Kansas Portland State Live Coverage

Team	1st	2nd	SCORE
NCAA Midwest Regional - Game over. Kansas wins.
Kansas Jayhawks	49	36	85
Portland State Vikings	26	35	61

Kansas Portland State Live Play-by-Play Coverage

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The number 1 seed, Kansas, knocks off the 16th seed Portland St. The Jayhawks will now face the winner of the UNLV/Kent St. game. The team went 55% on the field. Brandon Rush lead all scores with 18 points and 6 rebounds. Mario Chalmers also had a big game with 16 points and 4 assists. The Portland St. Jeremiah Dominguez had a big day with 11 points, leading the team in scoring. However, as a unit the Vikings went 39% on the field, and committed 17 turnovers.

Kansas wins 85-61.

(00:05) Kansas Missed 3-pt. Jump Shot

Final half minute.

Portland St comes back with a pretty layup, Jeremiah Dominguez. He has a team high with 13 points.

(1:39) Kansas Made 3-pt. Jump Shot Jeremy Case

Jeremiah Dominguez at the line. Makes the first, misses the second. Kansas with the board

TV Timeout

Personal foul on Russell Robinson

(2:09) Kansas Made 2-pt. Jump Shot Darrell Arthur

(2:42) Kansas Made 3-pt. Jump Shot Brandon Rush

(3:00) Portland State Made 3-pt. Jump Shot

(3:12) Kansas Made 2-pt. Jump Shot

(3:48) Portland State Made 3-pt. Jump Shot Alex Tiefenthaler

Murry makes both.

(4:25) Kansas Personal Foul on Russell Robinson

Alex Tiefenthaler Shooting two. makes the second misses the first

(4:33) Kansas Shooting Foul on Cole Aldrich

Kansas foul, Cole Aldrich

(4:59) Kansas Made 2-pt. Jump Shot Rodrick Stewart

Kansas misses. Dominguez with the board.

(5:50) Portland State Made 2-pt. Jump Shot

Portland Misses. Rush lays it in. Kansas with its biggest lead.

(6:55) Kansas Made 3-pt. Jump Shot Mario Chalmers

(7:10) Portland State Missed 2-pt. Jump Shot Alex Tiefenthaler

Hawks foul on the floor.

(7:32) Kansas turns the ball over. Off the transition.

Timeout on the floor

(8:15) Portland State Made 3-pt. Jump Shot Alex Tiefenthaler

(8:40) Kansas Made 3-pt. Jump Shot Mario Chalmers

Portlans St. has had 14 turnovers.

(9:30) Rush misses the dunk

Coston Misses both.

(9:50) Kansas Personal Foul on Darrell Arthur

(10:31) Foul on Portland State. Kansas misses both. 39-64 Kansas leads

(10:50) Kansas Made 2-pt. Jump Shot Deonte Huff

(11:00) A slam dunk off Rush's miss by Jackson!

(11:32) Ball knocked out of bounds Kansas keeps it.

(12:00) Kansas Made 3-pt. Jump Shot Darrell Arthur

(12:18) Foul on the Vikings, Mara. Kuan misses the first but gets the rebound.

Huff hits the free throw.

TV Timeout

(13:32) Huff gets the call. Huff shooting one. Foul on Chalmers.

(13:32) Portland State Made 3-pt. Jump Shot Deonte Huff

39% on the field for the Vikings.

(13:41) Foul called on J.R. Moore Portland St.

(14:20) Portland State Made 3-pt. Jump Shot Kyle Coston

Wild three as the shot clock drains down.

(15.22) Kaun goes 2-2 at the line

(15:23): Foul on Portland St Tyrell Mara. Kansas Shooting two. The Hawks are shooting 59% on the day.

The offensive rebound by Darnell Jackson

Kansas turns the ball over. Huff lays it up in transition

Kansas biggest lead of the day. 25 points

(16:36) Kansas Made 3-pt. Jump Shot Russell Robinson

Portland State gets the back, but misses again. Tyrell Mara missed the 3.

Portland can't make it happen on transition.

(17:30) Mara rejection

Kansas keeps it.

Dead ball. Ball was kicked

(18:25) Kansas Made 2-pt. Jump Shot

As expected, Kansas is taking control of the game. Brandon Rush leads all scores with 15 points and 6 rebounds. Mario Chalmers has 10 points and a rebound. Portland's 41% on the field, with a total of 11 rebounds, and 10 turnovers. KAnsas is shooting a crazy 62% from the field, with 12 rebounds, and only 3 turnovers.

Halftime

Portland holds it for the last shot, and misses.

(00:40) Kansas Made 3-pt. Jump Shot Sherron Collins

Kansas turns the ball over

Kansas is at plus two points at the line. Foul on Dominguez, his first.

