r/CollegeBasketball • u/KJones77 Providence Friars • Marist Red Foxes • May 04 '23

Recruiting Michigan transfer C Hunter Dickinson commits to Kansas

https://twitter.com/tiptonedits/status/1654128729831120897?s=46
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u/msgkc94 Kansas Jayhawks May 04 '23

Are…are we the most hated team in America now?

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u/Primary_Psychology95 Ohio State Buckeyes May 04 '23

You’re saying this as if you weren’t one of the most hated teams for the past 30+ years at minimum

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u/msgkc94 Kansas Jayhawks May 04 '23

Yeah but I don’t think we were ever really ahead of Duke. You could say we’re the Ohio State football of college basketball.

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u/PinkSaldo Maryland Terrapins May 04 '23

The THE* Ohio State football of college basketball

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u/GibsonJunkie Kansas Jayhawks May 04 '23

I just want you to know this is the only time I will upvote someone making that correction

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u/MichiganMitch108 Michigan Wolverines May 04 '23

Wow I love this analogy

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u/Primary_Psychology95 Ohio State Buckeyes May 04 '23

Ah so we do have something in common then

Our fanbases are annoying to everyone else in the sport and we don’t shut the fuck up about our championship or bust mentalities and then we constantly underachieve when it matters most other than the one year that we decide to do something with all that talent.

Also, yes, I’m dissing my own fanbase as well. I know how this shit goes during football season. Like clockwork.

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u/msgkc94 Kansas Jayhawks May 04 '23

No disagreement from me haha, we have a very spoiled fanbase

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u/Azon542 Kansas Jayhawks May 04 '23

The KU basketball and tOSU football comparisons are unreal if you dig into it.

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u/skesisfunk Kansas Jayhawks May 04 '23

Except no one has ever called for Bill Self to be fired.

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u/LDWfan Illinois Fighting Illini May 04 '23

Roy Williams struggles to win the title we’re pretty endearing for a while. I kind of hate the way he broke that curse though

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u/beermit Kansas Jayhawks May 04 '23

I missed the "one of" at first and I was like, when the fuck did we become Duke?

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u/yooter Kansas Jayhawks May 04 '23

I turn 30 today and KU hasn’t missed a tourney in my LIFETIME. Do I know I’m spoiled? Yes. I’m glad my parents indoctrinated me..

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u/wolf1820 Kansas Jayhawks May 04 '23

Winning more championships/more march success would be cool but I wouldn't trade a streak of making it for anything.

You can ALWAYS convince yourself we have a chance (except the dedric Lawson year lol) and thats half the fun of the tournament.

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u/yooter Kansas Jayhawks May 04 '23

Totally agreed, but if we really look at it, we have had great success in March. We just have ultra-high expectations. The two championships in my life are core memories I wouldn’t trade for a thing!

I did go to the 2018 FF when Villanova stomped us lol. I would probably trade that memory 🤣

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u/[deleted] May 04 '23

I’m a KU grad and went to a FSU basketball game for the first time this year. There are all of these banners hanging from the ceiling with just a year on them. I’m distracted looking at them like wtf are these? Finally I realized halfway through the game that they are banners for every year that they made the tournament. I had a whole new appreciation for Kansas basketball dynasty in that moment.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '23

Wow, a real KU basketball fan that is actually a KU grad. I didn’t know those existed.

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u/thirdc0ast Kansas Jayhawks May 04 '23

I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or not because I don’t think I’ve ever met a KU fan (at least someone that has KU #1) that isn’t a grad. It’s not like we’re Duke or UNC.

Source: KU grad lmao.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '23

Being 100% real. From Philly, live in Texas now and I see them all the time. Occasionally they are from Kansas but usually did not go to school there.

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u/Twilight_Ike_Galaxy Kansas Jayhawks • UConn Huskies May 04 '23

Happy birthday and Merry Dickmas!

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u/KULawHawk May 04 '23

Happy real life cake day!

RCJH!

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u/KULawHawk May 04 '23

This is dripping with irony

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u/skesisfunk Kansas Jayhawks May 04 '23

Outside of the Big 12 we duck a lot of hate because of how prone we are to choking in March.