What's a Succesful Year?

I’d be quite happy with winning the north and making the tournament. Winning one game in the NCAA’s would be a fine finish considering the huge losses from last year.

A good season would be developing players that will help us down the road. Get rid of Reed because he will not be much once Johnson arrives next year at guard. Also, am glad Releford is getting minutes, but we have Appleton, the juco player and it seems like a waste with him unless I don’t know something. I say let’s see what Thomas has too. Let’s find our core players. We need to win at least one game in the big dance so the kids know what the experience is like.

As far as big wins we need to beat either Texas or Oklahoma. Oh and sweet Mizzou lol

I think he has some similarities to Jeff Boschee. He was brought in to be a point or combination guard and I don’t think that’s his spot. He’s really seems more of a pure 2 guard and struggles when he has to ball-handle too much. Boschee struggled early in his time at KU because he was hyped as the second coming of Bobby Hurley. When Roy moved him off the ball he became a very effective player. Tyrel definitely has a great shooting touch and will be effective if properly used. (I think Self can figure it out, obviously)

I would have to disagree about the boschee comparison. Reed is not very quick and Boschee was. I hope Reed doesn’t shave his head like Boschee did because Reed has big ol ears lol. Anyways, I figure let’s redshirt Little because this team is not going to do a lot this year honestly. It maybe best to suck it up this year, and let the guys improve knowing we would have Little, Robinson, Johnson and Withey coming in next year to play. We would know that Little and Withey are practicing with the team and getting ready. Just a thought since this year won’t be great, but can make the future very bright.

As i recall Boschee had a more consistent shot over his career, but still think Reed won’t do a lot for us. He can’t jump and at least twice a game he has to look for his jock while on defense because he is still not quick enough. If he was playing only 10 minutes a game or less I would be fine, since I do not trust him in crunch time.

guess we shall see what happens with Reed. So far I am not impressed with him, but who knows what will happen. I recall Darnell Jackson came out of nowhere to start for us his senior year. With new guys coming next year his minutes will drop however. I wish we would decide on who is in our rotation because I don’t like the idea of having 11 guys when we should have 8 or 9 at the most.

Well Mario is not redshirted which is good for us. Helps this year and the near future which also helps is in future recruiting because we can get recruits sooner rather than later. Anyways here would be my rotation, as if Self is watching this haha.

Starting five: Mario, Marcus, Cole, Tyshawn, Sherron
Bench: Travis, Markieff, Brady, Tyrel

A decent team that should win 10-11 games in conference. If we can win at least 1 game in both the Big 12 and March tournaments I will be content. Then they will know what it is like to be in tourneys and win a game in each.

It is a rotation that can be successful and we need consistency and players knowing their roles soon. This team is very raw and I have realized this year is a growth year and patience is important with this team. Next year is where I will get excited knowing we should be healthy and much stronger overall. It is nice to hear defending champs every time we are introduced. Even when i was in Arizona for the KU/UofA game we were introduced that way.

AZ has a great facility and every time I have gone to a game I have enjoyed their fans. Knowledgeable and fun to talk to during the games. My hats off to them. I was at the game 2 hours prior just to watch them warmup and they have an extensive warmup plan that is impressive. It makes sense why they are in shape and so organized throughout. I do think our Crimson Girls rival their cheerleaders by the way ;)