Seriously?!? Some of you guys would rather trade all 9 conference championships for ONE more National Championship?

You do know that means that for 9 consecutive years, someone else was better than us in OUR conference? For nine straight years, someone else was better than us during 40% of the season. So that we could say we were the best during 15% of two seasons? That math doesn’t add up to me.

By the way, a NC in a single elimination tournament doesn’t mean you were the best, it just may mean you were the luckiest. And if we can’t even win in the B12 (not the B1G or the ACC, but the B12) for nine consecutive years, that’s what people will say about us: That we were lucky. Isn’t that what we say about the '88 team? “Danny and the Miracles?” Or they will say that we were ok most of the time and great a minimal amount of time.

A little thought experiment: You all are betting the house that by developing our bench more during the conference part of the season, or maybe the whole season, that that automatically equals ONE additional National Championship. Well let’s say that it doesn’t. What happens if we lose all 9 CCs by playing it your way and we still don’t win one more glorious NC. What if we lose in '08 but win in another year? Is Bill Self still a Hall of Fame coach? Is our legacy still as great? Do you still love your Jayhawks just as much? Let’s say we lose three CCs but miss a tourney invite one year and still only one NC the past 9 years? Are you still happy Bill Self tried it your way?

And what’s this stuff about “all anybody talks about are NCs?” Who are you talking about? The media? Fans from other programs? Who cares?!? I love our streaks. I love our 30+ win seasons. I love dominating the B12 year after year. (And our conference really isn’t that shabby. We consistently send anywhere of 4-6 teams to the tourney every year. After tonight we might have FIVE teams ranked in the top 25 with OSU also contending for a championship.) My love for KU Basketball is NOT dependent on what other people say about us. Sure, I remember everything about the night when we won it all in 2008, but I also remember Jeff Withey, Thomas Robinson, the Morris twins, Tyshawn, BMac, Collins, Aldrich, the entire 2008 team, and many, many, MANY great games that they won for us. I wouldn’t trade it all in for one more amazing night.

If we have Joel, Cliff, and Perry next year then I think you have to play just a three man rotation, barring extreme foul trouble. Play two guys 13 minutes and one 12 per half. That’s a lot of minutes to go around. If a player gets into foul trouble, those minutes can be given to one of the other core post men or we bring Jamari in. So in a three man rotation, if somebody gets two or more fouls in a half and one of the other two players has one or less, either of them can get extra minutes. If two or more players get into foul trouble, you bring in the bench. I think you start whichever two defends and rebounds the best without fouling, none of the three will have problems scoring.

Seriously?!? Some of you guys would rather trade all 9 conference championships for ONE more National Championship?

You do know that means that for 9 consecutive years, someone else was better than us in OUR conference? For nine straight years, someone else was better than us during 40% of the season. So that we could say we were the best during 15% of two seasons? That math doesn’t add up to me.

By the way, a NC in a single elimination tournament doesn’t mean you were the best, it just may mean you were the luckiest. And if we can’t even win in the B12 (not the B1G or the ACC, but the B12) for nine consecutive years, that’s what people will say about us: That we were lucky. Isn’t that what we say about the '88 team? “Danny and the Miracles?” Or they will say that we were ok most of the time and great a minimal amount of time.

A little thought experiment: You all are betting the house that by developing our bench more during the conference part of the season, or maybe the whole season, that that automatically equals ONE additional National Championship. Well let’s say that it doesn’t. What happens if we lose all 9 CCs by playing it your way and we still don’t win one more glorious NC. What if we lose in '08 but win in another year? Is Bill Self still a Hall of Fame coach? Is our legacy still as great? Do you still love your Jayhawks just as much? Let’s say we lose three CCs but miss a tourney invite one year and still only one NC the past 9 years? Are you still happy Bill Self tried it your way?

And what’s this stuff about “all anybody talks about are NCs?” Who are you talking about? The media? Fans from other programs? Who cares?!? I love our streaks. I love our 30+ win seasons. I love dominating the B12 year after year. (And our conference really isn’t that shabby. We consistently send anywhere of 4-6 teams to the tourney every year. After tonight we might have FIVE teams ranked in the top 25 with OSU also contending for a championship.) My love for KU Basketball is NOT dependent on what other people say about us. Sure, I remember everything about the night when we won it all in 2008, but I also remember Jeff Withey, Thomas Robinson, the Morris twins, Tyshawn, BMac, Collins, Aldrich, the entire 2008 team, and many, many, MANY great games that they won for us. I wouldn’t trade it all in for one more amazing night.