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Originally Posted by smithandrew051
My point is that our team is right there with those other teams. It’s not like we were in some lower tier than them.
Kansas was absolutely one of the top 5-10 teams in the nation in a year with no 2012 Kentucky-type team. Any one of those teams would be deserving champ.
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In hindsight maybe. But in the moment, they underperformed their limited capacity all year long. They pulled out some games, caught some teams on some bad nights and didn’t have the lows that some other teams had, but I had very little confidence they could beat a good team in a pressure situation. Especially after they got absolutely shelled by Kentucky. No size. No consistent shooting. Varying intensity. Not enough talent to overcome much adversity.
But I started to get excited in the Big 12 tournament. They found an edge. Then Remy came in and started raping fools. It all fed on each other and it was incredible to watch. The journey was just as or more fun than the outcome. The reality is it would have felt different if they were heavy favorites.