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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 505 

Commending the University of Kansas men’s basketball team for winning 

the 2008 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I 

Basketball Championship. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 8, 2008 

Mr. ROBERTS (for himself, Mr. BROWNBACK, and Mr. STEVENS) submitted 

the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Commending the University of Kansas men’s basketball team 

for winning the 2008 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Basketball Championship. 

Whereas, on April 7, 2008, the University of Kansas men’s 

basketball team won its third NCAA Division I Basketball Championship and fifth national title with its 75–68 

overtime win over the University of Memphis—on the 

twentieth anniversary of the historic win by the team led 

by Danny Manning known as ‘‘Danny and the Miracles’’; 

Whereas with this win the Jayhawks achieved a school record 

for all-time season wins, posting a 37–3 win-loss record 

during their run for the title, and finished the season 

with a thirteen-game winning streak, securing the Big 

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son with a twenty-game undefeated record, in addition to 

the 2008 NCAA Division I men’s basketball crown; 

Whereas Head Coach Bill Self improved his all-time record 

at Kansas to 142–32 and 12–4 in the tournament assisted by a miraculous last-minute three-point shot by 

guard Mario Chalmers; 

Whereas Kansas guard Mario Chalmers was chosen as the 

Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four and was 

named to the all-tournament team along with guards 

Brandon Rush and Darrell Arthur; 

Whereas each player, coach, trainer, and manager dedicated 

his or her time and effort to ensuring that the Kansas 

Jayhawks reached their goal of capturing a national 

championship; and 

Whereas the families of the players, students, alumni, and 

faculty of the University of Kansas, and all the supporters of the University of Kansas, are to be congratulated for their commitment to, and pride in, the basketball program at the University: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) commends the University of Kansas men’s 

3 basketball team for winning the 2008 NCAA Divi4 sion I Basketball Championship; 

5 (2) recognizes the achievements of all of the 

6 players, coaches, and support staff who were instru7 mental in helping the University of Kansas men’s 

8 basketball team win its third NCAA Division I Bas9 ketball Championship and fifth national champion10 ship; and 


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1 (3) respectfully requests the Secretary of the 

2 Senate to transmit enrolled copies of this resolution 

3 to— 

4 (A) the University of Kansas for appro5 priate display; 

6 (B) the Chancellor of the University of 

7 Kansas, Robert Hemenway; 

8 (C) the Athletic Director of the University 

9 of Kansas, Lew Perkins; and 

10 (D) the Head Coach of the University of 

11 Kansas men’s basketball team, Bill Self. 

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