Kentucky led that game by 14 at half. Biggest lead was 16. Kansas led twice---2-0, and 5-3.
Lead never got under 10, until 3:50 remained (59-51). KU did cut the lead to 5, 62-57, with 1:30 left. But UK ended the game 5-2. UK controlled that game for 36 minutes. But I guess Self was right----KU just ran out of time..
As for IU/UK----For one, IU beat then earlier, 73-72. In the rematch, that game was fun. IU trailed 50-47 at halftime....UK didn't go up double digits until 9:40 was left. IU cut the lead to 5, 82-77, with a little over 5 to play.
In other words, Ihough the final was 12, IU was much more competitive...Much more.