On Monday night the national championship game featured the No. 1 seed Virginia Cavaliers and the No. 3 Texas Tech Red Raiders.
It was the first time in school history that Tech and Virginia competed for a national championship. This was Tech’s first time in the Final Four and Virginia’s third.
The Virginia Cavaliers would go on to defeat the Texas Tech Raiders 85-77 in overtime, bringing the Cavaliers their first championship in program history.
Texas Western, now known as UTEP, is the first and only team to win a championship in the state of Texas and that statement will remain intact for another year.