Most people expected the Jayhawks handle last night's Border War pretty easily. But I'm not sure anyone expected Jason Horton and Darryl Butterfield to play. Why did they play? It doesn't make sense at all, not for the integrity of the program, and and maybe not for the sake of winning. They played a combined 13 minutes, went 0-4 from the floor with one rebound and one assist. You'd be hard-pressed to find a less productive 13 minutes of basketball.
Maybe Anderson feels like they've served their time, maybe he was trying to pull off the upset and thought they'd provide energy off the bench, either way it seems to me he was wrong. Taking out all of the things that have happened with these two, I'm not sure that Missouri didn't look like a better team without them.
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Agreed. Fran kept making a big deal about how much integrity Anderson has shown in playing short-handed, but the only one not playing is the one who is unavailable due to injury.
I don't know exactly what they did and/or if they deserved to be punished, but the only game he has voluntarily short-changed his team was against Nebraska - one I'm guessing he thought he could win even without a full team.
p.s. How about the Tigers not shaking hands after the National Anthem or before tip-off. That's a team full of integrity...
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