Congrats to the University of Kentucky Wildcats for defeating the University of Kansas Jayhawks 67-59 in tonight’s NCAA Basketball Championship!
Via Bloomberg:
The Wildcats, who entered the game as six-point favorites according to oddsmakers, knocked off the Jayhawks (32-7) for the second time this season. Kentucky also beat Kansas 75-65 at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Nov. 15, the second game of the season for both schools.
Kentucky, which also won NCAA tournament titles in 1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1978, 1996 and 1998, ranks second to the 11 championships by the University of California, Los Angeles. Kansas was denied a fourth title.