Kansas and Marquette, basketball-crazed schools that have met seven times throughout history, will be playing for the first time in the 16-year Bill Self era in a NIT Season Tip-Off semifinal on Wednesday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Two of the seven meetings between the Jayhawks (who lead the all-time series 6-1) and Golden Eagles (known as the Warriors until 1994) have been contested on the biggest stage possible — at the Final Four.
Here’s a close look at those two Final Four semifinal games — one won by the Golden Eagles and one by the Jayhawks.