this is how the conversation went when march madness began:
vince: way to jump on the bandwagon with the whole march madness thing.
krysta: you obviously didn't grow up in kansas ...

last week:
krysta: KU is in the final 4!!!!
vince: so.

sunday:
krysta: KU beat UNC ...hahaha eat that roy williams.
vince: you're seriously still talking about this?

last night:
natalie (vince's sister): it's sad that your girlfriend likes sports more than you
vince: basketball wasn't in her vocabulary until march
krysta: (one out of 4 people screaming at the television during overtime)

here's the deal folks. if you grew up in kansas ... you grew up conditioned to the ideal that your Jhawks were going to the sweet 16. so march madness is a big deal.

you also probably watched kstate for football (ugh ... still can't stand purple ... i'd prefer to bleed red) and wichita state for baseball (unless, of course, they also make it to the sweet 16). we don't need to know the player's names, we don't need to know their stats and we certainly don't need a reason to rejoice that our team is reigning victoriously.

so i'm sorry that hollywood is too good for march madness, but it's a tradition for little kansans like me. and today i'm a bit ashamed that i shed my kansas coat so quickly for the big city and oh so proud of traditions that remind us of where we came from.

oh, and thanks to the one guy in the bar last night that knew the chant ...

ROCK CHALK ... JAY-HAWK... KUUUUUUUUUUUU. :)