Watch: Talking Kansas Jayhawks, and the greatest comeback in NCAA title-game history
This wasn’t Bill Self’s greatest team. It won’t produce the most NBA players. But few in Kansas Jayhawks history will be more memorable.
KU defeated the North Carolina Tar Heels 72-69 to win the program’s fourth NCAA championship on Monday night at the Superdome in New Orleans.
They did it the hard way, too, trailing by 16 points late in the first half and 15 at halftime. Neither of those deficits had ever been overcome in a title game. Until Monday.
In this episode of the SportsBeat KC Live stream, The Star’s New Orleans coverage team of beat writers Jesse Newell and Gary Bedore and columnists Vahe Gregorian and Sam McDowell explain how it happened ... and what it means for Self and the Jayhawks.
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This story was originally published April 4, 2022 at 9:20 PM.