Memphis' win over UCLA is no surprise to Kansas' Rush

by brewin05 on Apr 5, 2008 11:14 PM PDT

SAN ANTONIO -- It's Kansas against Memphis for the NCAA title on Monday, and Kansas players said they weren't surprised.

"I definitely expected this matchup because Memphis is a great school," guard Brandon Rush said. "They've got a great team. They get up and down the floor like North Carolina does and we do. Yeah, I definitely expected this, big-time."

This is coming from a player on a team we knocked out last year? That "up and down the floor style" didn't work so well last year, did it? All of a sudden I actually care about Monday's game.

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Hmm...

I think you would expect a player to believe their type of offense is superior.

by dokein on Apr 5, 2008 11:38 PM PDT reply actions

Maybe...

I'm reaching as to whether his comments were actually disparaging...today's just been a bad day.

by brewin05 on Apr 6, 2008 12:21 AM PDT up reply actions

Definitely a bad day

by dokein on Apr 6, 2008 12:57 AM PDT up reply actions

Half the "experts"

picked Memphis and for the same reasons Rush said. We knew what they'd try to do and if you thought they'd win, you'd be saying exactly what Rush said. I don't see these comments as disparaging.

by Ryan Rosenblatt on Apr 6, 2008 12:55 AM PDT reply actions

sad to say

But its a legitimate reason and we knew they'd play that way.

Looks like Kansas vs. Memphis is going to be an NBA-style game anyways

by blinkshot on Apr 6, 2008 1:07 AM PDT reply actions

Of course he says that today...

Would you really expect him to say something otherwise? Kid is been around long enough to know better than to give any bulletin-board material

by kidro2001 on Apr 6, 2008 10:51 AM PDT reply actions

Yeah

I didn't see this comment as a knock on UCLA at all.

by Nestor on Apr 6, 2008 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions

Exactly echo these sentiments

I know I personally and many other fans wish guys would stop giving "coach-speech" all the time and be real, but I suppose it's probably to the benefit of their teams that they just lavish their future opponents with praise and "of course we knew they'd win they're so good etc"

by OverflowingPassionBucket on Apr 6, 2008 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions

disparaging? I think so.

But, with victory comes the gloating. Reminds me of the Memphis guy pointing out KL on the floor after he got dunked on. I found it classless and refuse to believe any of our guys would ever do something like that. But, they were winning, feeling their oats, and there is nothing we can do but regroup and give it another go.

While we all know the MSM likes to second guess UCLA; from the ballplayer's perspective, I'm sure they would like to stick it to us out of spite. I mean, even I got tired of hearing how "they only hang championship banners at Pauley."

Makes me wonder if maybe we should hang conference championships and conference tournament banners up there. Maybe it would shut up the talking heads and lift some of the heavy expectations our boys feel they have to live up to.

A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment. John Wooden

by MexiBruin on Apr 6, 2008 2:34 PM PDT reply actions