Virginia defeated Texas Tech in overtime, 85-77, in the NCAA men's basketball national championship game on Monday at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. Tariq Owens #11 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders looks on against the Virginia Cavaliers in the second half during the 2019 NCAA men's Final Four National Championship game at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 08, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Kyler Edwards #0 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders reacts against the Virginia Cavaliers in the second half during the 2019 NCAA men's Final Four National Championship game at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 08, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Virginia Cavaliers fans cheer on their team against the Texas Tech Red Raiders in the second half during the 2019 NCAA men's Final Four National Championship game at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 08, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NFL player Chris long attends the the 2019 NCAA men's Final Four National Championship game between the Virginia Cavaliers and the Texas Tech Red Raiders at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 08, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Head coach Chris Beard of the Texas Tech Red Raiders reacts against the Virginia Cavaliers in the second half during the 2019 NCAA men's Final Four National Championship game at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 08, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mamadi Diakite #25 of the Virginia Cavaliers attempts a shot against the Virginia Cavaliers in the first half during the 2019 NCAA men's Final Four National Championship game at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 08, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. De'Andre Hunter #12 of the Virginia Cavaliers and Tariq Owens #11 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders battle for the ball in the second half during the 2019 NCAA men's Final Four National Championship game at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 08, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Kyler Edwards #0 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders handles the ball on offense against the Virginia Cavaliers in the second half during the 2019 NCAA men's Final Four National Championship game at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 08, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Virginia Cavaliers bench reacts against the Texas Tech Red Raiders in the second half during the 2019 NCAA men's Final Four National Championship game at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 08, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Kyle Guy #5 of the Virginia Cavaliers celebrates the play against the Texas Tech Red Raiders in the second half during the 2019 NCAA men's Final Four National Championship game at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 08, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Kyler Edwards #0 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders reacts against the Virginia Cavaliers in the second half during the 2019 NCAA men's Final Four National Championship game at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 08, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A view of the Under Armour shoes worn during the 2019 NCAA men's Final Four National Championship game between the Virginia Cavaliers and the Texas Tech Red Raiders at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 08, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Norense Odiase #32 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders and Mamadi Diakite #25 of the Virginia Cavaliers battle for the rebound in the second half during the 2019 NCAA men's Final Four National Championship game at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 08, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Norense Odiase #32 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders and Mamadi Diakite #25 of the Virginia Cavaliers battle for the rebound in the second half during the 2019 NCAA men's Final Four National Championship game at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 08, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Tariq Owens #11 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders reacts against the Virginia Cavaliers in the second half during the 2019 NCAA men's Final Four National Championship game at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 08, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. De'Andre Hunter #12 and Mamadi Diakite #25 of the Virginia Cavaliers celebrate the play against the Texas Tech Red Raiders in the second half during the 2019 NCAA men's Final Four National Championship game at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 08, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Virginia's Kyle Guy (5) and his teammates celebrate after defeating Texas Tech 85-77 in the overtime in the championship of the Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament, Monday, April 8, 2019, in Minneapolis. Virginia's Kyle Guy (5) celebrates after defeating Texas Tech 85-77 in the overtime in the championship of the Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament, Monday, April 8, 2019, in Minneapolis. Virginia players celebrate after defeating Texas Tech 85-77 in the overtime in the championship of the Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament, Monday, April 8, 2019, in Minneapolis. Virginia guard Kyle Guy (5) celebrates in front of Texas Tech guard Jarrett Culver (23) at the end of the championship game in the Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament, Monday, April 8, 2019, in Minneapolis. Virginia won 85-77 in overtime. Kyle Guy #5 of the Virginia Cavaliers reacts against the Texas Tech Red Raiders during the 2019 NCAA men's Final Four National Championship game at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 08, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mamadi Diakite #25 of the Virginia Cavaliers reacts against the Texas Tech Red Raiders during the 2019 NCAA men's Final Four National Championship game at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 08, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Virginia Cavaliers fans cheer on their team against the Texas Tech Red Raiders during the 2019 NCAA men's Final Four National Championship game at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 08, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Virginia Cavaliers huddle against the Texas Tech Red Raiders during the 2019 NCAA men's Final Four National Championship game at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 08, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Virginia Cavaliers celebrate their teams 85-77 win over the Texas Tech Red Raiders to win the the 2019 NCAA men's Final Four National Championship game at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 08, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Virginia Cavaliers celebrate their teams 85-77 win over the Texas Tech Red Raiders to win the the 2019 NCAA men's Final Four National Championship game at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 08, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.