they better figure it out quick. we cant play sloppy when we enter big 12 play. we will play teams better than this all year long. if we make mistakes they will convert and score off it. it is good to have jake and denis’ leadership tho on the court.
We had something going early, but Dayton’s made some defensive adjustments. Plus, I think we’re tiring out because I’m just not seeing as much offensive movement as we need, to get guys open.
That, and we’re missing layups because guys just don’t seem to have legs. Frank must have really ran them yesterday.
Great steal by Dom and Denis with the unobstructed finish.
Jake took a shot to the ribs (no foul) and is out for now. Hope he’s OK, because he’s been by far our best player.
I’ve given a lot of crap to Dom this year, but he’s really stepping up right now. Rebounding, defense, turnovers — you name it. He’s finally finding his game again.
im still mourning but a win here would help me alot. sometimes we can shoot 4’s but that possession we couldnt to save our lives. we are being aggressive for sure.
we def need to make our ft’s. go to the line and make our shoots, win this game and go home.
Jamar needs to get his head straight. I think he spent more time chasing Puerto Rican tail this week than he did thinking basketball, and it showed. Kicking that guy was absolutely inexcusable and made me embarrassed as a K-State fan. Highly disappointing.
Sutton had a great game. Really impacted the game with his defense and rebounding.
Kelly needs to get a lot better at defense and rebounding. He could be a monster, but he has to want it.
Wally grew up a lot today. He’s gonna be big for us from here on out.
I thought McGruder played pretty well, too. But by the same token, Jordan took a bit of a step back this week. That was to be expected given that this was his first time going against really good Division I big men.
Finally, props to the K-State fans who made the trip. Hearing the K-S-U chant was great.
I think 2-1 is roughly what we were hoping for. Beating No. 18/21 was sweet. That will be a great quality win for us and showed what we are capable of.
That seems like a common thing w/ ESPN. I’m not sure where all the K-Hate is coming from, but I get pretty sick of the doubters. I finally put the game on mute b/c it drives me nuts listening to them talk non-stop shit.
Let's go Cats!
BracketCat - November 22, 2009
Solid start
and then the first back door cut…
gw1754 - November 22, 2009
come on boys. down with the flyers.
KSUfan4Life - November 22, 2009
def playing better...
than friday night. i think we have finally settled in.
KSUfan4Life - November 22, 2009
Still pretty damn rough
You can tell that when it clicks, it will be beautiful, like when Judge almost fed Kelly for an easy one there.
But until it does, it’s still pretty damn ugly.
BracketCat - November 22, 2009
yeah.
they better figure it out quick. we cant play sloppy when we enter big 12 play. we will play teams better than this all year long. if we make mistakes they will convert and score off it. it is good to have jake and denis’ leadership tho on the court.
KSUfan4Life - November 22, 2009
We're getting our pace
And they’re executing better than us at it. Yikes.
BracketCat - November 22, 2009
Frank
Jake is the point guard.
Not Denis.
When are you going to accept it?
BracketCat - November 22, 2009
i dont know.
jake is a much better point. he has better control leading the team
KSUfan4Life - November 22, 2009
That's what I'm saying
BracketCat - November 22, 2009
its good they finally realized hes been playing too hard in this tourney.
KSUfan4Life - November 22, 2009
Really weird calls by the refs
The bucket interference on Judge was TERRIBLE, travel calls all over the places, strange offensive pick calls…
BracketCat - November 22, 2009
Kelly just looks gassed out there
A step late on everything. No vertical explosion.
A year off and then three games in four days, plus a tough practice, probably will do that to you.
Sucks for us.
BracketCat - November 22, 2009
This is Dayton's game
Lower scoring.
We had something going early, but Dayton’s made some defensive adjustments. Plus, I think we’re tiring out because I’m just not seeing as much offensive movement as we need, to get guys open.
That, and we’re missing layups because guys just don’t seem to have legs. Frank must have really ran them yesterday.
BracketCat - November 22, 2009
Well, for as sloppy as we played at times
I’ll take a 35-28 lead at halftime.
That’s with several breakdowns allowing wide-open 3s for Dayton, and CK having foul trouble for the last 10 minutes or so.
Need to get him involved in the second half and shore some things up, and this is winnable.
BracketCat - November 22, 2009
Jacob is having a hell of a game
Only one missed free throw, several made 3s, great drives and passing decisions, good defense.
Also, kudos to Martavious for some excellent minutes early in the game when things were tenuous. He must have impressed in practice yesterday.
BracketCat - November 22, 2009
39-28
Biggest lead of the game.
Great steal by Dom and Denis with the unobstructed finish.
Jake took a shot to the ribs (no foul) and is out for now. Hope he’s OK, because he’s been by far our best player.
I’ve given a lot of crap to Dom this year, but he’s really stepping up right now. Rebounding, defense, turnovers — you name it. He’s finally finding his game again.
BracketCat - November 22, 2009
Jake's back
Jamar misses 2 FTs, Wally with the rebound and a great feed to a driving Dom for a sick dunk.
Then Jamar gets a dumb, needless backcourt foul. Great.
BracketCat - November 22, 2009
we are starting to play better.
we are widening the lead which is good to see and making adjustments. where is everybody else today bracket???
KSUfan4Life - November 22, 2009
Dunno
Still in mourning/hangover mode, I suppose.
Denis with a huge 3 earlier, and then a possession where he had 2 looks and Jake had 1 — all misses. Crazy. But I like the aggressiveness.
Dayton starting to press. Time to protect the lead and make FTs… but stay aggressive.
