The Jayhawks topped the Wildcats in the first national semifinal. The Blue Devils and Tar Heels will play in the second game of the night.
Villanova trimmed a 19-point deficit to 11, and enters the halftime intermission down 40-29 to Kansas.
Collin Gillespie helped close the gap, nailing two three-pointers during a 10-2 Villanova run to close the half. Gillespie, who has 11 points on 4 of 6 shooting, has proven more accurate than the rest of his team, which has made just 33.3 percent of its shots from the floor and from beyond the arc.The Jayhawks, led by their stars, appeared poised to run the Wildcats out of the gym.
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