National Championship Tidbits

Kansas 72 North Carolina 69

Kansas wins their 1st National Championship since 2008 and their 4th overall.  Kansas is 4-6 in National Championship Games.

A Big 12 team wins the tournament for the second consecutive year.  It is the first time that a conference has won back-to-back tournaments since 2010 (Duke - 2010 and North Carolina 2009)

Kansas is 5-2 vs. North Carolina in the tournament and 1-1 in the Championship Game:

• 1957 National Championship - North Carolina 54 Kansas 53 (3OT)
• 1991 National Semifinals - #3 Kansas 79 #1 North Carolina 73
• 1993 National Semifinals - #1 North Carolina 78 #2 Kansas 68
• 2008 National Semifinals - #1 Kansas 84 #1 North Carolina 66
• 2012 Elite Eight - #2 Kansas 80 #1 North Carolina 67
• 2013 Round of 32 - #1 Kansas 70 #8 North Carolina 58
• 2022 National Championship - #1 Kansas #8 North Carolina 69

Kansas has won 8 straight tournament games vs. the ACC and is 13-9 overall.

The Big 12 is 1-1 vs. the ACC in the Championship Game.  Texas Tech lost to Virginia in 2019.

Kansas has won 8 straight tournament games vs. teams from North Carolina and is 13-6 overall.

It is the 5th consecutive tournament that a #1 seed has won the NCAA Tournament.  It ties the longest streak of #1's winning the tournament which also occurred from 1992 to 1996.

Kansas is 7-1 as a #1 seed vs. #8 seeds.

#8 seeds are 1-4 in the National Championship Game and have lost 3 straight:

• 1980 - #2 Louisville 59 #8 UCLA 54
• 1985 - #8 Villanova 66 #1 Georgetown 64
• 2011 - #3 UConn 53 #8 Butler 41
• 2014 - #7 UConn 60 #8 Kentucky 54
• 2022 - #1 Kansas 72 #8 North Carolina 69

North Carolina's loss is their first ever in a Championship Game vs. a #1 seed.  They are 4-1.

North Carolina is 6-6 in National Championship Games.

North Carolina is 5-6 all-time in the tournament vs. the Big Twelve.