Keep pushin'

Winning is a funny thing. This team has exceeded every reasonable expectation I could have had for them this season. And yet I only want more more more. Once you get the taste of flesh between your teeth, the bloodlust only intensifies tenfold. I want to shatter America's bracket and dance over its crumpled remains. I want to laugh in the face of Vegas. I thirst for more of this sweet nectar they call vindication.

There is no need for previewing Kansas; you already know Kansas. They are the defending champions. They own one of the most storied traditions in college basketball. The only reason their recruiting classes ever dip out of the top five is if the team is already full up on awesome.

And does any of that matter in a one-and-done scenario? HELL NAW. The prestige only heightens the potential reward. A mere 40 minutes of inspired ball can transform good teams into remembered teams; familiar faces into yarns for your grandkids; feel-good stories into relative legend. That path can be further illuminated by one victory over the mighty Kansas Jayhawks. Go out and get ya some of that well-earned glory, boys.

WE ARE. UD.