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Kansas coach Bill Self (wearing eyeglasses) huddles with his team during practice Wednesday. Kansas is to play Lehigh in a first-round game Thursday.

Even then, it'll be tough. What the Mountain Hawks really need is for Kansas to have a clunker.

It could happen; the Jayhawks still haven't put together a full game this season. They've come close - against Temple, the first game against K-State, a couple others - but most of the season they've been like a reliable old radio: occasional static, but able to tune in when it counts.

For the Mountain Hawks to circle around fate, they'll have to play their best game of the season and hope Kansas doesn't get dialed in.

"We've played some pretty good teams this year - Dayton, Richmond - but Kansas is so deep we probably haven't seen a team exactly like them," Lehigh guard Marquis Hall. "We've played against a lot of different teams and lot of different styles, so I think we'll be prepared."

If not, there's always fate.

Bucknell did it, against this same program, no less, so why not Lehigh?

The Mountain Hawks haven't really talked about what happened five years ago, but it does give them at least a glimmer of hope.

"Although the odds may be stacked against and history doesn't favor us, we have the type of combination of talent and character that could create a special moment and a special opportunity in this tournament, which obviously what March Madness is all about," Lehigh coach Brett Reed said.

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