Pollsters: it was a good loss and learning experience that made them stronger. Move them to #1
Kansas goes down
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Kansas St is looking good without Nijel Pack.
This was an entertaining game - both teams look to be tough outs come March. And wow, did they let some contact go.....and then called some nickel/dimers.....where have we seen that before? 49 total fouls, 67 combined FT's - Jalen Wilson with 38 for Kansas, but Adams, McCullar, and Dick fouled out.
Also - Jayhawks' 15-game streak of single-digit game wins is snapped. Some really good teams in the Big XII (minus II).
Also - Jayhawks' 15-game streak of single-digit game wins is snapped. Some really good teams in the Big XII (minus II).
Kansas State final drive absolutely should have been a foul. Then they called a bunch of touch fouls in overtime.
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It was just like the Kansas-OU game a few days ago, only KU couldn't pull this one off. So many free throws. It seemed like the refs had to make up a weak foul call on one team with one on the other. Again and again.
Crazy deep is right. I'm almost not worried about West Virginia simply because the schedule they play will keep their NET strong all year. They're still 30 entering today. 50 is still Q1.
Part of it is where they started and the team's overall perception. The overall record will be strong because they are head-and-shoulders above their conference foes. They may not lose (or just drop a game) for the rest of the season. Even if they finish #1 in the polls doesn't necessarily mean they would be the overall top seed in the NCAA tournament.
Purdue is in a good spot right now - Boilers just have to keep playing one game at a time and grind out the Big Ten like everyone else in the conference, Big XII, and SEC. I would, however, consider it a favor if they could ease up just a tad on the cardiac finishes. @ Minnesota, v. Maryland, @ Michigan up next.
They started out high and have only lost 1 game, which was to a highly ranked Alabama.
Houston is good and well coached. There isn't anyone in there conference to challenge them this year. I can't see them losing more than a couple of more games before the tourney.
You can 100% guarantee, it would have been a foul if it were Kansas shooting the layup.
That was a crap deal for KSU when they stopped their fast break because the KU kid pretended to have a cramp. He never left the game which was even further crap. Or at least all of us watching it didn't think he left. Either way he never showed any signs of a cramp when he paraded to the FT line the rest of the night!!
I don't doubt something may have happened to him. Cramps happen and they sometimes ease up quickly. But they absolutely should not have stopped the play.
Yes, Dry. Fran Fraschilla was all over that while it was happening - definitely an officiating blunder there. Ironically, what may have cost Kansas the game was Self's time-out.....now he was starting to call it before the play developed.....but Wilson ended up with the ball out top and nailed a three. Would have put Kansas up four with about 40 seconds left.
Kansas was dancing on the cliff's edge for quite a bit by being down a lot and coming back to win a close one at the end. This time they didn't do it. You can only go to the well so many times before it comes up dry.
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