for those using the "more experienced" angle....

[airportis]

this angle is making me laugh.

Kansas has more experience? Really? :142smilie


here are some minutes from last season for the Kansas "big 3"...

Thomas Robinson - 482
Tyshawn Taylor - 977
Jeff Withey −162


now lets take a look at 3 from Kentucky

Terrence Jones - 1196
Doron Lamb - 1078
Darius Miller - 1178


three major contributors for Kentucky who all logged over 1,000 minutes last season, while nobody on this Kansas team played more than 977 minutes last year.

in fact, ONE player on Kansas played more than 500 minutes last year.

so Kansas having more experience? please....:mj07:

 

[Hashish]

Game experience is one thing, collegiate experience is another. You don't think those countless hours Withey and Robinson spent battling the Morris brothers and learning from the brilliant Danny Manning count for anything?

This game will be won or lost in the paint, and that is where the battling Robinson and Withey have done over the years will pay off big time.

 

[airportis]

Kentucky already rolled this KU team over early in the season, which says more for Kentucky than it does Kansas.

Kentucky has been young and gotten better all season learning to play together. They were far more raw when they played Kansas the 1st time, and they still won by 10, turned the ball over more, and shot horrible from the free throw line.

You can't handicap this game by using that game really, but to say experience is a key factor is just not true.

Withey will be a non factor. Robinson is a load and he and Taylor will need to have HUGE games for this to even be close.

Kentucky doesnt rely on 1 or 2 guys. They have option after option after option who can pick it up if someone is having a bad night or starting slow.