Kansas rallied to defeat North Carolina 72-69 in the NCAA men's championship game Monday night.
NEW ORLEANS — What looked like a lost cause turned into one of the sweetest wins ever for Kansas.
“Tonight we obviously labored in the first half,” said Kansas coach Bill Self, who won his second championship. “But the kids competed.” The Tar Heels went scoreless over the final 1:41. They couldn’t find an answer for Kansas over the final 20 minutes.After McCormick’s go-ahead bucket, Love drove to the basket but his shot got blocked. North Carolina got an offensive rebound and fed to Armando Bacot under the bucket. But the big man lost his footing and turned it over, then limped off the court, unable to return.
North Carolina scored 16 straight points late in the first half to open a 40-25 advantage at the break, but top-seeded Kansas went on a 31-10 run over the opening 10 minutes of the second half to take a six-point lead and set up a fantastic finish. Instead, another will hang back in Lawrence, and McCormack, thanks to his late-game heroics, will go down in KU lore with Mario Chalmers, Danny Manning and the rest of the Jayhawks greats.
While this wasn’t quite the 47-15 beatdown the Jayhawks put on Miami over the final 20 minutes in the regional final, it was still darn impressive given the circumstances.
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Kansas rallies, beats North Carolina 72-69 to win NCAA titleIt's the school's first NCAA men's basketball championship since 2008.
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Kansas rallies, beats North Carolina 72-69 to win NCAA titleIt's the school's first NCAA men's basketball championship since 2008.
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