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NCAA Basketball: Final Four-Baylor vs Gonzaga
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86
Winner Baylor Baylor 28-2,13-1 Big 12
70
Gonzaga Gonz 31-1,15-0 WCC
Winner
Baylor Baylor
28-2,13-1 Big 12
86
Final
70
Gonzaga Gonz
31-1,15-0 WCC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Baylor Baylor 47 39 86
Gonzaga Gonz 37 33 70

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Gonzaga Falls to Baylor in National Championships, 86-70

Zags end season at 31-1

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Baylor is on top of the college basketball world, winning its first national championship while denying perfection for Gonzaga.

All-American guard Jared Butler had 22 points and seven assists for the Bears in 86-70 victory Monday night. His backcourt mates did plenty as well.

MaCio Teague had 19 points and Davion Mitchell 15 for the Bears. Adam Flagler, a guard who will be back next season, added 13 points, and fifth-year senior Mark Vital had 11 rebounds. Baylor ended the season at 28-2.

Freshman Jalen Suggs had 22 points for Gonzaga, which finished 31-1.

Indiana is still the last undefeated national champion, back in 1976.

Suggs, who banked in a game-winning 3-pointer from just inside half court in overtime to beat UCLA in the national semifinal game, scored 15 of his points in the second half. Drew Timme and Corey Kispert each finished with 12 points for the Zags.

The Bears from the Big 12 raced out a 9-0 lead in the game's first 2 1/2 minutes and never trailed. They led by 19 midway through the first half, the largest deficit Gonzaga had faced all season, and it was as many as 20 points after halftime even after the Zags got back within single digits briefly.

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