KU JAYHAWKS WIN NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP!!!

A bit of happy news for our late night denizens and a legion of alumni and Kansas City fans.

CONGRATULATIONS TO KU JAYHAWK BASKETBALL ON THEIR TRIUMPH!!!

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KU claims championship with thrilling comeback

11:56 PM ET Jeff BorzelloESPN Staff Writer Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. NEW ORLEANS -- Entering Monday, Kansas had trailed at halftime just once in this year's NCAA tournament. It was in the Elite Eight against Miami, when the Jayhawks turned a six-point halftime deficit into a 26-point win.

Kansas Jayhawks come back to defeat North Carolina in national championship

Kansas brought its fourth NCAA title back home Monday thanks to a second-half flurry that erased a 16-point deficit and eventually overcame North Carolina 72-69 in an epic battle of power programs.It was the biggest comeback in title game history, surpassing Kentucky's 10-point rally to beat Utah in 1998.David McCormack scored the go-ahead bucket from close range with 1:21 left, then another at the 22-second mark to put the Jayhawks ahead by three.

JAYHAWKS WIN! KU takes national championship; Lawrence celebrates

Share this post or save for later The Kansas Jayhawks are national champions once again, and pure joy has filled the air in Lawrence. After a rocky first half that sent the Jayhawks to the locker room trailing 40-25 and left fans on edge, Bill Self's team came back to send the Tar Heels home in tears.

Kansas vs. UNC score, takeaways: Jayhawks complete historic comeback to win first NCAA championship since 2008

KU used the biggest comeback in NCAA Tournament championship game history to beat UNC and win its fourth title

Jayhawks win fourth National Championship

NEW ORLEANS (KSNT) - KU men's basketball is, once again, on the top of college basketball. The Jayhawks beat the University of North Carolina, 72-69, in Monday's NCAA National Championship. KU jumped to a 7-0 lead. The Final Four game against Villanova proved the Jayhawks performs well when they set the tone.

Kansas survives North Carolina in wild NCAA Tournament title game, wins national championship

NEW ORLEANS - Trailing by 15 at halftime, Kansas stormed back to escape North Carolina 72-69 in a thrilling game of momentum swings to win the national championship game Monday before more than 70,000 at the Superdome. The Jayhawks won their fourth national championship and second under coach Bill Self.

JAYHAWKS WIN! KU takes national championship; Lawrence celebrates

Share this post or save for later The Kansas Jayhawks are national champions once again, and pure joy has filled the air in Lawrence. After a rocky first half that sent the Jayhawks to the locker room trailing 40-25 and left fans on edge, Bill Self's team came back to send the Tar Heels home in tears.

Agbaji wins Most Outstanding Player, joins McCormack on All-Tournament Team

NEW ORLEANS - The Kansas Jayhawks are NCAA basketball champions once again, and accolades are rolling in for some members of the squad that earned the school's fourth title. Ochai Agbaji was named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament . He and David McCormack were named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team.

Here's how Lawrence celebrated KU basketball's NCAA championship win over UNC

The top seeded Kansas men's basketball team made its 10th NCAA Tournament Championship appearance on Monday night when they took on No. 8 North Carolina in New Orleans looking for its sixth national title. Back in Kansas, there were watch parties throughout the home Here's what we saw around Lawrence.

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