UT and KU hoops to play twice a year?

by KU_Lew on Oct 23, 2009 8:08 AM CDT Comment 19 comments

You all might find this little nugget from today's Kansas City Star interesting:

"Self and Texas coach Rick Barnes both said they have had informal discussions about adding a second KU-Texas game to the schedule that would be considered a nonconference meeting. They are interested in bringing more attention to the league's premier matchup. They said the nonconference game would take place in Dallas when the league game was at KU and in Kansas City when the league game was at Texas."

No idea how soon this would begin, if it ever does, but I think that would be great for both schools. You know that nonconference game would be nationally televised.

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Nice idea.

But if you’re really hoping to reach this Texas fanbase you might want to start by saying “y’all”, instead of you all.

by 2Cor12:9 on Oct 23, 2009 8:14 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Why is that?

Did you miss his point because of it? Do you think the rest of us cant handle his complex mid-western words?

Also, I’ve been born, raised, and lived in Texas basically my whole life, and am much more likely to say “you guys” than y’all or you all, but you also won’t here me ever correct someone for using any of them.

by BoddickerIsClutch on Oct 23, 2009 8:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

It was a joke. Lighten up, its Friday.

by 2Cor12:9 on Oct 23, 2009 9:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

...and you aint got no job, and you aint got sh*t to do.

Get off your knees Greg, you're blowin' the game.

by kriess on Oct 24, 2009 7:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

sweet

If Barnes really wants this, he will find a way. Look at the other non-con. games he’s already scheduled. Maybe fans will realize that Kansas should be our primary basketball rival, and not OU/A&M.

by vy til i die on Oct 23, 2009 8:19 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

+1

by silky51 on Oct 23, 2009 8:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

A&M isn't a primary rival in anything outside of women's soccer

I find UT fans who relish a rivalry with A&M in any men’s sport to be a strange breed.

proud to swim home

by learned hand on Oct 23, 2009 8:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

and women's swimming..nt

by vy til i die on Oct 23, 2009 8:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

And softball

by the1austin on Oct 23, 2009 10:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

speaking of that sport...

….I read today that our pitchers that threw most of last year (Barnhill, Shroeder) had transferred. Does anyone else think that softball is pretty much the only sport where losing has become acceptable? I still can’t forgive Coach Clark for letting Cat walk away w/o a nat’l championship. sigh

by vy til i die on Oct 23, 2009 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think Kansas fans have seen the UT v KU game...

as a developing rivalry lately. This game would really help to elevate it to the next level in my opinion. I think it’s a good idea in some ways.

The only tricky thing is one game is pretty much irrelevant to anything while the other will often help decide the league champ.

I think either fanbase would start to look at this game differently if their team consistently won the non-con game early in the year but lost the one that was played as a conference game.

Some people are like Slinkies...not really good for anything but they make you smile when pushed down the stairs.

by Denverjhawk on Oct 23, 2009 8:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

While I appreciate the motive of wanting to bring more attention to the budding rivalry, I think that their recent clashes – late in the conf. season with Big 12 title implications (usually) – have been pretty compelling.

Plus, UT- KU is a perennial conf. tourney match-up as well.

IMO, both teams would benefit more by scheduling a premier Big East or ACC team than from a potential 3rd game every year against the same opponent.

"It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody."
-- Brendan Behan --

by Zeno of Citium on Oct 23, 2009 9:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Kudos to Rick and his staff

For elevating UT basketball to the consistent level that Kansas fans believe we could be rivals. I think that says a lot about our program and Coach Barnes efforts to brand us as more than a football school.

Your tongue can't repel flavor of that magnitude!!

by UT2001 on Oct 23, 2009 9:13 AM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs

seems to me like an easy call...

there have been some pretty epic KU v UT battles and they typically are with the conference title or tournament on the line. It’s not a rivalry that has the hatred like Kansas v Mizzou or UT v OU but it’s a rivalry in the sense that we typically expect Texas to be our top contender for the conference title.

Sure it varies year to year, but UT has been the most consistent. I myself look forward to the game every year because I know it’s going to bring out the best in both teams.

Some people are like Slinkies...not really good for anything but they make you smile when pushed down the stairs.

by Denverjhawk on Oct 23, 2009 9:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs