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By the time confetti dispensed from the rafters, every Baylor player took in the life-changing moment in their own way at center court. Davion Mitchell – the gritty backbone and defensive juggernaut of this team – FaceTimed and hugged the national championship trophy like a toddler with a teddy bear. All Big-12 guard MaCio Teague watched the One Shining Moment montage while sprawled on the confetti-covered floor, waiting for the finale. Spoiler alert: He stars in it.
Reserve Matthew Mayer, hat worn backwards over his signature mullet, danced with Most Outstanding Player Jared Butler, who soon after took a championship shirt and towel and shot-faked as if the game was still going and he d hit another barrage of dagger three-pointers.
Baylor too skilled, athletic for Gonzaga in national championship game
Baylor guard Jared Butler cuts down the net after the championship game against Gonzaga in the men s Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament, Monday, April 5, 2021, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Baylor won 86-70. (Darron Cummings/AP)
Exactly four months to the day, Gonzaga and Baylor were scheduled to play each other looking like the two best teams in men’s college basketball.
We never got to see that game, however, as COVID-19 protocols reared their ugly heads, leaving unanswered the question of who the best men’s college basketball team really was.
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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