Very other sport can treat brawls like comedy, and I think it’s about time that we did the same for basketball.
So let’s take a look at the four funniest moments from last night’s Kansas-Kansas State fight. Shouts to Jomboy:
1. IS THE KANSAS MASCOT OK?
Throughout the entire fight, the mascot is just in utter disbelief. He cannot believe what he just saw, and he certainly cannot be consoled:
2. CAN JEREMY CASE START AT LINEBACKER FOR KU’S FOOTBALL TEAM?
Case is the video coordinator for Kansas. He’s also a former Kansas point guard. He knows what this rivalry is all about, and he also is not going to be afraid to get in the middle of it.
Case starts out on the wrong side of the melee:
But when he sees De Sousa and Love squaring up and throwing punches, he intervenes by throwing himself into a player six inches taller than him:
3. WHAT HAPPENED TO JAMES LOVE III’S SHOE?
James Love the third has played in exactly one game this season. He has spent more time on the court fighting that he has actually playing, but he still found a way to get into the middle of this fight and, in the process, lost his shoe:
He’s not dressed for the game.
Did he bring an extra pair of shoes? Did he have to head back onto the bus without a shoe on this right foot? So many questions, so few answers.
4. WHO IS THE MAN IN THE ORANGE HAT?
He’s some kind of photographer.
He got his shot, that’s for sure: