A resolution commending and congratulating the University of Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team for winning the 2022 National Collegiate Athletic Association Basketball National Championship.

Bill: 117-sres-578
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2022-04-06
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Athletes

Congressional tributes

Higher education

Kansas

School athletics
Latest action: action_date: 2022-04-06
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2016-2017; text: CR S2043)

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-04-06
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This resolution commends the University of Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team for winning the 2022 National Collegiate Athletic Association Basketball National Championship.</p>

action_date: 2022-04-06
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <p>This resolution commends the University of Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team for winning the 2022 National Collegiate Athletic Association Basketball National Championship.</p>

tv_txt: III 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 578 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; 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 Whereas Hall of Fame Head Coach Bill Self won his second NCAA Basketball National Championship with the Jayhawks: Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate— (1) commends the University of Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team (referred to in this resolution as the Jayhawks ) for winning the 2022 National Collegiate Athletic Association Basketball National Championship; (2) recognizes the players, coaches, and staff of the Jayhawks; and (3) respectfully requests that the Secretary of the Senate transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to— (A) the Chancellor of the University of Kansas, Dr. Douglas Girod; (B) the Athletic Director of the University of Kansas, Travis Goff; and (C) the Head Coach of the Jayhawks, Bill Self.