50 years later

Still smarting after all these years

On March 23, 1957, in Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, an undefeated band of toughies from New York City playing for the University of North Carolina defeated sophomore Wilt Chamberlain and Kansas University, 54-53, in three overtimes. On that day, a wound was opened that to this day festers. Read on...

More stories

• Regional had racial undertones
• KU fans fired up for semifinals
• Celebrations planned for wee hours
• Carolina's little guys prevailed
• Two incidents proved intensity
• Jayhawks devastated by setback
• The fans: Readers share their memories of the '57 game - add your own

Wilt's 1998 return to KU

• Wilt ready to return to KU
• Fans Still Love Wilt Chamberlain
• Chamberlain's Jersey Goes Up
• More on Wilt's 1998 trip to Lawrence »

Read the '57 coverage

• K.U. in Dream Clash With Tar Heel Quint
• Bill Mayer's Sports Talk
• N.C. Proves Ranking By Edging Jay Quint
• NCAA Cage Champs Given A Roaring Welcome Home At Chapel Hill Airport
• Harp Thinks His Jay Battlers Deserve Win as Final Reward

Audio

• Journal-World sports editor Tom Keegan talks with Bill Mayer, then a sports writer for the Journal-World (11:41).
• Tom Keegan talks with Bill Snead, who shot the '57 championship game as a photographer for the Journal- World (22:24).