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Who won March Madness in 2021?
Each the lads’s and ladies’s Remaining Fours in 2021 featured nail-biters that went right down to the ultimate buzzer.
A brand new March Insanity is upon us. Two, in actual fact, because the NCAA is including the ladies’s match to the March Insanity model in 2022. Each tournaments will even function a 68-team discipline.
New champions will likely be topped in just some weeks. However first, have a look again at how the lads’s and ladies’s Remaining Fours ended final 12 months.
Within the males’s match, Baylor dealt with Houston 78-59 within the first semifinal. But it surely was the second semifinal that was an on the spot all-time traditional.
No. 1 general seed Gonzaga and upstart No. 11 UCLA went back-and-forth in regulation and went to extra time tied at 81. With the ultimate seconds ticking down within the additional interval, UCLA’s Johnny Juzang missed a floater however obtained his personal rebound and put it again within the bucket to tie the sport at 90.
Juzang left 3.3 seconds on the clock — sufficient time for Jalen Suggs to place up the game-winning 3-pointer from practically mid-court, giving Gonzaga a win for the ages, 93-90.
Two nights later, Baylor’s protection smothered Gonzaga and ended the Bulldogs’ hopes at an undefeated season. The Bears opened the sport with an 11-1 run, constructed a 19-point first-half lead and by no means seemed again on the way in which to an 86-70 win.
On the ladies’s aspect, Arizona dealt with Connecticut, constructing a 10-point lead at halftime and sustaining it on the way in which to a 69-59 win in a single semifinal.
Within the different, it got here right down to the ultimate play between South Carolina and Stanford. Down by one with lower than 10 seconds left, the Gamecocks stole the inbound from the Cardinal. Brea Beal missed a layup and Aliyah Boston’s put-back on the rebound bounced off the rim as time expired.
It arrange an all Pac-12 title recreation between Arizona and Stanford. The Cardinal obtained out to a 16-8 1st quarter lead however the Wildcats spent the following three quarters chipping away.
A pair of free throws by Arizona’s Aari McDonald with 36.6 seconds left pulled the Wildcats inside one. Stanford milked the clock as a lot as they might, however could not get a shot off, leading to a shot clock violation.
As time expired, McDonald was double-teamed as she threw up a prayer from the highest of the arc that bounced off the rim, giving Stanford the title, 54-53.
