De Sousa

Had a meeting tonight and caught only the last 5 minutes - apparently the best 5 minutes. What a huge and badly needed win for the Hawks.

Not sure when or if I'll have time to watch the DVR and was wondering how De Sousa looked. 1-1 FG, 3 rebounds and no TO's in 7 minutes sounds solid. Looked lost the first game, must have looked much better tonight. Thoughts?

Mitch made a big play at the end. Love that kid and so glad for quality minutes he provides.

In my opinion, don't waste your time with the first 30 minutes of the game. You will get frustrated. The final 10 minutes were the best.

Silvio looked better ... still needs work and Self still didn't use him in the 2nd half. He had some better sequences and made a nice move to get his bucket.

Thanks for the tip. You confirmed what I was thinking. I'll plan to watch the last 10 minutes. When KU isn't playing well, watching them against the Mountaineers is horribly frustrating.

I'd actually started watching at 3:43 and it wasn't really worth watching until the 6 minute mark but that 6 minutes was sweet with the Graham steal, giving Carter a fourth foul and De Vonte a 2 and 1. The the two 3's but Svi and the one 3 by Graham got us right back into the game. Really fun to watch. Great win!

Now to keep that mental toughness and tenacious D we showed in H2 for the rest of the run.

Absolutely HE! We're now 5-1 and in first place in the conference exactly a third of the way through league play. That's HUGE, but there's a lot of bball left to be played. Hopefully we build on the mental toughness and great D you mentioned...which would translate to us coming out strong against Baylor on Saturday.

One thing I've noticed is that DeSousa tends to hang on to his guy when he's defending him, and it looks to me that in both games, the refs have warned him about it. The guy is still learning. He'll do fine, but he's not there yet.

I was actually pleased in both games to see the refs "coaching" him rather than just immediately blowing the whistle.

Yeah. I told you to start watching a little earlier so that you could get a feel of the hole from whence we dug out.

It was a serious hole and an exciting comeback. 3 pointers are an amazing comeback tool.

I too thought in the few minutes he played De Sousa looked good. Obviously its not up to me how much PT the guy gets but he looked as athletic and under control as Mitch. I for one think Mitch is a huge part of this team and could use a few more minutes himself but I am not at practice and I dont get paid HCBS’s salary. It just seems that getting both of these guys some more time now could provide big benefits later. I realize how big this game was and how much HCBS and this team want to win, but when called on theae guys keep stepping up. I think its a shame they only see the floor when Doke is in foul trouble. Regardless, glad to finally have Silvio finally playing.