College basketball world reacts to KU’s Round of 32 exit

By Staff     Mar 23, 2015

When the season ends for Kansas, it doesn’t just move the needle in the Sunflower State, the college basketball nation takes notice.

When the Jayhawks lose before the Sweet 16, it becomes an even bigger deal. Throw in the whole in-state, previously unplayed rivalry game angle and you’ve got all sorts of intrigue surrounding KU’s Round of 32 loss to Wichita State on Sunday in Omaha.

Below is some of the Twitter chatter, photos, stories — and trash talk — that showed up after the Shockers bounced Kansas from the NCAA Tournament.

http://twitter.com/KyleTucker_CJ/status/579787867246985216

http://twitter.com/lukewinn/status/579802934986334208

http://twitter.com/Waffles1776/status/579789542191841281

Jeff Eisenberg went as far as to include one Kansas player in his [“Best and worst of the NCAA tourney’s opening weekend”][1] feature.

Spoiler alert: The Jayhawk didn’t land in the best category.

Wayne Selden Jr. received the unappealing label of “Player who shrank in the spotlight”:

> “Selden scored a quiet six points in a
> victory over New Mexico State on
> Friday and then went scoreless on five
> shots in a 78-65 loss to Wichita State
> two days later. Granted Kansas’ game
> plan was to pound the ball inside
> against the smaller Shockers, but
> Selden still acknowledged after the
> game that he had let down his team by
> not being aggressive on offense and
> not playing well on defense.”

A couple of former KU players felt pretty good about their Jayhawks before the game, but since then we have social media silence on the subject.

[1]: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger/best-and-worst-of-the-ncaa-tournament-s-opening-weekend-163153927.html

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