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Baylor routs Gonzaga to win its first NCAA mens basketball title and end Bulldogs dream of perfect season By Steve Almasy, Jill Martin and Eric Levenson, CNN Published Apr 6, 2021 12:52:26 PM enablePagination: false endIndex: (CNN) — The Baylor Bears won their first mens NCAA basketball title with a 86-70 win over the previously undefeated Gonzaga Bulldogs in the championship game Monday night in Indianapolis. Baylors win snaps Gonzagas 35-game win streak, which was the longest active strea...

"Its a really, really tough one to end a storybook season on, but listen, Baylor just beat us. They beat us in every facet of the game and deserve all the credit," said Gonzaga coach Mark Few. For Baylor, the win was well worth the wait. This years March Madness was the first complete tournament since the pandemic started, and Baylor had to build back their team after three-week break in February because of COVID. Baylor now becomes the second Texas team to win a mens NCAA championship. The f...

Comments Gonzagas Drew Timme (2), Jalen Suggs (1) and Corey KispertDarron Cummings/Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS—From Nov. 26 through the early evening of April 5, the 2020-21 Gonzaga Bulldogs felt like a Death Star laying waste to everything in their path. They opened the season with an even-more-convincing-than-the-final-margin 102-90 victory over preseason No. 6 Kansas. The following morning, the Zags bludgeoned Auburn by 23 points. Game No. 3 against West Virginia got a little dicey when ...

1983 Houston Phi Slama Jama. Those three words are enough to conjure up memories of the Cougars and their rare athletic talent. Clyde Drexler on the outside and Hakeem Olajuwon on the inside drew most of the attention, but it was lefty forward Michael Young that led the team in scoring. Houston only lost to Syracuse and Virginia early in the season before running off a 25-game win streak entering the Final Four. The Cougars high-flying performance against No. 1 Louisville in their national sem...

Baylor denies Gonzaga its undefeated season in NCAA title game, 86-70 Baylor guard Davion Mitchell (45) celebrates at the end of the championship game against Gonzaga in the mens Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament, Monday, April 5, 2021, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Baylor won 86-70. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) Baylor players celebrate at the end of the championship game against Gonzaga in the mens Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament, Monday, April 5, 2021, at Luca...

"Its a really, really tough one to end a storybook season on, but listen, Baylor just beat us. They beat us in every facet of the game and deserve all the credit," said Gonzaga coach Mark Few. For Baylor, the win was well worth the wait. This years March Madness was the first complete tournament since the pandemic started, and Baylor had to build back their team after three-week break in February because of COVID. Baylor now becomes the second Texas team to win a mens NCAA championship. The f...

Not to mention while playing through COVID-19 Instead of being used to question Gonzagas place in the championship game, that this team nearly ran the table amid the COVID-19 pandemic only strengthens the Bulldogs credentials. Some of the biggest, most foolproof programs in the sport were derailed by the coronavirus, most notably Duke and Kentucky. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs weaved through a midseason pause to team activities and didnt skip a beat. The roster is loaded with NBA talent The Bulldogs...

Baylor beatdown: Bears win title, hang heavy loss on Gonzaga Share Updated: 11:48 PM EDT Apr 5, 2021 Associated Press AP Photo/Darron Cummings Baylor head coach Scott Drew gets a hug from guard Mark Vital at the end of the championship game against Gonzaga in the mens Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament, Monday, April 5, 2021, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Baylor won 86-70. SOURCE: AP Photo/Darron Cummings TRA...

+ Show 3 more videos Baylor National Final Postgame Press Conference - 2021 NCAA Tournament Jalen Suggs: 22 points in National Championship Game against Baylor Gonzaga National Final Postgame Press Conference - 2021 NCAA Tournament INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — There was another team out there that was marching through the season undefeated, that looked unstoppable at times, that had all arrows pointing toward a national title. COVID-19 put a halt to the undefeated dream. No...

What a way to win the first mens national championship in program history. Not only did the Baylor Bears win the 2021 NCAA tournament title with a commanding 86-70 victory over the Gonzaga Bulldogs on Monday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, but they also prevented the Bulldogs from making history of their own. Had Gonzaga won, it would have become the first mens college basketball team since the 1975-76 Indiana Hoosiers to go undefeated while winning the national championship. Jared Butler...