Lol....man I love Brucey. He placed more importance on winning the big xii and “stopping KU” than winning in the ncaa tournament. So much so that he ran Dean Wade into the ground the last three games so he couldn’t play anymore going forward.

Deadspin headline: Upset Of The Day: Gardner-Webb Toppled By Team No One Believed In

LMAO




KSU was obviously a tossup game, no "advanced hysterics" required.

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Somewhere in the world - Rust Shack cries out in agony.

LOL!!!

We have had way too many bad beats in the tournament. If we lose today, which I see as a 50/50 game, it wont be crushing. Most here will admit this years team is flawed. That said.....

Dotson is going to be a force in the next 3 years. Contender for national player of the year before he graduates. Doke probably stays. We should have a great team next year.

McCormack, Ochai, and Dotson all have very high ceilings. The 3 should be a very solid core for the next few years.

I don’t know what to expect from Grimes. It doesn’t seem like he does any one thing all that well.

Doke has had 4 injuries in 3 years. To me, anything we get from him is a bonus. I’m not getting my hopes up with him.

Yeah. It’s a different experience to not have expectations in the second round. I didn’t want to lose to Northeastern, but this one feels like a tossup.

Is Auburn where Bruce Pearl went? If so I hope we beat that smug puke by 60

Yes this is Pearl's team.

I couldn't agree more about expectations. Avoid a first round embarrassment was the most I was really expecting. Beyond that we're playing a team that's pretty much level with us. Can't get too upset with a loss. It would be cool to play to seed and get to KC, but I'm not expecting anything.

but if we win, then we get to be embrassed in KC by Roy. :shake:

Agreed. **** Bruce Pearl with a ****ing bulldozer.

Nah, some people just choose to focus on the failures.

If you say the first round is a 1 and winning the NC is 7, the average exit for KU in the past 18 years is 3.666 and Duke is 3.7777.... and if you take out Self's two first round exits because he was transitioning off Roy's team (and Duke didn't have a new coach in that time), KU goes up to 4, which is the average of an Elite Eight exit.

Kansas / Duke
NC - 1 / 3
Runner Up - 2 / 0
Elite Eight - 5 / 2
Sweet Sixteen - 3 / 7
2nd Round - 3 / 2
First Round - 2 / 3

It obviously doesn't account for seeding, but if someone want to focus on being a 1 seed and losing to a 4 or whatever, then boo-hoo, maybe find a different sport.

I could have gone back further (this missed a couple of KU's 2nd round losses, but also another one of Duke's 1st round and 2nd round exit each... it missed another Duke NC, but also another Runner up and EE and SSs for KU..... doubt it would have moved an 18 year average much)....... Maybe UNC or UK make out better, despite their NIT seasons. :shrug:

As far as the game today, my hope every year is to get to the point of a toss up game so I can just crack open a beer and be pleasantly surprised (well, not that I wasn't jumping up and down in my living room, screaming at my TV, at the end of the Duke game)..... unfortunately, that comes in the 2nd round this season.

And if they do win today and happen to get their asses handed to them against UNC, then meh.... they've kind of owned UNC in the tournament since Roy left, so whatever.

IS EVERYONE READY TO WATCH YOUR KANSAS UNIVERSITY JAYHAWKS!!!

UNC is our worst matchup possibility outside of Thursday and today. Playing UNC would be like Fort Hays State paying the Dream Team.