Early in the season, Oubre saw that a friend and former AAU comrade, Arizona freshman Stanley Johnson, hadn't elevated into the starting lineup for the Wildcats. When Oubre reached out on FaceTime and asked what was going on, Johnson lamented that he just couldn't get it in practice, that the coaches saw him doing his own thing instead of doing what they wanted. Oubre almost had to laugh: That's exactly what I'm going through, he told Johnson. So the scuffling Kansas freshman resolved not to think at all. He'd simply absorb every coaching point, apply it and strive to get the details right. I'm going to practice like a pro, Oubre told his father.
A breakthrough-23 points and 10 rebounds in a Dec. 20 win over Lafayette-followed. It was Oubre's first double-figure scoring effort. "It was going to be hard as hell to contain him based on the little crumb you gave him," Kelly Sr. says. "Because he's been eating crumbs his whole life." From that night forward, Kelly Jr. averaged 11.3 points and 6.3 rebounds while amassing 32 steals in 22 games. He also established more night-to-night consistency by the end of the regular season, posting 12 points or more in six of his last seven outings and capping the year with a 12-point, 10-rebound double-double at Oklahoma on Saturday.
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A breakthrough-23 points and 10 rebounds in a Dec. 20 win over Lafayette-followed. It was Oubre's first double-figure scoring effort. "It was going to be hard as hell to contain him based on the little crumb you gave him," Kelly Sr. says. "Because he's been eating crumbs his whole life." From that night forward, Kelly Jr. averaged 11.3 points and 6.3 rebounds while amassing 32 steals in 22 games. He also established more night-to-night consistency by the end of the regular season, posting 12 points or more in six of his last seven outings and capping the year with a 12-point, 10-rebound double-double at Oklahoma on Saturday.
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