Hardcover Book - Game of My Life: Kansas Jayhawks

In his heart, Chris Piper felt confidently about playing the University of Oklahoma Sooners a third time in 1988. Piper and the University of Kansas Jayhawks had played the high-flying Sooners closely in a pair of eight-point losses during Big Eight Conference play. Outwardly, however, Piper conveyed a different image. A fan told Piper later he felt good about the game ? for the NCAA national championship ? until he saw the senior forward from Lawrence look quite nervous while walking to the bus before the game.A few hours later on the night of April 4, 1988, Piper, the Jayhawks, and their fans raucously celebrated the team?s first national title since 1952. This game for the ages is one of 20 contests joyously recalled in Steve Buckner?s Game of My Life: Kansas Jayhawks. Jayhawk legends Mark Turgeon, Rex Walters, Steve Woodberry, Drew Gooden, Nick Collison, Keith Langford, and Wayne Simien are among those who share their thrilling experiences.For fans of the Kansas Jayhawks, Game of My Life is a fabulous stroll down memory lane in which the players recreate the scenes from some of the school?s most celebrated games of the past 20 years. Join thousands of Jayhawk fans in remembering these cherished stories. For the athletes within, these truly were the games of their lives. 2004. 239 Pages