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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch
Are there any other Kansas fans like me who find conference play boring? I mean, KU wins all the time. I root for them obviously but it just isn't that satisfying going into every season knowing you'll win. The 1980s were great because there were good teams to compete with KU, and road games? Tough! Danny Manning never won in 4 trips to Ames (and Larry Brown went 0-5). Nowadays it's hard to spot many matchups where KU would be the underdog.
Think I read somewhere that KU has been an underdog something like 40 times in the last 15 years. That's just about 3 times per season. Since they play 35 games it would appear that KU is favored in over 90% of their games. Seems like the only interesting part about KU basketball any more, is the NCAA Tourney.
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Winning regularly doesn't bore me. I follow literally no other teams that do, so I enjoy every conference season. For me, that's also the sign of real consistently/success of a program, not a team's record in a significant crapshoot like the NCAA tournament. It's also very interesting following the developmental curve of Self teams throughout a season. Watching them slowly reach their true potential by February/March is what college basketball is all about for KU fans.