North Carolina's historic national semifinal win over archrival Duke manifested championship-game energy with high-stakes drama before an electric crowd inside Caesars Superdome on Saturday. But unfortunately for the momentum-riding Tar Heels, only Monday called for celebratory net-cutting. And the team squandered its opportunity to celebrate a title in gut-wrenching fashion.
New Orleans hosted the biggest comeback win in NCAA title game history, as Kansas miraculously overcame a 16-point deficit and outlasted North Carolina, 72-69, to claim the 2022 crown. In an epic tale of two halves, the top-seeded Jayhawks orchestrated a shocking 31-10 run midway through the second half, forcing a nail-biting finish that calumniated in an all-time Tar Heels chokejob.
"This is a helluva comeback... I thought they'd go on another run, but I didn't think that they'd go on a run and win," JR said during Monday's edition of the JR SportBrief show. "College basketball, there's highs and lows. Teams go up and down, go on a run. So, I'm not all that shocked. And now Bill Self, he can walk around and say, 'Yeah, I made an adjustment.' Maybe it got that monkey off his back... Congrats to the Jayhawks. There's a lot of people, mostly Duke fans, who are actually happy by the results..."
JR's complete thoughts on the 2022 national championship game between Kansas and North Carolina can be accessed in the audio player above.
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