Holy Jayhawk, Batman! No. 1 Kansas Goes Down

by ccmachine on Mar 20, 2010 7:01 PM CDT in Basketball

Not only were the Jayhawks a #1 seed, they were the overall top seed in the dance and the #1 team in the country. Ali Farokhmanesh scored 16 points to help lead the 9th seeded Northern Iowa Panthers, of the Missouri Valley Conference, past the Jayhawks 69-67. It's the first time since 2000 that Kansas has lost a second round game in the NCAA tournament and the first time the Missouri Valley has had a team in the Sweet 16 in more than three decades.

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Not very sad….. am not thinking that KSU will advance either… I could be wrong, but….

by OU JJ on Mar 20, 2010 7:11 PM CDT reply actions

I love it!

I hate KU

"We call him The Hammer." - Bob Stoops

by jtesooner on Mar 20, 2010 7:15 PM CDT reply actions

I loathe Bill Self…. I have known him since his ORU days….ugh, couldnt have happened to a nicer team

by OU JJ on Mar 20, 2010 7:18 PM CDT reply actions

Poor Hawks...

KU chokes again!! Its all over. Mario get up and take it like a man

by tbonetiger on Mar 20, 2010 8:12 PM CDT reply actions

Easy now

They were still the best team in the Big 12

by ccmachine on Mar 20, 2010 8:25 PM CDT up reply actions

who with the exception of 2 years ago, tend to throw down some clunkers in the opening rounds……

by OU JJ on Mar 20, 2010 8:55 PM CDT up reply actions

Bill Self

How soon til the hawk fans ask for Bill Self to be fired??

by tbonetiger on Mar 20, 2010 8:13 PM CDT reply actions

both ur factoids were false...

technically Kansas hasn’t fallen in second round since 2000, but they have lost in the first so…..

and MVC had two teams in three years ago……

might wanna getting working on ur stats

by stlcardsfan4 on Mar 20, 2010 9:05 PM CDT reply actions

Well, Smart One

Why don’t you enlighten us?

Who were the MVC teams that advanced to the Sweet 16 three years ago? Because unless it was Larry Bird and Indiana State then it hasn’t happened. The Syacmores were the last MVC team to reach the Sweet 16 and they did it in 1979 when they wound up winning the whole thing.

Saying a team hasn’t lost in the second round since 2000 when they haven’t isn’t a false statement. Last I checked losing in the first round isn’t the same as losing in the second round.

So, I stand by both of my statements. You might want to be the one who brushes up on his facts before calling someone out in the future. Thanks for posting though.

by ccmachine on Mar 20, 2010 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions

I hate to do this but...

http://www.mvc-sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7600&ATCLID=204908770

In 2007, Southern Illinois was the seventh MVC team to reach the Sweet 16 since 1994. Notably, the Missouri Valley has received just 33 total bids from 1994-2010, meaning nearly one of every five Valley NCAA berths since 1994 have resulted in a Sweet 16 trip.

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by Jubanator14 on Mar 20, 2010 10:53 PM CDT up reply actions

I knew Kevin Harlin was off when he said that too

Because I specifically remember Southern Illinois make it along with Bradley a few years back since I picked them in my brackets.

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by Jubanator14 on Mar 20, 2010 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions

I originally thought the same thing but

I think Harlin said the first MVC conference champion to advance, intending to mean the conference tournament champion. I don’t know if that’s correct but after looking at the 2006 tournament Bradley and Southern Illinois were both at large selections that made the sweet 16.

by SoonerDutch on Mar 20, 2010 11:41 PM CDT up reply actions

wasnt SE MO or SW MO (I dont remember the difference honestly) a MVC team when they made & their coach bolted, then Barry Henson went there fr ORU….? I have drank some & watched alot of football since so I could be mixing up several scenarios. That was brought up by some friends of mine from college yesterday. The directional MO team may not have been conference champs either.

by OU JJ on Mar 21, 2010 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions

The ESPN recap claims that Northern Iowa is the first MWC Tournament Champion to advance to the Sweet 16 since Indiana State in 1979

by SoonerDutch on Mar 21, 2010 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions

That's what I was saying!

by ccmachine on Mar 21, 2010 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions

I think they're actually right.

Northern Iowa is the first MWC Tournament Champion to advance to the Sweet 16 since Indiana State in 1979. Several other MWC teams have advanced to the Sweet 16, just not the MWC tournament champion.

by SoonerDutch on Mar 21, 2010 11:49 PM CDT up reply actions

Dang! I hate it when I'm wrong

I got my info from ESPN.com

by ccmachine on Mar 20, 2010 11:52 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

most sports journalist

analysts and commentators are wrong 70% of the time. As good as weathermen they are. Best advice, don’t believe half of what they say.

KU is a good team but this year they did not have the right attitude. They didn’t play with the fire needed to start games, they did not dominate teams at all. Bill Self is one the great coaches in college b ball right now but his unwillingness to apply full court early cost him this game. The BShSt team of basketball was folding under the pressure last night and if KU had started the full court press earlier in the game they would have won. I don’t expect NI to go much further and can’t wait to see them crying at the end a game next weekend.

I remember MVC b-ball in the 60’s and early 70’s and it was a darned good basketball conference then.

by scarab on Mar 21, 2010 9:30 AM CDT up reply actions