NCAA Tournament national championship game
(3) Michigan vs. (1) Villanova
April 1 at Alamodome in San Antonio, TX
TBS
There were a ton of great stories in this NCAA Tournament:
* Maryland Baltimore County becoming the first No. 16 seed to defeat a No. 1 seed, stunning the top overall seed Virginia 74-54 in the South Region.
* Also in the South - No. 14 seed Buffalo blew out No. 3 Arizona in the first round and Loyola-Chicago went from a No. 11 seed to the final four.
* Syracuse does what Syracuse apparently does all the time now - win tournament games as a low seed, this time taking a No. 11 and winning a first four game, then upsetting sixth-seeded TCU and third-seeded Michigan State to get to the Sweet 16. The Orangemen lost to No. 2 seed Duke by just four.
* Michigan got hot at the right time, winning the Big 10 Tournament, then reaching the national title game with a five-game run in the NCAAs, which included a buzzer-beater over No. 6 seed Houston in the round of 32.....
....but there was one great team - Villanova, which won its second national championship in three years with a convincing, 79-62 victory over the Wolverines on Monday.
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Game 400 - (1) Gonzaga vs. (1) North Carolina
NCAA Tournament national championship game
April 3 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, AZ
CBS
It's always a 50-50 emotional split for me on the final Monday of the college basketball season. One half of me is excited about watching the national title game, and the other half knows this is it until mid-November.
North Carolina won its sixth national championship, 71-65, though it was far from a well-played/officiated game. Neither team shot well from the field - Gonzaga was 34% on its field goal attempts, Carolina, 35 (the Tar Heels were 4-of-27 from three-point range!) - and the free-throw shooting was horrendous (Gonzaga, 17-for-26, UNC 15-for-26). An absurd 44 fouls were called.
Anyway, we haven't laughed about what announcers say in a while, so let's close the collegiate season with some firsts from Monday's title game:
First time "value the basketball" was said - 18:52 left in first half
"Pick and pop" - 12:23 in first
"Dribble drive" - 11:44 in first
"Blow by" - 12:15 in second
Also, Bill Raftery said "the plum bob" when describing a post move, and I'm just not sure what that means.
April 3 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, AZ
CBS
It's always a 50-50 emotional split for me on the final Monday of the college basketball season. One half of me is excited about watching the national title game, and the other half knows this is it until mid-November.
North Carolina won its sixth national championship, 71-65, though it was far from a well-played/officiated game. Neither team shot well from the field - Gonzaga was 34% on its field goal attempts, Carolina, 35 (the Tar Heels were 4-of-27 from three-point range!) - and the free-throw shooting was horrendous (Gonzaga, 17-for-26, UNC 15-for-26). An absurd 44 fouls were called.
Anyway, we haven't laughed about what announcers say in a while, so let's close the collegiate season with some firsts from Monday's title game:
First time "value the basketball" was said - 18:52 left in first half
"Pick and pop" - 12:23 in first
"Dribble drive" - 11:44 in first
"Blow by" - 12:15 in second
Also, Bill Raftery said "the plum bob" when describing a post move, and I'm just not sure what that means.
Game 215 - (4) Syracuse women vs. (1) Connecticut
NCAA national championship
April 5 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN
ESPN
April 5 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN
ESPN
Game 214 - (2) Villanova vs. (1) North Carolina
NCAA national championship game
April 4 at NRG Stadium in Houston, TX
TBS
Hard to top a national championship game that ends on a buzzer beater.
Incredible.
Kris Jenkins' 3-pointer as time expired lifted Villanova to a 77-74 win & its second national title (first since 1985), completing a phenomenal season for the Big East school.
Couple things:
* Marcus Paige made what I thought was the 3-pointer to send the game into overtime. And by "3-pointer" I mean a ridiculous few moments where the guard rose to shoot, started to adjust mid-air and did some sort of stationery bicycle move before hitting the absurd shot to pull the teams even at 74-74 with 4 1/2 seconds to go.
* Ryan Arcidiacono had a really good two games in Houston (15.5 points, 11-15 FG) and was named the final four's Most Outstanding Player. His teammates also had a good final four as Josh Hart (17.5 points, 14-21 FG, including 10-for-12 in the blowout over Oklahoma), and Jenkins (16 points, 12-21 FG) were extremely valuable. But the only difference between the three is JENKINS HIT A BUZZER BEATER TO WIN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
How does hitting a shot at the buzzer to win the national title not give Jenkins the edge over his teammates for MOP?
I heard some post game on the radio and John Thompson was saying Arcidiacono deserved the MOP for the two games he had & because he set up Jenkins for the winning three. Now, Arcidiacono did a fine job of getting the in-bounds pass and racing up the floor as quickly as possible, then setting up perfectly his teammate for a wide-open three.
But Jenkins was the one who MADE the three.
It's a minor thing, and I'm sure no one on Villanova cares at all, and they shouldn't because it doesn't really make any difference, but Kris Jenkins was the Final Four's Most Outstanding Player.
April 4 at NRG Stadium in Houston, TX
TBS
Hard to top a national championship game that ends on a buzzer beater.
Incredible.
Kris Jenkins' 3-pointer as time expired lifted Villanova to a 77-74 win & its second national title (first since 1985), completing a phenomenal season for the Big East school.
Couple things:
* Marcus Paige made what I thought was the 3-pointer to send the game into overtime. And by "3-pointer" I mean a ridiculous few moments where the guard rose to shoot, started to adjust mid-air and did some sort of stationery bicycle move before hitting the absurd shot to pull the teams even at 74-74 with 4 1/2 seconds to go.
* Ryan Arcidiacono had a really good two games in Houston (15.5 points, 11-15 FG) and was named the final four's Most Outstanding Player. His teammates also had a good final four as Josh Hart (17.5 points, 14-21 FG, including 10-for-12 in the blowout over Oklahoma), and Jenkins (16 points, 12-21 FG) were extremely valuable. But the only difference between the three is JENKINS HIT A BUZZER BEATER TO WIN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
How does hitting a shot at the buzzer to win the national title not give Jenkins the edge over his teammates for MOP?
I heard some post game on the radio and John Thompson was saying Arcidiacono deserved the MOP for the two games he had & because he set up Jenkins for the winning three. Now, Arcidiacono did a fine job of getting the in-bounds pass and racing up the floor as quickly as possible, then setting up perfectly his teammate for a wide-open three.
But Jenkins was the one who MADE the three.
It's a minor thing, and I'm sure no one on Villanova cares at all, and they shouldn't because it doesn't really make any difference, but Kris Jenkins was the Final Four's Most Outstanding Player.
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