Surely Oregon’s first Final Four team never envisioned the heap of inconveniences that threatened the second. That ancient national champion won its 1939 regional final on Treasure Island in the San Francisco Bay; Oregon won its second on Saturday evening amid a great wall of Kansan sound only 40 miles from the Kansas campus. By quelling Kansas’ frenetic pace without becoming plodding, Oregon sent about 18,000 into the downtown streets bummed, while its 600-odd fans kept up their bouncing bliss of resistance. A Kansas program that won its 13th straight Big 12 regular season title, spent chunks of the season at No. And it left Kansas with a messy array of 25 three-point tries, 20 missed.

Source: Washington Post March 26, 2017 03:54 UTC