Either the Cavaliers or Red Raiders will win their first men's basketball title Monday night in Minneapolis.
The final moments on Saturday. By Des Bieler Des Bieler Sports reporter covering national topics, including fantasy football, as well as supporting coverage of D.C.-area teams Email Bio Follow April 8 at 3:16 PM Virginia and Texas Tech will meet in the NCAA tournament final Monday night, with both schools seeking their first-ever men’s basketball championship. Here’s everything you need to know about the championship game.Point spread: Virginia minus-1.5, as of Monday afternoon.
How they got here: Virginia started the season with 16 straight wins before the first of two losses against Duke. Its only other loss came to Florida State in the ACC tournament semifinals. The Cavaliers opened the NCAA tournament with double-digit wins over No. 16 seed Gardner-Webb and No. 9 seed Oklahoma. Then came three close calls: First a 53-49 win over 12th-seeded Oregon in a game that was tied with four minutes to play. Then an 80-75 overtime win over No.
Texas Tech is attempting to become the first national championship winner from Texas since Texas Western in 1966 . . . Jarrett Culver was the school’s first Big 12 player of the year, and leads the team in scoring, rebounds and assists . . . Texas Tech leads the nation in field-goal percentage defense, holding opponents to 36.8 percent shooting . . . Davide Moretti is second in the nation in free-throw shooting, making better than 92 percent of his attempts.
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