K-State Slate: 3.14.11
by TB on Mar 14, 2011 6:46 AM CDT
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K-State is a five seed in the NCAA Tournament, and will play Utah State on Thursday in Tucson, Ariz.
Utah State, 30-3 on the year and in the RPI top 15, was not thrilled about dropping to a 12 seed.
Yahoo is undeterred by K-State's loss to CU in Kansas City, and believes the Cats could ignite at any moment.
Colorado got left out of the bracket in one of the biggest surprises on Selection Sunday.
Saturday at Sprint Center marked the final game of the 12-team Big 12 Conference. Kevin Haskin thinks the new-look Big 12 will intensify the rivalries. I still find it hilarious that people get pissed off when Texas plays its alma mater after games (the KU fans booed on Saturday when the band struck up "The Eyes of Texas").
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rivalry article?
Read more like KU press release with lip service paid to the Big 12.
Big 12 next year will be a grinder. Only ‘easy’ road games are TXT and ISU, and everyone knows how ‘easy’ it is to win in Ames (cough).
Big 12 champion next year might not be seeded high in the NCAA but I bet at least 2 teams from the Big 12 make it to the sweet 16.
The time for calm and rational discourse is past, now is the time for senseless bickering -Anonymous the Younger
by Anon_the_younger on Mar 14, 2011 7:35 AM CDT reply actions
Are you kidding
We’re going to be so good and competitive next year that the whole conference will just beat each other up. I’m pretty sure we’ll get at least 11 teams in with that formula…
Surgeon General's Warning: K-State-Mizzou basketball may increase the risk of high blood pressure. Please consult your doctor prior to watching any of these games.
so Baylor women will make the men's tournament also?
The time for calm and rational discourse is past, now is the time for senseless bickering -Anonymous the Younger
by Anon_the_younger on Mar 14, 2011 9:18 AM CDT up reply actions
/bigeastjoke
Surgeon General's Warning: K-State-Mizzou basketball may increase the risk of high blood pressure. Please consult your doctor prior to watching any of these games.
yep
8-D
The time for calm and rational discourse is past, now is the time for senseless bickering -Anonymous the Younger
by Anon_the_younger on Mar 14, 2011 9:22 AM CDT up reply actions
That Yahoo piece was interesting
3 of the 5 teams they highlighted as bucket busters they have losing to KSU to end their run. They also have KSU going to at least the final four (they have us beating Michigan St. in the elite eight).
Forward into Battle
Utah St
I was curious so I looked into them and their season. They have only two quality wins on the year, and St. Marys is the only good team they beat (Long beach St is the other). Their rpi looks good at 15 because they haven’t lost much, but comparable games to us they have been blown out in. Washington State (whom we, of course beat) killed them by 17 early in the year and Georgetown beat them by 17 also. Their leading scorer is a 6’7" power forward who shoots it at a high percentage and can hit a 3 when needed. The next leading scorer is the 6’1" point guard who shoots a dreaded 20.5% from 3 point range. I was hoping for a size advantage, but not so much. Their tallest guy with any minutes is 6’9" and at any given time they typically have 3 posts from the 6’7"-6’9" height on the floor at once but they are not deep so foul trouble could be an issue. They shoot free throws well and have typically outrebounded their opponents, but against much smaller and weaker competition than we face doing the same thing.
End synopsis: Shut down Wesley (leading scorer and athlete) and they will struggle mightily. This is where facing KU and Texas type teams all year will pay off, along with our depth and length. This is a tough opening draw but with our D and assuming we shoot decently, we should be all right.
Bitchslapping Texas since 1997
Thanks for the legwork...
but to be honest I’m not too worried about being able to lock them up with our defense, but I am a bit worried that we could be a bit anemic on offense. This year, when we have struggled, it has been poor shot selection, turnovers, and just not getting the ball in the basket.
Anyway, sounds like we should be able to work in the post, but we just need to make open wing shots and midrange jumpers.
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
by mac attack ict on Mar 14, 2011 9:32 AM CDT up reply actions
KSU vs MSU in the Elite Eight would be a great storyline.
I obviously would rather the Cats face ODU or Butler should we be fortunate enough to make it to the Sweet Sixteen, but I think a lot of people are sleeping on Pitt. Not sure why they’re getting no respect and are such a popular pick for an early ouster (previous tournament history aside). They’d be a very tough matchup for us with two good driving guards and a versatile big man.
I guarantee KSU fans would have booed the Texas band as well
It wasn’t so much that they played the alma mater after the game (perfectly acceptable in my opinion). It was that they played it 20 minutes after the game during the Championship trophy celebration.
It's not that I'm lazy; it's that I just don't care. (#739)
It wasnt anything approaching 20 minutes
Would you have preferred they play it over the KU band right when the buzzer went off?
I don’t have the slightest doubt K-State fans would have booed, too, and I would have found it just as silly.
We'll carry the banner high!
Bring On The Cats
by TB on Mar 14, 2011 9:00 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
That was an exaggeration, yes
But this would be comparable to KU fans doing the Rock Chalk chant after losing, it just doesn’t make any sense to me.
