During the 2022 NCAA championship game, coach Bill Self put Agbaji into the match after KU center Udoka Azubuike injured his hand. Agbaji went on to lead his team to a 72-69 victory over North Carolina.

“Everything he went through, everything he sacrificed,” his dad, Olofu, said, according to The Kansas City Star. “This is why he did it. This is why he came back. He came back to do this.”

“You’re a champion! You’re a champion!” his father shouted as Agbaji made his way to him.

His mother lovingly cupped her son’s face as he became overwhelmed with emotion.

“They’re the ones who know everything I’ve gone through. They know the path it’s taken for me to get to this point. Just to share that moment with them, man, that was special,” Agbaji said, BOTWC reports.

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