I agree he was not incorrect in what he was saying, but the reason he was saying it was just to downplay their loss/our win. The same way he spent the press conference after KSU ******** about the court storm. He is a great deflector/manipulator. Unlike other coaches that spend a good part of their press conference giving props to the other team, he always makes it about something else. Watch his next press conference after a loss and you'll see what I mean.
Wow...Do you really know a Jayhawk fan that is a Mizzou football fan? I went to KU and have lived in KC for 30 years and have hundreds of KU friends and never known a single one that doesn't hate everything Mizzou. Anybody capable of making this comment should never be allowed to post about another team...ever.
That's what I said. Then they tried to claim that KU would have the streak even if the Big 12 used the tie breakers. Like really are you that arrogant you won't look at facts.
The atmosphere is the best of any conference tourney. It needs to stay in KC. Most KU fans put the NCAA first, the conference season 2nd and the tourney 3rd. That might be because KU has had two coaches in a row that have downplayed the tourney and the school itself doesn't hang banners for the tourney. But once it's up and running KU fans aren't being truthful if they tell you they don't want to win it.
This is all true, but it seems like the NCAA pretty much forced their hand with this matchup and I love it. I think WSU would play KU with a chip on their shoulder and I would not be surprised to see them win in a close game. The sweetest thing about it would be that KU would have no chance for revenge, as they don't play them during the season and you know that WSU would never let them forget this loss. Trust me, phog.net would crash or have to be shut down for a few days.
Well, come on. It has been AFH East for years. You guys came along and are stealing the name from us! Maybe, after two years straight of winning there, it is all well and good and is fun payback, but how would you feel if a team copied your idea? Remember, you started calling it this after just one consecutive win! After two straight, you are are getting close to having the right to rename it, but coping what KU previously named it is not cool. Surely you guys could come up with something more creative. You look a bit silly by simply copying our name for it. If you disagree, I would love to hear an explanation that is not "hilarious".
Any way, someone else here thought Self's comments that he will 'forget about the conference tournament tomorrow' as being arrogant is totally off the mark. Self has said many times that when a game is over, you may think about it for a day, but then you have to forget about it and start preparing for the next game. Fans on here have said as much. I mean, really, do you think Fred is thinking about the win right now? Of course not! He is preparing for the next game - he and the players can't afford the luxury thinking about the win as, right now, IT MEANS NOTHING! Get it? As great as you guys did last Saturday, as happy as you fans are, IT DOESN'T MATTER now! I mean, yes, it matters because you won some extra games and all of that, and you gained some great bragging rights and you got to tweak some Jayhawks, but win or lose that tournament, what difference did it make? Win or lose, you have a nice seed in the National Tournament gained by your OVERALL performance during the year. Did your winning the tournament change your seeding much? Actually, you should be happy it didn't - happy that the tournament does not count for much - because if it did, you would be stuck in the UK bracket right now! KU recognizes it is the strength of schedule and pre-season and conference wins that matters. If you play well during the year, the tournament really does mean squat.
The problem you are having is that you don't understand that KU judges our success by playing the best season in the conference and how we do in the national tournament. Think about this. What if McKay was injured at the start of the second half of the game last Thursday and had to sit out the rest of that game out? You guys lose, right? Even if McKay was ok the next day, you still watch OU and KU battle it out Saturday, and you get don't even get 3rd place. Would you all not be upset if the selection committee punished you for your performance in the conference tournament? Would you not be saying that your seeding should not be dropped for one stinking game after an entire season of high-level performance?! ????? Do you get it now???? Do you now get that the conference tournament really is not that important in the overall scheme of things?
So, yes, KU fans care about winning, but we are not lying that losing the conference tournament doesn't really matter. All it is doing for us is delaying our healing and our planning for the big dance.
Well, come on. It has been AFH East for years. You guys came along and are stealing the name from us! Maybe, after two years straight of winning there, it is all well and good and is fun payback, but how would you feel if a team copied your idea? Remember, you started calling it this after just one consecutive win! After two straight, you are are getting close to having the right to rename it, but coping what KU previously named it is not cool. Surely you guys could come up with something more creative. You look a bit silly by simply copying our name for it. If you disagree, I would love to hear an explanation that is not "hilarious".
Any way, someone else here thought Self's comments that he will 'forget about the conference tournament tomorrow' as being arrogant is totally off the mark. Self has said many times that when a game is over, you may think about it for a day, but then you have to forget about it and start preparing for the next game. Fans on here have said as much. I mean, really, do you think Fred is thinking about the win right now? Of course not! He is preparing for the next game - he and the players can't afford the luxury thinking about the win as, right now, IT MEANS NOTHING! Get it? As great as you guys did last Saturday, as happy as you fans are, IT DOESN'T MATTER now! I mean, yes, it matters because you won some extra games and all of that, and you gained some great bragging rights and you got to tweak some Jayhawks, but win or lose that tournament, what difference did it make? Win or lose, you have a nice seed in the National Tournament gained by your OVERALL performance during the year. Did your winning the tournament change your seeding much? Actually, you should be happy it didn't - happy that the tournament does not count for much - because if it did, you would be stuck in the UK bracket right now! KU recognizes it is the strength of schedule and pre-season and conference wins that matters. If you play well during the year, the tournament really does mean squat.
The problem you are having is that you don't understand that KU judges our success by playing the best season in the conference and how we do in the national tournament. Think about this. What if McKay was injured at the start of the second half of the game last Thursday and had to sit out the rest of that game out? You guys lose, right? Even if McKay was ok the next day, you still watch OU and KU battle it out Saturday, and you get don't even get 3rd place. Would you all not be upset if the selection committee punished you for your performance in the conference tournament? Would you not be saying that your seeding should not be dropped for one stinking game after an entire season of high-level performance?! ????? Do you get it now???? Do you now get that the conference tournament really is not that important in the overall scheme of things?
So, yes, KU fans care about winning, but we are not lying that losing the conference tournament doesn't really matter. All it is doing for us is delaying our healing and our planning for the big dance.
