By Mark Buckets
It's great...to be...a Kansas Jay-hawk.
That's a popular refrain these days, mimicking SEC football fans after an important victory. (or in this case, a title)
Kansas brings the first NCAA Basketball Championship in twenty years to Lawrence, defeating Memphis 75 to 68 in an instant classic that will be relived for years to come.
Including tonight, as ESPN Classic re-airs the game at 11 o'clock eastern.
Now that is what I call an instant classic.
As for how the game unfolded, just take a look at what Kansas went through to get to this point.
You think that your school went through adversity this year? (Paging all Indiana fans) Monday night's Championship Game was a microcosm of why, in the immortal words of Jim Valvano, you "never give up."
Need proof? Try rallying from nine points down with 2:12 to play to extend the game into overtime.
Not enough for you? The fans - and obviously the players - were cast under a huge shadow of uncertainty right up until tipoff as rumors swirled around San Antonio that Oklahoma State was anteing up for their head coach's services.
As if you needed more ammunition to be swayed, this all occurred within 48 hours.
Mario and the Miracles? Perhaps. Why not "A Season on the Brink: The story of Kansas' Final Four journey."
With all due respect to the good people at ESPN for releasing such a heart-felt film starred by Brian Dennehy, the title was truly representative of Kansas this year.
The sheer courage exemplified by Mario Chalmers was a thing to behold, as he administered a three-point dagger into Memphis' collective hearts to send the game into overtime.
Now they did need a bit of help from the Memphis Tigers. The Tigers' Achilles heel during the season reappeared on the grandest of stages, as Memphis missed four crucial three throws within that 2 minute time frame that could have sealed it.
Drive & Dish would like to extend a congratulatory handshake to the Kansas community, as your squad proved, once again, that hard work and good fortune are the pillars of success.
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Mark Buckets said:
"Drive & Dish would like to extend a congratulatory handshake to the Kansas community, as your squad proved, once again, that hard work and good fortune are the pillars of success"
I, Wrigleyville Illini, would like to extend a congratulatory middle finger to Bail $$elfi$h and the Gheyhawks community.
Thy be payin for them championships. it aint be right when them teams be doin it with professionals and them students be sinnin and not goin in them steep el.
The 2008 NCAA Mens basketball champions be Butler University
Butler be playin with student athletes and not them plains cornfed steroids.
sayin' kansas is like iu in 87 and a season on the brink is just wrong.
your an asswipe dude.
To Mr. Matt,
our glorious state be represented by them real nonsinnin program like them Butler. Uh huh. Uh huh. You be seein Butler be themr eal Indiana U.
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