• The Kansas Jayhawks are the men's college basketball national champions.
  • They won the title after overcoming the biggest halftime deficit ever in a title game.
  • See the "One Shining Moment" video below.

The Kansas Jayhawks are the men's college basketball national champions, beating North Carolina 72-69 after trailing by 15 points at halftime.

It was a wild game of runs that saw both teams dominate for long stretches before the dramatic finish. 

Kansas started the game red-hot, making four of their first six shots. But after taking an early lead, they made just five of their next 21 shots. 

North Carolina responded by going on a 12-0 run before finishing the first half outscoring Kansas 18-3 to take a 15-point lead at the half.

Hubert Davis was fired up.

 

But while it looked like UNC was going to run away with the title, Kansas took the momentum back early in the second half. Kansas outscored North Carolina 31-10 in the first 10 minutes of the second half to take a six-point lead.

The two teams battled back and forth over the final few minutes. But when the Tar Heels missed a long three that would have tied the game in the final seconds, it appeared that Kansas had sealed the game.

But things got interesting when they turned the ball over with 4.3 seconds left just trying to inbound the ball.

But that just delayed the inevitable. UNC missed a desperation three at the buzzer, Kansas' comeback — the largest ever in a championship game — was complete, and the celebration was on.

Kansas center David McCormack, who scored the Jayhawks' final four points of the game, including a jump-hook with 22 seconds left, told CBS after the game that he believed in his team's ability to come back.

"I was in the locker room, I was smiling to my teammates, they thought I was crazy," McCormack said. "I said, 'Yo, we just come out here, we have fun, and we do what we was born to do.'"

McCormack finished the game with 15 points and 10 rebounds.

However, Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four went to guard Ochai Agbaji, who scored 12 points in the championship game after scoring 21 points in the Final Four win over Villanova.

When given the news, Agbaji said: "This is a special group of guys. We're going down in history. All I can say is rock chalk, baby!"

In the end, all that was left was "One Shining Moment."

 

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