I had trouble going to sleep last night. I laid in bed trying to get my mind off of the fact that my Jayhawks had suffered their only first-round loss in the tournament since 1978 - long before I was old enough to know who they were (I was 5 at the time). The loss has to rank up there to KU losing in the late 90s to Rhode Island in Oklahoma City as a No. 1 seed. Of course, that was in the 2nd round. KU has skirted around opening round losses many times since they last won it all in 1988. A few years back they got a scare by holding off a Holy Cross team a few years ago. But now I'm left with the same feeling I had the morning after the Sooners got embarrased in the national title game in January. Confused & disappointed.

I thought for about half a minute about swearing off the entire thing - just boycotting the rest of the tournament. But, I just can't bring myself to do it. I'll still be cheering on the Big 12, & cheering against North Carolina, Duke & the like. I'll even be cheering on Bucknell to make it into the Sweet 16.