Basketball Champions
If you don't live in Kansas, you may have missed the fact that the University of Kansas is now the reigning national college basketball champion. I'm afraid I might have missed the development of this bit of drama till I opened this morning's paper, except for sons and students who sometimes talk about such things in my hearing.
The championship game was apparently a nail-biter. Kansas was ahead by just a bit at halftime, and then soon fell nine points behind, due to a 14-point scoring streak by a Memphis player. Things did not look good for Kansas. The Kansas team's strategy turned to fouling the other team whenever they had a chance. Memphis already had a reputation for poor free throw hits, and their scoring slowed down. Kansas crept up from behind, sometimes only one free throw at a time, but they were still nine points behind with two minutes of playing time left. Then, with 2.1 seconds left on the clock, still three points behind, a Kansas player made a three-point shot to tie the score and force the game into an overtime.
During the 5-minute overtime, Kansas pulled ahead to a 75-68 win.
This is likely to be the only post on college basketball you will ever read here. I did not watch the game, but confess to having checked the score periodically on the internet.
I hope I didn't write anything that makes it too obvious that I am really far out of touch with the sports world of mania and passion--most of it misguided, in my humble opinion. But since someone had to win that championship, I think it's nice it was Kansas.
The championship game was apparently a nail-biter. Kansas was ahead by just a bit at halftime, and then soon fell nine points behind, due to a 14-point scoring streak by a Memphis player. Things did not look good for Kansas. The Kansas team's strategy turned to fouling the other team whenever they had a chance. Memphis already had a reputation for poor free throw hits, and their scoring slowed down. Kansas crept up from behind, sometimes only one free throw at a time, but they were still nine points behind with two minutes of playing time left. Then, with 2.1 seconds left on the clock, still three points behind, a Kansas player made a three-point shot to tie the score and force the game into an overtime.
During the 5-minute overtime, Kansas pulled ahead to a 75-68 win.
This is likely to be the only post on college basketball you will ever read here. I did not watch the game, but confess to having checked the score periodically on the internet.
I hope I didn't write anything that makes it too obvious that I am really far out of touch with the sports world of mania and passion--most of it misguided, in my humble opinion. But since someone had to win that championship, I think it's nice it was Kansas.
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