NCAA Tournament Championship: UConn men’s basketball vs. Michigan | 8:50 p.m., TBS

UConn men’s basketball (34-5) will look to cut down the nets on Monday night for the seventh time since 1999 as the Huskies are set to take on 1-seed Michigan (36-3) in the national championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium in a battle of two massive powers, one old and one new.

The Wolverines came out of the Midwest Region after knocking off Tennessee in the Elite Eight in Chicago. On Saturday, they dismantled fellow 1-seed Arizona in the Final Four 91-72, and have scored at least 90 points in all five of their NCAA Tournament games thus far.

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Dusty May has constructed one of the more well-rounded rosters in the recent history of college basketball, combining size with skill to create a dominant team that has some really impressive wins. After beating Howard and Saint Louis during the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament, they took down Alabama in the Sweet 16, then the aforementioned Volunteers and Wildcats. Monday is the Wolverines’ first title game appearance since 2018.

The Huskies came out of the East Region after Braylon Mullins’ 35-footer knocked top overall seed Duke out of the big dance. On Saturday night, they smothered Illinois on the defensive end for the second time this season, winning 71-62 behind four threes from Mullins and a double-double from Tarris Reed Jr.

The NCAA Tournament run for UConn started with Furman and UCLA in the first weekend in Philadelphia before knocking off Michigan State in the Sweet 16 and then the Blue Devils and Fighting Illini. Dan Hurley has the Huskies in the title game for the third time in the past four seasons, their last appearance coming during their 2024 title run in Phoenix. Hurley mentioned that Michigan has the look of his ‘24 team, but with that comes a lot of pressure as well.

UConn is a perfect 6-0 in national championship games, the best record all time with a minimum of four appearances. Michigan is 1-6 in championship games, the worst all-time on the same criteria.

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