KU Affirmations Defeat Cinderella Davidson - The Affirmation Spot for Monday March 31, 2008
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The power of affirmation turned out to be slightly stronger than the magic of Cinderella Sunday afternoon in Detroit. The Kansas Jayhawks defeated 2008's Cinderella Davidson 59-57.As reported in the Kansas City Star, KU coach Bill Self has been delivering a powerful affirmation to his team: "You are unstoppable!"In an outstanding article titled "For KU's Bill Self, This Moment is Everything", Kansas City Star writer Joe Posnanski wrote:"To understand how much today’s NCAA Tournament game means to Kansas basketball coach Bill Self, you first have to understand this: Every single day, in one way or another, he tells his players that they are unstoppable.Every day. Sometimes he yells it during practice. Sometimes he tells them in the locker room before the game. Sometimes he announces it on a bus ride. Sometimes he just pulls a player aside, wraps an arm around the player’s shoulder, whispers it in his ear. Always, though, the message remains.You cannot be stopped. You cannot be blocked out. You cannot be screened. You are too strong. You are too tough. You are too fast. You have come too far. You have worked too hard. You have sacrificed too much.You are unstoppable!" In a year when the NCAA tournament's big shots wound up on top of the heap, this tournament was not without its incarnation of Cinderella. Tiny Davidson College came into Sunday's game against the Kansas Jayhawks with 25 straight victories and consecutive victories over "major conference" champions Georgetown and Wisconsin. For most of the game Sunday, it looked as if Cinderella might punch her ticket to next week's Final Four in San Antonio. A host sharp shooters led by tournament phenom Stephen Curry and a tenacious defense kept the top-seeded Jayhawks baffled and off balance all afternoon.Kansas was sparked by senior Sasha Kaun who scored 13 points and grabbed six rebounds. At times, Kaun seemed to be the one Jayhawk really willing to mix it up with the scrappy Davidson team. In the end, the Jayhawk nation was forced to hold its collective breath while Davidson's Jason Richards launched a potential game-winning three-pointer at the buzzer. The shot was wide left and KU survived its toughest challenge of the tournament. Kansas became the fourth and final #1 seed to advance to next weekend's Final Four - a first since the NCAA began seeding teams in 1979. #1 seeds UCLA, North Carolina, and Memphis all comfortably advanced to college basketball's biggest weekend. That set the scene for perhaps the most history-rich Final Four ever assembled.Kansas coach Bill Self, who had led Kansas, Illinois, and Tulsa to a combined five Elite Eight appearances without a Final Four appearance, finally cleared that hurdle Sunday and reached the Final Four.At least for another week, Self and his team are, indeed, unstoppable!You're unstoppable too! It doesn't mean you always win or that you are perfect, but you have within you a tremendous power to aspire to and be more than you are. As Bill Self says, "You have worked too hard. You have sacrificed too much. YOU are unstoppable!"Be positive Be peaceful Be prosperous!RayThe Affirmation Spot.com
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