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After five months of basketball action, it all comes down to two teams, the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Virginia Cavaliers, both teams looking to be the one climbing the ladder to cut down the nets at the end of Monday night’s NCAA men’s basketball national championship game. For the first time since 1979, the two teams playing in the national championship game are both seeking their first title in program history.
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Texas Tech’s road to the championship game featured upsets over the No. 2 Michigan Wolverines, the No. 1 Gonzaga Bulldogs and the No. 2 Michigan State Spartans, which they all won convincingly behind the Red Raiders defense and potential NBA lottery selection Jarrett Culver, who has bolstered his draft stock during this tournament run. Chris Beard has been given a lot of credit for bringing his team back on a deep tournament run after losing four of his starters from last year’s Elite Eight squad, and he has received a lot of substantial contribution from Tariq Owens and graduate transfer Matt Mooney.
The Red Raiders of Texas Tech also made history earlier this season when it won a share of the Big 12 regular season title, the first time since 2004 that the Kansas Jayhawks didn’t win at least a share of the title. Texas Tech was able to accomplish that feat behind the third-best scoring defense in the nation, allowing opponents an average of just 58.8 points per game.
Tony Bennett and the Virginia Cavaliers find themselves competing for a chance to lift the trophy just one year after they made history by being the first No. 1 seed to be upset by a No. 16 seed in the first round of the NCAA Tournament when they were shockingly sent home by the UMBC Retrievers. Their path to the title game has been a bit more stressful, at least for fans, with the Cavaliers needing a second-half comeback against their first-round opponent Gardner-Webb. Virginia then handled Oklahoma before tight games against Oregon, Purdue, and Auburn, all which came down to the final seconds. The Cavaliers are led by an experienced cast, with juniors Ty Jerome and Kyle Guy and sophomore De’Andre Hunter all returning from last year’s team looking to flip the script from their 2018 debacle.
The Cavaliers of Virginia also finished atop their very competitive conference, winning a share of the ACC regular season title along with North Carolina. As good as Texas Tech’s defense was this season, the Cavaliers were slightly better, leading the nation in scoring defense by allowing just 55.5 points per game.
Bettors are expecting this game to be a close one, with Virginia the slight 1.5-point favorites over Texas Tech on Betmania. Both Texas Tech and Virginia are also known for their stifling defense, which also makes this the lowest-expected scoring game in recent history, with the line for the total points set at 118.