I never would have guessed we would be one game up in conf. play going into this game. The guys that hated the Bruce Weber hire, (me) have to be second guessing themselves now.
It would be nice for kstate to have an in state rivalry in football also. Since we are the only D1 college that has a football team worth mentioning in the state, that aint gonna happen. Kstate can still win the b12 in bball. The next two games are at home against baylor and texas. Ku has to play osu and iowas state on the road yet. We are still tied for first in the b12 as it stand now.
It would be nice for kstate to have an in state rivalry in football also. Since we are the only D1 college that has a football team worth mentioning in the state, that aint gonna happen. Kstate can still win the b12 in bball. The next two games are at home against baylor and texas. Ku has to play osu and iowas state on the road yet. We are still tied for first in the b12 as it stand now.
We had a nice discussion on here last year when KState hired Weber. Some were basketball illiterate enough to think he was a poor hire. I was be littled for pointing out my support of coach Webers style and philosophy. He is a class individual and someone any university would be proud of to hire as a coach. I have attended a couple of his coaches clinics and he is a trememdous coach, takes care of his players, and is a players coach. The best hire Kstate has had since coach Hartman. Frank was just not able to rally players through intimidation and Huggins is a criminal. I am sure Weber will have success as the big 12 is weak on coaches and a weak conference in general. He was the best candidate that Kstate could have hired. They just are not an attractive university for most coaches and will always be a tough place to recruit the best players in the nation. But you don't need the best, just the right ones in the right system. Just look at Butler and Gonzaga.
I appreciate that almost everybody on this site was able to show class and support their own team without bashing other people's programs. Makes this a friendly forum for all!
I want to see what KSU will be like in a couple years when Weber get's his own players to have in his own system, instead of trying to use Martin's players in his system.
Too much KU inside... Whithey (or however you spell it) completely changes that game. Even if he doesn't block shots, K-State was clearly affected by him.
You are right, and Illinois hasn't been as good since the fired Weber. I never was one of the fans jumping up and down and screaming, I just thought Brad Underwood deserved a chance, or Tim Jankovich would be good. We have to wait and see how Weber does with his own recruits. Despite tonight, these players definitely looked better coached than last year. As far as not needing the best players in the nation, all you have to do is look what Snyder has done.
I want to see what KSU will be like in a couple years when Weber get's his own players to have in his own system, instead of trying to use Martin's players in his system.
Too much KU inside... Whithey (or however you spell it) completely changes that game. Even if he doesn't block shots, K-State was clearly affected by him.
KState allowed him to change the game. In the 3 losses, those teams took Withey away from the basket with ball screens. He was never under the basket to give help. Kstate just let him camp in the lane and block shots. When he is blocking shots, then it allows KU to score in transition. Kstate continued to run their motion offense which KU defended well. To beat KU, you have to run ball screens at the top and get Withey to switch. It takes away his shot blocking, takes away rebounding, and takes away transition baskets.