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Frank Martin smiling looks more surreal than Crying Jordan.

Carolina is being allowed to play hockey out there

The Penis Chickens are giving Faylor all they can handle so far.

Outside of UNC's offense, pretty ugly night so far.

Seen a ton of air balls.

Baylor is stinking it up big time.

This is ridiculous. Drew let them get up 15 before calling a to. Guess he didn't have any adjustments to coach.

I'm split, think I may be rooting for Frank Martin here.

No way. Big 12 all the way. The stronger we show in the tourney the better 13 straight looks.

@Blown I know I know. But the fact that we won on a razor's edge all season in conference and then go nuclear on the rest of the world in the tourney might just speak volumes enough for the Big 12.

@approxinfinity I'm a Frank Martin fan. I hate Drew.

@approxinfinity don't traitor on me now !

This sc defense is the best I've seen all year

Wow did SC turn it on late. I like Martin but also cheer for B12 teams. I really don't think it matters wether the B12 looks tough or not we kicked the conference's butt bye four games.

Scott Drew is doing a great job so far.

Kansas is the only team from the big 12 who routinely makes runs in the tourney. OU broke through last year but prior to that 12 years passed since another team from the conference made it to the FF. IMO tourney success is important for our conference.

.....but drew is getting depantsed on national tv and offered no adjustments.

Was that the first decent zone offense execution by BU.

You think they would know how to break a zone.

baylor is so bad

@BeddieKU23 it looks that way doesn't it.

This Baylor game is ugly and Baylor looks terrible. Oooh boy

The other Big 12 teams crapped the bed in the tourney............again. Our back is getting tired of carrying those other teams.

@Hawk8086 well, the big 12 did have 3 teams in the sweet sixteen. ACC only had one.

@KUSTEVE @globaljaybird will be mad he didn't come up w/that.

@Hawk8086 WVU shot 28% or whatever and lost by a bucket, at least that one was close.

@approxinfinity It was but that last possession..........pitiful.

ugh. the two good games are soooo late!

As far as I can tell Drew made zero adjustments

Wow, out for dinner, came home expecting a good end to a game or two. Baylor looks awful.

@wissox the next two should be good. who wins Kentucky UCLA? Your Badgers match up against Florida?

@approxinfinity I think UCLA and of course, the Badgers win. I honestly know little about Florida. They've got some very quick guards but they're not going to have an answer for Hayes and Happ.

@KUSTEVE @Crimsonorblue22 is right, am jealous 😒 I didn't come up wit dat That's a good' n Jethro.

Sc held Baylor scoreless for 7.5 minutes in the
First half. And another run 2 points in 5 minutes in the second half. Un. real.

Scott drew deer in headlights look. He had it tonight and his dad in the stands had the same look.

@wissox kept looking at his damn notecards. Had a week to prepare and barely broke 50.

I just posted on another thread. I don't understand Faylor at all.

@wissox It's his X's and O's. He just can't perform at this level. Martin flat out coached him. PERIOD.

Drew should not be coaching. He needs to be a recruiter for a real coach.

@DanR I've always said it over the years that Drew is Barnes 2.0 Those two coaches have had some of the best talent in D1 over the years and they always seem to miss when it counts.

BK!

Good start for Bucky!

@HawkChamp said:

@Hawk8086 well, the big 12 did have 3 teams in the sweet sixteen. ACC only had one.

Not sure that is much to crow about. 3 other conferences also had 3 teams in the Sweet Sixteen. The SEC could have 3 in the Elite 8. The P12 or SEC will have at least 2. If FL beats Wisconsin, the SEC will be guaranteed at least 1 FF team. The B12 has played exactly to seed thus far - and for that to continue, KU has to beat Oregon. This is the 3rd or 4th year in a row that Baylor has lost to a lower seeded team - at least it wasn't a double digit seed. When was the last time a B12 team beat a higher seed? I don't know which is why I'm asking, but I don't recall one in the recent future - although I know that B12 teams have had numerous losses to lower seeded teams.

