[DJay23]

My memory (what there is of it) and opinions of these teams Tourney results:

2008 - Best team in Kansas History.
2010 - Best team in the country wire to wire. Should have won a NC.
2020 - Best team in the country. Could have won a NC.
2022 - Exciting and improbable run. Some have said (maybe even me) that the bracket opened up, but I think more accurately key injuries to opponents paved the way.
2011 - Really good team that when it was on, had a dog mentality and no team could stop. Bracket opened up and very well should have won a NC.
2012 - Overachieving team with a studly starting 5 but not much depth. Hell of an exciting run through the Tourney, should be proud to finish 2nd to that Kentucky team.
2013 - Stupid defense that should have gone to a Final Four. Scoring wasn't up to par to win it all. Gut punch of a loss in the S16.
2016 and 2017 - These teams live in my memory as 1. Should have at least made the Final Four, disappointing losses in the Elite 8 to matchup nightmares.
2018 - Played to seed which somehow seemed like an overachievement to me.
2014 - Never played up to potential consistently enough. Embiid injuries had a lot to do with that.
2007 - 1 seed shipped out west had to play an Elite 8 game very close to the 2 seed (UCLA) home. That plus UCLA was good and we were a year away.
2004 - Surprise run to the E8. A hair away from a 3rd straight Final 4. Georgia Tech was a good team.
2009 - Exciting team that oozed potential. Almost got Michigan State in the S16.
2005 - Certainly had the horses. Beginning of the 14 consecutive Conference Title Streak. I always saw this team as Self using chess pieces to play checkers.
2019 - Missing Doke hurt.
2021 - Blech. A team that you could see just didn't have it.
2015 - Disgustingly outplayed in the second round by Wichita State. Double blech.

16 of the 19 teams won the Big XII.