Kansas City Sports Bracketology: Top 64 Seasons, Round One, Part Two
By Mike Norris
Former Kansas Jayhawks head coach Roy Williams – Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports
(8) 2002-03 Kansas Basketball vs. (9) 1991 KC Chiefs
The 2002-03 season was as painful as any for Kansas head coach Roy Williams.
His team had fallen just short of that elusive national title yet again, this time at the hands of Carmelo Anthony and Syracuse. Despite featuring a star-studded cast of players in Kirk Hinrich, Drew Gooden, and Nick Collison, KU couldn’t stop the future NBA all-star Anthony, who nearly single-handily won the championship for the Orangemen.
After the three-point loss, Williams was asked by Bonnie Bernstein about possibly taking the job at North Carolina after turning it down a few years before. He infamously uttered the following:
The Chiefs in 1991 were second in the AFC West for the third straight year, finishing 10-6 and drawing a Wild Card date with the hated Los Angeles Raiders.
It was the third time they would play, and second week in a row, after KC beat the Raiders in Week 17. Quarterback Steve DeBerg and running back Barry Word, who rushed for 133 yards in the game, led the team to a 10-6 victory.
Although they would lose to the Bills in the next round, the win was the first in the postseason for KC since winning Super Bowl IV in 1970.
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