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The championship game matched Baylor with Gonzaga.It was the sixth meeting between the two teams; Gonzaga entered the game leading the all-time series 5–0, with the last meeting resulting in an 83–71 win for Gonzaga in the second round of the 2019 NCAA tournament on March 23, 2019. [4]
The 82nd edition of the tournament began play on March 18, 2021, in sites around the state of Indiana, [2] and concluded with the championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on April 5, with the Baylor Bears defeating the previously undefeated Gonzaga Bulldogs 86–70 to earn the team's first ever title.
The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, branded as March Madness, is a single-elimination tournament played in the United States to determine the men's college basketball national champion of the Division I level in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
Oregon won the inaugural tournament, defeating Ohio State 46–33 in the first championship game. Before the 1941 tournament, control of the event was given to the NCAA. [11] In the early years of the tournament, it was considered less important than the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), a New York City-based event.
As part of a cycle that began in 2016, TBS was scheduled to televise the 2020 Final Four and national championship game. [14] CBS was scheduled to televise the selection show. [15] CBS Sports and Turner Sports announced on March 16 that all technicians and utility staff who were expected to work the NCAA March Madness coverage would still be ...
ESPN International had the international rights to the championship game and the Final Four. It was called by Brian Custer and Jay Bilas. [18] The game was the third-most-viewed college basketball telecast in cable television history, just one spot behind the Final Four matchup between North Carolina and Duke that was played two days prior. [19]
Between 1939 and 1951, the National Semifinals were hosted at the Regional sites and the National Championship game was hosted at a separate site. For those years, this list only includes the host of the National Championship game. In 1952, the Final Four evolved to the current format of four Regional winners meeting at a separate site.
The 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 25, 2020, and concluded on March 14, 2021. The 2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament culminated the season and began on March 18 and concluded on April 5. Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, hosted the NCAA men's Final Four.