Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt and New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas have a little friendly rivalry going about the upcoming University of Kansas – New Mexico State basketball game in the NCAA tournament opening round Friday at Omaha, Neb.
After news reports that Balderas said New Mexico State would defeat both KU and Wichita State in the tournament, Schmidt issued a response saying Balderas’ prediction is “baseless”:
“My friend and colleague Attorney General Balderas is obviously pandering his home-state crowd with his baseless prediction that New Mexico State will defeat both KU and Wichita State in the NCAA basketball tournament. As a new attorney general, Mr. Balderas clearly has much to learn about Kansas basketball. I wish him all the best in pondering these philosophical matters at length during the free time he will have next week after his team has departed the tournament this coming weekend in Omaha.”