Iverson is athletic

I assume we're rooting for Kentucky?

Speaking of coaches. OSU picked their next coach. Pants just can't seem to get a break at his alma mater. The Animal Sports Radio of OKC talked all day long. Many OSU fans thought Pants should've gotten the job. They think the interview with Pants was an appeasement for some. Many alumni DO NOT want Pants to be the head coach of OSU.

Jim Traber (Former OSU baseball alum and local sports analyst) believes because Pants coached in AAU, he knows how to coach at this level. Poor Pants, always a bridesmaid and never a bride. Maybe when he gets his pants on right, he can coach some day. They basically allowed Pants to show at an interview and simply told him that he would not be the next head coach.

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This is pretty much how the interview went between Doug Pants on Backwards Gotlieb and Mike Holder. There is a striking resemblance between Pants and Commodus.

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Remember Scooter Barry? HIs brother, yes, his brother plays for Florida, Canyon. Different mother, same famous Dad.

Only watched about first 5 - 10 minutes of Butler/UNC and by then it didn't look good for Butler. From the final score it looks like they tried a comeback and UNC probably padded the difference from the charity stripe. Am I right or wrong?

I was stoked today. I went to a leadership conference here in OKC. One of the guest speakers was Joe Washington. He told the story of how KU beat OU. I was Rock Chalkin' all day long to hear Joe Washington tell the story of how KU beat OU in football during his time at OU. However, they also won 2 Natl' Championships too. So I didn't press it much. I did speak to him during his book signing and all I said to him was Rock Chalk, and he laughed. He said, "Good luck in the NCAA tourney, I think you all can win it." It was fun.

Another funny story was a win against Misery. OU was down in Columbia and the play went to Joe Washington who ran in and scored the winning TD against Misery. Joe Washington used a term I've never heard before in my life. He said after that stunning loss, the stadium went quiet, and you coud, "hear a rat pissing on cotton." I died laughing.

@brooksmd OUt enjoying some seafood before the big game tonight, so I don't know. The lame restauarant we were in was showing womens basketball!

I think I had Steve Alford's haircut in middle School

So far the pace certainly favors UK. Can't say I'd ever root for either team under any circumstances. Will say I'm ready to be done hearing about "ball"

Honestly, I just dont understand this "root for the Big12" nonsense, when done blanket-fashion& with no thinking or analysis, whatsoever.

Sorry, my respect for Big12 coaches and teams is EARNED. Thus, I rooted for wvu/Huggins, HOF-level coach, as they just about kicked our butt twice. Sad to see wvu lose. I have NO such respect for Scot Drew. When the hell did he do anything to earn respect--he holds the ignominous distinction of being disdained by his fellow coaches. Wont root for IowaSt as a matter of principle, against their fanbase.

GET THIS: The work a team needs to do to get "respect" happens BEFORE the Madness, as they try to MAKE the Tourney. Once you make the Dance, its every team for itself!

I'll root for fellow bluebloods KY, UNC, UCLA, and even possibly Duke, if you make me choose between them and Faylor/Drew, or IowaSt, or KSU. I would root for OU, TCU, TxTech, as I hold Kruger, Dixon, and Beard in high regard. Lots of respect for Underwood as well, sad he left.

Respect is earned. Dont cheapen it by giving it freely. You're nothing but a blind sheep if you do. I thought KU fans were knowledgeable, & students of the game, not blindly-following other B12 teams you ought to know so well. Unbelievable.

Cliff Notes version: Baylor is a joke.

@ralster Revenue sharing would be the only reason to want other conference teams to win. Is there sharing at all in this day & age?

Badgers went brain dead last five minutes of the half, silly fouls, turnovers

@truehawk93 Another PHOF !

@chriz need pics!

@globaljaybird I knew you would love that, put that in your book of famous sayings!

@wissox said:

Remember Scooter Barry? HIs brother, yes, his brother plays for Florida, Canyon. Different mother, same famous Dad.

