Carlton Bragg looked more like the player KU hoped for (LJW)

I'm with Josh Jackson on Bragg's strong one-game performance:

Star KU freshman Josh Jackson thought Bragg played a critical role in the win.

“In my opinion,” Jackson said, “best game of the year so far, and hopefully we get to see more.”

I thought it was by far Bragg's most dominant game of the year. Not only due to the results (15 points, 7 rebounds, 3 blocks), but the nature of how he played. He didn't resort to his typical "nuance" (softer) game. Instead, he battled inside and played a muscular, tough game. He fought for rebounding position. He fought to finish bunnies against pressure. He threw down some thunderous dunks off of VERY athletic, high-flying second-chance cutbacks. He blocked some TCU shots with authority when they were still very much in the game or ahead in the first half. And he did all of that on a night when Landen was in a bit of a funk, offensively and with foul trouble.

All of that being said, it's just one game. Let's see him do it for several games in a row, so that it represents a pattern rather than an anomaly. If it becomes the former, LOOK OUT. Because it will mean this KU team will have started to resolve its one remaining shortcoming -- frontcourt strength and depth -- that just about every basketball analyst raises when they ponder why or how KU could fall short of a Final Four or NC run.

Please, please let it be the start of something good. Really, really good.