Half of the national championship matchup is now set.
The Kansas Jayhawks punched their ticket to the final game of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday with a convincing 81-65 win over the Villanova Wildcats, and the only No. 1 seed to make it to the Final Four in New Orleans is now one game away from winning it all.
This will be the 10th national championship game appearance in KU history and the third under coach Bill Self. The Jayhawks won in 2008 against Memphis but lost to Kentucky in 2012.
Since playing for that second title, Kansas hasn’t had as much success in the postseason. This was just the blue-blood program’s second Final Four appearance since, but this team will look to reverse those years of March frustrations on Monday night, when it draws the winner of Duke and North Carolina in the second game at the Superdome.
In the meantime, here were some of the best pictures of the Jayhawks celebrating their victory.
