Being a huge college basketball fan (specifically Kansas basketball), the next few weeks will be pretty exciting. With Kansas poised for a #1 seed, this might be their best shot in some time to win it all.
The last time they won the national championship in 1988 I was six and a half years old, so I mostly recall the game from highlight reels. It’s easy to miss the little nuances and side stories of the game in those highlights, but thanks to these YouTube clips I came across below, I can see exactly what people watched as the game unfolded.
It’s pretty cool to see players like Danny Manning (now back at KU on the team’s staff), the same announcers who are still around now (Jim Nantz) and coach Larry Brown in what turned out to be the last game before he went to the NBA. Also check out Garrison Keillor introducing the matchup… pretty hilarious stuff.
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…Even when you know what happens, the last few seconds in an extremely close game are still tense.
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