With the injury of Justin Moore, the fear was that Villanova did not have the weapons to fight once morest Kansas. The start of the game confirms since David McCormack begins his work in the racket and the Jayhawks start the game with a 10-0 which sets the tone…
Ochai Agbaji and the Kansas shooters then take advantage of the spaces that are created on the outskirts and the gap flirts with twenty points (38-19). We are afraid that the match will turn out badly but Collin Gillespie and his comrades, even weakened, have too much experience to let go of such an important meeting.
The Wildcats therefore cling and finally point to 11 points (40-29) at the break.
By multiplying the traps, with passages in zone and in “small ball”, Jay Wright will try everything to carry out the hold-up. Unfortunately for him, the superiority of Kansas was too obvious with shooters who found the target (13/24 from 3-pointers) and a David McCormack (25 points, 9 rebounds) untenable under the circle. Villanova’s only hope seemed to bring the inside of the game out by taking a third foul, but the colossus remained disciplined, and the Jayhawks never really flinched.
Especially since Christian Braun had a heat stroke in the second half, scoring a few baskets that hurt Villanova’s morale very badly, allowing Kansas to validate their place for the grand final.
It will therefore be once morest North Carolina, which for its part brought down Duke in a much tighter match.
