It's rare when the NCAA men's tournament title game comes down to the two best ... treated to when defending champion Connecticut faces Purdue for all the marbles Monday night.

And his brilliance had helped Purdue recover from becoming only the second No. 1 seed to lose to a No. 16 seed last year (Fairleigh Dickinson) and reach its first NCAA title game since its only ...

It’s slightly surprising it avoided that mark with the shift from broadcast to cable this year, but replacing San Diego State with Purdue in the title game likely helped a lot.

No. 16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson — that Purdue would follow that disgrace of a defeat up by rolling off 34 wins in 38 games en route to playing for the national title on the second Monday of April ...

UConn was going to face Purdue in the national championship ... Advertisement Murray had the scout for Monday night’s title game, and the coaches decided to stick to Clingan’s request.