BIG 12 TOURNAMENT OUTLOOK: 03.13.10 (Open Game Thread)
by BracketCat on Mar 13, 2010 3:00 PM CST
in Men's Basketball
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After a long and historic season, it all comes down to this: 40 minutes of basketball separating K-State from its first Big 12 men's basketball championship ever.
I'm so damn tired of losing to these guys. I sat through their victory in the final game two seasons ago, and that was insufferable enough. Words cannot describe how horrific it will feel to hear that bloody chant echoing off the Sprint Center rafters if we drop a sixth straight game to the University of Kansas.
So let's win instead. Losing is easy, and it won't cost us a thing. But winning takes guts, and those have been on display aplenty this week. Winning means something — it sends a message and it sets a tone for next year.
And most important, winning temporarily will silence one of the most vocal fan bases in all of March Madness. How sweet would that be?
Sagarin's prediction: No. 1 Kansas 86, No. 2 Kansas State 80 (5 p.m., ESPN)
Aw, go to hell, Sagarin.
Yesterday's Results
- No. 1 Kansas 79, No. 4 Texas A&M 66
- No. 2 Kansas State 82, No. 3 Baylor 75
Unfortunately, Sagarin has his thumb firmly on the pulse of this particular Big 12 Tournament. After upset-minded Session 1 came to an end, it's been all chalk since then.
For the sake of the Wildcats, let's hope that pattern doesn't continue today.
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Let me kick off this thread in the most appropriate manner possible
In honor of our recently vanquished Baylor friends:
IT’S PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME, MOTHERF**KAS!!!
Bracket...
just to be clear…this is for the Big 12 tournament championship…the Big 12 does distinguish in basketball as do most conferences.
53 Conference Championships!! and now 6 IN A ROW!!! Holy Hell...Good Luck with That!!
Um, do you really think I don't know that?
Congrats on the regular season title, but if we win tonight, they’re going to call us the Big 12 Champion on the Selection Show tomorrow.
Don’t diminish that accomplishment.
by BracketCat on Mar 13, 2010 3:29 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Glad to know you are aware and I'm not diminishing it...
I was just putting it in the proper perspective since you didn’t appear to do so with your statement. And yes, it would be a very nice accomplishment for K-State to win.
53 Conference Championships!! and now 6 IN A ROW!!! Holy Hell...Good Luck with That!!
Cats gotta stay focused the entire game
It seems there is a point in every game where the Cats going into a lull. Have to maintain focus and intensity throughout the ENTIRE game.
I would just like to point out at this time
That the Cats have beat every single Big 12 team at least once this season, save for one.
Time to check off the last box on the last.
by BracketCat on Mar 13, 2010 3:30 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Just saw
a facebook status, yanno, the standard “rock chalk jayhawk” in all caps with about a bajillion exclamation marks after it. Only they spelled it ChaWk, with a W. How stupid.
Just Wabash already!
Unholly Alliance Status Check
All systems GO.
Best of luck Tonight Cats!
Great moments are born from great opportunity.
Can they
get double digits by halftime? 20 seconds left with 9 points
Just Wabash already!
by AlwaysaWildcat on Mar 13, 2010 4:21 PM CST up reply actions
Well I think
Purdue is out of the discussion for a one seed haha
I'm curious...
what are you guys hearing in terms of a #1 if you win tonight? It seems if Duke and WVU win their tournaments the media is more than ready to grant either one the #1 before KSU, but I’d sure think you guys have a pretty good argument.
53 Conference Championships!! and now 6 IN A ROW!!! Holy Hell...Good Luck with That!!
Screw the media
that’s all i’m hearing too. Duke beat Miami, pretty tough win. The Big East tournament fell apart, and Ohio State would have lost their last two games if 1. Beilein wasn’t an idiot and 2. If Illinois could play D in the last possession.
Should probably resign ourselves to accepting a 2, so we’re not pissed tomorrow night.
Just Wabash already!
by AlwaysaWildcat on Mar 13, 2010 4:26 PM CST up reply actions
I guess I can see Duke's argument...
close win aside, it was a win. As far as West Virginia or Ohio State…I’m not buying it.
53 Conference Championships!! and now 6 IN A ROW!!! Holy Hell...Good Luck with That!!
I'm fine
with Duke, they’ve got a fairly good resume, and I know we’ve been competing with them for that 1 seed the last couple weeks, and we just lost to Iowa State. If WVU or Ohio State get it, it’ll be pretty crappy.
Just Wabash already!
by AlwaysaWildcat on Mar 13, 2010 4:31 PM CST up reply actions
completely agree
53 Conference Championships!! and now 6 IN A ROW!!! Holy Hell...Good Luck with That!!
I honestly think
The Big 10 is garbage. Aka. Purdue. I understand that we will be a two seed, but a Big 10 team better not get a one seed either.
The Big 10 tournament...
is hands down the one that I watch and can’t get excited about…it’s just horrible.
53 Conference Championships!! and now 6 IN A ROW!!! Holy Hell...Good Luck with That!!
better for me!
The later this tip the closer I get to home and my TV!
:-/
--VegasCat07
by VegasCat07 on Mar 13, 2010 5:10 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Worst start imaginable
Poor defense, questionable rebounding, Jake’s cold as ice, Denis hurt his hand.
3 fouls on us, none on them. John Higgins and Mark Whitehead are the refs.
Lookin’ ugly…
by BracketCat on Mar 13, 2010 5:28 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Well we survived that early slump
The perimeter D is looking good. We need to watch the hi-low though..
