NEW ORLEANS, LA-The University of Kentucky and the University of Kansas will square off Mon. night at 9:23 pm for the men's NCAA basketball championship game after Louisville fell to Kentucky on Sat. 69 to 61 and Ohio State University lost to Kansas 64 to 62.
The Kansas Jayhawks have won three NCAA championships and the Kentucky Wildcats have won seven.
Ohio State's Buckeye's last win was in the 1960s and the Louisville Cardinals last won in 1986 with a team led by Darryl Griffith.
Kentucky and Louisville have played each other 43 times but never in a Final Four contest like Sat.
Reach Journalist Kathy Wray Coleman at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and phone number: 216-932-3114.
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