A very unusual event happened in our house this Saturday night, we watched a sporting event on TV. It wasn't just any old ballgame, it was the 2nd game of the final four in the NCAA division one basketball tournament, pitting the University of Kansas Jayhawks against the University of North Carolina Tarheels. If I have a favorite sport it is basketball, and since Kansas is in it I was interested. I imagine most TV sets in the state were tuned to this game from San Antonio Texas. Kansas was the victor, after nearly squandering a 28 point lead in the 2nd half( they allowed UNC to get within 5 points) they managed to win 84-66. This means KU plays against Memphis for the NCAA championship Monday night.
Our two leading colleges(you call them university, we seem to use the terms interchangeably) are Kansas State University(the Wildcats) and the University of Kansas, known simply as K-State and KU. K-State is a land grant college where most farm research in the state is done, they are responsible for developing many of our wheat varieties and produce all the state's veterinarians, so understandably in farm country we are mostly K-State fans, but once they are out at least a few of us can and will grudgingly root for archrival KU. Tonight farmers and city folk alike are proud to be from Kansas, and proud that our state will be well represented in a national collegiate tournament. If it couldn't be the Wildcats at least it is the Jayhawks.