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Wildcat Sports => Basketball => Topic started by: cf0102 on January 09, 2011, 11:49:01 AM
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The Buffaloes are 12-4 (1-0) with a loss at Georgia. The Buffaloes return 4 starters from last season (a squad that posted a 15-16 overall record, including a 6-10 mark in the Big XII Conference). The Buffaloes are projected to finish 9th in the Big XII Conference.
The Buffaloes are lead by G Alec Burks, G Cory Higgins, F Marcus Relphorde and G Levi Knutson. Burks is averaging 20 points/game (leads the team), 5 rebounds/game and 2 assists/game. Burks was a lightly recruited kid from the Kansas City area who came out of nowhere to become the first Buffalo to win the Big 12 Freshman of the Year award. He was the first freshman in CU history to score 500 points in a season and the first to lead the team in rebounding since 1986.
Higgins is averaging 17 points/game, 4 rebounds/game and 3 assists/game (co leads the team). Higgins is a big guard (6'5") who averaged 19 points/game and 4 rebounds/game last season.
Relphorde is averaging 12 points/game, 4 rebounds/game and 3 assists/game (co leads the team). Relphorde has an interesting skill set. He is something in between a small forward and a power forward, smooth enough to face up and drive and just barely a good enough shooter to justify taking the occasional deep one. Ideally, he would be a face-up four man which doesn't have many other options on the block. But at 6'7", he might be a touch small for that role, especially on the defensive end.
Knutson is averaging 12 points/game, 3 rebounds/game and 1 assist/game. G Andre Roberson is the team's leading rebounder averaging 7 rebounds/game. Roberson is a 6'7" swingman who chose CU over Clemson, Penn State, UNLV and Tulsa.
This team's strength is their backcourt with Burks and Higgins. Relphorde can score it, too, although he's a little too short to be a night-in, night-out scoring threat on the block. Boyle wants rebounding and defense to be the program's calling cards, however, the Buffaloes are 10th in the conference in rebounding. Colorado is the kind of team that could win 18 games but they might only win 13 games because in their non conference games they had the two best players (Burks and Higgins) on the floor and that will be the case in some Big XII games (Nebraska, Texas Tech and Iowa State) as well.
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Burks was a lightly recruited kid from the Kansas City area who came out of nowhere to become the first Buffalo to win the Big 12 Freshman of the Year award. He was the first freshman in CU history to score 500 points in a season and the first to lead the team in rebounding since 1986.
Do you think K-State, KU, and Mizzou are kicking themselves for not pursuing this kid more? What a talent! He dropped 36 on the Tigers to upset them yesterday.
I look forward to making the trip to Manhattan on Wednesday to watch the Cats get back on track and see how we handle Burks.
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Thanks for the "A Look at" We will be reviewing this game and the season thus far Thursday night, so expect a BIG weekend NationCast.
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There are still some tickets available for this game. Get 'em while you can!
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Can anyone get a picture of Frank with his head in his hands. They showed it right before the commercial areound 7:40 1st half.
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WTF was up with that craptastic lineup Frank put on the court right before half!!! It is Frank's fault alone that this game is tied at half.
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I will also add to my previous post that it is all Frank's fault that OSU was able to get back into the game last week. Each time we had a lineup come into the game that was working well together and scoring points he would F it up and take all of them out. WTF is going on in his head sometimes!
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Beginning of 2nd half our team has no fire.
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Let this sink in. We just lost to Colorado.
btw I'm done with my melt down.
How does Texas Tech look this year?
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WTF was up with that craptastic lineup Frank put on the court right before half!!! It is Frank's fault alone that this game is tied at half.
Agreed. I'm placing a lot of blame on the coaching staff for this one. Frank needs to address his rotations during the game. I said this was an issue at the beginning of the season and it still has not been cleared up.