Originally Posted by ChiefaRoo:
Jayhawk is always talking about clearly being the best, blah blah. Then they lose in the tournament in devastating, soul crushing defeat and within 24 hours they start talking the same nonsense all over again for the following year. KU fan lives a delusional existence.
Originally Posted by Rams Fan:
Assuming they beat winner of VT/Purdue, I’m not afraid of anyone our (Kentucky’s) region, including Baylor.
They’d lose to Gonzaga, I think. Holmgren would be a nightmare and Grady, Tyty, and Wheeler would have to have their best 3 shooting game performance on the same day.
If we somehow rematches against Kansas fully healthy, I wouldn’t expect a blowout win, but I don’t see why the result would change in terms of who’d win.
I haven't felt particularly bad about a tourney loss since Michigan in 2013. The others since then we either weren't very good (like with the losses to Stanford, WSU, Auburn, and USC) or were good and just got beat by a better team (like Villanova twice and Oregon). [Reply]
Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
I haven't felt particularly bad about a tourney loss since Michigan in 2013. The others since then we either weren't very good (like with the losses to Stanford, WSU, Auburn, and USC) or were good and just got beat by a better team (like Villanova twice and Oregon).
I remember when I told people last year we matched up terribly with USC and they were going to beat us. People called me a bunch of names and that I was a pussy. It's hard for fans to accept the truth. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
I haven't felt particularly bad about a tourney loss since Michigan in 2013. The others since then we either weren't very good (like with the losses to Stanford, WSU, Auburn, and USC) or were good and just got beat by a better team (like Villanova twice and Oregon).
Kansas and Nova were pretty even in 2016. That was a really close game between two really good teams.
Nova’s free throw shooting in that game was incredible and proved to be the difference. I wasn’t too bothered by the outcome though, because it was just a really good matchup.
Regarding the Stanford loss, I’ll always wonder what could’ve been had Embiid stayed healthy. He had become the worst matchup in college basketball. I’m still surprised he ever managed to overcome his injury issues. [Reply]
The loss that bothers me the most of the Self era was VCU. The early tourney losses don’t stick with me, because we still would’ve had to win more games to accomplish anything meaningful.
That was an Elite 8 against a team that shouldn’t have even made the tournament. The Final Four was so weak that year too. That was one of the only times I really remember the tournament completely opening up for us, but we couldn’t take advantage. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
I haven't felt particularly bad about a tourney loss since Michigan in 2013. The others since then we either weren't very good (like with the losses to Stanford, WSU, Auburn, and USC) or were good and just got beat by a better team (like Villanova twice and Oregon).
I think Oregon was just an awkward matchup. Their guards were huge and Mason/Graham weren’t. Jordan Bell punked Lucas all game. Really wish Doke hadn’t gotten hurt. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Prison Bitch:
Oregon > KU in 17
Arguable. Both teams had 5 NBA players on it (Brooks, Boucher, Bell, Dorsey, and Pritchard versus Graham, Jackson, Svi, Mason, Udoka), so the talent level was quite comparable.
Originally Posted by :
Our 2017 team > 2010 team
Not even close, both in metrics and overall talent. 2010 team has an argument for being the most talented Self team in his entire era. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
I haven't felt particularly bad about a tourney loss since Michigan in 2013. The others since then we either weren't very good (like with the losses to Stanford, WSU, Auburn, and USC) or were good and just got beat by a better team (like Villanova twice and Oregon).
I went to the Oregon and Nova games... the Oregon one ticked me off a bit, but given Nova was up like 19-4 by the first whistle and hit a million threes, you get over it pretty quickly. Not that the Oregon game was particularly close, but Kansas at least had a couple of chances to make a run, which can make it even more frustrating when they continue to suck. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BWillie:
I remember when I told people last year we matched up terribly with USC and they were going to beat us. People called me a bunch of names and that I was a pussy. It's hard for fans to accept the truth.
