Kansas basketball: Sweet win over Clemson

Kansas basketball is moving on to the Elite 8 for a third straight season. The Big 12 Champs held on to beat Clemson in Friday night’s Sweet 16 matchup 80-76.

Kansas basketball won Friday’s Midwest Regional semifinal in the first 30 minutes. Fortunately, the Big 12 Champions know how to hang on to get big wins. They played a lot of nail-biters this season and won all of them.

The talking heads on the CBS NCAA Tournament pregame show all picked Clemson to beat the Jayhawks. That’s exactly what we needed to hear. Nobody believed in this team. When CBS made their prediction, it almost assured the Jayhawk victory.

A healthy Udoka Azubuike made the difference from the opening tip. The 7-foot…