AGAFONOV WINS NATIONAL TITLE
Junior Egor Agafonov won the weight throw Friday at the NCAA Indoor Championships with his second throw of the competition.
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MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2007 WWW.KANSAN.COM
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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BIG 12 TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP
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Kansas claimed its second-straight Big 12 Tournament championship Sunday in Oklahoma City, beating Texas in overtime. After the game it was announced that the Jayhawks would face the winner of Florida A&M/Niagra Friday in Chicago.
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Stories from a weekend getaway
BY MICHAEL PHILLIPS
KLAHOMA CITY — For 40 minutes on Sunday, the best collegiate basketball players in the Midwest dazzled a sold-out Ford Center with impossibly long shots, towering blocks and a fantastic finish.
Kansas defeated Texas 88-84 in overtime for the Big 12 Championship and was informed shortly after that it had been chosen as a No. 1 seed to the NCAA tournament. Kansas will face either Florida A&M or Niagara in Chicago on Friday.
The raining confetti signaled the an exciting weekend of basketball as the jayhawks won three games in three days, including the biggest comefrom-behind victory in school history, to prove they are the conference's best.
She had great seats behind the Kansas bench to watch her son, Darnell, play in his hometown. With seconds remaining in overtime, Jackson leaped in the other corner
Shawn jackson missed the block.
and blocked a D.J. Augustin shot,
"My family had to tell me he was the one who blocked it," she said. "I didn't know."
Darnell didn't expect it either.
"He told me that he put both his hands up, he got it and he was surprised," freshman forward Darrell Arthur said. "We needed that stop. It was probably one of the best plays of the game."
Jackson tapped it softly so the ball would come down in front of him. He then picked it up and was fouled
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NO HEADACHES?
Kansan columnist Drew Davison says the West regional doesn't provide too many problems for Kansas in its road to the Final Four in Atlanta.
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CHAMPIONS
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Kansas defeats Texas for the second time in eight days to win a secondstraight Big 12 Tournament title. The Jayhawks rallied from 22 points down for the victory.
FULL BRACKET Check out a full NCAA tournament bracket inside. Kansas, North Carolina, Florida and Ohio State are No.1 seeds in the upcoming tournament.
The Kansas baseball team was swept by No. 10 Arkansas. A big sixth inning in Sunday's game powered the Razorbacks to the three-game sweep. PAGE3B
TOUGH SWEEP
WEEKEND SPLIT
The Kansas tennis team split its weekend matches against Louisville and Nebraska. With the victory against Nebraska, Kansas evened its conference record. PAGE 3B
DOUBLE THREAT
Behind a Sunday no-hitter by pitcher Kassie Humphreys, Kansas claimed the Jayhawk Invitational title. Humphreys also hit a solo home run during the game. PAGE 3B
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