I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Roy who? Visit site »
ESPN is counting down the 50 best college hoops programs in the nation this week, and they’ve just posted the first installment (numbers 50-41). They’re using a scoring system in which schools get points for various accomplishments, such as winning the NCAA tournament, making the final four, winning their conference, and so forth. Fun stuff.
I’m anxious to see where Kansas winds up on the list. Based on the point system, I should think it’ll be pretty high — top five at least, and possibly top two. By my off-the-top-of-my-head memory, only Duke has more NCAA titles (three, to KU’s two), but Kansas has more conference championships and All-Americans. Besides Kansas and Duke, I’d expect to see UNC, Kentucky, and Arizona rounding out the top five. Syracuse, UConn, Florida, UCLA and Michigan State should also be in the top ten. That is, if my memory is anywhere near accurate. Visit site »
My old buddies at the Journal-World have a whole slew of multimedia and other content related to the Jayhawks’ recent visit to The White House. President Bush saying, “Rock Chalk Jayhawk” is probably one of the coolest things he’s ever done. See also LJW’s great special online feature on the Championship, which I believe was mostly this work of Richard Cornish. Visit site »
Kansas coach Bill Self said Thursday he will stay at Kansas instead of going to his alma mater Oklahoma State. And to anyone who thought he’d leave: I told you so. :) Visit site »
Hillary argued that Memphis had passed every test during the game, including scoring more points than Kansas for 38 minutes. For 38 minutes they had shown the experience necessary to be National Champion. “Just because some team comes along in the last minute and scores more points than the other guy doesn’t mean they’re necessarily able to be National Champion on Day One,” she said.
(Yes, this is a joke. Barack Chalk Jayhawk!) Visit site »
40,000 people on Massachusetts street between 7th and 11th — in a town of 80,000. Awesome. Via Nathan. Visit site »
