Memphis-Kansas pre-game

9:10 pm – Brandon Rush has apparently only made it to the line nine times during the NCAA Tournament. That still compares favorably with the estimated nine free throws Memphis made all regular season long. Advantage: Kansas.

9:15 – Bill Self tells his kids that they have nothing to lose. This year’s Kansas team has won the most games of any Kansas team in history, so says Self. Of course, this year’s Memphis team has won the most of games of any team in history. Advantage: Memphis (though Memphis did play a mid-major schedule…)

I might also mention that Self’s pep-talk was maybe one of the least inspiring that I’ve ever seen. His players looked visibly bored and I swear someone attempted to cue the rest of the team that it should soon pretend to be excited by clapping prematurely before the end of Self’s speech.

9:20 – “Sleek! Fast! Unorthodox!” says the announcer about the Tigers before the players are named. It kind of sounds like they ran out of things to say about them.