The Jayhawks (32-6) are heading to the fourth Final Four with coach Bill Self, and their first since 2018. The opponent in 2022 is the same as it was then, with Kansas facing Villanova at 6:09 p.m. μ. on Saturday in New. Orleans. Kansas has struggled in the Elite Eight under Self, winning 3-5 before Sunday’s victory. And with Cameron McGasty scoring 14 points in the first half, it looked like another difficult regional final for the Jahocks. Kansas led 27-26 before Miami (26-10) finished the half with a 9-2 streak to take a half-time lead of 35-29. Kansas did not waste much time erasing that advantage in the second half. Christian Brown’s three-pointer – Kansas’s first in the game – with a time of 15:27 broke the tie 40 and about five minutes later, Ochai Agbaji’s own three-pointer pushed the lead to double digits to 12. Miami did not cut it never leads to single digits again. Five Jayhawks scored at least nine points, led by Agbaji, who broke out of his recent 18-point drop to 8 in 12 shots, adding five rebounds, four assists and four steals. McGasty finished with 18 points and led the Hurricanes.
