Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Kansas-Oklahoma: the right team won

If Oklahoma had beaten Kansas, the fans would have rejoiced - and then promptly would have forgotten about it as football recruiting and spring practice rolled around. Basketball does not matter at OU. It does at Kansas. The right team won; it was not a wasted win.

Which was more impressive: Buddy Hield's 46 points, or Frank Mason guarding him for three OTs with four fouls on him? And since we tend only to remember big shots and big scoring totals, let us not forget Hield's two big turnovers when the game was on the line. What is good for the goose is good for the gander. Sure, he score 46 points in a big game, which is remarkable.  But he also coughed up the game when the game was on the line - but no one will remark about that, because few care about anything but offense.

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