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Soak it up Jayhawk Nation! Your Kansas Jayhawks are the 2008 National Champions of college basketball after defeating the Memphis Tigers 75-68 in overtime on Monday night. Despite being down 9 with 2 minutes remaining in regulation, the Jayhawks should amazing resiliency in fighting back as Brandon Rush’s 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds remaining tied the score at 63-63. Kansas jumped out with the first 6 points of OT en route to the National Championship.

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After jumping out to a 28-point halftime lead, the Kansas Jayhawks looked unstoppable. After North Carolina cut that lead to just 4 points in the second half, Kansas looked like they were ready to fall apart. But Bill Self was able to calm his troops as the Kansas Jayhawks held on for a 84-66 victory.

Now the Jayhawks will face off with the Memphis Tigers on Monday night. We’re scoured the Web for a solid NCAA Tournament Championship game preview and came across CUSA Fans, a Big 12 Fans partner site. Good preview, but not the result that Jayhawk fans wanted to see.

The Kansas Jayhawks have come out runnin’ & gunnin’ against the North Carolina Tar Heels today as they lead UNC by a score of 44-27 at the half. Kansas led by as many as 28 at 40-12 at the 5:18 mark in the first half before North Carolina began chipping at the lead. The Tar Heels outscored the Jayhawks 15-4 to close the half and cut the Kansas lead to 17 points.

Six Jayhawk players have scored 5 or more points in the first half led by Brandon Rush with 12. The Jayhawks shot 18-33 (54.5%) from the floor compared to UNC who has shot just 9-31 (29%).

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