BOULDER, Colo. -- Long after the kids from Kansas have started raking in their NBA bucks, Askia Booker of Colorado will still be talking about the day he struck it big -- the day he made the shot at the buzzer to beat the Jayhawks.

Booker grabbed an inbounds pass, dribbled twice, took two long steps, then launched the 3-pointer that gave Colorado a 75-72 victory Saturday and left him gasping for air underneath a pile of court-storming Buffs fans.

It was Colorado's first win over No. 6 Kansas (6-2) in the last 20 tries -- a stretch dating to 2003.

"Unless I'm in the NBA championship, that's the only thing that could top that," Booker said.

Odds are, he won't be. Many of these Kansas players could. There are, by most estimations, at least two lottery picks and two more first-round prospects on Bill Self's typically stacked roster.

And, yes, that talent gap showed while Colorado (9-1) was squandering a six-point lead over the final 1:44 -- a comeback capped when one of those first-round prospects, Perry Ellis, hit a shot to tie it at 72 with 4 seconds left.

But after a timeout, Buffs forward Xavier Johnson squeezed an inbounds pass from the corner of the backcourt to Booker, who dribbled just past the back foot of the massive Buffs logo at center court -- or about even with where John Elway's courtside seats were located -- and launched the shot from 30 feet.

Nothing but net.

"I'm not sure I ever thought that would happen," Booker said.

The fans exploded onto the court, straight past Elway, and gang tackled Booker, a junior who is trying to lead the Buffs to three straight appearances in the NCAA tournament for the first time in history.