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Jayhawks win 3OT thriller in Allen vs Sooners

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No. 1 Kansas Outlasts No. 2 Oklahoma in a Triple-Overtime Epic, 109-106

It took three overtimes for No. 1 Kansas to prevail against No. 2 Oklahoma, 109-106, in one of the finest regular-season contests in the steeped tradition of Jayhawk basketball on Monday night in Allen Fieldhouse.

Unbelievable: No. 1 Kansas outlasts No. 2 Oklahoma in triple OT | KUsports.com

“It’s the toughest game I’ve ever played. We never stopped fighting,” Ellis added.

Notebook: Bunch of firsts set stage for KU's triple-OT win over Oklahoma | KUsports.com

“I told our guys this ... ‘This is a big game. This isn’t the only big game we’ll have this year because the league is too good. You’ll have other games of national implications that also happen in February and some happen in early March,” coach Bill Self said.

More game notes from the KU-Oklahoma thriller | KUsports.com

Monday’s game was the third triple overtime game in KU history. There have been two quadruple OT games.

Top-ranked Kansas Jayhawks win three-overtime thriller over No. 2 Oklahoma Sooners

In this, an age of short-term memory and knee-jerk reactions, to even ponder if this, Kansas' 109-106 triple overtime win over Oklahoma, was the best one played in the hallowed halls of Allen Fieldhouse seems borderline blasphemous. But ... what if it was?

Kansas Jayhawks 109 - Oklahoma Sooners 106 | Game Notes - Everyone Is Talking About Buddy Hield - Crimson And Cream Machine

Oklahoma's triple overtime thriller at Kansas was so epic that you may have missed out on these nuggets of info from the game.

AUDIO - Mason, Graham and Ellis on KU's 3OT thriller (Press Conferences & Post-Game Interviews) | KUsports.com

Kansas players Perry Ellis, Devonté Graham and Frank Mason III react to the Jayhawks' crazy, triple-overtime victory over Oklahoma.

AUDIO - Bill Self on KU's 'incredible' 3OT win over OU (Press Conferences & Post-Game Interviews) | KUsports.com

Kansas basketball coach Bill Self marvels at the display put on by the No. 1-ranked Jayhawks and No. 2 Oklahoma after KU's 109-106, triple-overtime victory at Allen Fieldhouse.

College basketball: Kansas fans give standing ovation to OU's Buddy Hield | NCAA.com

A number of Kansas fans gave Hield a standing ovation following his postgame interview with ESPN.

In Kansas versus Oklahoma, college basketball wins - Men's College Basketball Blog- ESPN

Kansas and Oklahoma needed three overtimes to figure this one out, the first 1-2 game to go to multiple OTs since NC State beat UCLA at the 1974 Final Four.

Women's Bball - Jayhawks to Face No. 4 Baylor Wednesday

For the second time in the past three games, Kansas women's basketball will face a nationally-ranked opponent when No. 4 Baylor comes to Lawrence.

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Poll Attacks: I won't stop mocking you until you start respecting Providence - CBSSports.com

I noticed Monday afternoon that there's still one voter who has Providence all the way down at No. 17. And, wouldn't you know it, that wild Soren Petro is at it again.

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The Browns official calendar had a depressing Black Monday trivia question - CBSSports.com

Monday brought a sense of tragic comic relief, then, as the Browns official team calendar sported a piece of trivia that was depressingly awkward and a touch ironic.