Tears were falling Saturday. Northern Iowa shocked Kansas in a controlled 69-67 victory that busted the brackets of President Obama and a lot of others (myself included). The Panthers pulled off the biggest upset of the weekend, sending the No. 1 overall team in the nation home without any hardware.
Cheer up, Jayhawk fans. You still might win a national title in debate.
Also Saturday, Kansas State downed the Jamming Joseph Smiths of BYU, sending the Wildcats to Salt Lake City and the Sweet Sixteen (a place K-State hadn't been since 1988) to meet Xavier (game time is 8:37 p.m. Thursday). The Wildcats may not have been able to beat KU this season, but they're still dancing and that's all that matters.
On Sunday, Bob Huggins' West Virginia Mountaineers ended
Missouri's hopes of a repeat run to the Elite Eight, beating the
Tigers 68-59. The Tigers lose senior starters J.T. Tiller and
Keith Ramsey but have an excellent
recruiting class to look forward to in 2010-11.
Back to Kansas, the focus now for Bill Self is reloading with the
potential loss of three starters. Senior guard Sherron Collins is
out of eligibility. Junior center Cole Aldrich should go pro;
he's a projected lottery pick (NBA Draft.net projects him as the No. 12
pick to the New Orleans Hornets and ESPN's Chad Ford has him as the
No. 8 pick in his
mock draft). And freshman shooting guard Xavier Henry may
follow (NBA Draft.net's mock draft has him as the No. 8 pick to the
Sacramento Kings, and he's unranked by ESPN). Self already has a commitment
from a three-star shooting guard, Royce Woolridge. But the holes
at point guard and possibly center are large.
Photo via KU
Athletics.
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