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Bill Self on Loss of Kansas/Missouri Rivalry “It Hasn’t Been Good”

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The last time the Kansas Jayhawks squared off against the Missouri Tigers in college basketball, we witnessed an amazing overtime thriller that went down to the final second as drjayhawk1 helps us remember.

That was three years ago. Since then Missouri has bolted for the SEC while Kansas remained in the Big 12, and there hasn’t been one meeting since.

9th ranked Kansas is set to host it’s in-state rival Kansas State tomorrow, and Coach Bill Self took some time to discuss an old rival in the midst of upcoming competition with the only rival left Kansas State.

When discussing the loss of the rivalry The Kansas City Star quotes self stating,

“To be real candid, it’s not good, It hasn’t been great.”

Self went on to explain,

“You can make a case for certain things about it that we haven’t taken a step backward — that kind of stuff,” Self said. “But I think everybody likes waking up in the morning disliking somebody. And so from that standpoint, it probably hasn’t been great.”, “But it’s kind of the way it is. It’s the landscape of college athletics. It’s not just us. It’s happened everywhere and all other leagues.”

I’ll be the first to admit I miss the rivalry. Sports are always better with rivalries especially ones that have deep rooted history like that of Kansas and Missouri.
Hopefully the Big 12/SEC Challenge can give us a taste of that old feeling both fan bases have been longing for.

 

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