Kansas’ dreams of winning the 2018 NCAA basketball title on Saturday night were crushed by a familiar foe.
Villanova.
Coach Jay Wright’s Wildcats, who knocked KU from the Elite Eight in the sophomore season of seniors Devonté Graham and Svi Mykhailiuk, once again ended the Jayhawks’ season, this time with a 95-79 victory in a Final Four semifinal at the Alamodome.
It was all about three-pointers in this one — the Wildcats (35-4) fired them up early and often. And Villanova’s shooters, who hit 13 threes the first half in 26 tries, rolled to a 22-4 lead after seven minutes and carried a 47-32 advantage into halftime.