2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball 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 | ||||||||||||
| Referees | Randy McCall, Bo Boroski, Keith Kimble | ||||||||||||
| National anthem | Greater Indianapolis area front line workers and first responders | ||||||||||||
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| 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.
Gonzaga was the first team to enter the national championship game undefeated since Indiana State in 1979. 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).