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Kentucky Beats Kansas For National Championship

Kentucky beats Kansas 67-59 to win national title

      NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Doron Lamb scored 22 points, and Kentucky won
its eighth national championship, holding off Kansas for a 67-59
victory Monday night.

      The Wildcats (38-2) led by as many as 18 points in the first
half and were still up 15 with 5:13 to play. Kansas (32-7), a team
which rallied from several big deficits this season, was able to
get as close as 62-57 with 1:37 to play.

      Kentucky closed the game by making five of seven free throws
over the final 1:11 and that set off quite a celebration in the
Superdome.

      Kentucky's Anthony Davis, only the second freshmen to be
selected national player of the year, had six points on 1-of-10
shooting but finished with 16 rebounds and tied the
championship-game record with six blocks.

      Tyshawn Taylor had 19 points for the Jayhawks, and All-America
Thomas Robinson had 18 on 6-of-17 shooting and had 17 rebounds.
      The Wildcats' 41-27 halftime lead was one of the biggest in
title game history. North Carolina had a 21-point lead over
Michigan State in 2009.

      Kentucky's last title came in 1998 and that year the Wildcats
set the record for largest halftime deficit overcome, rallying from
a 41-31 deficit to beat Utah 78-69. Kansas couldn't get that
record.

     
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