David Joseph McCormack is an American college basketball player at the University of Kansas. McCormack was born in The Bronx, New York and moved to Virginia at age two. He grew up playing football and basketball, as well as taking part in shot put and discus throw.
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On December 14, 2019, he recorded a sophomore season-high 28 points and seven rebounds in a 98–57 win over UM Kansas City As a sophomore, McCormack averaged 6.9 points and 4.1 rebounds per game.
He became a regular starter in his junior season with the departure of Udoka Azubuike. On January 12, 2021, McCormack posted 24 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks in a 75–70 loss to Oklahoma State.
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McCormack went out and scored 9 second-half points, including the Jayhawks’ last 4 of the game, as Kansas overcame a 16-point deficit to beat North Carolina, 72-69, to win the N.C.A.A. men’s basketball championship Monday night at the Superdome.
McCormack, a 6-foot-10, 250-pound forward, finished with a double-double of 15 points and 10 rebounds after having 6 points and 3 rebounds at the half.
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Kansas most likely would not have won the title without McCormack taking over in the paint down the stretch. With North Carolina leading by 69-68, he scored on a second-chance floater in the lane to put the Jayhawks up, 70-69.
After a North Carolina turnover, he caught a post feed from Jalen Wilson and made a turnaround jumper over two Tar Heels defenders in the lane to move Kansas ahead by the winning margin with 22 seconds left.
In the NCAA Tournament, he scored 22 points and posted nine rebounds in a first-round victory over Eastern Washington despite playing through pain.
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His loudest moment came with just over 10 minutes to play, when he slammed home a thunderous poster dunk in the face of Villanova’s Jermaine Samuels.
But McCormack’s most important play of the night, and perhaps the most important play by anyone in the game, was a timely offensive rebound and subsequent hook shot after Villanova had trimmed the deficit to six with less than six minutes to play.
