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6Sports video: 25,000 fans greet Jayhawks
The celebration may have subsided on Mass. St., but that wasn’t the case this afternoon at Memorial Stadium.
6News video: Jayhawk fans soak in the glory
Today, Jayhawk fans were still out and about in downtown Lawrence, still on cloud nine.
6News video: Police say crowd was mostly well-behaved
Last night’s huge celebration left its mark on the city. There were broken windows and several injuries - but police say overall the night was a success.
6News video: Jayhawks return to Lawrence
KU returned to Lawrence as national champions today for the first time since 1988. They were greeted at Memorial Stadium by a sea of crimson and blue!
6Sports video: Mario makes cover of SI
Mario Chalmers’ miracle three-point shot is featured on the cover of this week’s issue of SI.
6News video: A tribute to the Jayhawks
Some sights and sounds in the aftermath of the Jayhawks’ dramatic OT victory in San Antonio to win the national championship.
6News video: Fans rush to buy Jayhawk gear
Jayhawk fans are taking advantage of well-deserved bragging rights - and they’re grabbing the gear to do it.
6News video: Parade chances are slim
Prospects for a parade to celebrate KU’s national championship are a lot like the weather that greeted the team home today - cloudy at best.
Welcome back, champs!
25,000 fans rejoice with No. 1 team
Despite the rain, despite the cold and despite a party that did not end until 2 or 3 in the morning, about 25,000 Jayhawk fans poured into Memorial Stadium on Tuesday afternoon to fete their national champion basketball team.
KU won’t commit to downtown parade for National Champions
It doesn’t look like a parade will be part of Kansas University’s National Championship celebration.
Self, KU invited to White House
President Bush gives Kansas coach special wake-up call
SAN ANTONIO - Kansas University basketball coach Bill Self, who slept 45 minutes Monday night into this morning after winning the national championship game, received a special wake-up call Tuesday. “President (George W.) Bush called me at eight o’clock,” Self said. “It was good. He talked about how exciting a game it was, and how happy and proud I must be of our guys. He said something that was cool, he said ‘You need to get here soon. You’ve got great seniors. If you don’t get out here soon, they won’t get a chance to come, because they’ll all be going different ways. If you want to come, get out here in the next month, month-and-a-half.’”
6News covering the Memorial Stadium festivities live
Team expected to return to Lawrence around 3 p.m.
Extra Minutes: Kansas 75, Memphis 68 (OT)
Tying up loose ends from Kansas 37th and final win of the 2007-08 season, one which claimed the third NCAA national title in KU history. The game featured KU capitalizing on late Memphis mistakes (mostly from the free throw line) and Mario Chalmers stepping up as the hero, sending the game into an overtime period which the Jayhawks dominated.
Xavier’s Lavender arrested
Xavier point guard Drew Lavender was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and possession of marijuana.
OSU to pay Sutton $2.7 million
Oklahoma State will pay Sean Sutton $2.7 million over 10 years as part of a settlement reached between the university and its former basketball coach, who resigned under pressure last week.
Mario and the miracle!
Big 3 forces OT, lifts Kansas
Mario Chalmers raced to his mother, Almarie, and hugged her tightly on the Alamodome court, streamers falling from the rafters after Kansas University’s one-for-the-ages 75-68 national championship victory over Memphis on Monday night.
Which Candi(a)ce can?
Star players likely to determine 2008 champion
Candice Wiggins and Candace Parker, two of the country’s top players, will get a final chance in college to showcase their talent with the NCAA championship on the line tonight.
Marquette promotes aide
Marquette picked assistant coach Brent “Buzz” Williams on Monday to replace Tom Crean, who left last week to become coach at Indiana. Assistant athletic director Scott Kuykendall said the university scheduled a news conference for today to introduce Williams as the new head coach.
Jayhawks finish in third
Despite strong Oklahoma winds, the Kansas University women’s golf team posted a third-round 294 to finish in third place at the 30th annual Susie Maxwell Berning Classic on Monday.
Vitale headed to Hall of Fame
Broadcaster joins Riley, five others as newest selections
Broadcaster Dick Vitale, a man who had limited success as a coach but brought the game of basketball to millions of TV watchers, was selected to the game’s Hall of Fame on Monday alongside Pat Riley, one of the most successful NBA coaches of all time.
Nearly 40,000 turn out to commemorate win
Police watched over an even larger downtown crowd Monday following the championship game than had turned out to celebrate Saturday’s Final Four victory against North Carolina. Nearly 40,000 people came out to celebrate the historic victory.
KU works overtime for title
Defense, determination and timely plays take Jayhawks to the top
The last strand of net was reserved for head coach Bill Self, who ascended up the ladder and cleanly snipped it off the rim. Cheers engulfed the Alamodome. A national title officially was christened.
Arthur comes up big
'Shady' talks it up, then backs it up
All it took was Darrell Arthur opening his mouth. Seriously, that’s it.
Campanile to ring in KU victory in National Championship
After the game - When the bells of the Campanile ring tonight, you can thank Kim Sedberry and her fellow classmates in the carillon class.
NCAA Tournament MOP’s
Most Outstanding Players of the NCAA Tournament
Tigers lament loss
'I thought we were national champs'
With 10.8 seconds left in regulation on Monday, Memphis basketball coach John Calipari told his team to foul when Kansas University inbounded the ball down three. But KU’s Sherron Collins slipped away and dished the ball to Mario Chalmers, who drilled the game-trying three-point shot with 2.1 seconds left.
Commentary: Title mends Jayhawks’ grieving hearts
The game was slipping out of Kansas’ grasp, the national title falling in a flurry of Derrick Rose baskets. But then, like so many people warned that it would, Memphis’ fate came down to the free throw line.
Keegan: Keegan: Kansas’ best - ever
The shot was in the air as the game clock ticked down to 2.1 seconds. The right guy shot it. Just another big shot in a lifetime full of them for Mario Chalmers, who witnessed a Final Four in the same building in 2004. It misses and it goes down as another near miss for another outstanding Kansas team.
‘We’re better than everyone’
Jayhawk Nation celebrates second title in 20 years
Jessica Greenwood, a Kansas University senior, stood in the middle of Massachusetts Street, under the glow of hundreds of cell-phone snapshots and digital camera flashes, knowing that she needed to capture the moment forever.
Final four No. 1 Seed vs. No. 1 Seed
The NCAA began seeding teams in 1979.
What others are saying about…
Comments from around the country on Kansas, Memphis and the game
Indiana’s Gordon leaving
Indiana freshman Eric Gordon is entering the NBA Draft.
Rice taps ex-Cal coach
Former California coach Ben Braun took over Monday at Rice, promising to turn around a team that won only three games this season.
Kansas basketball notebook
Kansas University coach Bill Self said he would take the call if Oklahoma State phones him about its coaching vacancy.
KU’s previous Final Four history
Here’s a recap of the Jayhawks’ previous trips to the NCAA Final Four.