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Kansas State Interrupts Kentucky’s Waltz Through the Bracket
New York Times ^ | March 23, 2018 | By JOE DRAPE

Posted on 03/23/2018 5:37:48 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

ATLANTA — The South Regional was supposed to be the Kentucky Invitational, a warm up tournament for the vaunted Wildcats before the team took its rightful place in the Final Four next week in San Antonio. The regional semifinals, after all, were lacking star power and quality. Loyola-Chicago and Nevada were mere upstarts.

And Kansas State? It might be a pretty good football school, but it was widely considered the weakest team of the 16 remaining in the N.C.A.A. tournament — so said various pundits and analysts who re-ranked the tournament’s survivors. They brought to Thursday’s matchup a 24-11 record, a mid-pack finish in Big 12 Conference play and a seeding of No. 9.

Star power? Few outside Manhattan, Kan., had heard of Xavier Sneed. They know him now. Behind Sneed’s 22 points and gritty all-around play, Kansas State defeated Kentucky, 61-58, and will face No. 11 seed Loyola here in an improbable South Regional final — the first game between a No. 11 seed and a No. 9 in tournament history.

“We’ve been picked eighth in the Big 12, finished fourth, and we saw the new seedings come out, 16th in the Sweet 16,” Sneed said. “So we felt disrespected all year, and we just came out here and proved people wrong, and we’re going to do that game by game.”

What went wrong for the Kentucky Wildcats? About everything.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Kansas; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: ncaa; sports
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1 posted on 03/23/2018 5:37:48 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

That’s the way the ball bounces...


2 posted on 03/23/2018 5:42:35 AM PDT by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Looking at the brackets, an epic KU/K-State final is a remote possibility.


3 posted on 03/23/2018 5:45:37 AM PDT by lacrew
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4 posted on 03/23/2018 5:46:52 AM PDT by musicman (The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
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To: WayneS

Kentucky was overrated - bunch of undisciplined freshmen. Or should I say fresh people.


5 posted on 03/23/2018 5:47:21 AM PDT by Rennes Templar (Morning in America Again, again.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

EMAW


6 posted on 03/23/2018 5:49:13 AM PDT by askjeff
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

In an overly officiated game (51 fouls called) UK missed 14 FTs shooting 62.2% from the charity stripe. Combine that with KSt hitting 40.9% from the three and it’s a recipe for a loss.


7 posted on 03/23/2018 5:49:27 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I saw a woman at Walmart with March Madness teeth.. She was down to the final four.


8 posted on 03/23/2018 5:49:56 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The Big 12 is really a tough conference. This Cyclone Fan wishes the best of luck to K State.


9 posted on 03/23/2018 5:50:26 AM PDT by Iowa Granny (Clintion ruined a dress, but Obama ruined a Nation.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I’m a Jayhawks but alway cheer for KSU when they’re not playing KU.


10 posted on 03/23/2018 5:52:03 AM PDT by Mercat
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To: Pilgrim's Progress
I saw a woman at Walmart with March Madness teeth.. She was down to the final four.

Okay, now where can I send you the bill for my new keyboard?


11 posted on 03/23/2018 5:53:29 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How sweet it is to see the two remaining SEC teams knocked out in one night!


12 posted on 03/23/2018 5:54:45 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Pilgrim's Progress

That’s excellent!


13 posted on 03/23/2018 5:55:06 AM PDT by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Cost of coming to this site . . . I’m still paying for all the keyboards that I have drowned!


14 posted on 03/23/2018 5:57:12 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
So now the right half of the bracket could easily wind up with seeds that reflect an expected 1, 1, 2, and 3 (since #2 Purdue is without a star player)...

while the left side of the bracket is now 3, 9, 9, and 11.

A 9-seed (or worse) is now guaranteed to be in the Final Four.

15 posted on 03/23/2018 6:01:37 AM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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Let’s hope KU joins them in the Elite Eight. Rock chalk, Jayhawk. K-State has to be the favorite to win their region and go to the Final Four. Three Big 12 teams in action tonight. WV can take out Villanova and TT can eliminate Purdue. Go KU over Clemson for a third straight Elite Eight.


16 posted on 03/23/2018 6:03:23 AM PDT by kabar
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To: Mercat
I’m a Jayhawks but alway cheer for KSU when they’re not playing KU.

KU vs KSU for the title is still a possibility at the moment.

17 posted on 03/23/2018 6:05:42 AM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Congrats to K-State!


18 posted on 03/23/2018 6:13:48 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

EMAW. My boyfriend’s alma mater for undergrad. He’s going to be insufferable if they make it to the Final Four.


19 posted on 03/23/2018 6:16:50 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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According to ESPN, only 17,676 of 17,300,000 brackets had KSU vs Loyola... 99.9% had something else.

Of the current 12 teams remaining:
4 Big 12 (KU, KSU, TT, WVU)
3 ACC (Duke, FL ST, SYR)
2 Big Ten (PUR, MICH)
1 Big East (VILL)
1 SEC (CLEM)
1 Missouri Valley (LOY-ILL)
0 SEC... out of 6 invites.

The Big Six Conferences so far:
7-2 - Big Ten (4 teams invited)
9-3 - Big 12 (7 teams invited)
11-6 - ACC (9 teams invited)
5-5 - Big East (6 teams invited)
5-7 - SEC (8 teams invited)
0-3 - Pac 12 (3 teams invited)

5 of the 8 teams playing tonight are in the Big 12 or the ACC. The 2 ACC teams play each other, and the Big 12 takes on everyone else.

20 posted on 03/23/2018 6:40:59 AM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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