@dylans First of all, I’m very sorry for your loss and hope that you and your family are able to find peace in the midst of the storm.

Well, that does it for me on this subject. It’s too volatile, too sensitive and no matter what I feel, this is probably not the right forum for something like this.

@HighEliteMajor “But Self has a reputation of not being OAD friendly.”

If that is true, Bill Self has my undying loyalty. If a OAD never set foot on our campus again, I’m a happy, happy camper.

@Woodrow I wonder if I could sign with Tony Lama…shoot give me a free pair of boots every year and I’m IN.

@Kcmatt7 We could debate this for a while ( you’d win because you’re smarter than I am ) but, the bottom line is I think we’re both agreeing that pro sports are becoming less and less important to us.

I had to laugh about the Royals comment though - last year was the first Royals game I’d been to in …20 or so years. Again, four of us - we paid something like $38 apiece for tickets. For some reason, the angelic parking attendant just waved us through so we didn’t have to pay the $20 or $30 parking fee. We bought a couple of programs, a couple of pops, couple of beers. I don’t remember the prices, but they were exorbitant.

So, while we’re waiting to get into the stadium, people are coming up and buying tickets at the gate for $8. If i ever go to another game, that’s how I’ll do it.

@Kcmatt7 I can sleep at night knowing that I don’t support the habit.

The last pro game I went to was 10 years ago. Four tickets, 8 rows up in the end zone (so not great seats…) Between tickets, parking, programs, $9 hot chocolate (it was in the middle of December) it was right at about $500 for four of us.

Done.

@approxinfinity It would be very interesting ( to me ) to see the 3 point, free throw % and …steals from the past 5 or so National Champions.

To see if there’s a trend there - or who knows, maybe it’s just a lucky break, a key injury, a couple of oddball things that really doesn’t have to do with a specific type of play.

@dylans I literally could have written this same thing - word for word. Well, I probably wouldn’t have said anything about the FBI because I just don’t care - BUT - I also would have mentioned that what is really ruining it for me (NFL) is the money. It is ridiculous, obscene, unjust, unfair and possible inhumane to pay these idiots that kind of money.

105.5 MILLION for 5 years? Cure some cancer - that justifies the money. Get rid of illegal drugs - that justifies the money. Clean our water and our air - that justifies the money. Give me some World Peace, put an end to poverty, hunger, sickness in third world countries (America too!) - that justifies the money. Make a cell phone that won’t operate inside of a started vehicle - that justifies the money.

You know what does NOT justify 105.5 MILLION dollars for 5 years for me? Tackling a guy carrying a football.

@approxinfinity - this is AWESOME! Thank you for this great info. I’m a stats freak, though i don’t post it very much. The first thing i looked at was free throw percentage. I was surprised and a little disappointed that the numbers were as high as they were when we made an early exit in any of the tournaments. In my mind i pictured 75% when we made it to the Elite Eight or above and about 55% when we lost early. Maybe that’s why Bill spends zero time working on free throws in practice - apparently they don’t mean squat.

By the way, I’m currently leading my office pool, averaging 6.332 cups of coffee per day. I think I can get over 7 with some practice. Of course, productivity drops a little for me as I spend 1.53 hours per day in the “facilities”. Love my stats. Lol

@Fightsongwriter REALLY? This is the time you pick to play the reality card? Just give us a day or two to bask in the probability of greatness.

@colohawks Please never mention “Doke” and “Hurt” in the same post again.