Big 12 Tournament

[kcmetro]

Riiiiight. Because KU players wouldn't dance or celebrate at all if they had won this tourney.

You're right. They wouldn't. Just like we don't rush the court when we knock off a higher ranked team at AFH. KU fans and players alike are used to winning and used to dominating the conference year after year. So dancing around like a clown after winning a Big 12 tournament isn't something you see KU players doing.

[AllThingsKC]

KU has played great all year too. So has Baylor and Iowa State. MU, KU, BU, and ISU should all make decent runs in the NCAA tourney.

I was also very proud of the local fanbases (ISU included) for staying around all weekend.

So dancing around like a clown after winning a Big 12 tournament isn't something you see KU players doing.

Then, explain this video to me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAMS56S-Ijg

[kcmetro]

KU has played great all year too. So has Baylor and Iowa State. MU, KU, BU, and ISU should all make decent runs in the NCAA tourney.

I was also very proud of the local fanbases (ISU included) for staying around all weekend.

So dancing around like a clown after winning a Big 12 tournament isn't something you see KU players doing.

Then, explain this video to me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAMS56S-Ijg

What would you like me to explain? There was no dancing in that video. Try again.

[MoMan]

Awesome. There are a number of bandwagon Kansas basketball fans in KC (many of whom probably couldn't even find Lawrence on a map) and even fewer Kansas State fans, but this is clearly Mizzou (and SEC) country now.

[chingon]

Haith is sobbing. Players are dancing around at mid court. You could tell Mizzou isn't used to winning anything.

Isn't that display of real emotion from a group of young men kind of what makes college basketball fun? Winning the B12 tournament is cool, especially given the fact that this is the last hurrah for those dudes. There's not going to be a lot of NBA rings on those fingers. They've been doing this for 4 years and they are finally gelling and getting big results.

Now the MU fanwagon, not so cool (though the diehards have certainly earned it). But watching the players whoop it up after winning on of, if not THE best, basketball tournaments in the country. That's why I watch the games.

[kcmetro]

Awesome. There are a number of bandwagon Kansas basketball fans in KC (many of whom probably couldn't even find Lawrence on a map) and even fewer Kansas State fans, but this is clearly Mizzou (and SEC) country now.

[AllThingsKC]

What would you like me to explain? There was no dancing in that video. Try again.

There wasn't? Better look again.

[AllThingsKC]

Isn't that display of real emotion from a group of young men kind of what makes college basketball fun? Winning the B12 tournament is cool, especially given the fact that this is the last hurrah for those dudes. There's not going to be a lot of NBA rings on those fingers. They've been doing this for 4 years and they are finally gelling and getting big results.

Now the MU fanwagon, not so cool (though the diehards have certainly earned it). But watching the players whoop it up after winning on of, if not THE best, basketball tournaments in the country. That's why I watch the games.

This is EXACTLY what I have said the years KU has won it.

[Highlander]

Great game, great tourney, and great season for Mizzou. They are well within their rights to celebrate a bit. I would prefer not seeing or hearing the SEC stuff though. It's a big XII tourney and now Mizzou will go on to represent the Big XII in the NCAA tournament. The SEC is the future, not the present, and I guess it remains to be seen whether KC will ever be an SEC town.

[shinatoo]

MU should get a 1 seed over KU. In reality they are about dead even. MU had a better over all record, KU had a better conference record. They both won at home in two extremely close games. But MU finished strongerist (sic).

My prediction is they will both be 2 seeds. If they some how manage to meet in the title game my head wil explode.

Congrats Mizzou, very proud, exceeded expectations. Could have done without the SEC stuff
But I understand getting caught up in the moment.

Of course we danced. It's a big deal for us. That doesn't make us dumb or inferior. In fact, if KU fans can't be at the minimum be silent, after enjoying far more success than most schools will ever enjoy, then they have truly shown who has no class.

[chingon]

but this is clearly Mizzou (and SEC) country now.

Repeating it doesn't make it true. It just makes you wrong, still. This is a KU town. Always has been and always will be. (Its also firmly, 100% midwestern, and the SEC is not and never will be. Columbia will be an SEC town. Sad, but, whatever. You made your bed.)

