And yes, this has happened before. KU won the B12 title on March 4, 2009 despite losing by 19 on the road to Tech (I'm sure everyone remembers Voskuil having the game of his life, 9 threes) because Blake Griffin's OU lost to MU. I don't believe they celebrated at all that night either (nor should they have). They went on to win their following game against Texas and did so then.
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=290632641
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"I said, 'Hey congratulations, we won the league and got beat by 19 or whatever we got beat tonight," coach Bill Self said. "It's pretty remarkable that a team that could perform as poorly as we did tonight was able to be 13-2, I guess, and clinch a tie with a chance to win it outright on Saturday."
The Jayhawks close the regular season at home against Texas. Oklahoma and Missouri are tied for second at 12-3.
Self said Kansas just didn't play with an edge against Texas Tech.
"Even if we played with an edge, we probably still would've been unsuccessful because Tech was that much better than us," he said. "We did try. There was just nothing in the tank."
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