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MARCH 13,2010
Jayhawks pick up Big 12 Tournament title
By Corey Thibodeaux cthibodeaux@kansan.com
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The No.1 team in the country shouldn't have to prove anything.
So why were the Jayhawks were wearing warm-up shirts that said "Impossible is Nothing"?
"They told us to wear them I guess," junior guard Brady Morningstar said. "It must be a promotion deal. I have no idea what that means but Kevin Garnett said that after he won a championship."
That's the simple way to look at it. But sophomore forward Marcus Morris interpreted it to mean something deeper.
Kansas beat Kansas State, for the third time this season, 72-64, and won the Big 12 championship all while finishing the season as the best team in the nation, as they started.
Impossible or improbable, the Jayhawks
did it.
"It means to go win," Morris said. "It's not impossible to beat anybody three times. But it goes for the other team to. It's not impossible for us to get beat."
Morris, who had a game-high 18 points said there were doubters coming into this game. Kansas had a troublesome game against Texas A&M Friday, turning the ball over 19 times and needing a huge run to bail them out. The also looked bad in the first half against Texas Tech.
But the Jayhawks took care of the ball this time and played a clean game. The same can be said of K-State.
"It's a championship game, you always want to play fired up," sophomore guard Tyshawn Taylor said.
The Wildcats had a lead midway through the second half, but junior guard Tyrel Reed, who had a career-high 15 points hit a three and K-State didn't lead after that.
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Freshman guard Elijah Johnson dances on the Kansas bench following a dunk by junior center Cole Murray. The Jayhawks won their third game of the season against Kansas State, 72-64.
MARCH 18,2010
Jayhawks avoid first-round scare
By Corey Thibodeaux cthibodeaux@kansan.com
OKLAHOMA CITY — Six minutes into the game, the top-seeded Kansas Jayhawks found themselves down 4-12 to the 16-seeded Lehigh Mountain Hawks.
This was a day where the NCAA tournament got off to a zany start with numerous upsets. Those of most significance were No.3-seed Georgetown and No.4-seed Vanderbilt getting stunned in the opening round.
"We didn't pay attention to upsets," senior guard Sherron Collins said. "We saw a couple but we weren't looking at it or worrying about an upset happening to us."
Any worries of a historic upset were quickly dispelled and Kansas beat Lehigh 90-74.
The No.16 seed has never beaten a No. 1 seed in tournament history and sophomore forward Markieff Morris had that in the back of his mind for the first part of the game.
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Sophomore guard Tyshawn Taylor follows through on a fast-break dunk. Kansas scored 12 points off fast breaks in a 90-74 victory against Lehigh.
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