The flutter became a full fledged swarm when the tiger grabbed a 62-60 victory during the final seconds over the 16th ranked Jay hawks, terminating KU's 12 game conference winning streak and five games run over the tigers. They saw victory came their way after an unsightly 16 point first half for MU and mizzou outscored Kansas 19-6 in the final 8 minutes and 20 seconds. Junior guard said that When they see them bleeding, they like putting their foot on their necks. Thousands of fans flocked the basketball court that in its first four seasons of use failed to provide a spring board for an NCAA tournament but now appears to be returning to its fame. Their third win of the season over a ranked team, it was confirmed that the tigers had shown some improvements from their current position to now 21-4 overall and 8-2 in big 12 play to solidify a hold on third place in the conference.



Moreover, after finishing in position 10 in the previous season they moved to 11/2 games behind conference front runner Oklahoma 9-0, 23-1 and are in pursuit of their first big 12 title since the league began in 1996. The team's coach said they are working towards nothing less than a win. Following a collapse in their final six regular season games, the tigers are on trajectory to re enter the NCAA field. That was their routine territory ever since mid 1970's all through to mid 1990's but they have not qualified since 2003 with their longest stretch out of the tournament since the drought between 1944 and 1976.

The conference has had at least a minimum of four NCAA berths every season ever since the beginning of the big 12 and is averaging more than five no wonder the win over the Jay hawks left Anderson condoning the possibility his team might celebrate after the usual designated midnight cutoff. Anderson could not have allowed himself that momentary contentment a season ago. Not only did the tigers grab a 16-16, 6-10 finish but they also were plagued by the after hours off the court. An influx of seven other new players including six who have a good history of making regular contributions have coalesced to change the culture.

In this fresh group the influence of the relentless Carrol and tiller trickles down unimpeded, according to tiller when you spot him out there and see the intensity that comes along with him, you really don't have another choice but to try and match it. He says the tigers are one team that players have trust and like each other. This is evident from everything that they do from being second in the nation with 19.5 helping them in their playful dishing out of compliments in post game news conferences. In as much as Anderson is trying to stay out of the way, he clearly has cultivated the team's attitude through his recruiting choices and frequent appreciation of efforts that are not entirely explained by the box score.