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The University of Kansas men's basketball team edged Providence University to advance to the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament.

In the second half, the Friars charged back to put the game within reach led by guard Al Durham, who finished with 21 points. Early in the matchup, Martin carried the team, scoring 13 of the Jayhawks' early points. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The University of Kansas men's basketball team edged Providence University to advance to the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament.

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Kansas just didn’t do enough to take advantage of Providence shooting 33.8% from the field, 17.4% from behind the arc and 68.8% from the free-throw line. Kansas topped Providence in a 66-61 victory that’ll send the Jayhawks to face either Iowa State or Miami for a spot in the Final Four, and puts Kansas at 2,354 all-time wins. That rough patch is over now, with this Jayhawks victory Friday. A win Sunday would also put Kansas in its first Final Four since 2018. McCormack seemed to struggle to find his way on either end, and in about 23 minutes of action finished with eight points, two rebounds, three turnovers and four fouls. The Jayhawks very well could have reached this point in 2020, had the pandemic not occurred. They wanted to win, because that would give them a spot in the Elite Eight.

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The lead got into double digits two minutes later when Wilson pulled down an offensive rebound and followed it up with a layup to go up 19-8. Late in the half, Martin hit his final jumper of the half to give him 13 first-half points and put Kansas up 11, but two free throws from Aljami Durham cut the deficit to single digits, 26-17, at half. Providence was just 7-for-35 from the floor in the game’s first 20 minutes and was 1-for-13 from 3-point range. Leading 13-8, Martin struck again, making a jumper to put Kansas up 15-8 and giving him nine quick points. But Kansas responded immediately with an and-one from Wilson to put Kansas up 50-48. Redshirt sophomore Jalen Wilson collected his sixth double-double of the season and second-straight with 16 points and 11 rebounds.

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"We're at the mercy of CBS or television networks," he said. "I don't want them to think, 'Get through,' I want them to think, 'Attack it,'" he said. "This is the biggest stage I've been on as far as basketball in my life," forward Jalen Wilson said. "You can talk about first round, you can talk about whatever, it's the hardest game. "It's the hardest game in the tournament to not win," Self said. It's road to the Final Four."

As if Kentucky's stunning NCAA Tournament loss to Saint Peter's wasn't painful enough for Big Blue Nation, the squad took another loss Friday.

Kansas has been college basketball's winningest program before, but Kentucky nabbed the title during its national championship run in 1995-96 and successfully defended it for 26 years. "I'll be real candid with you, all that means to me is that we beat Providence," said Self, who later admitted it could provide a recruiting advantage. With wins over Texas Southern, Creighton and Providence, Kansas took control of the No. 1 spot.

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“I try to be the toughest on the court I can be and the toughest team on the court,” Wilson added. But I also thought we wouldn’t have won the game without him. Wilson added: “If it gets ugly, it comes to defensive rebounding and playing like that, if we win like that every game I’m not tripping, that’s how it is. But at the end of the day he delivered for us when it counted.” And when it does it will be good for KU people. KU survived an off night from Ochai Agbaji, who scored five points on 2-of-8 shooting (0 for 4 on threes) in 37 minutes. “The toughest team will always win,” KU forward Jalen Wilson said after scoring 16 points on 5-of-16 shooting (5-of-5 from the free throw line) with 11 rebounds in 38 minutes. I know one thing, the lid will come off eventually. “I personally don’t think so,” Self said. At times in the first half the senior forward seemed to be struggling running with a sore right foot. Kentucky, which lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to Saint Peter’s, is 2,353-720. The victory also vaulted Kansas past Kentucky for the most wins in college basketball history.

