Kansas versus TCU didn’t exactly stand out on the college basketball schedule Wednesday night in terms of mass appeal, what with Duke facing Syracuse and North Carolina tangling with Louisville. But there’s something about a team winning its league 13 seasons in a row that will capture any college basketball observer’s attention.
Though some might have considered it a foregone conclusion, the Jayhawks officially became Big 12 champions yet again, sealing at least a share of the title with an [87-68 win][1] over the Horned Frogs, allowing them to hoist a league championship trophy at Allen Fieldhouse afterward.
KU’s latest hardware put the program in a tie with the UCLA teams of the 1960s and ’70s for most consecutive conference championships in a row and set off reactions from current and former KU players on social media platforms.
National analysts, too, weighed in on the Jayhawks’ long run of dominance. Below are some of the highlights from the aftermath.
Back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back ????????????
— Josh Jackson (@j_josh11) February 23, 2017
https://www.instagram.com/p/BQ1tSkGlycr/
13 straight!!!!!!! Blessed to be a part of this team. Proud of my guys, way to make a history ????????????????????????????????????????????????????
— Svi Mykhailiuk (@Sviat_10) February 23, 2017
https://twitter.com/T_Self11/status/834605731877945348
https://www.instagram.com/p/BQ116AOhLsq/
Blessed to be apart of something special #13straight
— Dwight Coleby???????? (@daddysmooth22) February 23, 2017
13 STRAIGHT BIG 12 titles for Kansas!!!????s #RockChalk #13straight
— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) February 23, 2017
Wow!! KU #13 Straight ???????????????????????????????????????????????????? baby
— _cd13 (@cheick_diallo13) February 23, 2017
Congrats boys on #13straight big 12 championships ???? #RockChalk
— Jeff Withey (@JeffWithey) February 23, 2017
Back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back to I'm running out of characters. #13straight #RockChalk
— Cole Aldrich (@colea45) February 23, 2017
13 Straight ! Blessed to be a small part of it. Rock Chalk ! ????????
— Wayne Selden Jr. (@WayneSeldenJr) February 23, 2017
???????????????? – it's so lit – congrats to everyone who helped build this avd to this team for keeping it going ! https://t.co/ZAdnvFDplW
— tyshawn taylor (@tyshawntaylor) February 23, 2017
https://twitter.com/evan_manning5/status/834587307902648320
Too close to KU to not be there rn. ???? it's litttttt
— Brannen Greene (@b_greene14) February 23, 2017
Back in good ol Lawrence Kansas. Man I love this place so many great memories here. And the fans are the best in the world
— Mario Chalmers (@mchalmers15) February 22, 2017
Pretty awesome!! ???????????? pic.twitter.com/BeN7McitY4
— Andrea Hudy (@A_Hudy) February 23, 2017
Devonte' with the block.. Svi with the spike! Might need to get @Devonte_Graham4 and @Sviat_10 a volleyball tryout!#13straight
— Ray Bechard (@JayhawkCoachB) February 23, 2017
Fifteen remarkable stats to help put Kansas' record-tying Big 12 title streak into perspective: https://t.co/K4jM6qAdYU
— Jeff Eisenberg (@JeffEisenberg) February 23, 2017
https://twitter.com/ESPNCBB/status/834586785434972163
Gr8 W's by Syracuse/Minnesota/UNC/Oregon/Butler & Kansas winning their 13th straight Big 12 title that ='s HALL OF FAME for @CoachBillSelf
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) February 23, 2017
What @CoachBillSelf has done winning 13 straight Big 12 titles is #AWESOMEBABY/deserves HALL OF FAME status this yr https://t.co/QEGVaizdy4
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) February 23, 2017
From KD, to Blake Griffin, to Michael Beasley, to Buddy Hield, some exemplary individual talents have failed to dethrone Kansas. pic.twitter.com/f6HcaWku2X
— Jeff Eisenberg (@JeffEisenberg) February 23, 2017
One more only because its fun: What the world looked like 13 years ago when Kansas' streak started. pic.twitter.com/pV9aF0DJQe
— Jeff Eisenberg (@JeffEisenberg) February 23, 2017
— See what people were saying about the game during KUsports.com’s live coverage.
[1]: http://www2.kusports.com/news/2017/feb/22/historic-achievement-jayhawks-crush-tcu-13th-strai/
