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KU coach Bill Self looks at the cheering crowd welcoming him and his championship team home on Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium.

The University of Kansas men’s basketball team returned to a hero’s welcome Tuesday at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. The Jayhawks defeated North Carolina 72-69 in the championship game Monday in New Orleans.

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The NCAA Champion Jayhawks pose with their trophy and bask in the crowd’s cheers at a welcome back ceremony on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium.

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Members of the KU basketball team hold their NCAA Championship trophy at a welcome home ceremony on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium.

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Two fans hold up the faces of their favorite Jayhawks at a welcome back ceremony on April 5, 2022, the day after the team won the NCAA Championship.

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Kansas senior David McCormack, adorned in Final Four net, addresses the crowd at a welcome back ceremony at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium in Lawrence on Tuesday, April 5, 2022.

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A fan in David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium holds up a sign evoking a saying that Bill Self’s late father often used.

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Fans at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium celebrate KU’s historic comeback in Monday’s National Championship game.

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The scoreboard at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium showed the final score of Monday’s National Championship game, and also showed the game telecast on the big screen.

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Jayhawk fans attend a welcome ceremony for the NCAA Champion Jayhawk basketball team on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium.

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KU basketball fans cheer as their NCAA Basketball Championship team is presented at a welcome home ceremony on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium.

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Baby Jay high-fives a fan at the welcome back ceremony on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium in Lawrence.

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Kansas basketball coach Bill Self addresses a Lawrence crowd on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, one day after KU won the NCAA National Championship.

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KU fans fill the western portion of David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium Tuesday, April 5, 2022, to welcome the Kansas Jayhawks men’s basketball team following its NCAA National Championship victory.