Finally, a blowout. Here are some observations from last night’s win over South Dakota.
- KU’s defense has an elite ceiling
South Dakota missed a couple bunnies, to be sure, but the Jayhawks held the Coyotes to just 16 attempts at the rim, and just 9 makes. Combine that with South Dakota attempting just 13 threes and the Jayhawks forced South Dakota to take 29 of its 58 shots from the midrange. They can afford some struggles on offense if their defense plays like it did last night.
2. Dedric Lawson has a chance to have Bill Self’s best season ever
The front runners for Self’s best season at Kansas are probably Frank Mason’s player of the year campaign in 2017 when he posted a 125 offensive rating with a 25 percent usage rate, and Cole Aldrich’s 2009 season when he combined a 124 offensive rating and 21.