Irving didn't look totally comfy on this 3, but it's good he pulled the trigger.
Good to let the Frosh guards get some PT
We are going miss Denis next season
He brings such a spark to the offense
Ha ha ha
That makes as much sense as what I’ve thought. Marcus is alphabetically before Marquieff, so I figured he was 1. Not that either of them can spell.
Little pussy Aldrich flailing around
KU Fans outraged at the audacity to call one on Aldrich, shut up about it.
No way?! Another foul on Aldrich?!
Is the sky falling?
we can't buy a foul under the basket. I wonder if it would be a record to not shoot a
free throw in a game
Get ready to roll...Go Cats!
how can every bounce and close call go to KU...
I think Self sold his soul to the Devil
Get ready to roll...Go Cats!
shooting 31% and NO FREE THROWS and only down 4
Like all of our losses this year…we have to make shots to win as Bobby Knight points out lol
Get ready to roll...Go Cats!
We're lucky
With giving us easy baskets to KU and not creating quality shots for anyone on offense. Can someone other than Jake and Denis please step up?
I don't think he would foul
Out if they gave him 4 to start the game. It just wouldn’t be allowed to happen. >.<
--VegasCat07
by VegasCat07 on Mar 13, 2010 6:29 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I'd call it
A self-interested point of view. :-P
--VegasCat07
by VegasCat07 on Mar 13, 2010 6:36 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
THAT WAS A HACK
Go home Bob Knight and whoever the hell the other guy is
Knight agreed upon viewing
The replay…
--VegasCat07
by VegasCat07 on Mar 13, 2010 6:37 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
whoa!
Too early! This team has some fight left in it… I believe!
--VegasCat07
by VegasCat07 on Mar 13, 2010 6:48 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
The same damn play AGAIN!
Guys need to rotate!
I hate to sound negative, but this looks like the game in lawrence
We got within a few points, but could never seize control and gain the lead
We aren't getting good shots
whereas KU keeps getting open looks right by the basket. This is a problem.
we need to figure out
How to win 6 in a row REAL SOON! .
--VegasCat07
by VegasCat07 on Mar 13, 2010 6:59 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Why is our defense so good against everyone else except KU?
Are they that much more talented? better coached?
the upside is that when KU plays in tourney and doesn't have big 12 refs, they struggle
Get ready to roll...Go Cats!
Who is KU most likely losing next year?
We are only losing Meriwhether and Clemente right?
I CANNOT BELIEVE WE ARE LOSING to these assholes.
AGAINB
by checklight on Mar 13, 2010 7:08 PM CST via mobile reply actions
sorry
I’m afraid my drunken rage persona, St Anger, has started to take over.
by checklight on Mar 13, 2010 7:19 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I can be proud to say we have class...they obviously don't and the nation is watching
Get ready to roll...Go Cats!
Kelly now looks lost on O. Thank God for JamSam, I like his shot
Still wish we could drive and get fouls, but then our FT shooting is so poor it wouldn’t matter.
deja vu
Posts there…
--VegasCat07
by VegasCat07 on Mar 13, 2010 7:17 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Well, his first with five personal fouls
He fouled out earlier this year, but the fifth was a technical.
Technicalities, I know.
As soon as Aldrich got his 4th,
I bet my fiance’s sister (KU student) $20 that the refs wouldn’t let Alrdrich foul out of the game. And what do you know. God damn ogre. Thanks a lot. I should’ve known better. Just my luck.
Sloopy? That's Ohio State talk. Another team playing over their heads, although
Turner is a major stud.
As a Michigan student, that buzzer-beater hurt.
Don’t worry, I grew up in Manhattan and the wildcats are my #2 team ;).
Be glad you guys werent at PnL.
New levels of douchery were obtained.
by checklight on Mar 13, 2010 8:12 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Bitter? You're damned right I'm bitter.
31 FTs vs 14. That is criminal. God damned refs. That KSU only lost by 8 with that kind of bullshit speaks volumes to how good the team played, but I’ll be angry about this for a while.
I am upset too, but,
I just finished a quick buzz back through my game-recording and the referees were ‘decent’ (keeping in mind, they were Big 12 refs >.< ). Honestly, it was just WHERE the fouls occurred that created that discrepancy… we were being fouled on rebounds and driving at the start of the drive, KU was getting foul calls at the hoop and during shots (3’s even). Now, whether that fact is agree-able to us ’Cat fans or not is up for debate.
--VegasCat07
Hey, guys
I know you’re still pissed about the game, but thought I’d just give y’all a heads-up that Arkansas-Pine Bluff is about 7 minutes away from claiming an NCAA berth on ESPNU, if you care to watch.
The Golden Lions’ 12-point lead is by far the largest of the game.
Who would have thought that of all our non-con opponents, the only ones to dance would be Xavier, UNLV and UAPB?
AND!
If the history for the SWAC continues (it should, 2nd worst conference RPI with 2nd place team to the Dance), then they will have a play-in game to likely try to advance to play SURPRISE the #1 overall seed… my my, who might that be??
--VegasCat07
I don't think the play-in game winner will play KU in Round 1
KU will be in Oklahoma City. I’m going by memory here but I think that is a Thurs/Sat sub-regional. To be fair to the play-in game winner on Tuesday, they send the winner of that game to a Fri/Sun sub-regional location.
D'oh :-(
that rains a bit on my parade about mostly nothing, KU Lew.
:-D Ok, so maybe UAPB going from 0-11 to in the Tourney earns them a not-bottom-two-getting-in 16 seed in the OKC region? Heh heh.
--VegasCat07
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