Michigan's Trey Burke (3) is congratulated by teammates after making a three-point basket in the final seconds of the second half of a regional semifinal game against Kansas in the NCAA college basketball tournament in Arlington, Texas. (Photo: David J. Phillip, AP)
Story Highlights - Michigan and Kansas staged the first overtime game of the NCAA tournament
- Trey Burke scoreless for more than a half but hit a game-tying three-pointer with 4.3 seconds left
- Kansas scored its first 22 points in the paint, making 11 of its first 15 field goal attempts
ARLINGTON, Texas — For nearly 38 minutes, Kansas looked like it was back on track to return to the national title game.
It had kept national player of the year candidate Trey Burke scoreless for more than a half. It had watched redshirt freshman Ben McLemore break out of a slump to score 20 points. And it had built a 10-point lead against Michigan with 2:52 to play in the South Regional semifinals at Cowboys Stadium.
WATCH: Burke's game-tying shot
BOX SCORE: Wolverines 87, Jayhawks 85
But Kansas never closed the Wolverines out. And Mitch McGary set one of his trademark concrete screens and Burke found a sliver of daylight, which was all he needed to bury a three-pointer from about 28 feet out to tie the game with 4.3 seconds left in regulation.
Top-seeded Kansas has essentially already beaten fourth-seeded Michigan once. In overtime, the Jayhawks would have to do it again, and against a player in Burke who had finally found his shooting touch. And Michigan found a way to earn one of the more improbable victories in recent NCAA tournament history.
ARLINGTON, Texas — For nearly 38 minutes, Kansas looked like it was back on track to return to the national title game.
It had kept national player of the year candidate Trey Burke scoreless for more than a half. It had watched redshirt freshman Ben McLemore break out of a slump to score 20 points. And it had built a 10-point lead against Michigan with 2:52 to play in the South Regional semifinals at Cowboys Stadium.
WATCH: Burke's game-tying shot
BOX SCORE: Wolverines 87, Jayhawks 85
But Kansas never closed the Wolverines out. And Mitch McGary set one of his trademark concrete screens and Burke found a sliver of daylight, which was all he needed to bury a three-pointer from about 28 feet out to tie the game with 4.3 seconds left in regulation.
Top-seeded Kansas has essentially already beaten fourth-seeded Michigan once. In overtime, the Jayhawks would have to do it again, and against a player in Burke who had finally found his shooting touch. And Michigan found a way to earn one of the more improbable victories in recent NCAA tournament history.