@Statmachine Maybe KSU fans have jumped on the WSU bandwagon because WSU is from Kansas? I haven’t lived in Kansas for 35 years but I’d sure as hell rather see a team from Kansas win than Kentucky.

Gee, I thought I was an old fart, but now I see a few of you guys (or gals) really ARE old farts. I was born in 1949. I guess I’ll have to change my name from “oldhwkfan” to “notquiteasfaroverthehillasIthoughthwkfan” or maybe just “springchickenhwkfan” to make it simple.

I’ve never posted anything before, and I probably never will again, but I have to agree 1000% with HEM and VailHawk. I’ve been reading all you guys for a couple of years now and I can’t tell you how much I enjoy reading all your posts, but Jaybate, you are the best. I enjoy reading your opinions but you also make me laugh my a** off. I’m glad you’re back.

“What will you do to replace Jayhawk basketball for half a year?”

1. Watch all of the KU games I have recorded on DVR.
2. Watch my SI dvd of the 2008 Championship (which I have to brag and say “I was there and I saw it in person”)
3. Watch the new SI dvd of KU winning the 2014 Championship (and I hope I get to see it in person)
4. Get on KU Buckets everyday, just like I do right now, and read Jaybate, Slayr, HEM, and all the other great posters and wait for November

@drgnslayr I don’t know if you caught this Tue nite or not, but on ESPN right after the WVU game was over, Jay Williams and Seth Greenberg were discussing what a great accomplishment 11 consecutive Big 12 titles was and what a great coach Self is. As the show was ending and they were cutting away, Jay Williams asked Seth Greenberg, “do you think Kansas can go deep in the tournament?” And Greenbergs response was “No way” Also, a week ago, they had Joe Lunardi on during the game talking about seeding, and he was asked if Kansas might move up to a 1 seed if they won out. His answer was “No, they just don’t pass the eye test”

None of these guys are KU haters, so I can’t just blow off their opinions as anti-KU bias. And if I take off my crimson and blue glasses, the only game I remember when KU really played fantastic for 40 min. was the first UT game. It’s usually one good half and one bad, letting inferior teams hang around and then we pull out a narrow victory at the end. Thats not a good formula for success in the tournament. I may get criticized for being negative, but I just don’t see KU getting to the FF this year. Sweet 16 might be more likely. Nevertheless, 11 straight Big 12 titles is a hell of a feat regardless of how far we go in the tournament.

@drgnslayr Then I guess it’s a good thing we played Memphis for the NC, and not Okie State, huh? I’ve been reading your stuff for several years now, and I have to say, I think your opinions are sound even if I don’t necessarily agree with every word. However, in this instance I’m going to have to go with Crimsonorblue22 and say 'Well, I disagree!" “Legacy” is just a word that makes for a good story in the newspaper. Bob Knight wasn’t from Indiana, and John Wooden wasn’t from California, but they certainly gave their teams the magic and motivation that you refer to. Self may not get us to the Promised Land as often as we’d like, but IMHO he bleeds the same crimson and blue as every poster on this board-whether he’s from Oklahoma or Timbuktu.

Bruce Springsteen must have been reading this thread in a time warp when he came up with the idea for “Glory Days”

@DoubleDD

What a fantastic off season fix! And what a great documentary. One thing is for sure: There is absolutely nowhere else in the world that the rules should be but KU. And to think what a travesty it would have been had some Duke guy outbid David Booth.

@Crimsonorblue22 I didn’t name names! That was a generic “gals” to avoid sounding sexist.

@justanotherfan Right on! And I would add: if I remember correctly from geography class oh so many years ago, Wichita is in the state of KANSAS, while Syracuse is in the state of New York, and Arizona is from where? Hmmm. I haven’t lived in Kansas for over thirty years but for those of you who do, how could you not get excited about the possibility of a NC between 2 schools from Kansas? And why would anyone who loves KU not be excited by the possibility of KU knocking off the only undefeated school in the country? As JayHawkFanToo pointed out above, the chance for Syracuse or Arizona to go unbeaten the rest of the year is small. If anyone watched last nights game between Syracuse and Maryland, they saw Cuse almost get beaten again, by another unranked team (with a coach from KU). So my point is, KU doesn’t have to take WSU’s #1 seed. If KU can win out, and Cuse or Az (most likely Syracuse) falls, KU and WSU could both get #1 seeds, and maybe compete for the NC. Personally, I think that would be pretty cool, and I would be screaming my head off for KU. And as a final thought, I would love to see a title game without a school from east of the Mississippi.

If anyone has already seen this and posted it, I apologize for repeating it. I’ve been trying to figure out how to link it to this post for 20 min. and don’t know how, so one of you smart people may take over and link this article to a post to make it easier for everyone to read. In todays NY Times is an article “Basketballs Birth, in James Naismith’s Own Spoken Words”, about the discovery of an audio recording of a radio broadcast he did regarding the first basketball game ever played. Very interesting.

@BeddieKU23 You’re right. According to Sporting News, the pre-game dunking rule was lifted, and is no longer a technical by NCAA rules. And according to FIBA rules, its a technical to hang on the rim, but no mention of dunking during the pre-game warm-ups.

@ParisHawk Agreed

@JayhawkRock78 I think you have your history a little bit backwards. Nixon resigned. He wasn’t impeached, though he most likely would have been, had he not resigned when he did. Clinton didn’t get a free pass. He was impeached by the House, but not convicted by the Senate. And what Nixon tried to do to our political system was just as corrupting, or more so, as jaybate’s hypothetical corruption theory in college basketball. Clinton got a blow-j**. Big deal. But heaven forbid we should have another political discussion on a basketball thread.

On the old website someone stated that Coleby had signed a “grant and aid”, and speculated that that may leave a scholarship open for Chukwu. What is the difference between a “grant and aid” and a scholarship? And does that make a difference as to the number of open scholarships?

I think some of you are being a little too hard on Dean Smith, blaming him for Roy Williams leaving for North Carolina. Dean Smith may have provided a pathway for Roy to leave, but Roy clearly says in “Beyond the Phog” by Jason King that Al Bohl was the reason he left KU. He talks about how unhappy he was because of the lack of support from Bohls and that every day was a battle. He also says that if Bohls had been fired 6 months earlier, he may never have left. Also, both his dad and his sister were in bad health and both died within 2 years of his return to NC. Dean Smith may have provided the way. out, but I doubt he provided the motivation. Remember, he turned Dean down 3 years before.

@Crimsonorblue22 I didn’t name names! That was a generic “gals” to avoid sounding sexist.

Gee, I thought I was an old fart, but now I see a few of you guys (or gals) really ARE old farts. I was born in 1949. I guess I’ll have to change my name from “oldhwkfan” to “notquiteasfaroverthehillasIthoughthwkfan” or maybe just “springchickenhwkfan” to make it simple.

@DoubleDD

What a fantastic off season fix! And what a great documentary. One thing is for sure: There is absolutely nowhere else in the world that the rules should be but KU. And to think what a travesty it would have been had some Duke guy outbid David Booth.

Bruce Springsteen must have been reading this thread in a time warp when he came up with the idea for “Glory Days”