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UConn wins its 4th national title since 1999. Only the Lakers have won more titles in that span among the 4 major sports and college football and basketball. The rest of the list is a group of sports heavyweights.
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Connecticut is the only school to win four national titles without a title game loss.
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UConn has twice as many national championships as any other team since winning its first in 1999. They also have the most titles without a loss in NCAA Tournament history.
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UConn is the first team to beat Kentucky twice in the Final Four (also beat Kentucky in 2011 National Semifinals).
Connecticut is the first team to win the National Championship after missing the previous NCAA Tournament since ... Connecticut in 2011.
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Connecticut is the first team to beat the AP Preseason No. 1 in the national championship game to win the national title since Duke beat Arizona in 2001.
Kentucky is the sixth school to lose four National Championship games.
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Shabazz Napier and Kemba Walker are the only two players to score or assist on 45% of their team's points during a Final Four run in the last five Men's Basketball Championships.
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Connecticut is the only school in the shot-clock era (since 1986) to win a title game by 60 points or fewer and the Huskies have done so twice.
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Connecticut has the highest win percentage in the tournament since their first title run in 1999.
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In the 2008 title game, John Calipari's Memphis team went 12-19 from the FT line. Kansas forced OT and won there. In the 2014 title game, John Calipari's Kentucky team went 13-24 from the FT line. Connecticut won by 6.
Connecticut finished 101-115 (87.8%) on free throws, the best free throw percentage by a team in a single NCAA Tournament (min. 3 games). The previous record was 87.0% by St. John's in 1969.
Connecticut is the first team to win its first game in OT and win the title since NC State in 1983 (which actually won its first game in double OT vs Pepperdine).
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Shabazz Napier has come a long way since backing-up Kemba Walker in the 2011 title game.
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Connecticut's 33-point loss to Louisville during the regular season is the largest by an eventual national champion.
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Connecticut is first team to win the National Championship without winning its regular season or conference tournament title since Arizona in 1997.
Connecticut is the first team to make every FT attempt in a National Championship game.
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Connecticut is the fifth team to win four straight National Championship games.
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Shabazz Napier scored more than 36 percent of Connecticut's points in the championship game.
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Connecticut is the second team in NCAA Tournament history to win its Elite 8 game, National Semifinal game and National Championship game while holding each of those opponents below 60 points. The other was Indiana in 1981.
Connecticut is the sixth school with four National Championships.
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Kentucky had its fewest points and attempts in the paint in a game in the 2014 Men's Basketball Championship.
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Kevin Ollie is the 12th coach to win a National Championship at his alma mater.
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Connecticut is the 2nd team to win the national championship by beating 5 teams seeded higher than it in the tournament. The other was Villanova in 1985.
Despite being voted preseason #1, Kentucky was unranked in the AP poll going into the tournament, and is the 9th unranked team to make the championship game since the AP poll began in the 1948-49 season. If they beat Connecticut in the title game, the Wildcats will join 1988 Kansas, 1985 Villanova, and 1950 CCNY as the only teams that won the title despite being unranked in the poll prior to the tournament.
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Shabazz Napier and Ryan Boatright are outscoring Aaron and Andrew Harrison 23-10 in the first half. They had outscored them 13-0 in the opening 8:40 of the game.
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Shabazz Napier becomes the 4th member of the "125-25-25" club
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Shabazz Napier had 15 points at the half. That's a tournament-high for Napier in the first half in the NCAA Tournament. His previous high was 12 against Iowa State in the Sweet 16.
Since the AP Poll expanded to 25 teams for the 1989-90 season, no team has won a national championship after being ranked outside the Top 15 in the final poll released before the NCAA Tournament. Connecticut was No. 18 and Kentucky was UNRANKED in the final AP Poll this season.
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Shabazz Napier and Ryan Boatright have outscored Aaron and Andrew Harrison 13-0 in the opening 8:40. In fact, they've outscored Kentucky 13-10 to open the game.
Enjoy! I know i'm loving it!
