I suppose you agree that the B12 just wasn't all that this year ...
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This. Everyone down here said the season was an overwhelming success (before the tournament even started) after K-State hoisted the B12 trophy. This was never going to be a deep run team in the dance given the injury situation. And it's ironic that as much time as I find here humoring Cy that it was ISU's loses that ultimately cost K-State two outright championships.
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Stokes was a Senior, Snead was a Junior, Brown was a Senior, and Diarra and Mawien are definitely serviceable Sophomores. (Notice I'm not including Wade)
I think most realistic people expected more.
I didn't. I saw a team that was mentally and physically wasted and without their star. When Wade went down, I could tell the fanbase mojo was gone and suspected the team's as well. Diarra was coming off injury. Barry Brown was pretty ordinary down the stretch. Then Dean. They were shot.
Your fan base and team mojo was gone once Wade went down? KState played ISU hard in KC and it was a coin flip game.
I was bummed when Georges broke his foot in the NCAA but I don't think that drug me or the team down.
They did win the Big 12. NCAA tournament results are a crap-shoot. They got upset while missing their best or 2nd best player. It happens. If you base the success of a season on just the NCAA tournament, then obviously Kstate underachieved. If you base it on the entire season, I don't know how anyone could say they underachieved, especially playing without Wade half the year.
KState had a successful regular season. I'm saying that I'd take a Final Four banner over a regular season conference championship every day of the week.
This year for sure I'd also trade the B12 tournament for a Sweet 16 birth.
Well again, who wouldn't?
If we had tie-breakers for the conference championship, TxT would have come in second. But they certainly would trade their B12 banner for one with F4 on it.
Their battle with Sparty should be epic. I'm still amazed Tech made it this far. But you should see my brackets.
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Congrats to Texas Tech for breaking the streak!
Looks like TTU proved me wrong. The B12 did have a final 4 team this year. Congrats to them and good luck.
Good job, CyHans. You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. Others could learn from you.
So, what's next year hold? ISU might be favored if Adidas U doesn't pick it up on the recruiting trail. BU has a ton back. Likewise, TxT loses a ton. WVU seems in free-fall. OU and oSu have good recruiting classes headed to the red dirt. Texas has Shaka. Under Jamie, TCU seems "meh" every year. K-State will be in rebuild mode.
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- BU
- TCU
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- Texas
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- OU
- WVU
Baylor and KU will be very good. ISU really depends on who leaves. WVU will be good, Texas will probably be a bubble team cus Shaka, TCU returns a few solid guys. Who knows with OSU, should improve. OU and KSU lose a ton and will lack star power. Tech loses a ton but Beard will have them in the top half.
Lots of talk down here about Sneed leaving. I guess the family has told some people close to him that it's likely. That will kill K-State. They'll be really young.
He'll be pretty sought after on the transfer market even as a sit 1 play 1. He's originally from St Louis right? Wonder where he wants to go
You're wasting your time. I think he's implying he's going to enter the draft, but afraid to say it so we don't make fun of him.
