University Of Kansas

SAN ANTONIO -- That's the thing about one shining moment. Somewhere else, there is darkness. Somewhere else, there is chill. After one shining moment carried Kansas to a breathless national championship that will live forever, somewhere else kids were crying. Somewhere else, kids were biting the bottoms of their jerseys, hiding their heads in their towels, throwing punches through the confetti.

SAN ANTONIO -- The game was over, Memphis had won on a Monday, freshman Derrick Rose was going to be the star and Coach John Calipari was finally going to get his due.

SAN ANTONIO -- The shot was off-balance, but Mario Chalmers' aim was true. Rock, shock, Jayhawk. It wasn't over, but it might as well have been. Chalmers' desperate three-point basket with 2.

SAN ANTONIO -- Maybe no one ever wanted to believe Memphis could end up as one of the great teams in NCAA history. The Memphis moons got lunar-eclipsed in this Final Four, engulfed by titans of basketball industry.

SAN ANTONIO -- Kansas guard Rodrick Stewart can't play in the NCAA title game tonight after breaking a kneecap during the team's public shoot-around Friday, but he will be on the bench in his warmups.

SAN ANTONIO -- Players and coaches at the Final Four wear white hats and black hats. They are painted in broad brush strokes. Kansas wears the white hat in tonight's NCAA title game, and Memphis wears the black.

Bill Self of Kansas is a Final Four first-timer and he intends to act like one. He's ready for anything San Antonio throws at him. In fact, there isn't a dumb question he isn't ready to answer.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas finally played somebody, the somebody was Missouri, and that ended all the "Rock Chalk" title talk. It took until Nov.