I've got to show this to my wife because she thinks I'm very insensitve!

@nuleafjhawk you know, we don’t suck. I don’t know why you’ve turned on KU so much. We all can see the last couple of seasons haven’t been as good as we’d like, but to tell us every chance you get your displeasure is tiresome.

Well gee this is fun.

@approxinfinity Thanks, a day late! Spring is coming slowly here but my parents are still snow on ground, lake still iced up, looks like winter etc etc. But that's Wisconsin for you.

Chance to redeem your broken brackets. Who you got with the final score? I'll go first. This may be more of a heart than head pick because Hurley never loses this time of year but Go Blue. 73-66.

How in the heck did we (wearing my Wisconsin hat now) beat Michigan once and nearly beat them again but couldn't beat High Point?

@mayjay I was amazed at that UM run with GLen Rice. Interestingly Illinois was in that final 4 also.

@stoptheflop On the other hand what else could Ayers say? If he says "yes he headbutted me but in the moment I decided to overlook it". Imagine the firestorm that would have caused. So he was saving face by saying I don't know what you're talking about.

Last night! Watch this! https://x.com/tengland_150/status/2040120075064111500

Bobby Hurley quotes:
"My patience expired before the conversation started."

I don't lose my temper, I just misplace it frequently.

I'm calm until refs make calls I don't like.

Quotes about Hurley: If looks could kill you'd receive a life sentence.

You're not useless, you can always be a bad example.

In this years tourney Duke blew a 19 point lead, UNC blew a 19 lead and also lost.

I was thinking about those two teams. Since I came to KU, we played Duke in 86 semis, (ref induced loss), beat Duke in 88 semis, beat UNC and lost to Duke in 91 finals, lost to UNC in 93 semis, played neither in 02, 03 tourney FF, beat UNC in epic beatdown in 08 FF semis, played neither in 12 or 18 but did beat Duke to get to FF in 18, and of course beat UNC epically in 22 champ game! That's 3 FF games against Duke and UNC 4 times. Interestingly we've not played other frequent FF team Kentucky in the FF except once in 12.

@drgnslayr I never watch either team unless i'm obligated to either against one of my teams or it's a high stakes game like a natty. If I was home and figured out Duke might blow a 19 point lead I might have tuned in.

But I watch Us, UW, some Big Ten, the Sox, and Bears. I watch golf. Some soccer.

High school state tournament is some of my favorite viewing. Never seen a game that Lebron played in except little snippets here or there.

I think we got some calls in our elite 8 with Duke in 2018. Refs must not have gotten the memo about coach K.

@Texas-Hawk-10 I know we're picking hairs here, but a shot where the other team has to throw it from almost full court to win is a buzzer beater. And we lose if he misses. It was epic but somehow a quarterfinal shot like Laettners gets venerated as some sort of shot from the gods and Marios gets people saying well because it wasn't this or that it's not "as high up...."

Bull biscuits. Horsehockey. Mule Muffins! Marios and Keith Smarts and Lorenzo Charles are the only true epic buzzer beaters in NCAA tournament history.

Speaking of Mario's shot, how many had turned the game off? Be honest, we won't kick you out! I stuck with it but I do know some who had turned it off.

@bskeet I like the formula. FF games deserve even more 'points' than regional finals! Suggs shot was awesome. Harrison knocked out the 2014 Badgers with a do or die 3 for Kentucky. FAU had a FF buzzer beater just a couple of seasons ago.

@mayjay But if he misses we don't win right at that moment. He cites other shots from players that don't even win the national championship. Heck, the Nova guys team keeps playing if he misses because the game was tied.

@kjayhawks2.0 Hey, I didn't name the category! But generally they are, but I wish they'd play deeper into the tourney every once in a while.

Someone here told me once I get offended easily at media slights! They're right.

I loathe the attention Laettners shot gets and Mullins shot will get forever. Great shots obviously. THEY WERE QUARTERFINAL GAMES. Those shots won their teams nothing.

Because I'm seeing lists of greatest NCAA buzzer beaters. Some doofuses argue it literally has to be zero seconds on the clock to qualify for this inane best of crap.

Well here's what irked me just a bit. Jeff Goodman, a national writer and NCAA hoops expert. https://x.com/GoodmanHoops/status/2038579820628418790

It doesn't matter really. Right?

But where in the Sam Hill is Mario Chalmers shot? This tool has shots that were in the first round of the tournament. Really, they rank higher than Mario?

No way. The kid from Nova, awesome shot. Keith Smart for Indiana, amazing shot. Mario. Incredible shot. Those are the only true NCAA championship winners. The rest of these shots are just good shots in clutch situations.

My best friend from HS, and still a very good friend went to Purdue and lives in Salinas and was at the game too. I feel fortunate to have attended an elite 8 game and a NC game both involving KU.