Wichita State - Kansas Past Series

[Indy23]

KU schedules it's marquee games in conjunction with ESPN, and then fills the rest of the schedule around those games. It's all about viewership, TV markets, and national perception, and as it is, KU usually can get glitzy games with teams from larger markets, and it'd be crazy to turn those down to play extremely difficult games from MVC teams in relatively bad TV markets [or at least markets in which KU already has a strong presence]. I won't deny that there are some other factors that can influence team scheduling for a particular school as well, and it seems like everything is just simpler if KU and WSU just find other teams to play.

Maybe we'll meet in a tournament one of these days, or ESPN will make an offer too good for either school to refuse. I see the former happening before the latter. I'm hopeful, because I would love to see the inside of Koch Arena if KU would visit :shock: , and I'd like my WSU friends to see AFH in all it's glory.

I think we should at least get the women's teams to play each other. That'd be a start.

[shock10]

I don't watch K U games at all wouldn't like it if the Shocks played them. Just don't like them never have. That's right the championship game in March I was at a shocker baseball game. Cold as all get out but better than a K U game.

[Shirley Schmidt]

I don't watch K U games at all wouldn't like it if the Shocks played them. Just don't like them never have. That's right the championship game in March I was at a shocker baseball game. Cold as all get out but better than a K U game.

A voice of reason.

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[ShockerPrez]

This topic used to matter to me, but not so much any more. I really don't care. And as one poster said, at this point in time, why would we want to go lose by 30 points?

We need to worry about building our program and making the tournament on a consistent basis and then there can be talk of playing. But right now, even if we would win, it would be written off as a fluke. I want to beat them when after the fact we can say, "We are the best team in Kansas, deal with it Gayhawks!"

[Txlen]

Do you think that it is time for a little "ping-pong diplomacy?"

If two mortal enemies, China and US, can do it, why not KU and WSU?

Maybe we can start on the student activity level and build from there? :D

Oh, nevermind. KU would pick up its balls (ping-pong) and want to go home, instead.

For a moment, I thought there might be some possibility of it happening? :cry:

[Veritas]

Becauses WSU is not a mortal enemy of KU. KU couldn't care less about WSU basketball; especially now that Turgeon is gone. Forget about KU and focus on WSU and winning games. Success will take care of itself.