But there wasn't one. All he could do was the pass the ball and watch as Jason Richards' desperation try thudded off the backboard. Davidson was done. Kansas was in.

"It hurts a lot to get this far, be so close to get to the Final Four," Curry said after top-seeded Kansas held off little Davidson 59-57 Sunday.

The Jayhawks' win in the Midwest Regional final sent all four No. 1 seeds to the Final Four for the first time.

"I'm definitely proud of what we've accomplished and what we're about and what we've just proven all year," Curry said. "... But it's going to hurt. This game's going to hurt a lot for the next however long."

Curry, the son of former NBA sharpshooter Dell Curry, had made the tournament his own little party, scoring at will with his silky-smooth shot and carrying Davidson to one improbable victory after another. He looked as if he might do it again, drilling a 3-pointer from NBA range to cut Kansas' lead to 59-57 with 54 seconds left.

After Kansas' Sherron Collins missed with 21 seconds left, the 10th-seeded Wildcats got one last chance.

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