The loss to KU was not like a lot of our losses; we didn't blow a 20 point lead, or only score 10 in a half. In the post-game press conference, Turge actually felt "better about [his] team right now than [he] did three hours ago." That is slightly more positive than some of his other post-loss quotes, my favorites include: "it just looked like we were totally disinterested", "we have a lot of guys not playing very well right now", "we looked like quicksand compared to them".

This loss more like the Baylor 5-OTer, where, despite the result, Turge was "really proud of our group." If you will remember, we followed up that loss with a five-game winning streak, so I have reserved optimism going into the the conference tournament.

As I (and just about everyone else) predicted five games ago, a 2-3 finish would require some work in the Big 12 tourney. So Joe Jones is going to "go to Kansas City and try to come home with as many wins as we can." Well Joe, as many as you can needs to be more than zero.

First up in the tournament is Iowa State (who we whipped in Ames). The winner faces K-State.