OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Kansas' Thomas Robinson understood there might be video games like this within the NCAA tournament.
Sometimes it is really just a topic connected with surviving.
The No. 2-seeded Jayhawks did, taking their primary steer overdue as well as holding up on beat No. 10 seed Purdue 63-60 Sunday night time and advance to the regional semifinals for that fifth time around half a dozen years.
"Something like this is definitely stuff you need to confront to help earn a championship," Robinson said. "Coach claimed there is likely to often be that unattractive game. That was when ugly when I've seen."
Elijah Johnson scored 18 points, like the go-ahead basket in the very last minute, to aid Kansas triumph over a new monster firing overall performance by Purdue's Robbie Hummel.
In the particular West Regional game, Florida overcome amazing Norfolk State 84-50 after blowing open up the action with an early 25-0 run.
Kansas (29-6) heads to St. Louis to experiment with North Carolina State within the Midwest Regional along with Florida (25-10) trip to Phoenix to experience Marquette in West Regional.
The Jayhawks' Robinson fought through double-teams most of nights for 11 factors and 13 rebounds versus Purdue, along with some people got ample creation from most people otherwise for you to remove a new 10-point second-half deficit.
Robinson, this Jayhawks' country's player-of-the-year candidate, appeared to be just simply 2 for 12 plus Tyshawn Taylor appeared to be four involving 11.
"If Elijah didn't switch around," Robinson said, "we might have lost which video game tonight."
Purdue ended up being hugging to some 60-59 steer and also experienced that tennis ball and under one minute remaining as soon as Lewis Jackson, the taken call winding down, displaced command in the top of the key. Johnson picked it up plus resolved to go one other means for your go-ahead lay-in by using 23.3 a few moments left.
Hummel missed a strong open 3-pointer in the other conclusion along with Taylor scored a change dunk to the Jayhawks together with 2.5 a few moments left, offering your estimated 15,000 fans whom had made your three-hour commute from your Kansas campus purpose to help enable out a roar for starterst on the first moments just about all night.
After your timeout, Purdue sharpshooter Ryne Smith managed to get away from a decent look at some sort of long, prospective tying 3-pointer. It hit off the backboard, clanked heli-copter flight rim in addition to dropped away.
"It stinks," Purdue discipline Matt Painter said. "It stinks to help lose."
Hummel complete along with 26 details and nine rebounds for the Boilermakers (22-13), which have been wanting to accomplish your round regarding sixteen for any third time with several years. D.J. Byrd plus Terone Johnson acquired 10 points every single to get Purdue.
The Jayhawks' largest head all night time has been his or her final one. They overcame your rough night by Robinson by simply acquiring 10 points from Taylor plus 10 much more from Travis Releford.
"Coach reported this for all of us to help earn this game, we have to help make them enjoy poor within the first half. We didn't," Taylor said. "We designed nine turnovers, they will have missed 10 photographs within the primary 50 % plus received six questionable rebounds. So many of us were not executing anything to prevent them. We saved grinding. When most people essential the stops, we knuckled decrease and also obtained them."
Purdue wouldn't have become off to a a lot better start.
Neither may possibly Hummel.
The elderly frontward strike his first some shots, three of these from beyond your arc, and accompanied upwards his or her first forget along with a different container by using 11:46 to search while in the first 50 percent of which achieved it 19-8.
He turned out to be too quick regarding Robinson to protect along with as well sturdy regarding Kevin Young because Jayhawks stored hunting for everyone which could placed a physique upon the pup these people even experimented with seldom-used Justin Wesley.
The difficult start out simply by Kansas seemed to be enough for Self to howl at his / her group through one sheltering vacation down floor, "You laughed and said you are ready!"
Hardly seemed to be the particular case.
Kansas showed the action by simply missing 15 connected with its first 17 game and also just about all seven with its 3-point tries, compounding lousy offense by simply starting strong trouble. Taylor, Young plus Releford all sitting elongates inside the first one half after taking a two early on fouls.
The Jayhawks lastly clipped the actual bring on 31-30 with under 3 units quit while in the first half, but Lewis Jackson got inside for just a basket, as well as Hummel maintained to be able to swish a new meticulously protected 3 from about 30 feet because opportunity clock injure into make it 36-30 at the break.
Hummel have 22 factors on 7-of-8 shooting with the very first half, though the Jayhawks' trio involving superstars Robinson, Taylor in addition to Johnson been able 12 factors on a combined 4-for-18.
"I planned to emerge and also be aggressive, mainly the particular first half. It felt for instance everything I was taking was heading in," Hummel said. "It was a new outrageous sense you might have for a player."
Earlier within the day, Florida put an conclusion to the feel-good report that is Norfolk State .
Any expect Norfolk State had involving coordinating the particular upset it torn in two next to Missouri on Friday faded as the Gators proceeded some sort of 25-0 run inside first half.
The Gators possessed a business-as-usual air in relation to these people immediately after dispatching your Spartans (26-10). After all, Florida is actually 17-2 within NCAA competition video games since 2005-06. Combined utilizing 71-45 enlighten Virginia on Friday, the actual Gators still left Omaha with a couple of gains all the perks by way of complete perimeter of 60 points.
Not as well shabby for a No. 7 seed.
"There will be certain folks who desires this kind of stage," Florida coach Billy Donovan said. "In the following tournament you have to possess online players who seem to have fun with fearlessly upon equally concludes connected with the floor and are also not really anxious about making faults and so are competitive and therefore are pushed in order to desire to be great."
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AP Sports Writer Dave Skretta fork out for this report.
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