Big 12 tournament "would you rather" question
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Yep, 2012-13. Clyburn, Ejim, Lucious, Chris Babb, freshman Niang
We had to comeback to win. Ended up getting a 10 seed in the big dance.
I took off from work early that day and had just set up my basement to be a little man cave with a bar and TV.
I brought my dog down to watch the game with me (so I wasn't drinking by myself, naturally) and I was yelling and making such a ruckus that after the game I couldn't find him. After frantically searching the house, I found him cowering under our bed upstairs.
He refused to watch sports with me for the rest of his life.
There is something about postseason basketball, even conference tournaments, that inspires a special kind of anxiety. I've had neighbors and roommates run to my door because they thought there was an emergency. Nope, just watching basketball.
I've gotten a lot better/more detached from sports as I've gotten older, but I think basketball itself breeds that kind of anxiety. Things change so quickly that it can be dizzying. In 5 seconds you can go from joy to rage and back, and that can happen over an entire game.
Football is generally a slower pace, and major turns unfold over a greater period of time. It builds to a more dramatic climax, but the ride isn't usually as moody.
Why not Baylor? Iowa State is 2-0 and +30 against them this year. We are a terrible matchup for them.
And they will be out for some big time revenge on us too.
Maybe rest would be good for the NCAA’s though too?
I think we match up with them really well. Tough to beat someone back to back, but Baylor is probably as good of matchup for us as anyone. Besides, there's not an easy game in that whole tournament. It is going to be unreal.
Talked about that happening this morning assuming we would lose today and it would be us against Baylor back to back games as a 3 vs. 6. Who'd da thunk a 4 vs. 5 game. What kind of reward is that after such a great game today? But, playing Hunter again would just have been so tiresome too, tho. Still better than playing in that Wed. night morgue environment game.
I like the way this sets up for us. Baylor and KU are two teams we've had success against this year. We won 3/4 games by double digits and only lost @ KU by 2.
LOL this tried and true 'revenge' reasoning makes me laugh every damn time. You think Baylor fans are sitting there saying 'hell yeah...we get to face the team that beat us by 15 twice this season...that's a win for sure!'