BracketCat - November 22, 2009
im still in that mode.
im still mourning but a win here would help me alot. sometimes we can shoot 4’s but that possession we couldnt to save our lives. we are being aggressive for sure.
we def need to make our ft’s. go to the line and make our shoots, win this game and go home.
KSUfan4Life - November 22, 2009
dont let this lead disappear
KSUfan4Life - November 22, 2009
Jake back in
so I guess Jake felt better after half yes?
wabasher - November 22, 2009
hey there
how are you doing???
yeah jake is doing better. he got knocked down to the floor but hes doing fine. he needs to hit some shots tho.
KSUfan4Life - November 22, 2009
i think martin should call a timeout, NOW
but we did get a three.
KSUfan4Life - November 22, 2009
QUIT LEAVING GUYS OPEN ON THE WING, JAKE!!!
BracketCat - November 22, 2009
jake isnt the only one.
they all need to stop that.
KSUfan4Life - November 22, 2009
bracket,
where are you watching this game from? did you go to kstate
KSUfan4Life - November 22, 2009
I'm at my grandparents' house because they have ESPNU
Class of 2005.
BracketCat - November 22, 2009
Jamar is our best player. I'm telling you all; he's the most important player on this team.
Panjandrum - November 22, 2009
And he got a face full of salty white chocolate balls right there. Ouch.
Panjandrum - November 22, 2009
i would maybe go with...
pullen or samuels. the are both very important.
KSUfan4Life - November 22, 2009
No, that would be Jake
Dumb play by Jamar right there. Couple that with the stupid inbound last time down and I’m not real impressed right now.
BracketCat - November 22, 2009
STUPID PLAY BY SAMUELS!!!!!!!!!!!
KSUfan4Life - November 22, 2009
All right guys...
make your free throws
Catfan33 - November 22, 2009
win this game.
KSUfan4Life - November 22, 2009
That was the shittiest call on Pullen
seriously.
Catfan33 - November 22, 2009
It was absolutely fucking terrible
BracketCat - November 22, 2009
Come on Dom get rid of the ball.
Catfan33 - November 22, 2009
Frank better have these guys shooting free throws on the way home.
Catfan33 - November 22, 2009
nice job freshman
KSUfan4Life - November 22, 2009
that was a stupid call. he didnt foul, johnson was just a wimp.
KSUfan4Life - November 22, 2009
Nice job Denis!
Catfan33 - November 22, 2009
Third place finish.
Catfan33 - November 22, 2009
nice game guys.
we escaped with a victory, barely. nice job state.
KSUfan4Life - November 22, 2009
That was a great growth win
Way to step up, guards.
Jamar needs to get his head straight. I think he spent more time chasing Puerto Rican tail this week than he did thinking basketball, and it showed. Kicking that guy was absolutely inexcusable and made me embarrassed as a K-State fan. Highly disappointing.
Sutton had a great game. Really impacted the game with his defense and rebounding.
Kelly needs to get a lot better at defense and rebounding. He could be a monster, but he has to want it.
Wally grew up a lot today. He’s gonna be big for us from here on out.
I thought McGruder played pretty well, too. But by the same token, Jordan took a bit of a step back this week. That was to be expected given that this was his first time going against really good Division I big men.
Finally, props to the K-State fans who made the trip. Hearing the K-S-U chant was great.
I think 2-1 is roughly what we were hoping for. Beating No. 18/21 was sweet. That will be a great quality win for us and showed what we are capable of.
BracketCat - November 22, 2009
A couple points...
I thought Jamar should have been ejected from the game…though he did save some face by shaking the guys hand soon afterward.
I was really surprised at the demographic differences between the UD fans and KSU fans (namely age).
MadCat - November 23, 2009
Frank: "Wally's tip-in was worth a million bucks."
“He played his rear end off today. He was active defensively.”
BracketCat - November 22, 2009
More Frank:
“The game Friday got away from us when Dom got his 4th foul. He brings unbelievable energy and does all the little things right.”
Also, Dayton had won 20 of 21 games decided by 5 points of less. Gritty group, but we found a way.
BracketCat - November 22, 2009
By the way, did anyone else feel like ESPN really, REALLY wanted Dayton to win?
Pretty one-sided coverage, I thought.
Especially after the technical on Jamar. “Could this be the turning point?” Uh, yeah, dumbass, because we got pissed and scored the next 7 points.
BracketCat - November 22, 2009
What else is new?
That seems like a common thing w/ ESPN. I’m not sure where all the K-Hate is coming from, but I get pretty sick of the doubters. I finally put the game on mute b/c it drives me nuts listening to them talk non-stop shit.
williewildcrack - November 22, 2009
I can understand Ole Miss (an SEC team) getting all the love, but freakin' Dayton?
Just weird.
BracketCat - November 22, 2009
Wow, Fran Fraschilla has lost a ton of weight
Doesn’t even look like the same guy.
Anyone else sticking around for Ole Miss-Villanova? Game’s about to tip on ESPN.
I’m really interested to see how the Rebels do in the one. I think if they can knock off the Wildcats, we’re gonna feel a lot better about that loss.
BracketCat - November 22, 2009
Wow, Nova off to a quick start
8-0 already.
Hey, Ole Miss, why the hell couldn’t you miss those shots against us? Bastards.
BracketCat - November 22, 2009
Fight back
Now tied 12-12. Way to shake off adversity, Rebels!
BracketCat - November 22, 2009
17-12 Ole Miss
Awesome. Jay Wright is getting pissed.
BracketCat - November 22, 2009
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