something that seems like a question. Big takeaway: This team needs time to find its identity. My advice for the Jayhawks. Don’t worry too much about the No. 1 team. Just be a fun and entertaining team that will regularly make your fan base feel good.
It wouldn’t have mattered who was in there. Arkansas clearly has a better roster.
Watched about a 15 min vid of KU's inter-squad game. Really sloppy. Looked so bad I was shocked to see them ranked pre-season #1 when I pulled up the highlights for this game.
I guess for good reason.
I've worked for an athletic department I will not mention but I can tell you this! Calipari is the master at raising money for charity and using it as a write off!
Arky fan here...this game means NOTHING!....KU gonna be jes' fine ...this game was just a way of getting Coach Cal off on a good start at Arkansas...no set plays ..two best players out for Kansas...with Bill Self's help for his good friend Cal...wink wink...i truly believe this game was aimed at Kentucky for Cal with a lil help from his friend...😉...Kansas STILL legit #1....ROCK CHALK!
Your not an arkansas fan if A. Your calling the hogs Arky. (No fans of the razorbacks call them Arky) 2. If your saying Rock Chalk. I agree nothing to worry about for KU but for different reasons. I think arkansas is extremely talented.
@@tristanturner972 I've been a HAWGS fan for 59 years thank you very much...and since my fingers tingle & burn I use short hand wherever possible..
Sounds like you're a Kansas fan. They're literally ranked 1. They don't need to be glazed anymore.
Hog fan for 60 years. Agree!
@@tristanturner972Facts 😂 We definitely don’t say “Arky”… he tried it
last thing.WHAT THE HELL makes bill think KJ IS A good ball handler and should bring it up the floor??? I heard him say the other day yhat kj is one of the guys he trusts most to bring the ball up. WHAT R U SERIOUS?? every time he looks like hes about to lose yhe ball and then makes a pass that almost gets stolen. he cant handle the ball. Just another thing that makes me scratch my head. Bill must get paid more when kj is in the game or something because i just dont understand what bill is seeing thats so great about him. not even a good rebounder smh im gona stop before i blow a fuse
Hog fan Kansas will be top in the league
I don't know how much you've watched AJ Storr, but how he played last night happens way to much, for all his NBA size and athleticism he settles, and if his first few shots don't fall he disappears for a while, he's the guy that needed to get to the rim. Also where's the shooting on KU? Mayo looks slow of foot as well, I know this was an exhibition but sheesh they almost didn't compete
also this handooff offense where guys pick up their dribble before they even pass and guys are trying to shake their guy to get open and the passer doesn't know which way he's about to go and throws it out of bounds or makes a bad pass because of pressure we turn yhe ball over so much trying to run this offense smh it's not good when you are being pressures trying to make all those handoff passes. STOP PICKING UP YOUR DRIBBLE BEFORR U CAN PASS IT SMH day one ish smh
If Kansas is relying on Dickinson for anything then they are not a good team. He does nothing well.
Kansas looked like crap. Obviously not playing your best player puts you behind the big time, and going on the road for a sellout 18k arena in October is going to be a no-win situation most of the time. But the guys who played can't shoot and the portal guys who put up big numbers on bad teams last year look exactly like guys who put up numbers for bad teams but aren't winning players. But im sure Self will figure it out and also looked like both coaches agreed before the game to just run the base offense, so it felt more like a scrimmage than an actual game in that regard.
20k
KU is not even a top 5 team in the Big 12 at the moment
Calipari teams get worse as the season goes on for some reason. And this particular team doesn't look to good from 3 and they got a problem inside.
Go play another D2 team Kenfucky fan
No let don't... Your wrong.... Arkansas's big man in the middle 6 ft 11 didn't play.
@@rodbrock4759 yeah he was UTs big man last year. Named Aidoo. He's an average player at best. They got problems in the inside. Knox will have to carry the rebounding load
KJ needs to play 10 min a game. I'm sorry but not sorry. something has to give. And the fact tht Bill REFUSES to change things is really starting to piss me off JS
The only way this year is different from last year is if we try playing Storr at the 4 and let KJ be a small ball 5 off the bench. Griffen and Passmore could play the 4 as well. But we need players who can actually stretch the floor and open the paint. Look at the players we have played at the 4 in past years: Wilson, Svi in 2018, Jackson in 2017, Ellis, Morris brothers. All of those players could shoot from the perimeter and could get their own shot. KJ simply can’t and he hurts the team because of it. It is easy to defend a team when you don’t have to guard one of their players.
This is not really a deep team at the 5, we can’t really afford to lose Hunter. Clemence is just not a viable big.
Bidunga is still better than Parker Braun.
This is the best takeaway. Depth will be Kansas' Achilles heel all year, especially if there's any injuries at all.
Arkansas cant afford to lost the 6 ft 11 man that didn't play. Kansas needs more depth.
@@wtk6069 Your right Kansas needs depth they don't have.
