It’s hard to remember now, with Kansas earning the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament and advancing to its first Sweet 16 since 2013.
Just two months ago, the Jayhawks were trending to be the worst defensive team of the Bill Self era. One of the biggest issues was guarding ball screens, a deficiency most evident when Oklahoma State guard Jawun Evans scored 22 points with eight assists in KU’s 19-point road loss in mid-January.
Needing a fix, Self turned his team’s attention to video — and also to one of his team’s biggest rivals.
Self has long been a fan of how Kansas State coach Bruce Weber has his team guard the action, last month saying the Wildcats were “one of the best ball-screen defensive teams around.”
“When they do it, it makes it really hard for anybody using the ball screen to use it effectively,” forward Landen Lucas said. “We had to make some adjustments and focus on it a little more in practice, and we’ve gotten better at it.”
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Just two months ago, the Jayhawks were trending to be the worst defensive team of the Bill Self era. One of the biggest issues was guarding ball screens, a deficiency most evident when Oklahoma State guard Jawun Evans scored 22 points with eight assists in KU’s 19-point road loss in mid-January.
Needing a fix, Self turned his team’s attention to video — and also to one of his team’s biggest rivals.
Self has long been a fan of how Kansas State coach Bruce Weber has his team guard the action, last month saying the Wildcats were “one of the best ball-screen defensive teams around.”
“When they do it, it makes it really hard for anybody using the ball screen to use it effectively,” forward Landen Lucas said. “We had to make some adjustments and focus on it a little more in practice, and we’ve gotten better at it.”
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/co...-of-kansas/article67893727.html#storylink=cpy