Portland ends the run with a basket.

(2.30) Kansas Made 3-pt. Jump Shot Rush

(3.00) Kansas Made 3-pt. Jump Shot Russell Robinson

Kansas is 15-24 from the field.

(3.39) Kansas at the line. makes both

Portland ends the run with a basket.

(2.30) Kansas Made 3-pt. Jump Shot Rush

(3.00) Kansas Made 3-pt. Jump Shot Russell Robinson

Kansas id 15-24 from the field.

(3.39) Kansas at the line. makes both.

Foul called on Portland St. and a timeout called

Polis hits the three.

(4:08) Portland State Made 3-pt. Jump Shot

Huff at the line: misses first, makes second

A Back-peddling foul called in Kansas.

Portland St. ends the run with Thomas's layup

Kansas on a run...

(5:31) Kansas Made 3-pt. Jump Shot Brandon Rush

(5:48) Kansas Missed 2-pt. Jump Shot Brandon Rush

(6:10) Rush follows his missed three and lays it in.

Foul on Kansas, but PS turns the ball over on the inbound.

(6:51) Portland State Missed 2-pt. Jump Shot Deonte Huff

TV Timeout

(8:10) Kansas Missed 2-pt. Jump Shot Brandon Rush

Plus foul misses free throw

(19.17) Portland State Made 2-pt. Jump Shot Huff

Portland St. travels. TV Timeout. Ball goes to Kansas when we return. Arthur leads all scores with 9 points. Mara leads Portland St. with 5 points.

(10:00) Kansas Missed 3-pt. Jump Shot Mario Chalmer

(10:30) Portland State Made 2-pt. Jump Shot

(11:20) Kansas Missed 2-pt. Jump Shot Brandon Rush

(11:40) Kansas Made 3-pt. Jump Shot Mario Chalmer

It's a 7 point game

(12.10) Portland State Made 2-pt. Jump Shot Scott Morrison

(12:55) Portland State Made 3-pt. Jump Shot

(13:50) Kansas Made 3-pt. Jump Shot

(14.05) Portland State Made 2-pt. Jump Shot

(14.30) Mara fouls on the rebound. Arthur misses the first, makes the second.

(14.31) Huff goes to the line. Misses his first. Misses the second. Kansas: 8-0 run

(14.40) Portland State Missed 3-pt. Jump Shot

(15.15) Kansas Made 3-pt. Jump Shot Darrell Arthur

Rush has had a great start with two boards, and a basket. Making his presence felt.

(16.00) Huff travels inside. TV Timeout, ball goes to Kansas when we return.

Kansas starting 5-7 from the field, Portland St. calls a timeout.

(16:06) Kansas Made 2-pt. Jump Shot Darrell Arthur

(16:40) Kansas Made 2-pt. Jump Shot Darnell Jackson

(17.05) Kansas Made 3-pt. Jump Shot Mario Chalmer

(18.00) Portland State Made 3-pt. Jump Shot Kyle Coston

(18.38) Portland State Missed 2-pt. Jump Shot Deonte Huff

(19.07) Kansas Made 2-pt. Jump Shot Brandon Rush

(19.30) Kansas Missed 3-pt. Jump Shot Brandon Rush

(20:00) Kansas Wins Tip

Portland St. coach, Ken Bone said of this contest, "It won't be easy, but it will be fun." We'll see about that.

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Kansas Portland State Bracket

The Kansas Jayhawks completed another 30-win season and captured both the regular season and conference tournament championships. This season marks the 20th anniversary of the 1988 national championship team led by Danny Manning. The Vikings of Portland State are the 16th seed in the Midwest, and like Kansas, the Vikings won both the regular season and conference tournament championships this season.

2008 Midwest Region Bracket

All games airing on CBS

First Round March 20 & 21 Sites TBD			Second Round March 22 & 23 Sites TBD			Regional Semifinals March 28 Ford Field, Detroit MI			Finals March 29 Ford Field, Detroit MI

1	Kansas	85
16	Portland State	61
			1	Kansas	75

			8	UNLV	56
8	UNLV	71

9	Kent State	58
						1	Kansas	72

						12	Villanova	57
5	Clemson	69

12	Villanova	75
			12	Villanova	84

			13	Siena	72
4	Vanderbilt	62

13	Siena	83
									1	Kansas	59

									10	Davidson	57
6	USC	67

11	Kansas State	80
			11	Kansas State	55

			3	Wisconsin	72
3	Wisconsin	71

14	Cal St. Fullerton	56
						3	Wisconsin	56

						10	Davidson	73
7	Gonzaga	76

10	Davidson	82
			10	Davidson	74

			2	Georgetown	70
2	Georgetown	66

15	UMBC	47