Kansas Basketball: Examining the aftermath of Kansas-Kansas State brawl

Thoughts on the brawl

Kansas State and Kansas are a rivalry game. The rivalry is often heated however it took its next step in a giant way. The fight is a huge stain on two successful programs and gives each program a black mark. Especially considering each team still has to play each other.

Kansas State should not have stolen the ball down 21 to try and go dunk it. That is a classless move by the Wildcat player. Accept defeat the right way and let Kansas dribble the ball out. Those types of things are what really anger the opponents. Especially when doing it on their home floor. It is understandable that Kansas State wanted to stick it to their arch-rival especially when the Wildcats have not won at the Phog under Self.

Kansas should not have tried to block the shot and once they did block the shot. Standing over the opponent and taunting them is a recipe for disaster. Those are the events that led to a huge brawl by College basketball standards. These kids are still 18-22-year olds and the competitive juices were flowing. The steal and attempt at a dunk should have never happened and the block and taunting should never have happened.

Kansas needs to win with class and their opponents need to learn to lose with class. It is hard to hold one team more at fault than the other given the events leading up to the event. Kansas State head coach Bruce Weber was quoted as saying his team thought the game was over? Why then were you not just letting Kansas dribble to ball out?