Jayhawks Have More than One Shining Moment

The Final Four Blog has been harping on free throw shooting or the past six months or so. We knew (we just knew) that a good team like Memphis would feel the pain of their pitiful free throw shooting at some point in the tournament, and now they finally did- on the biggest stage in the sport, no less.

With less than two minutes to go and a nine point lead, the Jayhawks sent the Tigers to the line time after time after time. But instead of sealing a national title victory, practically every Memphis player missed free throws in the closing seconds, leaving the door wide open for a game-tying three right before the end of regulation. Kansas took the lead early in overtime, carried their momentum over and never looked back.

Lesson learned, Final Four Blog readers: practice your free throws. You can read a CBS article about the collapse of the Memphis Tigers here, or you can instead give the Jayhawks credit for a perfectly executed comeback. I choose the later. To celebrate Kansas and all the glory that is the NCAA Tournament, make sure you watch “One Shining Moment” by Luthor Vandros, one of the best traditions in all of sports.

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