| National championship game | |||||||||||||
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| Date | April 5, 2021 | ||||||||||||
| Venue | Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Jared Butler, Baylor | ||||||||||||
| Favorite | Gonzaga by 4.5[1] | ||||||||||||
| Referees | Randy McCall, Bo Boroski, Keith Kimble | ||||||||||||
| National anthem | Greater Indianapolis area front line workers and first responders | ||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jim Nantz, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill and Tracy Wolfson | ||||||||||||
| Nielsen Ratings | 9.39 (16.9 million viewers) | ||||||||||||
The 2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was the final game of the 2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
The Baylor Bears were crowned as the national champion for the 2020–21 season after beating the then-undefeated Gonzaga Bulldogs, 86–70. The game was played on April 5, 2021, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.[2]
Gonzaga was the first team to enter the national championship game undefeated since Indiana State in 1979.[3] Baylor became the second consecutive first-time NCAA champions following Virginia in 2019 (no tournament was held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic).
- ^ Ptterson, Chip (April 3, 2021). "Gonzaga vs. Baylor odds: Zags opens as favorite in national championship game after Final Four buzzer-beater". CBS Sports. Archived from the original on April 4, 2021. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
- ^ "2021 March Madness: Complete schedule, dates, TV times". NCAA.com. Archived from the original on March 14, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ Morey, Jordan (March 31, 2021). "13 ridiculous stats that show off undefeated Gonzaga's historical dominance". NCAA.com. Archived from the original on April 1, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2021.