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Kansas Basketball vs. UCLA

— Kansas did a good job of shutting down UCLA guard Darren Collison. He finished with 14 points, but that’s a small number compared to his usual production. Junior guard Russell Robinson guarded Collison in the first half, but when he ended up in foul trouble, freshman guard Sherron Collins stepped in and kept Collison in check.

— Collins played the weekend with a sore knee that was hindering his mobility. After the game, coach Bill Self said that Collins was playing through a significant amount of pain. The trainers haven’t taken a detailed look yet, but they don’t expect surgery to be necessary. “He just needs some time off,” Self said.

— UCLA sure doesn’t look like a national championship team, but the Bruins have one key thing on their side: experience. They knew exactly what to expect on Saturday, and it helped them stay comfortably ahead of the Jayhawks throughout the entire second half.

— The same reason we love March Madness is why it’s aggravating. If Kansas and UCLA played 10 times, both teams would win five. But they just played one, and it wasn’t the Jayhawks’ day.

— When junior guard Rodrick Stewart entered the game, he was greeted by a chorus of boos from the UCLA fans. Stewart transferred to Kansas from USC, which is UCLA’s rival.

— UCLA coach Ben Howland — phrased gracefully — acted less than his age. At the press conference on Friday, he sat at a podium with the five starting players and took questions. He stopped the proceedings three times: twice to scold people for making too much noise and once to complain that too many people were asking him questions instead of the players. He was just as animated on the court, stomping around every time he didn’t get a call, but then celebrating every basket by pumping both fists in the air wildly.

— The Bruins did a great job of adjusting to how the game was called. In the first half, the first three fouls were called against them, but then the Jayhawks picked up the next eight. It was the same story in the second half, showing that the team was able to adjust to the officials and know what it could get away with.