The dislocation of Kansas' title hopes. (College Basketball).

Two fluke plays cost Kansas its pursuit of a national championship. This game can be like that sometimes, but usually its capricious nature is manifested in Christian Laettner landing a buzzer-beating jump shot or Danny Ainge dusting off five Notre Dame defenders on a coast-to-coast drive.

There was no such drama involving KU power forward Wayne Simien. He was injured on two plays with marginal impact on the games in which they occurred, games destined to be blowouts regardless of his contributions. On the first, in a game against Missouri-Kansas City that the Jayhawks won by 54 points, Simien's right shoulder separated after he jammed his arm on the rim while ...