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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch
And yet, when KU lost to Bucknell, Bradley and UNI, that was a sign of being "over-rated". Or they "choked". Or Bill Self was "too afraid of mid majors". Or, or, or, or.
Nobody ever cut KU slack and said, damn: the tourney's a tough deal. 1 and done, bad shooting night and you're out. They were too busy pinning the losses as a sure sign of failure and ordering T-shirts online.
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I think everybody is surprised when a power house goes down to a mid-major in an early round. I do think there is some "overlooking" factor that happens, mix that with a cold night of shooting, and you get last year's Norfolk State for Mizzou. But a focused power house should be able to overcome a somewhat bad night with pure will (in the first round and maybe the 2nd round) I'd think. I don't think they were over-rated at all, but it's not like folks who don't like KU (I'm on of them) wouldn't take the opportunity to dump on you even if it's not right. It's not very often that KU loses, so for those of us who live in KC, on the Missouri side, we have to take our digs when we can. But I must admit, I don't think I called them over-rated. In the case of Bucknell, having family who graduated from there, it was just sweet. Then again, being from Va. Beach originally, left me wide open to plenty of "back home" criticism form the friends too. That being said, I'm a Chiefs fan so having insults lobbed at me about my team's failures means little anymore.