Washburn Postgame Thoughts
Collins and Arthur are legit. Though Arthur looked incredible yesterday, don’t be surprised if Collins ends up wowing you more over the course of the year. Collins looked to me to spend most of the first half adjusting to the speed of the game and playing tentatively on offense and sluggishly on defense.
That won’t last long.
Darnell Jackson looked better than I’ve ever seen him in finishing around the basket. If he can regain some of his FT touch, that would help us significantly.
Self has a meeting with CJ today to discuss getting him back on the team. I hope for CJ’s sake that he has helped himself out, but I think he’ll struggle to get minutes behind Arthur.
For the next 6 weeks, Arthur, Jackson and Wright will be sharing 80 minutes. That should satisfy Jayhawks eager to see DA on the court.
We looked sloppy for the gooey middle of the game, but the crusts of the proverbial sandwich were nicely toasted, in my humble opinion.
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November 3rd, 2006 at 5:10 pm
After Arthur’s strong performance, I’m wondering if he’ll challenge Kevin Durant for freshman of the year honors. Once I see what Durant can do, this may be post-fodder…
November 3rd, 2006 at 8:20 pm
Frank Phifer, senior forward for Washburn had 22 points on 5-10 shooting from inside. At times, our interior defense looked a little suspect. I’m hoping it was the permitted first game type of performance and not an actual weakness that could come to haunt us against bigger teams. Teams like…Florida.
November 4th, 2006 at 12:12 am
Ok call me crazy, but I wasn’t fully impressed with Arthur. He doesn’t play defense like Giles, and he isn’t a strong finisher. He almost seems like a Roy Williams type player- the kind who could do very well against the Big 12. I think he’s out of position as a center though.
And another thing- I don’t remember seeing any pick and roll. I hope Self isn’t going back to straight up high-low offense.