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Before knowing if the college basketball season would even get to March Madness, a huge letdown came in early December when the Gonzaga-Baylor 1-2 matchup was canceled due to the coronavirus.
As if Monday s showdown didn t already need more buildup. It would become one of the most highly anticipated national championships ever.
And yet what transpired on the biggest stage in Indianapolis ended up being another type of letdown.
Gonzaga, seemingly exhausted emotionally coming off Jalen Suggs magical buzzer-beater two nights earlier, dug a fast double-digit hole too deep to overcome in an 86-70 loss against Baylor at Lucas Oil Stadium.
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INDIANAPOLIS Jared Butler said he started to worry when he wasn t making shots in his first three March Madness games. The Final Four s Most Outstanding Player had the luxury of winning despite not playing his best until the pinnacle of the season because of Baylor teammates Davion Mitchell and MaCio Teague. My teammates found me, kept feeding me the ball, telling me to shoot the ball, Butler said. I m glad it came at the right time.
Butler made his first four shots (10 points) to help the Bears start fast and emerge with a 86-70 win over Gonzaga in the national championship game. Baylor s defense was praised. Its athletic big men were lauded. But the net-cutting equation starts with one of the best guard trios in men s NCAA Tournament history.
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Ahead of Syracuse’s matchup with No. 1 seed South Carolina in the 2016 Sweet 16, head coach Quentin Hillsman told the team that their flight back to central New York had already been scheduled. Center Briana Day remembered the conversation few expected SU to make a deeper run, so the flight from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to central New York was planned in anticipation of the season-ending loss.
The pressure was minimal, Day said. The Gamecocks had eliminated the Orange the year prior in a 29-point thrashing, sending SU home in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. But in 2016, Syracuse defeated the Gamecocks 80-72 in the Sweet 16. And in the Elite Eight, the Orange pulled off the unexpected. Alexis Peterson dribbled near midcourt, fending off Tennessee’s Alexa Middleton while the clock at Denny Sanford PREMIER Ce
April 5, 2021 03:13 AM
The Big Game is finally here. March Madness comes to an end tonight with the NCAA Tournament championship game between Baylor and Gonzaga. Monday s action also features 13 MLB games, 7 NBA games and 7 NHL games. For an updated breakdown of Monday s betting action, be sure to tune in to the VSiN Market Insights Podcast with Josh Appelbaum. It will be posted at 1 p.m. ET. I ll also be joining Michael Lombardi and Patrick Meagher on The Lombardi Line at 1:30 p.m. ET to offer a market update.
In the meantime, let s discuss where money is flowing for tonight s Championship game.