<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>His view of the court obscured, Michael Lee watched the big screen in the Alamodome as Mario Chalmers planted beyond the 3-point line on April 7. Lee saw Chalmers release the ball and watched it arc toward the basket with nothing less than the national championship on the line, and at that moment, Lee was the only person of the 43,257 in the building whose mind momentarily strayed elsewhere. Five years earlier, wearing the same Kansas colors Chalmers sported, Lee had planted his own feet beyond the 3-point line on the night of April 7. He released the ball and watched it arc toward the basket with nothing less than the national championship on the line. From a distance that seemed too far to be covered by anyone not wearing a cape, Syracuse forward Hakim Warrick jumped in front of Lee. In the same split second it took Chalmers' shot to swish through the net and send the Jayhawks into overtime and ultimately to coach Bill Self's first national title, Warrick swatted Lee's shot into the Superdome stands, ending Kansas' hopes of overtime and securing coach Jim Boeheim's first national championship. One shot goes in. One does not. Continued, ESPN</div>Damn, I still remember that block. Still in awe as to how it happened. Hak is my hero just for that block. It's pretty interesting wondering what would have happened to Lee if he didn't get his shot block...and if he made it. Also interesting to think about if Chalmers had missed, or had his shot blocked (somehow).
I certainly enjoyed that moment. Mello was unstoppable for the entire tourney. Great NCAA finals game.
