Consider this: Despite having lost just one game all season and despite earning a No. 1 seed in the Big Dance, the Tigers were considered by many to be a cut below UCLA in Saturday's Final Four game.
And we all know how that ended, with Memphis mauling the Bruins 76-63 and advancing into a date with Kansas in tonight's championship game of the NCAA basketball tournament in San Antonio.
TV coverage of the game will begin at 3 p.m. on CBS.
And it will be worth tuning in simply to marvel at the athletic ability of gravity-defying Memphis guard Derrick Rose, who has led the Tigers – along with the nearly as sensational Chris Douglas-Roberts – to the most victories in college hoops history with 38.
Kansas is an interesting case of its own.
For many Jayhawks' fans, a victory tonight would merely be icing on the cake.
An 84-66 drubbing of North Carolina in the semis enabled them to feel avenged for the defection of Roy Williams, their head coach of 15 seasons, the Tar Heels five years ago.
Kansas will be bidding for its for national title since 1988, when Larry Brown was the coach and Danny Manning was the star player.
Memphis will be seeking its first national crown. The Tigers reached the title game in 1973, when they were soundly beaten by the Bill Walton-led UCLA Bruins.
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1 comment:
IT WAS A GREAT GAME. BUT WHY DIDN'T MEMPHIS FOUL CHOMMERS BEFORE HE MADE THE 3-POINTER TO GO INTO OVERTIME? KANSAS WOULD HAVE GOTTEN ONLY 2 POINTS WITH MEMPHIS GETTING THE BALL BACK BEFORE THE END OF REGULATION.
ALSO, WAS IT APPROPRIATE FOR ROY WILLIAMS TO WEAR THAT KANSAS JAYHAWK LOGO?
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