NEW ORLEANS — Kansas’ men’s basketball team will play for the national title for the first time since 2012 and third time in the Bill Self era on Monday night at Caesars Superdome.
Ochai Agbaji hit six 3-pointers in seven tries and scored 21 points while David McCormack scored 25 points on 10-of-12 shooting (5-of-6 shooting from the free-throw line) and grabbed nine rebounds as the Jayhawks, the No. 1-seeded team in the NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional, rolled to a 19-point first-half lead and downed old nemesis Villanova, No. 2 seed in the South, 81-65, in a Final Four semifinal on Saturday in the Big Easy.
Christian Braun added 10 points and dished five assists, while Jalen Wilson had 11 points and 12 rebounds for the Jayhawks (33-6), who will meet either No. 2 seed Duke or No. 8 seed North Carolina at 8:20 p.m. Monday for the NCAA title.
