Kansas too much for undermanned Villanova in NCAA Final Four originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
Villanova’s latest NCAA dream run ended Saturday night at the hands of a bigger and deeper Kansas Jayhawks team.
Jay Wright’s undermanned Villanova team gave the top-seeded Jayhawks all they could handle for 34 minutes before losing 81-65 Saturday in an NCAA Tournament semifinal game at the Superdome in New Orleans.
Villanova, which trailed by as many as 19 points in the first half, whittled the lead down to six with six minutes to go and had a clean look to cut it to five a moment later, but Kansas outscored the Wildcats 17-7 over the final 5 ½ minutes to advance to its 10th Championship Game.
Kansas [33-6] will face the winner of the Duke-North Carolina game on Monday and seek its fourth national title and first since 2008.
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