Gonzaga is searching for their ninth straight Candy Sixteen look however Invoice Self’s Jayhawks stand in the best way. Keep in mind when Kansas was ranked #1 to the beginning the season? Looks like perpetually in the past. This staff has had its up and downs all year long and so they now don’t have any Kevin McCullar who was their main scorer.
Nick Timberlake stepped up in his place and crammed his function properly in opposition to Samford within the first spherical. He completed with 19 factors on 5-8 FG and 3-5 3PT. Him and Johnny Furphy are the x-factors for the Jayhawks out on the wing.
Kansas did barely squeak by Samford within the first spherical and an enormous a part of the rationale has to do with their carelessness with the ball in that matchup. The Jayhawks could share the ball the perfect within the nation coming into the match however they gave up 18 turnovers in opposition to the Bulldogs and allowed 15 factors off these. The guard play for the Zags has to place stress on the ball and trigger chaos on Kansas’ ball handlers.
The important thing matchup to look at on this one goes to be within the paint between Graham Ike and Hunter Dickinson, two lefties. Will probably be a battle down low between two of the highest massive males within the match. It appears like not loads of three-pointers will likely be made for both staff with majority of scoring for each squads coming contained in the arc.
The largest ask from the Zags I’ve over every little thing… crash the glass, crash the glass, and crash the glass.
Kansas’ document –
23-10, 10-8 (W vs NC Central, W vs Manhattan, W vs #17 Kentucky, W vs Chaminade, L vs #4 Marquette, W vs #7 Tennessee, W vs Jap Illinois, W vs #4 UConn, W vs Kansas Metropolis, W vs Missouri, W @ Indiana, W vs Yale, W vs Wichita State, W vs TCU, L @ UCF, W vs #9 Oklahoma, L @ #23 Iowa State, W vs Oklahoma State, W vs #4 Houston, L @ Kansas State, W vs #13 Baylor, L @ Texas Tech, W vs #25 Oklahoma, W vs Texas, L vs BYU, L @ #15 Baylor, W vs Kansas State, L @ #1 Houston, L vs Cincinnati in Huge 12 semifinals)
Key stats –
75.3 PPG (thirty seventh within the nation)
61.5 factors allowed
49.2 FG% (ninth within the nation)
32.9 3P%
72.7 FT%
35.8 RPG
19.0 APG (1st within the nation)
7.3 SPG
3.9 BPG
11.6 TO
KenPom rankings –
#23 general
113.5 adjusted offensive effectivity (#60)
94.7 adjusted defensive effectivity (#13)
Key participant to look at for –
Dajuan Harris (junior, guard) – 8.5 PPG on 42.8 FG% and 36.6 3PT%, 6.4 APG, 1.5 SPG
Gonzaga could have proved themselves in opposition to a McNeese State however Kansas is a unique breed. The Delta Heart is in for a superb one at 12:15 PM PT on CBS. It is a rubber match because the all-time sequence between the Zags and Jayhawks is tangled up at 1-1. It’s going to be a excessive scoring affair.
Arden Cravalho is a Gonzaga College graduate from the Bay Space… Observe him on Twitter @a_cravalho
