south florida won the ncaa men's championship game.
south florida won the ncaa men's championship game.
who won the ncaa men's championship game?
south florida
the 1985 ncaa division i men's basketball championship game was the final of the 1985 ncaa division i men's basketball tournament and determined the national champion in the 1984–85 ncaa division i men's basketball season. the game was held on april 1, 1985 at rupp arena in lexington, kentucky. the georgetown hoyas, the tournament's top seed from the east region, faced the villanova wildcats, the eighth seed from the southeast region. the teams came from the same conference, the big east, and the championship game was the third meeting between them in 1984–85, after two regular season contests. villanova won the title game by a score of 66–64, in what is considered by analysts to be one of the biggest upsets in an ncaa men's division i basketball tournament game. the wildcats had the highest field goal percentage in final four history, over 78 percent (22-of-28) in the game, winning their first national championship in men's basketball.
1985 ncaa division i men's basketball championship game
during the 2011–12 ncaa division i men's basketball season, davis blocked more shots per game than most division i men's teams. in the january 17 contest against arkansas, davis set the kentucky men's basketball record for single-season blocked shots surpassing melvin turpin and andre riddick, who each had 83. in the game, he established a career high with 27 points and added 14 rebounds and 5 blocked shots. on february 4, against south carolina, davis established the sec freshman record with 116 blocks surpassing shaquille o'neal's total set for lsu. one of the most notable blocks of the season was a block of john henson with four seconds left to preserve a 73–72 victory when number one kentucky hosted number five north carolina on december 3. on march 15, davis established a kentucky single-game record for the ncaa men's division i basketball tournament by blocking 7 against western kentucky. on march 25, davis established the sec single-season blocked shots record in the ncaa tournament south regional championship game victory over baylor, surpassing jarvis varnado's total of 169. on march 31, he tied demarcus cousins with 20 double doubles for the kentucky freshman-season record. he also surpassed cousins' kentucky freshman rebounds record of 374 with 415 rebounds. with six blocks in the championship game, he achieved a total of 186 for the season, surpassing hassan whiteside's 2010 total of 182, to set an ncaa division i freshman record. this also tied the ncaa men's division i basketball championship game record for blocks established by joakim noah in the 2006 ncaa men's division i basketball tournament. starting in the championship game gave him a total of 40 starts for the season, which tied kentucky's single-season record along with teammate marquis teague.
anthony davis