Kansas dug itself too deep in title game against Kentucky, Davis

Kentucky center Anthony Davis celebrates a national championship victory with head coach John Calipari Monday night. The Wildcats won 67-59. (David J. Phillip/AP).

And the buzzer finally went off before Kansas could make the comeback.

The Jayhawks made it a routine to crawl back into and eventually win games in the NCAA tournament, but they dug themselves a hole with the wrong team to dig it against, losing to Kentucky in the national championship game, 67-59 Monday night in New Orleans, LA.

Kansas shocked Purdue, North Carolina State and Ohio State with double-digit comeback wins, but those teams aren’t Kentucky.

UK exposed my terrible upset pick of Wichita State in the elite 8, not because they played each other (WSU lost in the first round to VCU), but because they were so dominant against every team they faced. Everybody who was anybody was supposed to take Kentucky to win it all this year, but hey, this is the NCAA tournament, anything can happen.

I went against the grain and the Wildcats drove right through my bracket making skid marks along the way. And it was led by UK freshman center Anthony Davis. If he leaves for the NBA, he better be the No. 1 pick.

“The Brow” raised my own eyebrows with his stat line in the championship victory.

Zero first-half points, 1-for-10 from the field in the game and finishing with six points. And this guy won the Most Outstanding Player of the Game award?

Oh wait, he grabbed 16 rebounds, swatted six shots, assisted on five plays and turned what appeared to be an open look for Kansas guard Tyshawn Taylor into a traveling violation with the Jayhawks down six and less than a minute remaining.

Ironically, Taylor sliced through the nets with the waved-off 3-pointer. Instead, the Wildcats were slicing the nets, with scissors after capturing their eighth national championship.

Three freshmen and two sophomores who were told their one-and-done or two years and out chemistry couldn’t collaborate into a national championship did the polar opposite.

Kentucky played as a team, won as a team and are national champions as a team.

Unfortunately, for UK, it might hear the words…with the first pick in the NBA draft, the Charlotte Bobcats (assuming they win the lottery) select…Anthony Davis with the first overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft.