Yep. At times I cringed at Bill Self putting the pedal to the metal in the B12 tourney, iirc Mason got banged up against Slaps Virginia one year and never looked 100% in the NCAA Tourney. This year I had bad feeling about our matchup against TCU in the second round (they reminded me of that nightmare athletic #7 seed who turned it on and sent us home early on the first weekend). I remember checking my phone during my plan and being stunned at the score, and once I saw Remy turn it on against Tech (and Bill trusting him enough to put him in). Seeing Remy help guide us to two dominant wins over teams we struggled with in the season made me think that with this field "if Remy is 100%, why not us?"

I think a huge factor compared to last year was the transformation of Ochai. Watching every game we were well aware of his weaknesses compared to national broadcasters looking at a statsheet, but his three point stroke, combined with him not disappearing in huge matches was huge. Comparing his performance vs USC last year to the matchup against North Carolina is stark. In both, he was against great defenders and huge size inside, but despite him having the yips at the line against UNC, he refused to disappear as he did in the past and still tried to create his shot. Yes, it resulted in him missing a contested layup down the stretch, but it also resulted in that massive, momentum swinging and-1 that led to that 9 point, 1 minute stretch to take a 6 point lead against Carolina. Ochai's emergence ensured that we had 6 players who could put up double digits at any time.

Add in the fact that we had so many players who had been with the program for multiple years, players who had a local connection (Ochai, Braun, Lightfoot and even Harris - because apparently Mizzou was too flush with point guards to recruit him, or something). It's also sweet thinking back on McCormack and Remy's redemptions, and Wilson being the unsung hero throughout the tourney. It was fitting that the comeback against UNC couldn't be attributed to one person, but a total team effort to come back at the biggest stage.

This is such a great year to look back on, and it's only felt all the more special as I've had time to fully appreciate it.

I believe his location on his congratulations tweet after the championship said Mexico.

I looked him up after I posted that and his Wikipedia page said he signed with a team in Colombia last year. Looks like it is one in Mexico now.

https://basketball.latinbasket.com/p...Jalisco/366794

Well this sure is something. You can't make this stuff up.


https://apple.news/A_3F83EVOSBK3VBESvN9VMg


this is like a marijuana grower getting hired by a LA startup company while simultaneously facing charges for growing weed before he was allowed to.

I knew he'd be selling drugs somewhere.

Looking more and more that braun is leaving

You going off mock drafts or did he say something?

Saw a tweet earlier that said Braun is likely to go pro but we got 2 hours of him screaming on video

Is he a first rounder? Or just going to play in Europe?

Huh, I had to go back and look at that game. I had forgotten how hot Eastern Washington was, especially from 3.

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Cavs

So who would everyone say is their favorite Jayhawk of all time? Favorite, top 3, top 5 top 10, whatever.

1. Sherron Collins
2. Frank Mason
3. Thomas Robinson
4. Wayne Simien
5. Raef LaFrentz

Born in 1989, so I limit this to just my lifetime

1. Nick Collison
2. Frank Mason
3. Paul Pierce
4. Jacque Vaughn
5. Mario Chalmers

I limit mine to who I really watched. Didn't really start watching until Roy and didn't start following carefully game by game until I went there for school (96/97).