Posts Tagged ‘Kansas Jayhawks’

Defending Your Coach (Mark Mangino)

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

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Some Kansas University players are upset with the way their coach is being treated by a certain t-shirt company and they are no longer going to sit quietly and take it. The issue has to do with Joe-College.com, some [...]

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BCS Victories Are Great For The Resume

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Just ask Kansas head coach, Mark Mangino and his new contract extension that’s expected to increase his salary to the $2.3 million-a-year neighborhood. The extension is also good until 2012, although, Kansas fans have to consider the fact that if his successes continue in Lawrence, it won’t be long until one of the “big [...]

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Bill Self Says Thanks, But No Thanks

Friday, April 11th, 2008

Let’s say you are the coach of a school that just won their first National Championship in 20 years and all of a sudden, the world is completely at your feet. So much so, your coachless alma mater — in this case, Oklahoma State — is willing to turn over the keys to Fort [...]

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Three Easy Steps To Losing the National Championship

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

If you are looking a for some clues on how to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, look no further than the Memphis Tigers.
Exhibit A:

Exhibit B:

Add in a Mario Chalmers last second three like so:

And you’ve just choked away a damn good chance at being National Championships.
Maybe Memphis should have fouled Chalmers [...]

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KU Fans Enjoy Small Get Together

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

After their gritty comeback against the Memphis Tigers last night to win their third National Championship, Kansas fans were feeling pretty damn good about the whole thing.
And boy, they weren’t afraid to show the world. All because of Mario Chalmers, your Final Four MOP:

After the game was over, tens of thousands of [...]

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Kansas/Memphis: Open Thread

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Here we are folks: this is for the whole enchilada. Memphis. Kansas. Both teams deserving of the trophy. Both teams have just as good of a chance at beating the other. We’ll be here with updates as the game progresses, so drop by and let us know your thoughts on [...]

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Kansas Versus Memphis: Who Wants the Marbles?

Monday, April 7th, 2008

There’s a moderately important basketball game being played for the mythical BCS Championship and tonight is their last chance for these teams to impress the voters. Wait? What’s that? Oh, I’m sorry. In NCAA basketball, they actually decide these games on the court. What a novel concept.
Anyway, it’s Kansas and [...]

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And Then There Were Two

Monday, April 7th, 2008

After the removal of North Carolina and UCLA from the Final Four festivities, there are two remaining: the Kansas Jayhawks and the Memphis Tigers. Memphis ran the Bruins out of their game with some brilliant play from Derrick Rose and Chris Douglas-Roberts, while Kansas exorcised the demons of Roy Williams in an odd game [...]

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The Four Horsemen of San Antonio

Friday, April 4th, 2008

And then there were Four. The Fantastic Four. Four Square. Whatever Final Four-inspired name you’d like to use to describe this weekend’s games and the bunch above me is fine. I’m sure they all fit. In the amazingly slight chance you don’t know what I’m referring to, the Final Four [...]

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The Fantastic Four

Monday, March 31st, 2008

For the first time since they’ve started seeding, the NCAA Tournament finally has all four number one seeds in the Final Four. Your participants: Memphis, UCLA, Kansas and North Carolina. Did your bracket reflect this?
Whatever your thoughts on the teams remaining, it’s hard to deny they have been the best four teams [...]

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