It's not that I'm lazy; it's that I just don't care. (#739)
I don't like UT, but
playing “The Eyes of Texas” is a post-game tradition, win or lose.
"Coaching a football team is the most engrossing thing in the world. It is playing chess with human pawns." --Walter Camp
by K. Scott Bailey on Mar 14, 2011 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Anything that annoys the Jayhawks is justifiable.
"Smell the perfume but don't drink it because it might kill you." Erin Andrews recounting advise from Gary Pinkel
I don't find that comparable
KU’s chant is done to celebrate victories. Texas’ band plays, and the players, coaches and fans sing, the alma mater after every game, win or lose.
We'll carry the banner high!
Bring On The Cats
by TB on Mar 14, 2011 6:08 PM CDT up reply actions
And the OU band plays that same damned song whenever someone on the team farts
I HATE the OU band. I wish they could be banned from visiting stadiums. Or their own for that matter.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom. - General George S. Patton
Sorta related, but not really -
anyone else think all the major conference tournaments should have to end on Saturday?
From a fan perspective, the Big 12, Pac 10, and Big East championships are always vastly more entertaining than the Big 10, SEC, and ACC championships. I actually can’t remember a single previous tournament championship in any one of those leagues and I think it’s largely because they’re Sunday afternoon.
And from a college basketball perspective, clearly the committee doesn’t put too much weight in the outcome of those games (Florida as a 2 and Kentucky as a 4 right after Kentucky smacked Florida?).
It goes both ways
I kind of like that the committee doesn’t factor conference tourneys into seeding much. It’s like playing a football championship, it can hurt or help you. Playing on sunday means less TV competition from other games I guess. I say who cares?
Bitchslapping Texas since 1997
Yeah, I don't really care that much.
Just noticed yet again this year that I personally don’t spend much time watching the three Sunday games but watch pretty much all of them on Saturday.
A bunch of media picking KState to make the FF.
The Yahoo! guy linked above, someone at Sporting News, and Pat Forde just to name three.
I love the up and down predictions by the media
We’re one of the hottest teams in the country, we’re on upset alert with Utah State, we’re a final four team…..
Surgeon General's Warning: K-State-Mizzou basketball may increase the risk of high blood pressure. Please consult your doctor prior to watching any of these games.
Jim Rome picked three #1 seeds
and KSU
"To all the fake fans that just jump on and off the bandwagon who think we suck go cheer for somebody down the road then" -JP
I like the publicity, I don't like the too-high expectations
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom. - General George S. Patton
Capel fired?
SethDavisHoops Seth davis
BREAKING NEWS: I have just learned that Oklahoma has fired Jeff Capel as it’s coach. Details to follow.
I like how the URL
says hired and not fired. Way to be on top of the game Goodman.
Surgeon General's Warning: K-State-Mizzou basketball may increase the risk of high blood pressure. Please consult your doctor prior to watching any of these games.
haha nice catch.
Knew i should have put the hyperlink in text.
by WillieWannabe on Mar 14, 2011 11:53 AM CDT up reply actions
Gotta wonder...
Normally I’m not much of a conspiracy theorist cuz most the rumors of the sort can never be proven anyways…but I gotta wonder why Baylor wasnt even given a bid to the NIT with an overall record of 18-13 and a conference record of 7-9? Especially since Oklahoma State was given a bid at 19-13 (6-10)…first Perry Jones is suspended 30 minutes before their first round game against OU throwing their entire game plan out the window and then they are left out of the NIT field with a record that to me justifies them being there…gotta wonder, why does the NCAA have it in for Baylor? just saying…
Anyone going to Tucson?
I’m in Phoenix and on spring break so I want to drive down for the game Thursday. Is there going to be a BOTC contingent by any chance? Can anyone with first round experience give me some tips on snagging tickets? A friend of mine said the first round games are always dead so just go scalp them.
Really Lew, Really?
I would not want him (Perkins) touching any part of my private educational institution athletic or not, unless it was dumping off some chump change as a donor.
"Nor yet in Dell?"
I wouldn't want Lew Perkins hanging around high-school girls
He just seems like a creepy guy…
Forward into Battle
by ChrisP Wildcat on Mar 14, 2011 1:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh, how the mighty have fallen
"Smell the perfume but don't drink it because it might kill you." Erin Andrews recounting advise from Gary Pinkel
ATTENTION ANON:
Can we get a “How many wins” post-season poll?
I don’t believe you created one for the Big 12 Tourney and that is my principal reason for the loss.
sure I'll gen one up.
And to amuse yourself until then … head over to www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com
The Mike Leach Cookbook sounds interesting….
The time for calm and rational discourse is past, now is the time for senseless bickering -Anonymous the Younger
by Anon_the_younger on Mar 14, 2011 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions
done.
The time for calm and rational discourse is past, now is the time for senseless bickering -Anonymous the Younger
by Anon_the_younger on Mar 14, 2011 1:07 PM CDT up reply actions
My confidence in victory has skyrocketed.
