KANSAS (31-7)
Head coach >> Bill Self (15th season, 447-95; 654200 in 25 seasons overall)
Key players >> Guards Devonte Graham (17.2 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 7.3 apg) and Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk (14.7 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 2.7 apg) and Malik Newman (14.0 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 2.1 apg) can shoot it. The trio has 303 of the team’s 384 3-point field goals and all are shooting 40 percent or better from beyond the arc. Graham was a unanimous selection for Big 12 Player of the Year and has made several All-America teams.
Road to San Antonio >> The Jayhawks defeated Penn (76-60), Seton Hall (83-79), Clemson (80-76) and Duke (85-81, OT) to win the South Regional title and advance to the Final Four for the first time since 2012.
National Championships (3) >> 1952, 1988, 2008. Final Four appearances (15) >> 1940, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1971, 1974, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1993, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2012, 2018.
The skinny >> The Jayhawks had a difficult road to San Antonio. They won their last three games by four points each including the overtime decision of Duke in the Midwest Regional final. Kansas is like the old Jay Wright teams. The Jayhawks play with four guards and one big man. Guard Malik Newman is averaging 21.75points per game in the NCAA tournament and shooting 44.8 percent from 3-point range. Kansas is shooting 40.6 percent from deep in the tournament.