Nah, not low IQ.
It’s an unwritten rule that you dribble the ball out to end the game. The players stand down and the clock runs out. Coaches advise their players to let time run out, because nothing good comes from a last second steal/dunk. Generally it just leads to fights. Hell, when the KU guy did it at ISU a decade ago the fans threw stuff at him and one ISU alum went after the player. It’s looked down upon everywhere.
This is the 3rd time a KSU player has tried this against KU in recent years. Bruce could have nipped it in the bud a long time ago, but he hasn’t. Because he knows his fan base. He would get criticized heavily if he publicly berated or punished a player for doing anything negative against KU. This is the fan base and school after all that did a marching band set where the Jayhawk sucked a massive dick....in a game where they weren’t even playing KU.
So yeah, there’s history there. Stealing the ball in that situation was classless in any context, but even more heated due to the history there. So yeah, the taunting was a bs move, but no more than the KSU player in that situation.
Should have ended there. Two jackass moves to end a game. Not even noteworthy to most.
Shit broke loose after the KSU players left the bench and went after De Sousa for the taunt. They were the ones that got physical and took it over the line. After that it was a melee of players on both sides going nuts.