2008 NCAA men's basketball championship

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NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game sports event

The 2008 NCAA men's basketball championship was the title game of the 2007–08 college basketball season, famously won by the Kansas Jayhawks after Mario Chalmers’ last-second three-pointer forced overtime against the Memphis Tigers.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season	1
2007–08 NCAA Division I men’s basketball season	1
2008 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Final Four	1
2008 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament	1
2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship	1
2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game	1
2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament	1
2008 NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament	1
2008 NCAA Tournament	1
2008 NCAA men's basketball championship canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1168277 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: 2008 NCAA men's basketball championship
Context triple: [Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball, nationalChampionship, 2008 NCAA men's basketball championship]

A. 2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship
The 2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship was the national title won by Syracuse University, highlighted by freshman star Carmelo Anthony’s standout performance throughout the tournament.
B. 2008 NBA Finals
The 2008 NBA Finals was the championship series in which the Boston Celtics, led by their "Big Three" of Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Ray Allen, defeated the Los Angeles Lakers to win their 17th NBA title.
C. NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament
The NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament is an annual single-elimination college basketball championship held each March in the United States, widely known as “March Madness” and one of the most popular sporting events in the country.
D. SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
The SEC Men's Basketball Tournament is the postseason conference championship event that determines the Southeastern Conference's automatic qualifier for the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
E. 2009 NBA Finals
The 2009 NBA Finals was the championship series in which Kobe Bryant’s Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic to win the franchise’s 15th NBA title.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: 2008 NCAA men's basketball championship
Target entity description: The 2008 NCAA men's basketball championship was the title game of the 2007–08 college basketball season, famously won by the Kansas Jayhawks after Mario Chalmers’ last-second three-pointer forced overtime against the Memphis Tigers.

A. 2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship
The 2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship was the national title won by Syracuse University, highlighted by freshman star Carmelo Anthony’s standout performance throughout the tournament.
B. 2008 NBA Finals
The 2008 NBA Finals was the championship series in which the Boston Celtics, led by their "Big Three" of Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Ray Allen, defeated the Los Angeles Lakers to win their 17th NBA title.
C. NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament
The NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament is an annual single-elimination college basketball championship held each March in the United States, widely known as “March Madness” and one of the most popular sporting events in the country.
D. SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
The SEC Men's Basketball Tournament is the postseason conference championship event that determines the Southeastern Conference's automatic qualifier for the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
E. 2009 NBA Finals
The 2009 NBA Finals was the championship series in which Kobe Bryant’s Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic to win the franchise’s 15th NBA title.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game ⓘ sports event ⓘ
announcer	Billy Packer ⓘ Jim Nantz ⓘ
arena	Alamodome ⓘ
attendance	57192 ⓘ
awayTeam	Memphis Tigers men's basketball ⓘ linked to: Memphis Tigers
city	San Antonio, Texas ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
date	2008-04-07 ⓘ
FinalFourHostCity	San Antonio ⓘ
FinalFourVenue	Alamodome ⓘ
finalScore	Kansas 75–68 Memphis (OT) ⓘ
followedBy	2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game ⓘ
freeThrowStrugglesDescription	Memphis missed multiple late free throws, allowing Kansas to tie the game ⓘ
freeThrowStrugglesTeam	Memphis Tigers men's basketball ⓘ linked to: Memphis Tigers
genderCategory	men's ⓘ
homeTeam	Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball ⓘ
KansasCoach	Bill Self ⓘ
KansasConference	Big 12 Conference ⓘ
KansasHalftimeDeficit	9 points ⓘ
KansasHalftimeScore	28 ⓘ
KansasRecordEnteringGame	36–3 ⓘ
KansasRegion	Midwest Region ⓘ
KansasSeed	No. 1 seed ⓘ
KansasTitleCountAtTime	3rd NCAA men's basketball championship (on the court) ⓘ
KansasTitleCountRecognized	3rd NCAA title (later 4th including 1952 and 1988 and 2008) ⓘ
loser	Memphis Tigers men's basketball ⓘ linked to: Memphis Tigers
MemphisCoach	John Calipari ⓘ
MemphisConference	Conference USA ⓘ
MemphisHalftimeScore	35 ⓘ
MemphisRecordEnteringGame	38–1 ⓘ
MemphisRegion	South Region ⓘ
MemphisSeasonOutcome	Memphis' 2007–08 season later vacated by NCAA sanctions ⓘ
MemphisSeed	No. 1 seed ⓘ
MemphisTitleVacated	true ⓘ
mostOutstandingPlayer	Mario Chalmers ⓘ
nickname	Mario's Miracle ⓘ
notablePlay	Mario Chalmers' game-tying three-point field goal with 2.1 seconds left in regulation ⓘ
overtime	true ⓘ
overtimeScore	Kansas 12–5 Memphis ⓘ
partOf	Final Four ⓘ
precededBy	2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game ⓘ linked to: 2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship
regulationScore	Kansas 63–63 Memphis ⓘ
season	2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season ⓘ linked to: 2008 NCAA men's basketball championship
sport	basketball ⓘ
televisionNetwork	CBS ⓘ
tournament	2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament ⓘ linked to: 2008 NCAA men's basketball championship
winner	Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball ⓘ
year	2008 ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball → nationalChampionship → 2008 NCAA men's basketball championship ⓘ

2008 NCAA men's basketball championship → season → 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season ⓘ