Everyone loves a winner, right? Well, yes and no. When KU returned to the throne as king of college men’s basketball, newspapers were full of praise for KU’s accomplishments. Fans celebrated the remarkable and exciting conclusion to a great basketball game and season. The airwaves on radio sports talk shows were filled with basketball banter.
They say if you don’t like the weather in Kansas, wait five minutes and it will change. Well, if you don’t like what you’re reading in this column, keep reading. It too, will change.
If research is to be believed, fan devotion to March Madness could cost employers at least $3.8 billion in lost productivity, as workers slip away to check NCAA Tournament scores, participate in office pools, read stories about the contests, or watch free streaming videocasts of games on their office computers.
Hold that thought. I’ve got to check the KU-Portland State score.
There are a number of words or terms that coaches probably never want to hear. Chief among them might be “loser,” “overrated” and “can’t win the big one.”
But I have a hunch the word that irritates coaches more than anything is the accusation that he or she was outcoached.
