Ummm... what's so surprising?
ku had 2 OT losses last season, a 3-point loss to A&M in the last minute of the game, and a 1 point loss on the road at Baylor. ku lost pretty much all of its close conference games besides Colorado.
8-12. That's actually not that bad of a record in close games. Seriously, I remember when KSU fans were always sympathetic towards wooldridge for the exact same reasons ku fans are to Mangino (close losses). Then I did an analysis that showed he was around .500 in close games.
True, but we didn't give Wooly a raise for staying that way.
He's coaching somewhere else.
ku still has Mangino for five more years.
Mangino is a very smart man for convincing ku fans that mediocrity in football is much better at a basketball school and everyone is happy. That merited a raise.
And a big Mangino sized LOL.