How did CBS do with its coverage of Baylor-Gonzaga NCAA championship?
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The coverage
Grant Hill and
Tracy Wolfson (reporter). Rules analyst
Gene Steratore was used only once, on a foul call. Studio analysts:
Greg Gumbel (host) with
The storyline
As we have heard for weeks, the key question is whether Gonzaga could become the first NCAA men’s basketball team to finish the season undefeated since Indiana in 1976. Gonzaga entered the game a 4.5-point favorite. Over-under on the game was 159.5.
Gonzaga fans react while watching the NCAA Final Four college championship basketball game between Gonzaga and Baylor during a watch party at the McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane, Wash., Monday, April 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Young Kwak)AP
Baylor basketball spoils Gonzaga s perfection to win national title
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INDIANAPOLIS Heck, everyone’s entitled to an off night. But that beatdown Baylor put on undefeated Gonzaga with the national title on the line nobody saw that coming.
The fresh-as-can-be Bears obliterated wobbly-legged Gonzaga’s march to perfection on Monday night [Tuesday, Manila time] in an 86-70 runaway that brought this once-downtrodden program’s first national title back home to Waco, Texas.
Jared Butler scored 22 points and MaCio Teague had 19 for the Bears (28-2), who were ranked second or third in the AP poll all year long but never first, all because of one team.
Pounding the offensive glass and scrapping for and winning the lion s share of the 50-50 balls, Baylor never let this one come down to a Jalen Suggs miracle. The Gonzaga freshman s buzzer-beater from near the half-court logo got the Zags to the final in a game that stood as their first true test of the season.