<table> </table> LAWRENCE | If one thing has been proven in the seven-plus months since the Kansas Jayhawks cut down the nets in San Antonio, it&#8217;s that nobody knows how to celebrate success like KU and its fans.</p><p>In April, tens of thousands of people showed up for the parade down Massachusetts Street. In September, the Jayhawks hosted a ring ceremony, and the team was honored a day later at halftime of the KU football game. In October, Kansas unveiled a temporary national championship banner in the rafters during &#8220;Late Night in the Phog,&#8221; knowing all along that the permanent one would be unveiled on Tuesday night.</p><p>For the last act, the lights went out in Allen Fieldhouse 12 minutes before what would eventually become an 85-45 Kansas domination of Florida Gulf Coast. The current Jayhawks &#8212; eight of whom were not a part of the 2008 team &#8212; locked arms and watched yet another video commemoration of Mario Chalmers&#8217; Miracle.</p><p>The KU students held up their camera phones &#8212; &#8220;It was kind of like a concert,&#8221; KU coach Bill Self said &#8212; and pointed them toward the north wall, where a blue covering fell and revealed the banner that joined identical ones from 1922, &#8217;23, &#8217;52 and &#8217;88.</p><p>&#8220;I almost dropped a tear,&#8221; KU guard Sherron Collins said.</p><p>And, with that, the celebration of 2008 was over for good. Or at least until the five-year reunion.</p><p>&#8220;It was kind of like the icing on the cake,&#8221; KU center Cole Aldrich said. &#8220;Finally, tonight the national championship banner is up. It&#8217;s surreal. It&#8217;s a part of history.&#8221;</p><p>Now, though, it is officially time to start figuring out this 2008-09 bunch of Jayhawks, who have certainly shown that they are more than capable of punishing sub-par opponents. Collins, the lone significant contributor to last year&#8217;s title run, had a career-high 25 points on nine-of-14 shooting &#8212; including four of six from three.</p><p>After watching the pregame video, which replayed Self&#8217;s postgame speech to the Jayhawks in the Alamodome, Collins was ready to go.</p><p>&#8220;That really meant a lot to me,&#8221; Collins said. &#8220;That really got me going for the game.&#8221;</p><p>Collins has led the Jayhawks in scoring in the two exhibition games and two regular-season games. Another early trend is sophomore center Aldrich&#8217;s propensity for getting into foul trouble.</p><p>In both regular-season games, Aldrich has exited before the first media timeout with two fouls. Against Florida Gulf Coast, Aldrich went to the bench at the 16 minute, 23 second mark.</p><p>&#8220;It shouldn&#8217;t happen,&#8221; Aldrich said. &#8220;I gotta play a little smarter.&#8221;</p><p>The game was over by halftime because Florida Gulf Coast shot just 12 percent (three of 25) from the field. The Eagles had 14 turnovers and no assists. It was hard to tell if the Jayhawks&#8217; defense was that good or Florida Gulf Coast was just that bad. The Eagles are beginning their second season in Division I.</p><p>The Jayhawks made two changes to their starting lineup, switching freshman Tyshawn Taylor in for sophomore Tyrel Reed and freshman Markieff Morris in for freshman Quintrell Thomas.</p><p>While Collins and Aldrich are set, the Jayhawks haven&#8217;t been able to settle on the other three spots. KU has used a combination of Taylor, Morningstar and Reed to fill the two guard spots, and Thomas, Markieff Morris and Marcus Morris have all started halves alongside Aldrich inside.</p><p>All of those things will be worked out in the coming months. Tuesday night represented one last trip down memory lane for the defending national champion Jayhawks.</p><p>&#8220;That was cooler than what I thought it&#8217;d be,&#8221; Self said. &#8220;I&#8217;m pretty proud of those guys. That&#8217;s a remarkable accomplishment. Knowing that will hang up there forever, that&#8217;s really cool.&#8221;</p><p>As if the banner hanging weren&#8217;t enough to swell crimson and blue pride, Tuesday was legendary KU coach Phog Allen&#8217;s birthday.</p><p>&#8220;I would say it&#8217;s a great coincidence,&#8221; Self said.</p><p>Allen would have been 123 years old.