Academic All American of the Year. 4.0 in Nuclear Engineering grad school. Canyon is pretty brightd (edit: bright!)

@chriz I am. UCLA has an extremely powerful offense I'd rather take on The streaky kids from U.K. I just think HCBS has Cal's # ... Balls' 🏀 old man has had enough press-Send em home,

@mayjay Is brightd in da funk & wagnalls?

@globaljaybird Ha! No, it is on my phone keyboard when failing to hold the "d" down long enough to get an exclamation mark.

So, should have been "bright!"

Ironic, perhaps, as I was not too.....?

@mayjay Is that bright as in his pile is "glowing?"

Old man Ball, if things stay as they are, will probably pipe up and say he could've coached UCLA to an easy 20+ win over Kensucky.

Frank is 5:42 away from being POY.

@approxinfinity

YES!

Come onnnnnnn.... Badgers!

@drgnslayr WE've got some referee problems right now

@ralster a blind sheep because my loyalty lies with 1. Kansas 2. Big 12vs anyone else in the NCAA tournament ? It needs no reflection, nor "analysis" it's a pretty simple concept to understand and not need explained. My loyalty to the big 12 performance in the dance goes beyond any petty disdain I might have for a coach or a fan base. As the coaches change out I'll still support the teams. I also don't like Marshall much at all but after the big 12 I cheer for wsu because of their being from Kansas. Calling people sheep because they have a different opinion than you might have is an insult to which you are above.

IVerson is athletic

@brooksmd said:

Old man Ball, if things stay as they are, will probably pipe up and say he could've coached UCLA to an easy 20+ win over Kensucky.

Any day now, we will find out that God took a couple days longer in Genesis than Daddy Ball would have needed.

If the ball kid wins POY, I'll be pissed. He had 7 points in the pac12 tournament and has 8 currently with 3 minutes to play. The best players step up when it's time, not down. He shouldn't be on the ballot.

I don't really want to see 3 freaking SEC teams make the elite 8 like's about to happen if the Badgers don't do their thing.

Nigel taking over

@wissox

But their come back is happening N O W !

@kjayhawks He just got a dunk! That is worth tons of press & photos, and easily outweighs any NCAA tourney stats by lesser beings!

@Crimsonorblue22 cameras weren't invented yet lol

When Fox plays this way UK is tough. If we can get past Oregon, it won't be easy. I think the NC comes from this side of the bracket. Ether us, UNC, UK or Oregon. Hopefully us lol.

Buzzer, End Scene. Peace out Ball.

@globaljaybird said:

@chriz I am. UCLA has an extremely powerful offense I'd rather take on The streaky kids from U.K. I just think HCBS has Cal's # ... Balls' 🏀 old man has had enough press-Send em home,

Rooting for them against UNC for the same reason!

So if they look at tournament performance, I guess there is only one choice for the award.

Lonzo better than Frank, though. Just ask Dad.

@brooksmd They've run out of excuses.

@kjayhawks idk. If SC plays defense like that. They can make it tough on anyone. I think they've been overlooked and probably rightly so based on body of work. But I look for them to come out of the left side of they continue to play D. On the other hand. Statistics show Martin has always had Drew's #. Not that that is largely uncommon

@chriz think I'd rather play UNC. Self >Roy and no revenge factor. First and foremost. The ducks

@brooksmd ya Mason is averaging 22 and 7 in the tournament. If he doesn't win, there will be not doubt that it is rigged. Thought that when Trob didn't win it ether especially knowing the voting was over before the FF. I believe the voting for some closed after the first weekend of this tournament.

Combination of refs and Allen ended this game for the Badgers.

@cragarhawk true, and UNC apparently does well with revenge, based on tonight

@wissox Hayes is playing like he's lost his mind.

Hold on @wissox they're not done yet...

@approxinfinity think he didnt like getting told to "get that sh-- out" when the Florida guy blocked him. Settle Down Nigel.

5 pt game. they got a decent press?

