Kansas and North Carolina are forever linked by Roy Williams.
In the first year since 1987 that Williams isn't coaching either program, the Jayhawks and Tar Heels meet in the national championship game.
There is postseason history between these teams, with Kansas winning the last three matchups. The Jayhawks triumphed in the Sweet 16 in 2016, the Elite Eight in 2012 and the Final Four in 2008, (the last time the Jayhawks won a national championship).
Once again, North Carolina, led by Williams’s successor and first-year coach Hubert Davis, stands in the way of Bill Self’s team.