NEW ORLEANS — Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Self at age 59 has won his second NCAA Tournament title at Kansas, one more than any other Jayhawks men's coach in the tradition-rich program's history.
In directing the Jayhawks, the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Regional, to a 72-69 victory over North Carolina, the No. 8 seed in the East Regional, in Monday night's 2022 title game, Self became the third active men's coach with multiple national titles. Self's Jayhawks also won it all in 2008.
The victory at the Caesars Superdome also moved Kansas, which passed Kentucky for the most all-time victories in Division I men's basketball during the 2021-22 season, past Villanova and into a tie with UConn for sixth in all-time men's NCAA championships with four.
