Kansas did to Villanova what the Wildcats did to the Jayhawks in 2018.
The Jayhawks blitzed Villanova from the opening tipoff on the way to an 81-65 Saturday night to advance to Monday’s national championship game. Ochai Agbaji finished with 19 points after scoring 12 of Kansas’ first 19 points of the game.
KU was up 10-2 on Villanova at the first TV timeout. That was the closest the game was until Villanova cut the deficit to seven with nine minutes to go.
Villanova got the lead down to six with approximately six minutes to go but David McCormack made sure that the Wildcats weren’t going to cut the lead any further.