Sherron Collins : Lawrence | Kansas ‘82-65 victory over Kansas State on Wednesday was a lot about Sherron Collins final appearance in Allen Fieldhouse, was easy to lose sight of the bigger picture of the Jayhawks].
This may be a degree of pressure-packed game as Kansas has played this season. Not less than 12 championship outright and the large seed in the conference tournament, the nation’s longest consecutive home floor, a loss in the last round in the house 26 years ago and the position of the championship [NCAA was at stake.
Were not just visit any opponent wearing purple, but the best, or at least the highest ranked Wildcats team to visit to Lawrence in more than half a century.
With the victory, the state of Kansas, put tremendous pressure on Kansas to win its border war in Missouri contest on Saturday to avoid sharing the conference title.
All of this was wrapped around the passion Collins final home, but Kansas coach Bill Self has emerged in a special event gave the Jayhawks] on the edge.
“The first night and the night is usually a game where you’re going to be very difficult to win because of the passion and energy,” said Self. “I want to say four out of five home team is playing well in the first night.
“But this night was a little different because there was a lot at stake.”
This is the number 5 Visitor No. (2), this is only the fourth time in 14 years from the date of the Big 12 top five teams fighting.
Had been lost and Kansas, it might have slipped in the NCAA] championship pecking order. It is not (1), and seeds, but the top seed in general. [Jayhawks] seems to compete with Syracuse and Kentucky for this position, and Orange had already won this week, and Kentucky and the Wildcats took out Georgia on Wednesday.
With the Duke, which entered the night and other potential seed (1) and lost in the state of Maryland on Wednesday, the Blue Devils continue to struggle for their sowing.
But lost to Kansas the end of the regular season, the Jayhawks] has been passed by the Kansas State in the polls, and the index of retail prices. Assuming the Wildcats win Saturday against Iowa, and seeds are best between the two countries have come down too far advanced in the Big 12 Championship.
One of the greatest regular seasons in the program storied history could have been the worst moments in the last few days of a regular schedule.
“You lose two in a row and then they (the public) may not talk to you,” half of self-strap.
Kansas State, but did not allow that to happen. Collins, chose his match after a slow start, as did Cole Aldrich. Xavier Henry and carrying twins Maurice Jayhawks] at an early date, and Brady Morningstar hit the game’s largest fire, a three-guard – the pointer to break a tie only in the game, 45-45, early in the second half.
Kansas State, which led to an improvement in the 28-2 victory with a 59th straight home, but has all confined to the seed (1). But more urgently, and the Jayhawks] simply wants to play better. They are coming from a single conference loss did not play well in the state of Oklahoma. Since it won 19 Missouri in late January, Kansas was overwhelming in the house.
If anything, the Jayhawks] wanted to prove something to themselves.
“I think we played very well,” said Self. “Are you away how we attacked the area for two or three minutes in the first half and the beginning of the second half, I thought it was a game we dominated.”
Or, has said Henry, “and appears to have been the whole night. We won the game for competition and show that we’re the Big 12 team to win.
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