Wake + 14 against Kansas (for entertainment only)

[TreFoDeac]

Will be 14 points by halftime. Final margin will be decided by Bill self.

Smart man

 

[MBDeac08]

Wiggins shut down one of the best mid-major bigs in the country. Just to prove a point.



We'll learn a lot about Devin today.

So... What did we learn about our star big man?

 

[Wrangor]

Smart man

Second half was not as planned in a good way. Wish I could have watched.

 

[PhDeac]

So did Self rest his starters? No minutes on Scorecenter.

 

[Fuck Your Couch]

So did Self rest his starters? No minutes on Scorecenter.

He sat his starters for an extended period after Wake got close in the 2nd half to prove a point to his team. They treaded water for a while and then the starters came back in to finish the game. Nothing in the traditional sense of Kansas is up 20 with 2 minutes to go lets put in the walkons.

 

[84Deac]

Second team played most of the 2nd half. Wiggins came back in with a little less than 6 minutes left.

 

[morrison2951]

Yep- starters sat 3/4 of the 2nd half.

 

[DrG41]

Basically Wake is competitive with KU second string.

 

[PhDeac]

So Self played it like an opening round game against a weak opponent?

Smart coaching.

 

[WakeFanatic]

I'd take Wake +14 (though if I were to bet I would wait till later towards game time and see if Kansas goes up to -15, which I imagine they might). OKST -14 is the one I see as more of a sure thing.

Boom. (Ignore the OKST part, lol)

 

[WakeFanatic]

Barring food poisoning this is as good a bet as Clemson was at -28.

Haha.

 

[RacerDeac]

So Self played it like an opening round game against a weak opponent?

Smart coaching.

Wasn't it numbers who argued that no team would ever sit their starters for an extended period in a "meaningful" game when I suggested Kansas might do it earlier this week?

 

[Fuck Your Couch]

Wasn't it numbers who argued that no team would ever sit their starters for an extended period in a "meaningful" game when I suggested Kansas might do it earlier this week?

to be fair he sat their starters because they were giving up ground. and one of their bench players is a top 10 pick in a loaded draft.

 

[Dino Gaudino]

Basically Wake is competitive with KU second string.

Right. Because they didn't cut it to four to start the second half with the starters in.

 

[Dino Gaudino]

So Self played it like an opening round game against a weak opponent?

Smart coaching.

You might want to watch the game before making those statements.

 

[Wakeforest22890]

Wasn't it numbers who argued that no team would ever sit their starters for an extended period in a "meaningful" game when I suggested Kansas might do it earlier this week?

You're an idiot. That's not why they benched the starters at all.

Anybody making comments on the Kansas starters not playing in the second half as evidence of Self taking the game easy didn't watch the game.

 

[PhDeac]

Eh. People who watched the game said Kansas was never in danger of losing.

 

[Wakeforest22890]

Eh. People who watched the game said Kansas was never in danger of losing.

Self yanked the starters when it was a six or eight point game in the second half. They weren't in serious danger after that point, but that's hindsight knowledge as well IMO. The point is Self didn't bench the starters for any reason other than they were playing like complete garbage and he wanted to send a message. The second team played relatively well once they go tin so he left them in for a bit.

 

[TheIshThatSaved WakeForest]

We've reached the point where people who didn't watch the game are analyzing it. Great.

If you didn't watch, fine. But don't try to make arguments based on what you saw from other posts or read on the AP story.

 

[PhDeac]

So Self played it like an opening round game against a weak opponent?

Smart coaching.

I asked a question based on info from people who watched it. Feel free to answer it.