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3/18/1946:

KU falls to Oklahoma State 49-38 in the NCAA Tournament. Coach Allen's squad finished 19-2 and were Big 6 Conference Champs.

 

3/18/1953:

KU loses the NCAA Championship by one point to Indiana. The score was 69-68 in Kansas City. KU finished 19-6 and were Big 7 Conference Champs.

 

3/18/1967:

KU beats Louisville 70-68 in the NCAA Tournament. KU finished 23-4 and were Big 8 Conference Champs.

 

3/18/1968:

KU beats Villanova 55-49 in the NIT.

 

3/18/1971:

KU beats Houston 78-77 in the NCAA Tournament.

 

3/18/1984:

KU falls to Wake Forest 69-59 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Coach Larry Brown's team inished 22-10.

 

3/18/1988:

KU beats Xavier 85-72 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Danny Manning had 24 points and 12 rebounds. Milt Newton had 21 points and 12 boards. Chris Piper had 9 points, 9 boards and 7 assists.

 

3/18/1990:

KU falls to UCLA 71-70 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Coach Roy Williams led the team to a final record of 30-5. 

 

3/18/1993:

KU bashes Ball State 94-72 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

 

3/18/1995:

#5 KU beats #21 Western Kentucky 75-70 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Sean Pearson scored 17. Jerod Haase scored 14. Scot Pollard had 12 points and 11 boards. Jacque Vaughn had 10 points and 9 assists.

 

3/18/2001:

#12 KU beats #16 Syracuse 87-58 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. KU is 26-6. Drew Gooden had 17 points and 15 rebounds. Jeff Boschee scored 16. Kenny Gregory had 15 points and 9 boards. Eric Chenowith scored 12. Kirk Hinrich had 10 points and 6 assists. Nick Collison had 9 points and 13 boards.

 

3/18/2005:

#12 KU falls to Bucknell 64-63 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Wayne Simien had 24 points and 10 boards in his final game for Kansas. KU finished the season 23-7 and were Co-Champs of the Big 12. 

 

3/18/2007:

#2 KU defeats Kentucky 88-76 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. KU is 32-4. Julian Wright had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Brandon Rush scored 19. Mario Chalmers had 16 points and 8 assists. 

3/14/1902:

KU beats the Leavenworth YMCA 36-7. Coach Naismith's team finished 5-7 on the season.

 

3/14/1936:

KU beats Oklahoma State 34-28 in Kansas City.

 

3/14/1947:

KU defeated Colorado in Lawrence 51-39. KU's final record was 16-11.

 

3/14/1950:

KU falls to Bradley 59-57 in Kansas City to end the season. KU's record was 14-11. The Jayhawks were Big 7 Co-Champs.

 

3/14/1953:

KU beats Oklahoma State 61-55 in the NCAA Tournament.

 

3/14/1974:

KU defeated Crieghton 55-54 in the NCAA Tournament.

 

3/14/1985:

KU beats Ohio 49-38 in the NCAA Tournament.

 

3/14/1991:

KU knocks off New Orleans 54-49 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

 

3/14/1992:

KU completes a three game sweep of Oklahoma with an 85-67 win in the Big 8 Tournament.

 

3/14/1999:

#22 KU's season comes to an end with a 92-88 loss to Kentucky in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. KU finished with a record of 25-10.

 

3/14/2002:

#2 KU beats Holy Cross 70-59 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Drew Gooden had 19 points and 13 rebounds. Jeff Boschee scored 13. KU is 30-3.

 

3/14/2003:

KU beats Iowa State 89-74 in the Big 12 Tournament. KU won all three games against the Cyclones. Keith Langford scored 19. Jeff Graves had 16 points and 12 boards. Aaron Miles scored 16. Nick Collison and Kirk Hinrich both scored 14.

 

3/14/2008:

#5 KU beats Nebraska 64-54 in the second round of the Big 12 Tournament. KU is 29-3. KU beat NU for the third time this season. Sherron Collins scored 13. Darnell Jackson had 12 points and 9 rebounds. Mario Chalmers had 12 points, 5 assists, 5 rebounds, 3 blocks and 3 steals.

I basically took a 4-day weekend to watch the first and second round of the NCAA tournament, the first two days of which were largely spent at a bar down in Fairfax, VA.  While I could go into great detail about the games, I found a quote from ESPN columnist Bill Simmons that pretty accurately sums it up:

"Nothing unites basketball fans like hanging out in a bar and rooting against Duke."

In addition to the Duke/Belmont game, the Western Kentucky/Drake was one of the best in recent tournament memory, and it was absolute pandemonium when WKU hit the impossible buzzer beater in OT.  Unfortunately, local team George Mason was out of their game within a few minutes of tip-off.  Nonetheless, quite a fun weekend of great basketball. 

I love March Madness!  Best sporting event of the year, for sure.

1989:

KU beats LSU 89-83 in the second round of the Preseason NIT.

 

1993:

The #9 Jayhawks open the season with a 69-50 win over Western Michigan in the Preseason NIT. Richard Scott led KU with 14 points. Steve Woodberry and Sean Pearson both scored 13. Scot Pollard scored 12. Greg Ostertag had 7 blocks.

 

1997:

#2 KU runs over Rice 88-61 in Allen Fieldhouse. Raef LaFrentz had 26 points and 10 rebounds. Paul Pierce had 16 points and 10 boards. Eric Chenowith contributed 15 points and 12 boards. Billy Thomas added 12 points. Ryan Robertson handed out 10 assists.

 

1998:

KU defeated Pennsylvania in Philadelphia 61-56. KU trailed by 7 at the half. Eric Chenowith had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Ryan Robertson scored 14. Jeff Boschee add 10 points.

 

2000:

#4 Kansas nails North Dakota 92-61. Kenny Gregory had 19 points and 10 rebounds. Drew Gooden had 16 points and 11 boards. Nick Collison had 16 points and 9 boards. Eric Chenowith added 14 points and 9 boards. Kirk Hinrich added 9 points and 9 assists.

 

 

The Kansas Jayhawks used a 25-7 run in the first half to put away Boston College yesterday.

 

Darnell Jackson scored a career-high 25 points in the 85-60 victory. Jackson also had 9 rebounds. Darrell Arthur added 22 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocks. Brandon Rush scored 12.

 

#3 KU is now 14-0 on the season. It's the first time KU has opened 14-0 since the 2004 season. KU notched 10 steals and 10 dunks in the game.