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The battered Tar Heels gave everything they could, until their bodies gave out.

NEW ORLEANS — It’s time to make room for another banner in the north rafters of Allen Fieldhouse. The Kansas Jayhawks are the 2022 NCAA men’s basketball champions.

Many teams had at least one shining moment during the 2022 NCAA Men’s National Tournament. After a tournament that saw 68 teams compete to be the last one standing, Monday night will see two teams fight for the national championship.

NEW ORLEANS — The Kansas Jayhawks went 5-3 against Brady Manek’s Oklahoma Sooners in men’s basketball games in which the North Carolina super-senior forward played during his four seasons at OU.

With a national championship on the line, battles like Leaky Black vs. Ochai Agbaji will determine which team cuts down the nets Monday.

Final Four By the NumbersAt long last, the Final Four has arrived. All week we have digested the endless angles of a delicious Duke-UNC matchup, appreciated Kansas’s lights-out performance that has the Jayhawks as the last No. 1 seed standing, and played with Villanova’s lineup to see how the ...

DURHAM, N.C. — The newness of Duke and North Carolina meeting in the Final Four matches how each team is playing on the court these days.

NEW ORLEANS —North Carolina coach Hubert Davis' vision was there even when it seemed perhaps absurd to believe the Tar Heels would reach the Final Four. The first-year coach took a well-used motivational tactic a step further before the season began.

The field of 68 teams that kicked off the 2022 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament is down to four teams that will compete for a chance to go to the championship game and be last team standing.