Self said after the game that Silvio was playing so well that he couldn't take him out. Malik said that if he could, he'd give the MVP .award to Silvio.
Will Huggy get a Technical?
Holly was saying that in the huddle, coach looked at Silvio and said, "You don't know this play do you?" So coach had to diagram it before breaking huddle.
DOUBLE DIGIT REBOUNDS FROM A KID THAT WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL 3 MONTHS AGO.
@JayHawkFanToo Of course you are right about the number of seats.I too was at the Canadian game. It was the middle of the summer before the World Games in Korea. Lawrence only had the few summer school students.
I've always tried to take my son to the Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City for his March Birthday. At the end of February, I got online to the Sprint Center ticket office. I was unable to find two seats together in the lower level.
I tried the other ticket outlets and was able to get two behind the Basket. I paid more for these two tickets than I've ever paid for any basketball game in my life.
I had to go down to the Ambassador hotel on 11th and Grand to get the tickets yesterday. I have never been in the the Ambassador Hotel before and I have lived in Kansas City for 70 years. It was a very high class swanky refurbished version reflecting the gentrification of the new downtown.
A college guy in an ISU t-shirt came to the lobby and gave me my tickets. He said that if I wanted to buy tickets for the evening session, which featured WVU vs Baylor and Tech vs Texas or ISU,
that I could get many lower level tickets that he would sell for $20.
Besides KSU and ISU, the rest of the conference, ie (schools from the state of Texas) don't really travel that well. The tournament failed in Dallas, because the same thing happened in their own state.
I'm very happy that the Tourney is in my home town, don't get me wrong, but KC wins this by default. Yes, they did build the downtown Sprint Center and added many beautiful downtown hotels to secure the venue for many more years, but most Kansas fans spend their entertainment money in KC anyway. We are spoiled being Jayhawk fans, watching our team play in front of a packed arena for every game, but I hate seeing empty seats for first and second round games in my town, other than KU, on national TV.
Watching a game on TV has a thousand more visual benefits than sitting in a 29,000 seat arena. But the excitement aspect is ten times greater in person. You become part of the experience and you have a job and an investment to get your team to the performance level that only a home crowd can give.
This was what I was ruminating about as I drove home yesterday from the Ambassador Hotel.
I'm impressed with this guy. I thought OSU would embarrass our league this year. I was amazed in how his defense guarded the perimeter at the end of the season. He'll have many starters back and he'll be getting an extension soon. Great coaches in this league.
Do we now refer to Texas Tech as a Basketball school?
The only bright spot about the OSU game was the Jamari/Kevin Young hustle and great shooting for a poised Big.
Hawk8086 What would be your picks?
Devonte Graham
Keenan Evans
Jevon Carter
Zhaire Smith
Mo Bamba
POY Devonte Graham
Feel free to have a second and third team. Freshman team, all Defensive and Newcomer of the year.
Trae would have been on this team if their had been no second half of the season.
This will be the game where you will finally see some fans in the upper deck at Iba.
Coach will not rest his regulars.
Phogg told me once that I was getting too old.
OOP!
Win This game, but don't let anyone get injured. Give Sousa some minutes
and tell Vick to attack.
Svi will graduate and still can't have a legal drink.
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I don't expect a let down tomorrow night, Senior Night, but I'm worried about our last game on the road.
Will Chris Teahan have as many rings as his brother? I believe that Conner, because of his Red Shirt, has 5 rings. I've also heard that our transfer backup's have beaten this team in practice several times.
Where's Josh?
Thank you Clay for all of your hard work and making KCK proud.