Kansas freshman Darrell Arthur prepared to take a charge two minutes into the second half when Texas’ D.J. Augustin’s knee came crashing into his groin.

Arthur tried to play with what has been called a bruised pelvic bone, but to no avail.

He lasted just two minutes in the second half of KU’s 88-84 overtime victory over the Longhorns on Sunday in Ford Center.

“It was hurting when I was running. Coach asked if I was 100 percent. I said, ‘No,'” said Arthur, who said he was a bit woozy on painkillers after the game. “Coach said, ‘We need you for the NCAA,’ so I didn’t play much the second half.”’

Arthur said, ‘It’s a bruise to the bone. It’s not that bad. It’s just sore. We’ll look at it back home.”

KU coach Bill Self said the bruise might hinder Arthur awhile. “Those things can be painful,” Self said. “He’ll have to grind it out and be tough to play through it. We need him.”

Arthur had a rough week. Last Monday, he woke at 6 a.m. with shortness of breath and chest pain.

“I was scared I had a heart attack or something. I called my mom (in Dallas) wondering what was going on. I didn’t have one. I thought it was one.

“When I went to the training room, I knew it was no heart attack. When I got to the hospital, I knew it wasn’t a heart attack. They (lung specialists) did a scan and said it was a virus. I was relieved when they figured out what it was. Everybody was relieved.”

Medication helped, and Arthur was practicing two days later.

“I feel better. They’ll do some more tests to make sure everything is OK,” said Arthur, who on Friday said he was quite disturbed at rumors of his having a heart attack that were posted on Internet message boards.

¢He’s OK, part two: Sasha Kaun, who had no points and three rebounds in 19 minutes, fell hard on his back while chasing an offensive rebound a minute-and-a-half into the second half. He played extensively down the stretch.

“I bruised my lower back a little bit,” Kaun said. “We’ve got time before our next game. It’ll be fine.”

¢All-tourney team: KU’s Brandon Rush and Julian Wright made the all-tournament team with Kevin Durant (MVP) and A.J. Abrams of Texas and Curtis Jerrells of Baylor.

¢Collins exceptional: KU’s Sherron Collins scored 20 points with six rebounds in 30 minutes. “I thought he was the best player in the game with the exception of Durant (37 points, 12-of-30 shooting),” Self said.

¢Big three: Rush, who had 19 points while playing 44 minutes, was enthused to say the least when Mario Chalmers tied the game with a three to force overtime.

“My heart dropped when that went in,” said Rush.

Was it Chalmers’ biggest shot ever?

“I think so,” Chalmers said with a grin.

Rush, by the way, held Durant to 4-of-16 shooting the second half and overtime, good for 15 points.

“I tried to pressure him, make his use his right hand more,” Rush said. “My teammates helped out a lot.”

¢Close to home: Self, who is a native of nearby Edmond, Okla., commented on the tournament being held in Oklahoma City.

“Today I was able to call my high school coach and my best friends in high school and come up with extra tickets. I thought it was cool they could come to the game because they wouldn’t have had a chance other than that,” Self said. “It meant a lot to have my family and a lot of close friends here also.”

It’ll be in Kansas City next year.

“It needs to come back to Kansas City. I’m selfish from that standpoint,” Self said. “We like it in Kansas City the most. But Oklahoma City did a fabulous job.”

¢Stats: KU won its fifth Big 12 tourney title. … KU won its 30th game, most wins since the 2003 Final Four season, when the Jayhawks went 30-8. … The game was Kansas’ first overtime contest in conference tournament history and the first ever in any Big 12 title game. … Self is 8-2 in Big 12 tournament play. He has the highest winning percentage in the tourney of any coach in championship history. … Durant averaged 30.7 points and 10.3 rebounds in three tourney games. … Durant’s 37-points was second-most in a Big 12 tourney game. Iowa State’s Marcus Fizer had 38 against Baylor in 2000.