KU Basketball/NBA

KU Basketball

My view of KU basketball has changed a lot in the last couple of years.  I used to be a diehard, but now it's not the same.  I still root for them but I don't care about them all that much.  The biggest factor is all the negativity surrounding the program, here is a list of all of the stuff I could come up with in recent years.

Mario Little:  Arrested
Brady Morningstar:  DUI
Tyshawn Taylor:  Team Suspension, I heard it was ugly.
Morris Twins:  They were thugs, they got a bad reputation some of the time, but they played dirty too often.
The Saga of Selby:  Suspended by the NCAA after a long process where they really didn't find much, but still punished him.
Chalmers, Rush, Arthur:  All suspended for illegal drugs in the NBA Rush has been suspended 3 times.
Ben McLemore and Jamari Taylor: Ruled academically ineligible for this season, these freshman were expected to provide much needed depth, now walk-ons could get playing time.
Ticket Scandal:  More than 1 million dollars worth of basketball and football tickets were illegally sold in a five stretch.
Football Team Fight:  2 years ago a huge fight between the football and basketball teams rose.  Players were pushed down the stairs among other things, it showed the immaturity of the teams more than anything.

I know this type of stuff goes on everywhere but it seems worse here.  As a whole, people don't think of KU basketball as a dirty program but I think it might be heading that way.  Another thing that irritates me is the number of fair weather fans.  One thing I like about Royals fans is that they are true fans, it seems like everybody in the state claims to be KU basketball's biggest fan.

I really like Bill Self though, he is a great coach and appears to be a great guy as well.  He gets the most out of the talent he has.  He doesn't have a top recruiting class each year, and most years his teams do better than expected.  He has had some disappointments in the NCAA Tournament, but his National Championship makes up for that.  One stat people don't really realize, is that Bill Self has only been to one FInal Four in his career.  Hopefully Bill Self will clean up the program a little bit.  I don't blame him for all the stuff going on, he has to recruit players with question marks to be a successful coach.

Maybe my opinion will change, but right now I'm just not that big into KU Basketball, I probably won't write much about them this year.  I don't want to write about something I'm not informed about.  I don't want to be that person who goes on and on about things he doesn't know.  Most people reading this know more than me about KU basketball, so you guys won't learn much from my insight.

NBA

In the past 3 or 4 years I've became a pretty big NBA fan, especially an Oklahoma City Thunder fan.  I am also one of the six Miami Heat fans left west of the Mississippi.  I really feel they have done nothing wrong, yes they have been cocky, but cut them some slack.  The media constantly scrutinizes them, I feel bad for them, well as bad as you can feel for people making millions of dollars.  They made it to the NBA Finals mainly because of how clutch Lebron James was.  People don't remember that he carried the team to the Finals.  If you want to hate Michael Vick for what he did, be my guest, but Lebron isn't the devil ESPN has made him out to be.


I really want to hear your feedback, especially on this article since you probably disagree, if you disagree let me know why, I have an open mind.  Thanks for reading.