Depth isn’t the issue. There have plenty of Kansas teams that have far less at the 5 than Dickinson followed by Bidunga. The issue is KJ and Harris play 30+ min a night. They are not skilled and condense the floor. Harris had a good night but historically he passes up open shots. Allows the defense to go under every ball screen because his release is so low and slow. He has trouble turning the corner. KJ completely jams the floor because you do not have to guard him. That’s the issue. For this team to be successful they have to play guys who can shoot bigger minutes to open up the floor and give Dickinson a chance to go 1 on 1 in the paint.
all they had to do was press Wagner full court he won't pass the ball
I can't wait for Kentucky to finish in the bottom half of the sec maybe then you will stop stalking cal and Arkansas
@@joelbridges8635 dribble dribble shoot dribble dribble dribble turnover
@@joelbridges8635 kentucky will thrash arkansas
Hog fan here, yall were missing two key players on the road pre season. This game literally means nothing
We found out Kansas isn't very deep! But also you gotta take into account. This game was for the Arkansas fans. Which alludes to the free throw disparity
Arkansas isn't top 10. They ain't making 3s and their soft on the inside. And Aidoo isn't gonna change that. He's ok but not elite. Their back court is one of the best and calipari always has great guards. Self didn't do anything to challenge Arkansas s defense. Didn't even set one screen.
and your opinion counts . HAHAHAHAHA
@@rodbrock4759 it's not an opinion it's a statement as to what happens! So yeah ok Arkansas s backcourt is trash cause they can't shoot!?? Is that better! Smh. Idiots!!
Kansas is NOT ok.
Despite all the changes and attempts at fixing last year's diarrhea disaster, with transfers and recruits, we somehow look
... EXACTLY THE SAME. We are still bad, we STILL can't make 3s, STILL can't stop anything, STILL SUCK! This year will solidify terrible future recruiting and a pitiful end to Self's career at Kansas. 4 seed at best again, and hope will be destroyed just as quickly as last year when we lost to Marquette and realized how inferior we are to anyone with even mediocre guard play. Another year WASTED.
Overreact much? It's an exhibition game in the early preseason with three guys out
Finally a real honest take from a Kansas fan. Respect.
I know what you’re saying but it’s way too early to panic on this Kansas team.
Missing players, no set plays, foul disparity, Arkansas fans and players were pumped and treated it like a serious game while Kansas treated it like a preseason game.
Not an over reaction. We are exactly the same as last year. No shooting on the court - no spacing - ineffective offense and turnovers. Serious problems if we expect to play with only 2/5 positikns on the court who can stretch a defense. This team will be easy to defend if we okay this way.
Juan needs to leave! He's so overrated
Also Dajuan: 26 points and the leading scorer tonight
@Noahbarkley-vq3ef Juans not the problem. He won a championship for us playing 30 min a game at point. the issue is KJ Adam's playing the 4
@@BradleySirls-kt6dd no. Och, Remy and David won the national championship for us. Juan did nothing. Seriously, nothing. Go watch the game again. Juan is the problem. Along with kj not being able to shoot outside 15 ft
@@williamholke3325 someone has to be the leading scorer. If Juan is our leading scorer, even without hunt, we are in trouble. Be honest with yourself. Stop lying. Juan is th problem. Go look back at the history of ku guards. Juan is the worst of them all. We have had point guards like frank, devontae, dot,Mario. Scoring guards. We don't have that. Haven't for 5 yrs now. Once Juan leaves, we will get back to that. That's why i want diggy Coit to play more
@Noahbarkley-vq3ef How is Juan the problem being one of the best defenders in the big 12 and shooting 39% from 3 last year? We wouldn't have even made it to the championship without Juan. Remy Martin played like 2 games tht whole season
The issue once again is we can not get a potent offense going because we have the positionless dinosaur Kj at the four. They just sag off of him because he essentially useless outside of 5 ft from the basket. clogs up the whole spacing of offense can't even hardly get lanes downhill because of Kj. I for the life of me do not understand what the hell is so great about kj tht he has to play. Yes he hustles, but the lack of ability on the perimeter literally kills our offense. Last championship we had a stretch four. Last final four before that we had 4 guards around 1 with. This system dies NOT Work in 2024 with a 4 who can NOT stretch the floor. but bill keeps trying to force it. IT DOESNT WORK.WE CAN NOT SCORE! I can not understand why after having so much success with jaylen Wilson at the four, and previous years playing 4 guards, why you would try to go to something dif. The defense literally can just leave kj out there daring him to shoot and stop anyone else from driving in the paint smh it's sad. If Bill doesn't finally realize we can't have a good offense in modern basketball with kj as our 4, we will def look EXACTLY like last year smh I'm so damn sick of this bull crap
Completely agree. Harris doesn’t help either because when he and Adams are in the floor we have a relevant shooter and player who cannot shoot without a foot in the paint. His lack of skill severely condensed the floor and allows the defense to jam up the paint. Opposing teams essentially get to play a guy as a free safety who can jam back cuts, dribble penetration, help on post feeds, and check rollers in ball screen offense. Harris needs to be played like what he is, and unskilled super athlete. He need to give 15-20 min tonight as a small buy 5 and just play hard. His lack of skill just condenses and hurts the whole offense.
I’m hog fan and we haven’t been nearly as good as Kansas in the 21st century overall. Can an experienced Kansas fan give me some true feedback on the hogs. Did they look good or was it really just Kansas not caring about a win here.
I’d say that you guys are legit this year and the hawks played poorly. The same thing that we’re saying to make ourselves feel better “it’s early and just an exhibition game” is the same thing that should give you a huge smile. You looked that good this early. Arkansas has some stuff to work on too, check out Cal’s press conference from after the game. He breaks it down really well on what Ark needs to work on and didn’t do well during the game.
But KU wanted to win. Bill doesn’t mind throwing Cal a bone but that team very much tried to win.
@@Rahhbit KU is gonna be great this yr!! My HOGS can be if they come together and stay healthy!! Fun game but KU is the real deal!!