Duke is at once infuriating and electrifying. Flagg is an incredible player. We can only imagine what he would be like as an upper classman at Duke. He would be unstoppable. But he’s the #1 pick in all likelihood. His 3 point shot and youth are his weaknesses.
Love Malik Brown and Sion James. They were out there in crunch time for a reason.
Kon is an infuriating player. He's crafty and skilled with the ball. But the last two games he’s played he’s had so many drives that ended up as turnovers, blocked shots, or missed shots. He is just not quick enough or strong enough to go inside and win consistently against older athletic players on top tier teams. 2 out of 3 drives are basically a turnover waiting to happen (steal, block, or miss). He has to learn to drive and kick. He did that once late in the game and Proctor nailed it. And his shooting was horrible. Sion and Proctor both are able to nail 3s. Kon has to be a facilitator instead of constantly looking for his own shot. SMH. He also has limitations on D.
He put up 14 shots and no one else had double digits. That just can’t happen. Look at the Box score Scheyer! Pass the ball!
Now, the two man game with Flagg was great. Showed his ability to handle and pass (of course having Flagg and no Dickinson helped there).
Maluach didn’t seem himself. He didn’t get a lot of PT. Was his knee hurting? He just wasn’t that presence he normally is. But Brown was playing some great ball.
Really wish Scheyer would use Brown at the 3-4 alongside Maluach and Flagg for stretches. Drives me nuts why he won’t do that. Our defense would be exceptional. Flagg and Brown can guard the 1-4 spot defensively if needed with their length and quickness. The provide matchup problems on offense. But it seems Scheyer is locked into a rotation and can’t imagine anything different. He’s stubborn just like K was on that kind of thing. I’d like to see Brown at the 4 at least some of the time. He’s so good on defense he was pestering PGs last night.
I thought the Dickinson call was borderline getting tossed. But Brown’s head hitting the floor was bad. However he should have been called for a foul on that drive. He elbowed Brown right in the face! He had so many fouls but because he’s an all American and on KU they won’t foul him out. I hate the business where officials let that go. Scheyer also should have called time out in the hook in the first half. But the worst was the officials called a foul on every play after that like they needed to make up for kicking Dickinson out! If you have to do that why kick him out? They were horrible. If that were 1984 K, he’d have been T’d up.
Generally we played well down the stretch. But Kon haas to play better or take him off the court. It’s not that he’s bad, though his shooting was terrible, but he’s too selfish. He’s not Cooper Flagg.
But it was a great close game despite some poor play. If Kon uses his teammates better we win that game. Scheyer is falling into that same trap K did over and over again. An over reliance on two players and they are freshmen. Year after year. And there are two freshmen 4/5 star players getting 40 minutes on the bench. Come on. Smh.
Our veteran transfers played well generally. Gillis has to hit more 3s.