[kcmetro]

MU should get a 1 seed over KU. In reality they are about dead even. MU had a better over all record, KU had a better conference record. They both won at home in two extremely close games. But MU finished strongerist (sic).

My prediction is they will both be 2 seeds. If they some how manage to meet in the title game my head wil explode.

Congrats Mizzou, very proud, exceeded expectations. Could have done without the SEC stuff
But I understand getting caught up in the moment.

Of course we danced. It's a big deal for us. That doesn't make us dumb or inferior. In fact, if KU fans can't be at the minimum be silent, after enjoying far more success than most schools will ever enjoy, then they have truly shown who has no class.

I don't care if they danced or Haith cried. I was just pointing out that it's indicative of the fact that Mizzou rarely wins anything meaningful on the basketball court.

I do think it's sad however that the arena was filled with SEC chants as the game ended. And I think it's funny that there are MU fans who actually think KC is SEC country. GMAFB.

[chingon]

Isn't that display of real emotion from a group of young men kind of what makes college basketball fun? Winning the B12 tournament is cool, especially given the fact that this is the last hurrah for those dudes. There's not going to be a lot of NBA rings on those fingers. They've been doing this for 4 years and they are finally gelling and getting big results.

Now the MU fanwagon, not so cool (though the diehards have certainly earned it). But watching the players whoop it up after winning on of, if not THE best, basketball tournaments in the country. That's why I watch the games.

This is EXACTLY what I have said the years KU has won it.

Damn. You've had to say that A LOT.

[chingon]

My prediction is they will both be 2 seeds. If they some how manage to meet in the title game my head wil explode.

Don't know how that's possible with the Syracuse and Duke losses.

[AllThingsKC]

While I think Mizzou has a great case for the #1 or #2 seed in STL, I'm not sure they completely deserve it. But, not a lot of 30-win teams get passed up by a 6-loss team. So who knows. As of right now, I think either KU goes to STL, or neither MU nor KU go to STL. But both have a fair case, IMO.

[kcmetro]

While I think Mizzou has a great case for the #1 or #2 seed in STL, I'm not sure they completely deserve it. But, not a lot of 30-win teams get passed up by a 6-loss team. So who knows. As of right now, I think either KU goes to STL, or neither MU nor KU go to STL. But both have a fair case, IMO.

I think MU will be the 2 seed in STL and KU will be a 1 seed in Phoenix.

[AllThingsKC]

I think MU will be the 2 seed in STL and KU will be a 1 seed in Phoenix.

In your opinion, which is better for KU/MU? #1 in Phoenix (or elsewhere) or #2 in St. Louis? I guess it depends on who else in the bracket?

[kcmetro]

I think MU will be the 2 seed in STL and KU will be a 1 seed in Phoenix.

In your opinion, which is better for KU/MU? #1 in Phoenix (or elsewhere) or #2 in St. Louis? I guess it depends on who else in the bracket?

Kentucky is going to be the 1 in STL I think, and I want no part of them. I'd rather KU be a 3 or 4 seed in any other bracket than to be the 2 seed in Kentucky's bracket.

[Highlander]

While I think Mizzou has a great case for the #1 or #2 seed in STL, I'm not sure they completely deserve it. But, not a lot of 30-win teams get passed up by a 6-loss team. So who knows. As of right now, I think either KU goes to STL, or neither MU nor KU go to STL. But both have a fair case, IMO.

My guess is that the NCAA will "reward" Mizzou with a 2 seed in St Louis because it likes potentially interesting matchups - and with Mizzou joining the SEC, Missouri - Kentucky would fit the bill. Frankly, I think Mizzou deserves a 1 seed having beat the team (by a good margin) that handily beat KU in the tourney. KU is much more on the bubble being a 6 loss team and having the Davidson bad loss.

[KCPowercat]

That kim English pic is disappointing. He is typically a good guy and I know he is just a kid caught up in the moment but he usually acts respectful. That pic was more along the lines of what MU fans get stereotyped as.