Kansas beat North Carolina 72-69 in the NCAA men's basketball title game in New Orleans on Monday, the program's 4th national championship and the second for longtime coach Bill Self.
But this was far from a surefire win for the No. 1 seed against the No. 8 seed. Kansas jumped out to a quick 7-0 lead to start the game, but North Carolina soon settled in, going on a 16-0 run late in the half.
Kansas trailed UNC by as many as 16 points in the first half and was down 15 at the half. According to the NCAA, the 16-point comeback is the largest in title game history, which beat the previous record by 6 points, which was also set by none other than Kentucky and Utah in 1998.
Credit: CNN, ESPN, NCAA
How did they screw that up?