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“I try to be the toughest on the court I can be and the toughest team on the court,” Wilson added. But I also thought we wouldn’t have won the game without him. But at the end of the day he delivered for us when it counted.” Wilson added: “If it gets ugly, it comes to defensive rebounding and playing like that, if we win like that every game I’m not tripping, that’s how it is. And when it does it will be good for KU people. KU survived an off night from Ochai Agbaji, who scored five points on 2-of-8 shooting (0 for 4 on threes) in 37 minutes. “The toughest team will always win,” KU forward Jalen Wilson said after scoring 16 points on 5-of-16 shooting (5-of-5 from the free throw line) with 11 rebounds in 38 minutes. I know one thing, the lid will come off eventually. “I personally don’t think so,” Self said. At times in the first half the senior forward seemed to be struggling running with a sore right foot. Kentucky, which lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to Saint Peter’s, is 2,353-720. The victory also vaulted Kansas past Kentucky for the most wins in college basketball history.

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It took us a little bit to get adjusted to how they were defending." "This was one hell of a season," coach Ed Cooley said. ... We can look at it as a shooting slump, and I guess it is. "I know one thing: The lid will come off eventually. Self wasn't as pleased with Kansas' defense in the second half, as Providence scored 44 points on 48.5% shooting. The Jayhawks never truly could pull away and briefly lost the lead on a Noah Horchler layup with 5:49 to play. "I told the guys at halftime, 'When the other team shoots it like they shot it and how we guarded, to only be up nine, that's not a great sign. But when you only take eight shots I don't know if I ever consider that a slump. "Like [Self] said, if our offense is bad, we need to make them play worse than us." Agbaji scored just two first-half points and five for the game, failing to eclipse 40% shooting for the fourth straight game. We made them play poor, they made us play poor, but if the other team can't score, you're not going to lose very often.'" "Overall, it's getting better," Self said of his defense.

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"I got a bunch of guys that just play basketball and have fun. The Jayhawks responded well, scoring seven straight points and never trailing again. Remy Martin finished with a game-high 23 points for the Jayhawks. The Friars could have been quickly smashed on a night where they shot 20% in the first half, but Providence continued to grind defensively. But even with Martin firing on all cylinders, it's tough to see a scenario where Kansas continues to win if Agbaji and Braun aren't joining Martin as efficient, if not prolific, scorers. That's a half that didn't look particularly possible earlier this season when Kansas appeared to have one of the worst defenses in Bill Self's tenure. The Friars made just 1 of 13 3-pointers and produced just 0.515 points per possession. Providence shot just 20% from the floor and the Friars had as many shots blocked (seven) as they made. No. 11 Iowa State. The Jayhawks swept the Cyclones in Big 12 play this season. The last No. 1 seed left in the 2022 NCAA Tournament is still dancing. The Jayhawks would respond, however -- first with Jalen Wilson converting an and-one at the basket before Christian Braun then drove to the hoop and dropped in a floater off the glass. The Friars took their first lead of the game at 48-47 with 5:49 left when Noah Horchler, who spearheaded the comeback with back-to-back 3-point makes, cut to the basket for a backdoor bucket.

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“We just had to play with a bit more energy,” said Providence forward Ed Croswell, who scored all of his nine points and grabbed four rebounds in the final 20 minutes. Kansas blocked 11 shots, enjoyed a 17-5 advantage off second chances and controlled the paint through the majority of the first half. Kansas became just the second team to defeat the Friars in a single-digit game this season. “I’m not going to let our men’s heads be down,” Cooley said. “Coach told us in the locker room (at halftime) just to be confident,” Providence guard Al Durham said. The second made it a 41-40 game with 9:24 left and the traveling contingent behind the Friars bench was roaring. Providence missed its first 11 tries from 3-point range until Al Durham’s open jumper from the left wing with 1:55 to play. Jalen Wilson’s three-point play inside and steal to set up David McCormack for a layup turned the tide back in favor of the Jayhawks. Providence’s first trip to the NCAA Tournament’s second weekend in 25 years concluded on this Friday night, a 66-61 defeat in the Midwest Region. “Come out early, use all the confidence you have and make plays. Noah Horchler swooped to the rim for a layup to make it 48-47 with 5:49 to play, as the Friars erased all of what was a 13-point deficit early in the second half. Kansas enjoyed a six-point advantage over the final 5:21, rallying after Providence took its only lead of the night.