National Championship Game Tidbits

Baylor is 20-14 in the NCAA Tournament

Baylor wins their first ever National Championship.  They are 1-1 in National Championship games.

Baylor wins the first National Championship for the Big 12 since Kansas won in 2008

Scott Drew wins his first National Championship

The Big 12 is 2-3 in National Championship games

A #1 seed wins the National Championship for the 4^th consecutive tournament

Baylor is 1-1 vs. Gonzaga in the tournament.  They lost to Gonzaga 83-71 in the 2019 Round of 32.

Baylor’s win is their first ever against a #1 seed.  They are 1-3.

Baylor is 1-2 vs. AP #1 ranked teams.

Gonzaga is 39-23 in the NCAA Tournament

Gonzaga is 0-2 in National Championship games

Gonzaga is the 5^th team to fail to win the tournament as an unbeaten team since Indiana won in 1976 as the last unbeaten team.  They are the 2^nd unbeaten team to lose in the championship game since 1976 and the 3rd overall.  Indiana State (1979) and Ohio State (1961) also lost as unbeaten teams in the championship game.

Gonzaga is 0-9 all-time vs. #1 seeds.  That is tied with Temple for the second worst behind Arkansas who is 0-10.

The WCC is 2-2 in National Championship games

This is the 9^th time that two #1 seeds have faced each other in the National Championship game

• Baylor 86 Gonzaga 70 – 2021
• North Carolina 71 Gonzaga 65 – 2017
• Duke 68 Wisconsin 63 – 2015
• Kansas 75 Memphis 68 – 2008
• Florida 84 Ohio State 75 – 2007
• North Carolina 75 Illinois 70 – 2005
• Connecticut 77 Duke 74 – 1999
• North Carolina 77 Michigan 71 – 1993
• North Carolina 63 Georgetown 62 - 1982

National Semifinal - UCLA vs. Gonzaga Tidbits

Gonzaga is 39-22 in the NCAA Tournament

Gonzaga is in their 1st National Championship Game since 2017 and 2nd overall.  They lost to North Carolina 71-65 in the 2017 National Championship Game.

Baylor vs. Gonzaga will be the 2nd straight Championship Game between two teams that have never won a championship.  The last time before 2019 that both teams were seeking their first title was 1990 (Duke vs. UNLV)

Baylor and Gonzaga will be playing each other for the 2nd straight tournament.  Gonzaga defeated Baylor 83-71 in the 2019 Round of 32.

The championship game between Gonzaga and Baylor will be the 6th time two private schools have met for the title.

• 2021: Gonzaga vs. Baylor
• 2010: Duke vs. Butler
• 1985: Villanova vs. Georgetown
• 1955: La Salle vs. San Francisco
• 1954: La Salle vs. Bradley
• 1942: Stanford vs. Dartmouth

Gonzaga is 2-1 vs. UCLA in the tournament.  UCLA defeated Gonzaga 73-71 in the 2006 Sweet Sixteen and Gonzaga defeated UCLA 74-62 in the 2015 Sweet Sixteen.

Gonzaga is 5-3 vs. the Pac 12

UCLA is 111-43 in the NCAA Tournament 

UCLA is 13-6 in National Semifinals, but has lost 3 straight

UCLA is 12-4 vs. the West Coast Conference

UCLA is 3-7 vs. AP #1 ranked teams.  Their last win over a #1 team in the tournament was against DePaul in 1980 Round of 32.

UCLA is the second team to ever play in 3 overtime games matching Syracuse in 1975

National Semifinal - Houston vs. Baylor Tidbits

Baylor is 19-14 in the NCAA Tournament

Baylor is in the National Championship Game for the 1st time since 1948 and the 2nd time overall.  They lost to Kentucky 58-42 in the 1948 Championship Game.

Scott Drew will be coaching in his first ever championship game.

This is the 5th championship game appearance for the Big 12 and the first time in history that the Big 12 has had back-to-back appearances in the championship game.

• 2003 - Kansas
• 2008 - Kansas
• 2012 - Kansas
• 2019 - Texas Tech
• 2021 - Baylor

Baylor's win over #6 Houston is the highest AP ranked team they have defeated in tournament history.  Their previous high was over #10 Arkansas in the Elite Eight.  Before this tournament, they had never defeated an AP Top 15 team.

Baylor is 2-0 vs. teams from Texas in the tournament.  They defeated Sam Houston State 68-59 in the 2010 Round of 64.

Houston is 33-27 in the NCAA Tournament

Houston is 2-4 in National Semifinals.  The loss snaps a 2-game winning streak in this round.

Houston is 2-5 vs. teams from Texas in the tournament

Today's game was the 14th time that two teams from the state of Texas played each other in the tournament.  The 14 intra-state games is 4th behind California (29), Pennsylvania (17) and Kentucky (16).

Year	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Round
1956	Southern Methodist	68	Texas Tech	67	Round of 32
1956	Southern Methodist	89	Houston	74	Sweet Sixteen
1961	Texas Tech	69	Houston	67	Regional Third Place
1963	Texas	65	Texas-El Paso	47	Round of 32
1964	Texas-El Paso	68	Texas A&M	62	Round of 32
1965	Southern Methodist	89	Houston	87	Regional Third Place
1967	Houston	83	Southern Methodist	75	Elite Eight
1968	Houston	103	Texas Christian	68	Elite Eight
1969	Texas A&M	81	Trinity, Texas	66	Round of 32
1972	Texas	85	Houston	74	Round of 32
2010	Baylor	68	Sam Houston State	59	Round of 64
2018	Texas Tech	70	Stephen F. Austin	60	Round of 64
2021	Abilene Christian	53	Texas	52	Round of 64
2021	Baylor	78	Houston	59	National Semifinals