Kansas Player Ochai Agbaji Has Emotional Moment With His Family After Winning NCAA Title Game

Kansas player Ochai Agbaji has an emotional reunion with his family while coach Bill Self greets some of his former players after the team won the NCAA National Championship Monday, April 4, 2022 in New Orleans. David McCormack scored 15 points, hitting two key late buckets, and Jalen Wilson added 15 points and Remy Martin 14 to lift KU (34-6), the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Regional, to a 72-69 historic come-from-behind victory over North Carolina (29-10), the No. 8 seed in the East, in the NCAA title game at Caesars Superdome.

Video by Taylor Eldridge

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[HawkAlumn]

Man that moment with Dotson was beautiful too.

[timothystuart]

Easily the most I choked up. Paying respects to Dotson. Wow

[garyeeds]

I'm from Oklahoma but Kansas Jayhawks you well deserved that championship you represented Big 12 to the max

[sassysls]

I’m not crying you’re crying! So much love and respect for these guys! So Cool to see coach give his championship hat to Devon Dotson who didn’t’ get his chance for the title in 2020 (along with with Udoke Azabuike, Marcus Garett, Isaiah Moss, and a handful of these guys). Coach Self lost his Dad a few months ago, who he was close with.

[leftyspade]

That's a first-class family, blessings to you all. I'm definitely not crying!

[warrenburlingame]

This is what it's all about. I can't stand to see a winner without emotions

[davidbrooks]

I love seeing former players and legends coming out to represent KU and the state of Kansas. For me, the only thing that would have made this video even better, is if a few greats from my childhood were present. Players like Kirk Hinrich, Jeff Boschee, Aaron Miles, Nick Collison, Raef LaFrentz, Keith Langford, Wayne Simien, and Kenny Gregory to name a few. If you know, you know! Rock Chalk!

[keithcastleberry]

So happy for Ochai, his family and Jayhawk Nation!

[peterungaro]

That was a championship moment right there. Class all around. Great job Jayhawks

[PraiseDog]

Greg Gurley (former KU player, radio color commentator now) said after the game that Ochai Agbaji is as nice a person as you are going to meet.

[EyesWideOpenTruth]

Bill Self is a Class Act
Rock Chalk 💙❤️

[ProfessorJM]

Thank you KC Star for the great coverage/videos during the tournament. Thank you so much, players past and present, coaches, and trainers...you all give us, Kansas fans, a lot to be proud of and thankful for. ROCK CHALK!!!

[wrdswpns]

This dude with a father and mother ...will go a long way in the NBA . You got to have both .

[blacdynamiter]

Great season for Jayhawks bill self deserve this championship

[gamewizardks]

This is my biggest smile of the Championship season. Love it.

[thekansasjayhawk]

That was absolutely beautiful! Rock Chalk!

[ultramaga]

Seeing the alumni players there was cool.

[TheAfricanBossman]

This video shows you how much these guys love their school, their coach, teammates and Kansas Basketball fans. Proud and emotional moment for Agbaji and family. What a great Championship ran and I enjoyed every moment of it.

[kristi]

This is fantastic! Ochai with his family, Coach Self giving Devon Dotson his Championship hat ('cause you know we would have won in 2020 had Covid not happened), former players Aaron Miles, Brandon Rush, Mario Chalmers, and Russell Robinson.

[kylehall]

I love the interaction by Brady Morningstar as he goes down the line. Proper with some of the guys but the ones that he was teammates with (Rush, Mario, and Russ) at KU he had a completely different excited reaction. Jayhawk family.