Sasha Kaun remembers climbing the ladder, pumping his fist and clipping a piece of the national championship net on April 7, 2008 at the Alamodome.
Kansas’ 75-68 overtime victory over Memphis came 20 years after Danny and the Miracles won the 1988 crown at Kemper Arena in Kansas City.
“It’s crazy. We won on the 20th anniversary. They cut it down to 10 years now,” former KU center Kaun said of the 2017-18 Jayhawks, who are in the hunt for the 2018 NCAA title (in the same city as 2008) — an even 10 years after the school’s last championship celebration.