By Daniel Dullum
Sports Radio Service
Sunday, March 23, 2014

At this point, maybe they’re not upsets anymore.

Stanford pulled off its second stunning victory at the NCAA men’s basketball tournament Sunday in St. Louis, knocking off No. 2-seed Kansas 60-57.

The No. 10-seed Cardinal (23-12) move on to the tournament’s Sweet 16 in the South Regional next weekend. It’s the furthest Stanford has gone in the Big Dance since 2008.

Dwight Powell topped Stanford’s scoring column with 15 points to go along with seven rebounds, even though he played most of the second half with four fouls. Chasson Randle added 13 points, six steals and four assists for the Cardinal. Josh Huiestis logged 39 minutes and chipped in with six points, eight rebounds and two blocked shots.

Andrew Wiggins, a 6-foot-8 freshman center who is expected to enter the NBA draft, committed four turnovers and was held to

The Jayhawks (25-10) were also without 7-foot center Joel Embiid, sidelined with a stress fracture in his back.

Tarik Black had 18 points and six boards for Kansas, but fouled out with 5:25 left in the second half. Conner Frankamp helped the Jayhawks with 12 points on four 3-pointers.

Stanford was 9 of 12 at the free throw line in the last two minutes, when Kansas pulled to within 59-57 with 14.9 seconds remaining. Frankemp missed a 3-point attempt at the buzzer.

The Cardinal will have the high seed for the first time in the tournament when it faces No. 11-Dayton in the regional semifinal at Memphis. The Flyers ousted No. 3 Syracuse 55-53 on Saturday.

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