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Where KU’s Carlton Bragg is struggling … and where he isn’t

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LAWRENCE

Carlton Bragg is failing the eye test.

Whether we want to admit it or not, optics are important. Sometimes it’s not just how effective a player does something, but also how he good he looks doing it, that ends up influencing our overall thoughts.

So Bragg, a sophomore forward for Kansas, is struggling so far. At least that’s what we think we’re seeing.

But is it true?

Well … maybe. Here’s the point with Bragg, and it’s an important one.

The eye test probably doesn’t give him enough credit — a fact that advanced stats have been screaming to us through the first month of the season.