Papas' Dunk Interview

Good read IMHO.

Rock Chalk!

I thought it was a good read. I hope the fans can get past that and just let the players play ball.

So I'm in agreement that it was a good read as well.

My only issue is the part that I excerpted below about Enaruna trying to block it pissed him off. He had just talked about competing 'til the final buzzer and then he calls out the other team for doing the same thing. I also respectfully disagree when he says that if Enaruna didn't try to block it, it wouldn't have been as big of a story. IMHO, it still would have made headlines, especially if Papas taunted KU after the dunk.

ESPN: You looked angry. Were you angry?

Papas: Yeah, I was. There were a couple factors to it. Of course, we lost, so that was a big motivation behind it. But also [Enaruna] actually tried to block it, so that kind of pissed me off a little bit. If he didn't block it, there probably would have been no reaction and no big story. But because I felt him try to block it ... and I actually thought they blew the whistle for an and-1, so that's the whole reason I looked pissed, and started flexing and stuff.

My concern is that Enaruna was clearly demonstrating good sportsmanship by attempting to dribble out the clock. The article mentioned it once then never went back to it. Stealing/dunking a dribble-out is a slap in the face.

Recall when Brannen Greene dunked at the end of a blow out against KSU and the crap he took for it.