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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 578 

Commending and congratulating the University of Kansas Jayhawks men’s 

basketball team for winning the 2022 National Collegiate Athletic Association Basketball National Championship. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 6, 2022 

Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. MARSHALL) submitted the following 

resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Commending and congratulating the University of Kansas 

Jayhawks men’s basketball team for winning the 2022 

National Collegiate Athletic Association Basketball National Championship. 

Whereas, on Monday, April 4, 2022, the University of Kansas Jayhawks men’s basketball team (referred to in this 

preamble as the ‘‘Jayhawks’’) defeated the University of 

North Carolina Tar Heels by a score of 72 to 69 in the 

2022 National Collegiate Athletic Association (referred to 

in this preamble as the ‘‘NCAA’’) Basketball National 

Championship game in New Orleans, Louisiana; 

Whereas the inventor of the game of basketball, James 

Naismith, was the first coach of the University of Kansas 

men’s basketball program; 


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Whereas the University of Kansas men’s basketball program 

leads the NCAA in all-time wins; 

Whereas the 2022 NCAA Basketball National Championship 

victory by the Jayhawks is the fourth in the history of 

the University of Kansas men’s basketball program, in 

addition to 2 National Basketball Championship titles 

awarded to the University of Kansas by the Helms Foundation; 

Whereas the Jayhawks were Big 12 Conference regular season champions and Big 12 Tournament champions; 

Whereas the Jayhawks finished the 2022 season with a 34– 

6 record; 

Whereas, in the 2022 NCAA Basketball National Championship game, the Jayhawks overcame a 15-point deficit at 

halftime, the largest deficit a winning team has ever overcome in the National Championship game in NCAA Basketball history; 

Whereas Ochai Agbaji scored 12 points and was named Most 

Outstanding Player of the Final Four; 

Whereas 4 other players scored in the double-digits in the 

NCAA Basketball National Championship— 

(1) Christian Braun, a Kansas native, who scored 

12 points and had 12 rebounds; 

(2) David McCormack, who scored 15 points and 

had 10 rebounds; 

(3) Jalen Wilson, who scored 15 points and had 4 

rebounds; and 

(4) Remy Martin, who scored 14 points to help the 

Jayhawks win the NCAA Basketball National Championship; and 


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Whereas Hall of Fame Head Coach Bill Self won his second 

NCAA Basketball National Championship with the 

Jayhawks: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) commends the University of Kansas 

3 Jayhawks men’s basketball team (referred to in this 

4 resolution as the ‘‘Jayhawks’’) for winning the 2022 

5 National Collegiate Athletic Association Basketball 

6 National Championship; 

7 (2) recognizes the players, coaches, and staff of 

8 the Jayhawks; and 

9 (3) respectfully requests that the Secretary of 

10 the Senate transmit an enrolled copy of this resolu11 tion to— 

12 (A) the Chancellor of the University of 

13 Kansas, Dr. Douglas Girod; 

14 (B) the Athletic Director of the University 

15 of Kansas, Travis Goff; and 

16 (C) the Head Coach of the Jayhawks, Bill 

17 Self. 

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