Sweet 16 or bust

[JustbrewitMan]

I'm sure I'll get both agreement and disagreement on this, but this team needs to get to the Sweet 16 this time as a 4 seed. No ands, ifs or buts.

2021 NCAA Tournament they were a 7 seed and lost to a 10. O.K., it happens.

2022 NCAA Tournament they were a 5 seed and lost to a 12. 2 years in a row they lost to a lower seed in their first game and looked like they weren't ready to play both times.

2023 they're a 4 seed playing a 13. They need to at least play to their seeding and get to the Sweet 16. No excuses this year.

There’s a core group of “fans” on this site who would love to see it NOT happen. Sad.

(though they will deny this in follow ups to this post)

 

[JustbrewitMan]

Almost no amount of prep overcomes a team shooting 65% from 3 and 100% from the line. Holding that as a negative against Dan Hurley is just silly.

Hurley did a lousy job of coaching foul line defense in that game, don’t you remember?

 

[Umami Zen]

Would not be totally shocked that Jayhawks are first 1 seed eliminated-- by the winner of Ark/Ill. game