I understand the guidelines now include Conference Player of the Year as well, so he's almost guaranteed he'll be up there.
And next year is supposed to be the first year they can honor Mario (NCAAT MOP) and Brandon Rush (2x AA), so I hope to see that happen then.
I look back at that last sentence and realize that down the road KU fans will talk about Clyde and Wilt and JoJo and Danny and Mario, all first name only, and every KU hoops fan -- and most knowledgeable college hoops fans -- will know who is being talked about. Would love to see Thomas end up in that elite "first name recognition" group.
"So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late" -- Bob DylanTravel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime. - Mark Twain, "Innocents Abroad""Out of the tree of life I just picked me a plum... Still it's a real good bet the best is yet to come." song sung by Sheahon Zenger, 2011-12-09.