No, Lived most of life in STL and have many friends who attended SIU.... I am a big 12 fan....

Just have this thing against KU and OKlahoma... Dates back to the big 8.

From 1980 to 1996 noone won more big 8 conference titles or championships....

The main competitors (Oklahoma and Kansas) mostly oklahoma... There was fire between the coaches and players..

1980: Kansas State
1981: Kansas
1982: Missouri
1983: Oklahoma State
1984: Kansas
1985: Oklahoma
1986: Kansas
1987: Missouri
1988: Oklahoma
1989: Missouri
1990: Oklahoma
1991: Missouri
1992: Kansas
1993: Missouri
1994: Nebraska
1995: Oklahoma State
1996: Iowa State

Conference
1980: Missouri
1981: Missouri
1982: Missouri
1983: Missouri
1984: Oklahoma
1985: Oklahoma
1986: Kansas
1987: Missouri
1988: Oklahoma
1989: Oklahoma
1990: Missouri
1991: Oklahoma State & Kansas
1992: Kansas
1993: Kansas
1994: Missouri
1995: Kansas
1996: Kansas

I take it that the "surround yourself with brilliant people" strategy isn't going so well... ;)

It's just not fun when you tee it up like that...


Yeah, most Missouri fans have a hatred for success.. I never knew it was something you had to experience to appreciate. :ZZZ:

KU = Yankmees of Big12.

don't you have to have more titles to be the yankees

Yea. Denver Broncos.

well then that would make Kstate = Raiders

Four different teams have won the 11 previous titles at the Phillips 66 Big 12 Men痴 Basketball Championship. Kansas has won the most with five crowns, followed by Oklahoma (3), Oklahoma State (2) and Iowa State (1). The Jayhawks captured the postseason title last year, their first since winning the initial three league postseason championships from 1997-99.


Kansas Basketball: 50 Conference Championships, 12 Final Fours, 4 National Championships, 1905 All-Time Div. I Victories


Yes easily compared to the Yankees

Don't do that to KSU.. Even if the coach may bring them closer to Raider territory..

well since the last time we won a national title i was 7 years old it doesn't really fell to me like they are the yankees

bump, less than 2 hrs till tip

AS I depart to prepare for the evening sporting spectacular activities, I leave this for my fellow Salukis....


Certain Victory

Though life presents you
With many obstacles,
Fight on

Though despair descends
Over you like a dark cloud,
Fight on

Though the world
Turns its back on you,
Fight on

Though illness and pain
Put you to the test,
Fight on

Though you try and try
And never seem to win,
Fight on

Though you are abandoned
By friends and family,
Fight on

And never bow your head,
To those who seek to overcome
You through subterfuge and guile

Stand your ground,
And certainly you will
Be victorious!

The Jayhawk Prayer:

OUR FATHER,
WHO ART IN LAWRENCE
HALLOWED BY THY GAME.
THY TOURNEY COME,
THY CHAMPIONSHIP WILL BE DONE
IN ATLANTA,
AS IT IS IN ALLEN FIELD HOUSE.
GIVE US THIS DAY
OUR DESERVED VICTORIES.
AND FORGIVE US OUR TURNOVERS,
AS WE FORGIVE ROY
WHO DOUBLE-CROSSED AGAINST US.
AND LEAD US NOT INTO DEFEAT
BUT DELIVER US FROM EAST COAST BIAS
FOR KANSAS IS
THY BASKETBALL KINGDOM,
AND THE TRADITION,
AND THE GLORY,
FOREVER AND EVER.
AMEN.


Our leader who art in Allen
Bill Self be thy name
Thy fast break come,
Thy dunk be done,
in Atlanta as it is in Allen,
Give us this day our daily threes
and forgive us our turnovers,
as we forgive those who set picks against us,
And deliver us from upsets.
For thine is the Regular Season,
and the Tournament,
and the National Championship.
Now and forever.
ROCK-CHALK-JAYHAWK
AMEN

Beak'em Hawks!

If the Jayhawks are in Atlanta right now, we're fooked.

we are on the step heading to atlanta

Here is a Saluki.

http://www.ead.ae/TacSoft/images/new...aluki_gn_4.jpg

if we win tonight that may just be my new sig :hmmm:

Let's not get ahead of ourselves, m-kay? ;)

im not i figured out a long time ago that no matter what i say it will have absolutely no effect on KU's performance. But i believe we will be playing a game 1 week from saturday

wait, I can't NOT photoshop their logo on it.

we need to be ready to play different styles tonight.


salukis are pretty short ........ so going big with a lineup of good shooters and big men might dominate.

