{"id":10975,"date":"2012-03-09T22:53:14","date_gmt":"2012-03-10T04:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=10975"},"modified":"2012-03-09T22:53:14","modified_gmt":"2012-03-10T04:53:14","slug":"bears-end-hopes-for-missouri-rematch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2012\/03\/09\/bears-end-hopes-for-missouri-rematch\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears End Hopes For Missouri Rematch"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Blake Schuster<\/strong><\/p>\n

Part three of the Border War finale will have to wait until April.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What was supposed to be mayhem in Kansas City was derailed by a lackluster Kansas performance, which was matched by a dominant Baylor squad down the stretch, in the Jayhawks 81-72 loss to the Bears.<\/p>\n

The Jayhawks never led Baylor by more than two as the Bears pulled out their first win of the season against Kansas \u2014 KU\u2019s first loss since Feb. 4, in Colombia, MO.<\/p>\n

\u201cBaylor shot the ball great,\u201d Kansas coach Bill Self said. \u201cWe let them get comfortable early which isn\u2019t a good sign when you\u2019re playing a really talented team.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Bears had six players score double figures, led by Perry Jones III\u2019s 18.<\/p>\n

After heading into halftime up 43-35, Baylor came out in the second and weathered Kansas\u2019 best punch. With 16:34 remaining in the second half Thomas Robinson put back an Elijah Johnson rebound to kick off a 13-1 Kansas run over the next three minutes. Kansas would end up taking a 58-56 lead on a Thomas Robinson layup with 10:20 remaining, but would give it up for good a minute later.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe took a lead and had a chance to have some good possessions,\u201d Self said. \u201cWe just didn\u2019t get it done. They were better than us tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the Feb. 25 Missouri game at Allen Fieldhouse, Self had said that playing the Tigers again would only mean that Kansas had won three more games, and not much else \u2014 now it becomes a moot point. But while the Baylor loss doesn\u2019t nearly hurt as much as one to Kansas would have on February 8th<\/sup>, in Waco, Texas., it might be a different story for fans of Kansas and Missouri who wanted to prove supremacy one last time.<\/p>\n

And even though Self said there is zero relief in not having to deal with the emotional stress that comes with the Border War Showdown, one can now only dream about the intensity that would have ensued had the two bitter rivals met one last time \u2014 and in Kansas City no less.<\/p>\n

The Big 12 Tournament had all the makings of an epic conclusion to one of college basketball\u2019s most storied rivalries, thanks to Scott Drew and Baylor that won\u2019t be the case.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate that a lot of rivalries have disappeared because of realignment,\u201d Drew said. \u201cI think every fan should be saddened and from a personal standpoint I think people make decisions thinking they are going to keep rivalries, and get to do other things, but sometimes that doesn\u2019t work out, I feel bad for the fans.\u201d<\/p>\n

And so it stands that Thomas Robinson\u2019s last-second block on Phil Pressey will be the lasting image from a rivalry decked in blood \u2014 unless March Madness has other plans, but until then it\u2019s rest and practice in preparation for the NCAA tournament \u2014 or at least Tyshawn Taylor was hoping.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not sure Ty is going to get his wish on the day off tomorrow,\u201d Self said. \u201cWe\u2019ll go back to practice, this has to be a team that makes other people play poorly.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Blake Schuster Part three of the Border War finale will have to wait until April. What was supposed to be mayhem in Kansas City was derailed by a lackluster Kansas performance, which was matched by a dominant Baylor squad down the stretch, in the Jayhawks 81-72 loss to the Bears. The Jayhawks never led Baylor by more than two as the Bears pulled out their first win of the season against Kansas \u2014 KU\u2019s first loss since Feb. 4, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10975\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}