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In the midst of all the sadness about Davidson coming up just short on Saturday, we didn't get a chance to, begrudgingly, congratulate Bill Self and his toupee on their first trip to the Final Four.
Self finally got that stuffed rhino off his back with Kansas' stirring win, and, even as bitter Illini fans, we're happy for him. Besides, you know, now Bill James can keep his how-far-ahead-are-we? calculations for one more weekend.
We had forgotten that it had been a while since Kansas had made the Final Four. Kansas fans we're awfully happy about it.
We love the guy at the end. Somebody's got Self's back, that's for sure.
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I hope that is a Zook-free water body. No one place can stand so much intensity.
Is that a water slide? Who the hell wears a hat on a water slide?
@Glass_Family: Zook's waterski is actually causing that wave as he zooms by.
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Sean Sutton got fired. Self has a press-conference at 3 cst. Gottlieb was just on KC radio and reported that the Oklahoma St. T. Boone Pickens will offer Self $5 per.
That will teach you to sit on the beach when Zook is waterskiing in the area.
That'd be $5 million per.
In summary: stupid sexy Self.
All that for a one seed making the Final Four? Come on, Bill Self, act like you've been there before.
Not pictured: Mark Mangino doing a cannonball on the other side of the pool.
Amateurs.
/Detroit
So right at 42 seconds a guy seems to be firing a gun into the air.
Congratulations Hezbollah Jayhawks.
@HebrewHammer: "Look at you, you're just swimming in my wake."
/Zook as Sinatra
Will, now you know how KU fans felt when Roy Williams won his championship with North Carolina.
Reports that the University of Kansas would be bussing the entire undergraduate population to San Antonio turned out to be nothing but rumor.
/should have been you, Davidson
The sea was angry that day, my friends.
"Don't buy wigs that come off at the wrong time. Morrie's wigs don't come off . . ."
Is Moses causing havoc again?
Rick Pitino's agent meeting for second time with IU...
@ComradeFesenko: Those of us follically challenged wear hats to avoid the devastation that is scalp sunburn. Even on the slide, we just spin it around to avoid the wind resistance. Kind of like skiing, only sadder.
He doesn't have a toupee, he just really likes his Taylor Made irons.
Self was politely asked to vacate the Bellagio's fountain and put some clothes on.
The dancing Jayhawk fan at 44 seconds reminds me of someone. Could it be a certain Cardinals fan we know?
Needs more girls past the point of wildness.
Will has an entire hard drive full of pictures of Illini coaches engaging in water sports.
@HebrewHammer: I'm thinking Noah has the ark souped up.
@crazyjoedavola: My sympathies, sir. Maybe it was the hat/toupee combination that weirded me out.
I went down Mass Street when KU made it to the final four in 2003...I can tell you it was like having Mardi Gras in Kansas that fateful night.
@Luthur: And where would KU look?
@strong like bull smart like tractor: are you sure the LouHensonMotorboating.jpg isn't something else?
While Bruce Pearl is oogling the girls from 9thstreetlatina on the beach
Tater - I was there as well. Drunker than 100 Comanches. Press confernce streaming online at www.whb810.com .
Rock You - I don't think he's going anywhere, but if he did you'll see guys with KU ties... Calipari, Turgeon, and I can't imagine who else. The news of Sutton's firing was 2 hours ago. I don't think Self will leave so I haven't thought about a replacement.
Officers! Officers! They're looting the Food King!
@Rock You Like An Iracane: @Luthur: Self isn't going anywhere.
@HIV 2 Elway:
Agreed. It is an unneeded distraction during Final 4 week. OSU can go fuck my couch.
INVISIBUL MARK MANGINO CANONBALL
@Luthur: Beat Roy on Saturday and he's an instant God in Lawrence and will be able to write his own check.
So it's become apparent that if you hit Cristiano Ronaldo, even with a crumpled piece of paper, he falls over in a heap grasping his knee.
@tater: @Luthur: Count me in on the '03 celebration as well. I'd like to think we were all drinking together that night.
Yes, it's been soooo long since KU was in the Final Four. 2003. Seems like eons ago.
Of course, Illinois goes to Final Fours no more than once a generation...
And Rooney puts it away for Man U.
And yes, Mass St was pretty awesome after the Davidson game. We walked from Joe Shmo's down to Harbour Lights and it was crrrazy. Ran into some people later outside of the Red Lyon that I hadn't seen in years. Fun times.
You know this isn't Ohio State since there are no upside cars on fire
What passes for reporters these days? 3 questions and not one about OSU
@PeteJayhawk: Reminds me of Marshall Street, Syracuse, 2003, after watching the game at the Carrier Dome...
@BigRicks:
Bastard!!!
I'm not gonna lie, I like the Mrs. Andy Roddick version of this picture a lot more. A lot more.
Self, Suck My Wake!!
/zook'd
I think I saw this on Massachusetts Street in the video:
[kansascity.craigslist.org]
@Luthur: Oh, it won't happen. That is wishful thinking among OSU fans. I believe our AD is gonna fuck this whole thing up.
Although, self danced around the question when asked about it in the press conference.
@Little Lebowski Urban Achiever:
No kidding. How about that he didn't know Sutton was fired until the reporter told him?* Not the most convincing "I'm happy where I am at. I have no interest in X school" press conference.
*I'm pretty sure that he lied when he said that.
"Fuck yeah, the Achievers"
Related to nothing, I'm a KU fan stuck in London right now and all I can say is God bless the NCAA for putting all the NCAA championship games online. All they show here is something called football but really (looks both ways), it really isn't football.
Jesus Christ - is there a Midwestern stereotype that video doesn't confirm?