Kaun,Arthur,Wright,Rush,Chalmers(point)

let chalmers and Rush shoot from outside ... let the big men dominate the boards in case they miss. It could completely wreck their great defense by losing on rebounds.

or .....

we might be able to run them before they get their defense set. In that case you go Arthur,Wright, Rush,chalmers,Robinson.

rotate Arthur with jackson to keep a fresh big man in.


maybe use both ....... but we need to see which works best and go with it.


my 2 cents

Go Bruins. :D

I agree... we'll be in this mode all weekend (even if we lose, we'll be defensive about it.. heh), so we need to go into the weekend with the idea that we can't rely on just wearing a team down or just fastbreak points, etc.... which we seem to do well at already.



My DVR says I get OSU/Tennessee tonight and not UCLA/Pitt, which is nice... I'd like to watch the game for obvious reasons, but it might be too painful. :(

we played slow for the most all year


we decided to run when we hit the tourney :shrug:


i think we caught some people really off guard with that switch. We need to continue to switch is up and force other teams to prepare for both styles.

there is all march madness on demand

T-30 minutes and counting.

We had a pool of the 16 teams left in the tournament.

I got Tennessee. :rolleyes:

Dude, are you blind? We didn't just start running when we got to the tourney. I think KU would like to try to run against SIU. But looking at how low their rebound numbers are and how they are supposedly a great defense, I would guess that they don't crash the boards much. Instead, they probably will get everybody back as soon as they know a shot is up.

Here we go Jayhawks!!! Woo hoo.

THEY CHEATED THEY CHEATED

Alright Russell

Sasha!

Damn! We let them score.

Nice

Awesome layup by Rush

That's the way Jayhawks!!

RUSH

Pour it on 'em!!

How could the best defense in the history of basketball give up that many points so soon!!!

SIU isnt hitting shots. Good night, sweet princes...this game is about to blown apart.

Shit.

Glad Sasha didn't get whistled for a foul there

ha

Wow, so far everything is going KU's way. I like the way they are attacking. I didn't figure SIU would allow that so easily.

Its still early, but things are looking good now. I hope we can stay out of foul trouble.

me too


looks good so far

they do have a good defense...

SIU's guards are tough though

impressive

better review that...

YES

Does Souther Illinois lead the nation in Bob Marley hair cuts?

hahahahahaha...good, MU fans can complain now!!! hahahahahahaha

that shouldn't of counted ........ didn't beat the clock.

Wow,KU got a break there. Buzzer went off before the shot.

RUH ROOOOOH...I smell an upset and I'm not even kidding.

but I'm rooting for KU if it makes anyone feel better...

dammit wright ......... he can't let that rebound put back happen.

SIU is getting open looks and KU isn't...if SIU can nail some threes I don't see how the **** KU is going to compete here...Chalmers looks like he's going to pee himself any minute.

no upset.

ku by 17.

mark that down.

Russell with the 3!

What the hell was that?

Don't see that happening...would be thrilled, though.

They aren't even contesting three point shots...KU better hope they keep shooting 20% from the arc...

Come on, guys.

Kansas wears people down. Give them time to do it.

One can hope.

SHARRRRRRRROn

Dayum, Collins just too fast for them.

Let's break this game open.

We need to do a better job of securing the rebounds on defense.

I trust you...SIU will win this game if they can manage to shoot 35-40% from downtown...easier said then done, I know.

this is really good for our guards

normally they just run with impunity ... now they have to work.

good experience .... they get lazy sometimes.

Too much talent for SIU to handle.

Dude, all we've been hearing all week is how SIU's defense makes opposing players drop after awhile. So are you pulling for KU in this tourney? I would think you would because it would benefit the B12 conference. ;)

SIU looks a bit nervous to me

Nice...This ref is really enthusiastic when he makes a call

We need to get it inside and get them in foul trouble.

if anyone from SIU gets into foul trouble and they are cooked.

too many TO's...

****

Naw, I wouldn't say that. People tlak about their defense all week but nothing about KU's defense. I'm guessing that KU is on a mission.