NCAA basketball

Who has the edge at each position in the national championship game on Monday night? Here's the breakdown.

Thankfully for Kansas, McCormack has been at his best in the last two games and is entering off a season-high 25-point outing against Villanova. But McCormack at his worst could get eaten alive by Bacot, who is far more consistent in his rebounding and scoring contributions than McCormack. Bacot has an absurd 43 rebounds over the last two games, and he will be a hassle for the Jayhawks to deal with. Wilson is also enough of an outside threat to keep UNC's defense from sagging, and he's got the chops to beat opponents off the dribble. So while Black is a solid role player, Braun is an elite role player with the offensive game to be a difference-maker. Love could just as easily be considered the "one" for UNC considering how often he has the basketball in his hands and the fact that he and Davis have nearly identical assist numbers. Davis put up 30 points in a second-round win over No. 1 seed Baylor and had 18 in Saturday's Final Four win over Duke. Harris isn't asked to carry a heavy offensive load for the Jayhawks, but his 3-for-5 mark from 3-point range against Villanova in the Final Four was a huge boost in helping KU keep the Wildcats at arm's length. The Jayhawks and Tar Heels own a combined nine national titles and are two card-holding members of the sport's elite class commonly known as the blue bloods.

The Kansas Jayhawks and North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball teams are set for another clash, this time for the national championship. This was an unlikely ...

Kansas has three NCAA tournament titles, with its last championship coming in 2008. Williams moved from KU to UNC in 2003, and he retired last year. “It was hard for me (to) take because I was a young man everybody expected so much from.” This was an unlikely match-up at the beginning of the NCAA Tournament, but it just makes sense given both schools’ long history of winning. Here’s the teams’ history The University of Kansas and the University of North Carolina have a total of nine NCAA championships.