The Kansas Jayhawks and North Carolina Tar Heels finish a zany N.C.A.A. tournament with a final in New Orleans. The game begins about 9:20 p.m. Eastern time, and is being televised in the United States on TBS.
The Kansas Jayhawks and North Carolina Tar Heels finish a zany N.C.A.A. tournament with a final in New Orleans. The game begins about 9:20 p.m. Eastern time, and is being televised in the United States on TBS. Adam Zagoria Reporting from New Orleans It all comes down to one final game. North Carolina and Kansas — two blue bloods in men’s college basketball — will meet for the Division I national championship on Monday night at the Superdome in New Orleans. The Tar Heels (29-9) are seeking the program’s seventh N.C.A.A. championship, having won titles in 1957,1982,1993,2005,2009 and 2017. They are 6-5 in title games. North Carolina’s most recent title-game loss came to Villanova in 2016. Coached by Roy Williams, the Tar Heels returned to the final a year later to defeat Gonzaga. Only U.C.L.A., with 13, has more title game appearances than North Carolina. The Bruins are 11-2 in such games. The Tar Heels are also seeking to become only the second No.8 seeded team to win the title; Villanova was the first when it won the tournament in 1985, the first time it had 64 teams. The Jayhawks (33-6) are 3-6 in title games, having won the championship in 1952,1988 and 2008. In their most recent title game appearance, Coach Bill Self and the Jayhawks lost to Kentucky, coached by John Calipari, in 2012. Four years earlier in the title game, Self’s team beat Calipari’s Memphis team, which featured Derrick Rose.
