Oh, The Humanity (from Lawrence, Kansas)

[SoonerTraveler]

Overcoming an 18-3 deficit on the road at KU is rather impressive. Texas did indeed fight on this day.

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Ending Kansas' home win streak suggests Texas is no mirage
By Jeff Eisenberg

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basket...win-streak-suggests-Texas-is?urn=ncaab-311097


The last time Kansas had lost at home, Nelly Furtado's "Say it Right" sat atop the U.S. pop charts, Barack Obama was still an Illinois senator and UCLA, North Carolina and Florida were among the nation's top five college basketball teams.

That streak is no more. Texas ended Kansas' school-record 69-game home win streak and delivered the first blow in the Big 12 title race with a 74-63 victory over the previously undefeated Jayhawks. It's the first win in Lawrence for the Longhorns since the formation of the Big 12 conference in 1996 and the first home loss for the Jayhawks since Texas A&M defeated them 69-66 on Feb. 3, 2007.

It's still difficult to put complete faith in the Longhorns as a result of the lingering memory of their infamous February collapse last season, but this Texas team appears to have stronger resolve and better chemistry to go with its usual array of talent. The Longhorns have emerged as Kansas' strongest Big 12 challenger with this win and a throttling of previously surging Texas A&M earlier in the week.

Only four teams had even come within five points of Kansas in Lawrence prior to this season during the streak, but the Jayhawks had survived some unusually close calls already this year.

A questionable last-second call enabled Mario Little to sink the go-ahead free throw and propel Kansas to a 77-76 victory on Dec. 2. And 16 days later, freshman Josh Selby made a memorable debut with the go-ahead 3-pointer in the final minute to lift the Jayhawks to a 70-68 victory over visiting USC.

It didn't look as though Kansas would receive another stiff challenge on Saturday when the Jayhawks roared to an 18-3 first-half lead and took a 35-23 advantage into halftime. Then Texas showed the character it lacked a year ago, taking advantage of Kansas' foul trouble and ice-cold shooting to storm back into contention.

Back-to-back 3-pointers from guard J'Covan Brown capped a 13-2 Texas run and gave the Longhorns their first lead of the second half. Texas extended that advantage to as many as 11 points, far too great a late deficit for the Jayhawks to overcome against the Longhorns' stifling pressure defense.

At the beginning of the season, it appeared that the biggest threat to Kansas' quest for a seventh straight Big 12 championship would come from Kansas State, Missouri or Baylor. One of those teams could still make a title push, but for right now it's Texas with the best chance to unseat the Jayhawks from their customary throne.

 

[red recluse]

any word on why jordan hamilton and barnes got into it? that was an interesting exchange.

 

[Sooner_In_MI]

any word on why jordan hamilton and barnes got into it? that was an interesting exchange.

That team has a ton of talent, but I feel like they could implode at any moment. I could see them doing anything from getting stunned in the 2nd round a la Kansas last year, or winning the whole thing.

 

[gracefor24]

KU fell apart in the second half. I really think the emotional burden of Thomas Robinson's mom passing away the night before had a big effect on the team. They came out like a house on fire and in the second half just looked spent and lost.

UT played a great game in the second half and really hounded KU with their length and athleticism.

 

[Big Old Booger]

KU fell apart in the second half. I really think the emotional burden of Thomas Robinson's mom passing away the night before had a big effect on the team. They came out like a house on fire and in the second half just looked spent and lost.

UT played a great game in the second half and really hounded KU with their length and athleticism.

Whatever. smh :facepalm

Just more excuses from the squawk fan base.

Fact is, the Big 12 homer refs tried to give the game to KU late in the game and they still couldn't win. I started watching the last 6 minutes of the game and in that period of time, I've never seen so many homer calls. At least 3 touch fouls that were called on the "and 1". Reminded me of the 2006 OU-KU game in Larryville that was stolen from OU by the refs with a number of really poor calls down the stretch.

Please take the "we ran out of gas because we were all mentally tired" crap and go somewhere else with it like phog.com or whatever it is.

 

[ben]

Texas is just an all-around better team.

Evidence: they don't have hobgoblins on their team.

 

[Prodigal]

Whatever. smh :facepalm

Just more excuses from the squawk fan base.

Fact is, the Big 12 homer refs tried to give the game to KU late in the game and they still couldn't win. I started watching the last 6 minutes of the game and in that period of time, I've never seen so many homer calls. At least 3 touch fouls that were called on the "and 1". Reminded me of the 2006 OU-KU game in Larryville that was stolen from OU by the refs with a number of really poor calls down the stretch.

Please take the "we ran out of gas because we were all mentally tired" crap and go somewhere else with it like phog.com or whatever it is.

I don't get this. The post this was replying to seemed pretty objective and this one seems silly and very biased.

 

[Sawyer]

Everyone reacts to tragedy differently, but yeah... lame excuse. The entire team struggled because one guy who plays 15 minutes per game lost a family member?

 

[Dem Coltz]

I don't get this. The post this was replying to seemed pretty objective and this one seems silly and very biased.

Get real. It's silly to say that the entire Kansas team ran out of gas because one player's mother died. I feel bad for the one player and understand that he was affected. But Texas outplayed them thoroughly after the initial run by KU.

 

[BigTime]

Any day in which KU loses in men's basketball is a good day for me.