KU continues to dance as the Jayhawks held off a huge second half Clemson rally and pulled out an 80-76 victory in the Sweet 16.
The Jayhawks would open up the game with an 11-4 run to start, capped by a Malik Newman layup with 15:37 to go until the half. Clemson would scrape back into it, though, pulling to within 20-19 on a Mark Donnal dunk with 8:38 to go. However, Kansas jumped on a 15-3 run and coasted into halftime with a 40-27 lead.
Kansas continued to apply pressure early in the second half. The Jayhawks opened the half on a 9-2 run, and would eventually build a 20-point, 62-42 lead with 12:01 to go.