I have to give wiscy the edge late game. One possession. Games gettin excitin

wow 3 pt game!

Come on Badgers. We don't want 3 sec in the E8...

OT???

Hahahahaha. Wow!!

@cragarhawk HOLY SH*T!

What a shot by Showalter

@approxinfinity unbelievable!

I switched it back on. Kind of glad I did.

@wissox

Here we come!

My mind's still negative. They'll probably give Florida a foul here.

@wissox nah. They got this

@wissox

Nope. OT!

that looked good for a sec

First OT game of the dance right??

@wissox

Come on... think positive for 5 more minutes.

Badgers are IN!

@cragarhawk

Right

@drgnslayr Man, we got foul trouble, Florida doesn't. I hope of course!

@wissox

It's all about momentum and heart.

Friggin' flop

Florida's fall down beg the call is ridiculous.

Amazing 3 pt runner to tie it up

See? 3 seconds in bull crap

@cragarhawk said:

First OT game of the dance right??

Yeah, Buff Wild Wings has been waiting all tournament for their commercial!

@wissox

Not to worry... karma is a beitch!

@wissox cheap foul. But wiscy wants it more right now. That will prevail

FL = Bowling pins

Thanks ya'll trying to keep me positive

see

Badgers shoot FT's worse than KU

Florida is only focusing on flopping. Wisc just needs to focus on basketball.

HAPPy

Florida is freakin' out. They thought they could flop their way to the Elite 8.

@wissox damn right on the FTS wow

Bad call... but here is the karma coming back.

granny time

@wissox that's unbelievable

They need FT shooters in.

That was ridiculous effort by WI there. Come on.

Ouch..

I just made a thread about this stupid f@cking coke commercial

Was that Carlton Bragg on that "layup"?

Ok we got this

This game is getting interesting.

Come on, Hayes... surprise us.

Just make the first one and miss the second.

Oh my. Great game though

sh@t

That is why I wanted him to miss the second shot.

Whole time I'm remembering UCLA & misery Infamous Tyus Edny

Big 10 no more !!

SEC has 3 teams in the Elite 8

Goodnight all.

I'm going to go puke now

Too bad. wI gave that away by not closing out strong and hitting FTs.

Never let them take the 3 pt shot for the win. Foul'em. Worse that can happen is another OT.

@drgnslayr said:

SEC has 3 teams in the Elite 8

And a guaranteed Final Four spot.

This is bad for SC. Their defense won't be a shock to UF.

Sorry @wissox! Your guys gave it a good try but they were just spent at the end.

@brooksmd I disagree. Hayes missed like eight free throws by himself. Cant do that.

I would have used my last time out. Have him miss the second ft. Or set up a better D on the make... To many guys too far forward. Once one was beat. They all were

I don't cuss, but I feel like it. Badgers choked, then the dude made a good shot obviously

@mayjay said:

This is bad for SC. Their defense won't be a shock to UF.

Sorry @wissox! Your guys gave it a good try but they were just spent at the end.

SCar and Florida split their regular season games with each winning at home.

@wissox they had a good run. For what it's worth my wife had them playing KU for the NC

@cragarhawk That's more faith than I had in them! Sure glad the Jayhawks are playing again tomorrow! The Badgers overcame some horrible 2nd half officiating tonight. Offensive goaltending not called, Happ called for a charge when the guy had a foot inside the arc. Block on Iverson who spent five minutes waiting in the lane for the Florida guy to run him over.

But on the other hand, Florida shot very well, made some plays and won the freaking game with an unreal shot.

@brooksmd Some coaches don't think until it's too late. Sayonara sucker...

@globaljaybird Both coaches!

@globaljaybird Yep. If Sleazy had his players foul Collins in back court we probably wouldn't have won the NC in 2008.

@brooksmd There ya go ... GN Mike on da rebound

@wissox crazy finish. Basically identical to the shot that forced overtime. Only not as well defended IMO

@Blown Sheep is a rather simple term, perhaps not doing justice to the point I'm trying to make. Instead of using many words, I used only 1.

