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Bearing down: Baylor routs Houston 78-59 to reach title game
Butler scored all 17 of his points in the first half, but just about everyone from Baylor (27-2) got into the act, with five players scoring in double figures and coasted the rest of the way in the first Final Four showdown between schools from the Lone Star State. Marcus Sasser had 20 points and Quentin Grimes 13 for the cold-shooting Cougars (28-4), whose dream path to their first Final Four since 1984.
To the bank! Suggs hits the winner, Zags top UCLA 93-90
The Gonzaga freshman banked in a shot at the buzzer from near the Final Four logo for a 93-90 overtime win over UCLA on Saturday night that vaulted the Bulldogs (31-0) to within one win of an undefeated season and the national title. UCLA (22-10) was the first team to lead Gonzaga in the second half over five games of tournament play
Final Four 2021: Is Gonzaga vs. Baylor a historically good national championship matchup? It's Gonzaga vs. Baylor for the national championship, the rare instance when the unquestioned best two teams in the country make it to college basketball's final stage. What are the historical implications of 1 vs. 2 -- are you ready to rate where this matchup ranks in history, or at least recent history?
Baylor overwhelms Gonzaga, ends Bulldogs' perfect season to win first men's basketball national title
Nearly an hour after Baylor captured its first men's basketball national title through an 86-70 pummeling of Gonzaga on Monday at Lucas Oil Stadium, Bears coach Scott Drew sat on a dais with a Coca-Cola in his hand, the championship net around his neck and a smile on his face. When he arrived in 2003, Drew was in his early 30s, tasked with a rebuild job unlike any in college basketball history. Baylor player Carlton Dotson had just been charged with murdering teammate Patrick Dennehy. Then former Baylor head coach Dave Bliss was caught on tape telling players to paint Dennehy as a drug dealer to hide illicit payments and other NCAA violations within the program. Before Drew's third season, the NCAA dropped the hammer and banned Baylor from playing nonconference games. Baylor ended the 2020-21 season as the best team in America and a champion. It earned that victory over a team that had not lost all season. Gonzaga appeared to be one of the game's great juggernauts.
Baylor beatdown: Bears win title, hang 86-70 loss on Gonzaga Disbelief and reality had set in: Gonzaga's push for perfection had fallen short, stopped by an aggressive Baylor team that never let the Bulldogs find the often seamless execution that had carried them all season.