“Revenge is a dish best served cold”
Was the phrase uttered by Captain Kirk’s arch enemy Kahn. I discovered the quote did not originate with Star Trek, in addition one of the definitions is; (1.) “Revenge is a kind of wild justice.” Revenge might not have been on Frank Haith’s mind but it certainly was on the mind of the Mizzou faithful. Former Coach Mike Anderson and his Arkansas Razorbacks were in Columbia to play the Tigers. Arkansas had won the first match played in Fayetteville 73-71. (2.) “Despite the fact he coached five largely successful seasons in Columbia, or the fact he helped Missouri move on from the disastrous Quin Snyder era. Apparently, it was the way he left in March 2011 — with no news conference and no explanation — that clearly weighed on the minds of those in attendance.” Everyone can understand his desire to return to Arkansas but in addition to leaving under a cloud he and his staff did little recruiting, he left a senior dominated team which is not a bad thing. A St. Louis fan pointed out the number of talented Missouri players who left the State because Anderson and staff made little effort to recruit them. He named Ben McLemore of Kansas, Otto Porter at Georgetown, Bradley Beal Florida now with the NBA Wizards. Mizzou won the re-match 93-63 and exacted a “kind of wild justice.” (1.)  www.phrases.org   (2.)  KC Star
 
Where is he?
I read of two Canadian brothers who migrated to the U.S. to play basketball. Their parents had immigrated to Canada from India. I lost track of their progress but caught up with the older brother. Sim Bhullar had been ruled ineligible to play although he enrolled at New Mexico State last year. Don’t remember all the details however a number of his high school classes were not accredited by NMSTU. Bhuller is playing as a red shirt freshman this season. He is a giant at 7-5 and 360 pounds but could afford to trim down a bit. NMSTU does not play a fast paced game yet Bhuller appeared to labor up and down the court at times during the game against Missouri State. He looked fairly smooth offensively; he could stand an improvement in his rebound numbers. Bhuller finished the game against Missouri State with a career high 25 points on 9-12 from the floor. His totals, 8 rebounds 3 assists and 2 blocked shots and 0 turnovers.

I wasn’t hatin’
A few might have thought my story regarding Mario Chalmers was hatin‘that was not the case. Students of the game are aware of his value to the 2008 NCAA Championship for Kansas. Chalmers sank a 3-pointer against Memphis with 2.1 seconds left in the game. His basket forced the game into overtime with a Kansas win. Chalmers had ice-water in his veins to take the shot; I certainly don’t wish to shortchange him in that regard. I only take issue with a fan claiming Chalmers belonged on the Top 75 All-Time NCAA team. Does this guy realize what he’s saying, the top players in the 75 year history of this tournament. When you list names such as Russell, Robertson and Alcindor and others and claim Chalmers belongs in their company---well that is quite a stretch.

For me it’s not a Kansas thing either, three Kansas selections were chosen who in my estimation are deserving of the honor. The Number 7 selection on the list was Danny Manning. It was said by many the 1988 Kansas team was only an average team (21-11) headed into tournament play. The media nicknamed the team “Danny and the Miracles” as Manning led his Jayhawk teammates to victory after victory and into the NCAA Championship game. In the final game he scored 31 points snatched down 18 rebounds and stole the ball 5 times while blocking 2 shots which resulted in 83-79 victory over Oklahoma. The number 21 player chosen was Wilt Chamberlain. Wilt Chamberlain nuff said. We venture back to the 1950’s for the number 33 player, Clyde Lovellette. (1.) “Lovellette led the Jayhawks to the 1952 NCAA title, capturing MOP honors and scoring a then-NCAA-record 141 points. A three-time All-America at Kansas, Clyde led the Big Seven in scoring each of his three seasons” At that time period freshman were ineligible for varsity sports, colleges had freshman teams. (1.) Wikipedia