I'll try again, here: Anybody can root for anybody. All I'm saying is that I'm personally not going to root for certain teams, while I absolutely WILL root for other B12 teams. The portion that makes me feel like "just a sheep following the herd" is some notion that just because another team is in the B12, hate us, gunning for us, but ope...woop...now we in the Tourney so we must all root for them.

Here's yet another IowaSt fanbase story, just learned of this last week, as told to me by a KU grad: his buddy was going to Butler juco, got recruited by IowaSt football to come for campus visit in Ames, IA. So the KU kid drives his friend. KU sticker on car, of course. They got free tckts to Cyclone-ku bball game, so they go. KU kid went to h.s. w/Perry Ellis, wanted to see him play. They come out of game, find dagger sticking out of car hood. Poked dicctThats f-ckin' sports?... and adding that to all the other crap, like I'm going to root for their team?! Nothing at all against Brackins, Niang, Monte Morris, Deondre Burton ...fine players. Or Hoiberg, great guy. But I'm still not rooting for them!

Call me petty, I'll agree with ya. Say I hold grudges, I'll say that's mostly true. Ask me to blanket support B12 teams, I'll say "wait a minute.." Certain teams fanbases are on par with Mizzou. Do I have to remind anybody about that "Missouri 83-Kansas 0" sign they held up in Arrowhead? And a Missouri judge has it framed on his wall. Is that sports??! (83 civilians killed by Quantrills raiders, Lwrnce, KS).

But wait, when Mizzou was a Big12 team, I suppose you'd root for them also??? I remember a lot of laughter after NorfolkState. They didnt make the Big12 look bad...sheesh, they made themselves look bad!

Ask Nathan Power of KSU if his hate is petty, or if it runs deep? Then you decide for yourself (not the rest of us) if you still want to root for their team? Nothing against their team, or their oddball coach. They tried to injure our players. "Herd" mentality right there, caught on TV...you like that word better than "sheep". Same connotation, but at least "herd" isnt sounding as meek "sheep", eh?

I reserve the right to root for whoever, but its always qualifed, never blanket acceptance. Despite Marshall's dislike of KU & Self, I do root for WSU, for many personal reasons, & because I respect Marshall's coaching both ends of the floor.

By the logic presented above, we'd be rooting for ku #1, then Big 12 next, without any qualifiers about Mizzou (in their B12 era), IowaSt, KSU, or TX? Go root for whoever you want, but dont expect me to blindly follow.

@ralster It doesn't say Big 12 on the jersey- it says Kansas. I don't root for other Big 12 teams, and could frankly care less whether they win or lose. I only care about Kansas.

@KUSTEVE

In most years, I'd argue that the fate of the Big 12 affects whether recruits want to play in the league (are the games televised? are the matchups hyped up? is the media following the team?), and where the selection committee places us based on RPI or whatever metrics they decide to use,

But this year, Kansas Basketball is transcendent: POY front-runner, dynamic offense, sneaky good defense, exploding in radiant colors in March, and still ESPN is luke-warm at best to what is happening. So I don't know. Big 12 matters, but maybe not to the point where we have to root for teams we personally don't usually like, just because.

I'll root for Huggins, among others, though. I like him.

I find myself more cheering against teams/conferences than I do cheering for other teams in the conference. SEC of course is my nemesis, and this is a nightmare of a postseason as the league we make fun of all year has a guaranteed final 4 team, and possibly two.

@KUSTEVE said:

It doesn’t say Big 12 on the jersey-

Well.....

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@mayjay lol, nice work.

@mayjay LMAO.....guilty as charged, your honor...

OK, ok..I will root for the rest of the Big 12 teams the rest of the tournament...oh wait....

@mayjay Perfect photo that you have entered into evidence, sir: Frank Mason and KANSAS are doing just fine representing the BigXII! You couldnt have picked a better representative!

In other evidenciary proceedings, we see Baylor and ScotDrew have beshat themselves, yet again...the evidence mounts...