Sooner04
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With all the Frank Martin love going on around here I thought this might be of some interest. The following stat comes from this article:
You've got to be kidding me! So I went and looked it up. Lo and behold......it's not quite true, but it's close. KU actually passed K-State in NCAA wins in the early 80s.
NCAA Tournament Wins through the completion of the '82 season:
K-State: 21 wins
Kansas: 20 wins
I found that shocking. We've always been told the Chickenhawks were God's gift to the sport. But hell, I was born in 1982, and I came into this world with KU being the second best program in Kansas! And even that's debatable because Wichita State had just beaten KU in the Sweet 16 of the '81 Tournament.
DISCLAIMER: this information was gathered using Wikipedia's postings of the brackets and results through SHRP Sports. It DOES NOT factor in wins that would've been earned in consolation games such as the old 3rd place games they used to play at the Final Four and regional finals sites.
"Twenty-two years ago Kansas State had more NCAA wins than the University of Kansas, and somehow that kind of got away from Kansas State," Martin said. "How? Why? I don't know. It's not my problem.
"My challenge and our challenge and these kids' challenge has been to reconnect with that incredible history ... It makes me proud that these kids have embraced that, to get that passion of K State basketball going again."
You've got to be kidding me! So I went and looked it up. Lo and behold......it's not quite true, but it's close. KU actually passed K-State in NCAA wins in the early 80s.
NCAA Tournament Wins through the completion of the '82 season:
K-State: 21 wins
Kansas: 20 wins
I found that shocking. We've always been told the Chickenhawks were God's gift to the sport. But hell, I was born in 1982, and I came into this world with KU being the second best program in Kansas! And even that's debatable because Wichita State had just beaten KU in the Sweet 16 of the '81 Tournament.
DISCLAIMER: this information was gathered using Wikipedia's postings of the brackets and results through SHRP Sports. It DOES NOT factor in wins that would've been earned in consolation games such as the old 3rd place games they used to play at the Final Four and regional finals sites.