Research Notes
UConn wins its 4th national title since 1999. Only the Lakers have won more titles in that span among the 4 major sports and college football and basketball. The rest of the list is a group of sports heavyweights.
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Connecticut is the only school to win four national titles without a title game loss.
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UConn has twice as many national championships as any other team since winning its first in 1999. They also have the most titles without a loss in NCAA Tournament history.
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UConn is the first team to beat Kentucky twice in the Final Four (also beat Kentucky in 2011 National Semifinals).
Connecticut is the first team to win the National Championship after missing the previous NCAA Tournament since ... Connecticut in 2011.
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Connecticut is the first team to beat the AP Preseason No. 1 in the national championship game to win the national title since Duke beat Arizona in 2001.
Kentucky is the sixth school to lose four National Championship games.
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Shabazz Napier and Kemba Walker are the only two players to score or assist on 45% of their team's points during a Final Four run in the last five Men's Basketball Championships.
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Connecticut is the only school in the shot-clock era (since 1986) to win a title game by 60 points or fewer and the Huskies have done so twice.
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Connecticut has the highest win percentage in the tournament since their first title run in 1999.
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In the 2008 title game, John Calipari's Memphis team went 12-19 from the FT line. Kansas forced OT and won there. In the 2014 title game, John Calipari's Kentucky team went 13-24 from the FT line. Connecticut won by 6.
Connecticut finished 101-115 (87.8%) on free throws, the best free throw percentage by a team in a single NCAA Tournament (min. 3 games). The previous record was 87.0% by St. John's in 1969.
Connecticut is the first team to win its first game in OT and win the title since NC State in 1983 (which actually won its first game in double OT vs Pepperdine).
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Shabazz Napier has come a long way since backing-up Kemba Walker in the 2011 title game.
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Connecticut's 33-point loss to Louisville during the regular season is the largest by an eventual national champion.
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Connecticut is first team to win the National Championship without winning its regular season or conference tournament title since Arizona in 1997.
Connecticut is the first team to make every FT attempt in a National Championship game.
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Connecticut is the fifth team to win four straight National Championship games.
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Shabazz Napier scored more than 36 percent of Connecticut's points in the championship game.
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Connecticut is the second team in NCAA Tournament history to win its Elite 8 game, National Semifinal game and National Championship game while holding each of those opponents below 60 points. The other was Indiana in 1981.
Connecticut is the sixth school with four National Championships.
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Kentucky had its fewest points and attempts in the paint in a game in the 2014 Men's Basketball Championship.
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Kevin Ollie is the 12th coach to win a National Championship at his alma mater.
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Connecticut is the 2nd team to win the national championship by beating 5 teams seeded higher than it in the tournament. The other was Villanova in 1985.
Despite being voted preseason #1, Kentucky was unranked in the AP poll going into the tournament, and is the 9th unranked team to make the championship game since the AP poll began in the 1948-49 season. If they beat Connecticut in the title game, the Wildcats will join 1988 Kansas, 1985 Villanova, and 1950 CCNY as the only teams that won the title despite being unranked in the poll prior to the tournament.
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Shabazz Napier and Ryan Boatright are outscoring Aaron and Andrew Harrison 23-10 in the first half. They had outscored them 13-0 in the opening 8:40 of the game.
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Shabazz Napier becomes the 4th member of the "125-25-25" club
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Shabazz Napier had 15 points at the half. That's a tournament-high for Napier in the first half in the NCAA Tournament. His previous high was 12 against Iowa State in the Sweet 16.
Since the AP Poll expanded to 25 teams for the 1989-90 season, no team has won a national championship after being ranked outside the Top 15 in the final poll released before the NCAA Tournament. Connecticut was No. 18 and Kentucky was UNRANKED in the final AP Poll this season.
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Shabazz Napier and Ryan Boatright have outscored Aaron and Andrew Harrison 13-0 in the opening 8:40. In fact, they've outscored Kentucky 13-10 to open the game.
