Stacey King RIP
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Not a Jayhawk, but a key player on the tough OU teams of the mid to late 80's. He's much beloved up here in Chicago for his broadcasting Bulls game and his likeable personality.
I like many of you hated that OU team and their coach. They were very cocky but reflected their coach. When we beat them in the championship Billy Tubbs was interviewed and said OU was better than us. But Tubbs wasn't better than Brown, forgetting to use his bench in that game. The narrative going in was OU would run us out of KC yet they were gassed and our 10 man rotation in that game kept us afloat. Stacey King was a part of probably the most memorable play when Danny went on a fastbreak and slowed down til Stacey caught up to him and fouled Danny who made the shot.
When Stacey got drafted by the Bulls I saw him on the news saying he was glad he was coming to Chicago because he should be able to get a lot of endorsements.
But people mature and he turned himself into a likeable personality here who had a catchphrase "give me the hot sauce" when someone made a 3.