Looking at the matchup for real though, I think the Cats’ athleticism should be enough to overcome a good but not great Utah St team. The one way I could see things going sour would be if Wesley is able to draw a bunch of fouls. Particularly with our lack of depth in the frontcourt and how well Curt is playing right now, if he gets in early foul trouble we could be in trouble. They have enough capable shooters that if Wesley gets going and draws a double team he can dish it out for open threes they’ll hit. And really we haven’t seen too many marquee big men matchups go that great for us this season. If it was one great guard, I’d have confidence in Jake shutting him down. But a really good unfamiliar big man could have a big game against us.
I don't think he draws a lot of double teams.
Curt shouldn’t have a huge problem defending a good-but-not-great post scorer, especially one he has a size advantage against. Jamar shouldn’t even have too much trouble defending him, as long as he avoids stupid fouls.
The player I want to see a lot from is Southwell. If he can give us good defensive minutes, that will be huge, because USU is really well rounded in scoring. They have seven guys averaging 6 points or more.
I would love to see good scoring from JHR. USU has horrible depth at the 5 spot. Their tallest player to see regular minutes is 6-9, and their two 6-8 guys each see fewer than 10 minutes a game.
Anyone else discovered the Z button?
egads that is awesome.
The time for calm and rational discourse is past, now is the time for senseless bickering -Anonymous the Younger
by Anon_the_younger on Mar 14, 2011 12:49 PM CDT reply actions
been using it for some time
It is awesome.
Forward into Battle
by ChrisP Wildcat on Mar 14, 2011 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Saves so much scrolling for yellow.
My perception of my own intelligence just dropped considerably though. Still worth it.
What did you use before?
“C” is good for threads where there’s a lot of good discussions. Takes you to the next new comment but doesn’t clear them.
Glad I came, just wish I hadn't stayed so long.
Rock Chalk Talk
....
:whistlingincornerstaringattheceiling:
by WillieWannabe on Mar 14, 2011 2:20 PM CDT up reply actions
OK - That is pretty useful.
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
by mac attack ict on Mar 14, 2011 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions
I didn't know the Z and C
functions were something people didn’t learn the first week of using SB Nation blogs… :-/ Not to be insulting, just thought it would seem obvious there HAD to be a better way than scrollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll, page up, page down, page down, scrollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll STOP! Reeeeead, type type type, scrolllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll, page up, page down… etc
:-D
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Look man, the shame is enough without you rubbing it in.
We all bleed purple, okay?
it is probably the 2nd time I've learned about it
not sure I’ll remember it this time either.
Scroll wheel on mouse, now that I always remember 8-D
The time for calm and rational discourse is past, now is the time for senseless bickering -Anonymous the Younger
by Anon_the_younger on Mar 15, 2011 6:27 AM CDT up reply actions
Just messin'...
just messin’, yb. :-) I just know that sometimes the Z function ‘breaks’ on a thread I’m using and I pretty much give up and restart my entire browser because I cannot read/use the thread without that function!
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
From Daniel Sams
“Looks Like Im Finishing My High School Career In Kansas. Nothin But Trouble Here. Gotta Get Away”
"To all the fake fans that just jump on and off the bandwagon who think we suck go cheer for somebody down the road then" -JP
great, transfer rules will prevent him from participating in track this semseter
Tounge in cheek of course
hope then it ends well for him. Either way, doesn’t sound like a pleasant ending. I know I’d hate to of transfered from HS in my Sr. year. And to make that transition whether his family (whatever that entails) goes with him or not, that’s a lot for a kid of that age.
"Nor yet in Dell?"
I don't think this bodes well at ALL for his having put his troubled past behind him.
Still excited to have an athlete of his caliber, but just sayin’ …
"Coaching a football team is the most engrossing thing in the world. It is playing chess with human pawns." --Walter Camp
by K. Scott Bailey on Mar 14, 2011 8:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Isn't he saying the opposite in his tweet?
That he wants to get away from whatever trouble there is there? I’ve been very impressed by this kid thus far. He didn’t waver on his commitment when a lot of other guys might have. Can’t wait to see him under center in a year or two.
yea to me, I think he at least realizes bad environments for himself
Which I think speaks quite a bit for someone of that age. That’s a good trait to have.
"Nor yet in Dell?"
It sounds to me like he's probably done something to get in trouble again,
and is leaving the state because of it. I hope I’m reading it wrong, though.
"Coaching a football team is the most engrossing thing in the world. It is playing chess with human pawns." --Walter Camp
by K. Scott Bailey on Mar 15, 2011 12:23 AM CDT up reply actions
He included #growingup
at the end of the sentence, which wasn’t included above, so I think you probably are reading it wrong.
I really hope so.
Kid’s had a rough go of life. I hope things work out for him here. Did you hear the rap song he put out back in December? Heavy stuff, for sure.
"Coaching a football team is the most engrossing thing in the world. It is playing chess with human pawns." --Walter Camp
by K. Scott Bailey on Mar 15, 2011 12:39 AM CDT up reply actions
your right he did.... Damn copy paste
Sorry everyone!!
"To all the fake fans that just jump on and off the bandwagon who think we suck go cheer for somebody down the road then" -JP
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