A new chapter

Hey, people at the Journal World!!I have some free research for you, courtesy of me being very bored at work yesterday.When KU and UNC meet on Saturday, it will be the fourth time that KU and UNC have met in the Final Four since the NCAA Tournament began in 1939 (1957, 1991 and 1993 being the others). That is the most occurrences for any single matchup in Final Four history. Two other matchups have occurred three times -- KU vs Duke, and UCLA vs. Louisville. By my count, 18 matchups have occurred twice, two involving KU -- KU vs. Indiana, and KU vs. Marquette.Also -- and I have not researched this thoroughly, but giving it the eyeball test it seems to be true -- I believe that Roy is the only coach to ever coach on both sides of a single Final Four matchup.

April 1, 2008 at 12:18 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

The KU/K-State E-mail exchange

In regards to the Frank Martin hiring... what other school from one of the BCS conferences would have hired an assistant at K-State as their head coach? No one. No other major D1 school, and probably not many mid-majors, would have considered hiring Frank Martin this offseason. That should tell you something.

March 1, 2008 at 3:02 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Ryan Wood's KU football notebook

I just really don't like Chase Daniel's face at all. I don't like how it is set up, I don't like looking at it. I don't like watching his face on TV.

So to humiliate him in front of 80,000... its huge for us.

November 20, 2007 at 1:47 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Talib named one of five finalists for Nagurski award

You guys do know that the KU-OSU game was 43-28, not 42-20, right? I thought it was just a typo here, but the Kream Keagan page says the 42-17 prediction was four points off.

November 15, 2007 at 2:43 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Twisted Pick 'em - v. 1.9

No no no. If you're rooting for whatever helps KU, then root for MU and OU. The only way KU gets to the national championship game is if MU and OU are top-5 teams when we play them. It's tough, but it must be done.

November 14, 2007 at 11:25 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

KU passes test, moves to 10-0

KCTV-9 in Kansas City announced last night that the KU-MU game is the 7:00 game on ABC.

November 11, 2007 at 11:22 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Wright bummed by reaction

Listen, everybody needs to chill out. You tell me that if your options were to go make millions of dollars in a few months or to continue doing what you're doing, you wouldn't go make millions of dollars. Sure, we're all disappointed that they're leaving, but its for our own selfish reasons. It's in Julian's best interest (if maybe not Brandon's) to leave now, so why wouldn't he? Don't be so emotional about it.

May 1, 2007 at 9:34 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Extra Minutes: Kansas 61, Southern Illinois 58

"Even though KU scored just 61 points, which was a season-low..."

Can the Journal-World please get a fact checker or something for their sports section? This happens way too often.

A quick glance at the schedule shows that KU scored 57 against DePaul.

March 23, 2007 at 2 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Extra Minutes: Kansas 92, Missouri 74

Seriously, every KU fan remembers that Simien scored 32 against OSU in an amazing game at Allen Fieldhouse. You guys have to get these things right.

February 10, 2007 at 9:30 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Rush and Wright revelations

I don't know how you can call Julian's failed windmill the poorest of poor on-court decisions. This is like in football when the coach goes for it on 4th and goal instead of kicking the field goal. If the team makes it, the coach is brilliant; if they don't, he's an idiot. It's less about the decision and more about execution. If Julian makes the dunk, it's SportsCenter's top play of the day, maybe of the week, and we're talking about what an incredible athlete he is. Instead, his hand was sweaty and the ball slipped away, and now we say he's a moron. During last year's Big 12 championship game, he nailed a 360 dunk at the end of the game. If he'd missed and landed on his face, we'd call him an idiot; instead, they show it in the pre-game video at Allen Fieldhouse (sometimes).

Point is, Julian was a few beads of sweat away from avoiding this whole thing. It was an unfortunate screw up, but that doesn't make him an idiot, just a kid who wanted a highlight. Leave it alone.

January 30, 2007 at 11:01 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )