Photo by Nick Krug


Final: 84-66.

That ass-kicking of North Carolina was oh-so-sweet on so many levels. Proof once again that the player of the year is no match for a great team effort. Consider that Kansas held the highest scoring team in the nation without a single point for 9:03 during the first half. I've never seen a team switch off on defense the way Kansas does out of a screen. The score was 40-12 at the 15:00 minute mark of the first half.

Photo by Nick Krug





North Carolina, to be sure, was a great team. They clawed back into the game and were within 5 points several times. Then the mighty Jayhawks pulled away again like an ubermodel from a skid-row bum.


Photo by Thad Allender

I will say it again; I've never seen a more unselfish team in college basketball, (ironic since Bill Self is their coach), outside of maybe two of the Bob Knight coached championship teams.
I will have more to say on this tomorrow, but I will leave you with a photo of the biggest loser in North Carolina on April 5, 2008. And I ain't talkin' about his kid:

Photo by Nick Krug