The Jayhawks were able to fight back in San Antonio against the tough Memphis Tigers for a 75-68 overtime thriller. The game seemed to be in the hands of the Tigers as they led for a good amount of the game and had their defense on "lock" forcing 17 Jayhawk turnovers. Darrell Arthur had a game high 20 points but wasn't the player of the game.
Up until 10 seconds left in regulation, the first year point guard Derrick Rose was pouring in points and doing everything to help his team win; he finished with 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. The only thing that kept him from getting player of the game were missed free throws by Memphis and a memorable 3 point shot by Mario Chalmers.
With less than a minute left, Derrick Rose missed 3 free throws and gave the Tigers a chance to tie the game; knowing how it's March Madness, Chalmers got the ball with 9 seconds left and made a fade away three to tie the game and send the game into overtime.
Kansas was able to continue its run and momentum into Overtime as they scored 12 points compared to Memphis' 5. With 20 seconds left the crowd and the Jayhawk team knew they were going to be the champions.
My Opinion: I would have never guessed that the Kansas Jayhawks would have won it all. Everyone believed that either North Carolina or UCLA was going to win it because of their returning players but surprising neither didn't reach the championship game.
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