Kansas vs. Iowa State: Key Strategies and Player Focus

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00:00All right, Hunter Dickinson on the court tonight,

00:02so it's much lost basketball.

00:03Number nine, Kansas takes on number two, Iowa State.

00:06And the Cyclones have climbed all the way up

00:08as we see here to one of the top teams in the country.

00:11They're five and a half point favorites

00:13and a much higher total than the previous game.

00:15We just reviewed 144 and a half tonight in Ames.

00:19What do you like in this one?

00:21Well, I like Iowa State playing at home.

00:24The energy they'll get from the Hilton Magic.

00:27I think that the question is,

00:30can Iowa State keep the ball out of Hunter Dickinson's hands

00:33or can they get him into a situation

00:36where when Hunter touches it, he's not in dangerous spots?

00:39That's the key for Iowa State.

00:41Hunter Dickinson, seven foot one center,

00:43who has great offensive ability,

00:45inside, mid-range, sometimes deep.

00:48He's got the entire package,

00:50except he can be convinced on the right night

00:53to not wanna play.

00:54We've seen it on many occasions

00:57where you can get him disengaged.

00:59And that's Iowa State's job tonight.

01:01Maybe you do a little bit of that if you're the Cyclones

01:04by taking the ball away from the perimeter.

01:07Certainly not gonna do it to DeJuan Harris at the point,

01:09but maybe some of the wing players will give it up.

01:11But the key here is to make it a miserable night

01:15for Hunter Dickinson.

01:16If he can dominate inside,

01:18that's the one guy that they don't have

01:20a one-for-one matchup with at Iowa State.

01:23So that's gotta be Kansas's job

01:25to try to make it all about Hunter Dickinson

01:29in the mid-range, in the low post.