The Kansas Jayhawks are headed back to the Final Four.
For the 15th time ever, the third time under Bill Self and the first time since 2012, KU will head south to San Antonio next week to try to bring home two more wins and a national championship.
The Jayhawks will play No. 1 seed Villanova at 7:49 p.m. central on Saturday, in a game that will feature a battle between two of the top picks for national player of the year in Devonte’ Graham and Villanova’s Jalen Brunson.
Before we get too far into that, let’s take a time out to look back at how KU got there, [with Sunday’s thrilling, 85-81, overtime victory over Duke.][1]
A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.