<doc-sep>The Virginia Cavaliers and the Texas Tech Red Raiders face-off against each other on Monday night in the final March Madness game of 2019 An End to the Madness: What to Know About Tonight’s 2019 NCAA Men's Championship It’s time to crown a new NCAA champion! As another eventful March Madness tournament winds down, two teams have made it all the way to the championship game: the Virginia Cavaliers and the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Get push notifications with news, features and more. Monday night’s game is bound to be one for the history books, as either winner will score a first-ever championship title for its school, according to CBS Sports. Here’s everything you need to know about the culmination of the Big Dance. When is it on — and how to watch The 2019 NCAA Championship game begins on Monday at 9:20 p.m. EST. The match will be broadcast on CBS from the U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. How do Virginia and Texas Tech stack up against each other? Monday’s game should be a clash of the titans, as both teams came into the tournament seeded high. Virginia came into March Madness as the top-ranked team, while Texas Tech ranked third. Virginia v Auburn Texas Tech | Credit: John McDonnell/The Washington Post via Getty RELATED VIDEO: College Uses Police Officer to Surprise Walk-On With Scholarship What’s their journey to the final game been like? Virginia started off this year’s tournament with a pair of decisive wins against No. 16 seed Gardner-Webb in the first round and against No. 9 seed Oklahoma in the second round. The team then went on to face No. 12 seed Oregon in the Sweet 16, winning the game 53-49, before triumphing over No. 3 seed Purdue in an Elite Eight game that ended in an 80-75 overtime victory. Virginia had another nail-bitingly close game on Saturday, when they took on No. 5 seed Auburn in the Final Four. With just 10 seconds left on the clock, Virginia looked like they were in trouble, as they trailed Auburn by four points. However, guard Kyle Guy — the team’s leading scorer — went on to score 6 points, giving the team a 1 point victory against Auburn. Their journey to the final has been a redemption story after a failed attempt last year, when Virginia — who came into the 2018 tournament as a No. 1 seed — made history by becoming the first top-ranked team to lose to a No. 16 seed in the first round. _DSC1565 Kyle Guy | Credit: Michael Hickey/Gett Texas Tech also started off the tournament with a pair of big wins, besting No. 14 seed Northern Kentucky in the first round, and then beating No 6 seed Buffalo by 20 points in the second round. Increasing their winning margin even more, the Read Raiders beat No. 2 seed Michigan 63-44 in the Sweet 16, but had a much harder time pulling off a 75-69 win over No. 1 seed Gonzaga. In their Final Four game, the team faced off against No. 2 seed Michigan State, winning 61-51. Virginia v Auburn Texas Tech | Credit: John McDonnell/The Washington Post via Getty So who’s going to win? Although it’s likely to be a close game, the odds are in Virginia’s favor. The Cavaliers are going into the championship face-off as a one-point favorite, according to CBS Sports.<doc-sep>“To think this time last year we were starting our spring workouts,” Virginia’s Ty Jerome said, “and to still be playing at this point in the season with, after tonight, one other team in the whole country on the stage that you dreamed about since you were a little kid, it’s an unreal feeling. We’re going to do everything we can to finish the job.” It is not an accident that Virginia won at a higher clip than any other team this year, even if it is infrequently pretty and never flashy, and even though, in its regional final against Purdue, Virginia’s win required an improbable buzzer-beating shot and overtime. That’s because Virginia does the boring things well: takes care of the ball on offense, stays disciplined on defense and does what it is supposed to do. Guy’s late 3-point shot (the one he made) resulted from an elaborate play involving a series of screens. The even later 3-point shot (the one he missed while being fouled) came on an out-of-bounds play, in which the redshirt junior Mamadi Diakite was the first look inside for a lob — similar to the catch-and-shoot attempt with which he sent the Purdue game to overtime. When he was not open, the play turned into, as Diakite put it afterward, an informal play known as “Kyle Get Open.” In their first Final Four, the Tigers (30-10) had acquitted themselves well. Coming out of halftime, Auburn led by 3. Virginia had been 28-0 when leading at the half this season, but only 5-3 when it trailed. Auburn was playing how it wanted to play, with guards Harper and Bryce Brown driving to the basket early in the shot clock and attempting to finish at the rim or kicking the ball out for a deep shot by a teammate. But Auburn squandered that lead over the first five minutes of the second half, and it trailed by 10 when it called timeout with a little more than five minutes left after Jerome hit a jumper as the shot clock expired — the Platonic ideal of an offensive possession for Virginia’s deliberate offense — the sophomore De’Andre Hunter scored from the post and then Jerome hit his fourth 3-pointer of the game.<doc-sep>MINNEAPOLIS — From one-and-done to NCAA Tournament miracle men, Virginia will play in the national championship game for the first time after pulling off another last-second stunner on a disputed foul with 0.6 seconds left. Kyle Guy made three free throws as debate immediately started over the call and Virginia celebrated its second straight can-you-believe-it play, beating Auburn 63-62 Saturday in the Final Four. A year after becoming the first No. 1 seed to lose to a No. 16, these top-seeded Cavaliers now look like destiny's team. They will face either Michigan State or Texas Tech on Monday night. The Cavaliers (34-3) reached the Final Four for the first time since 1984 with a wild buzzer-beater by Mahmadi Diakite to send their Elite Eight game against Purdue to overtime. Beating the Tigers took an even crazier finish. The fifth-seeded Auburn (30-10) had erased a 10-point deficit in the final five minutes and led 61-60 after Guy made an off-balance 3 with 7.6 seconds left. The shot snapped a drought of more than five minutes by the Cavaliers, who then sent Jared Harper to the line with 7 seconds left. Harper made one and Auburn, with fouls to give, did so twice. On one of them, it looked as if Ty Jerome might have double-dribbled into a decisive turnover. But there was no whistle. "We knew there was a disruption," Auburn coach Bruce Pearl said of the possible missed call. With 1.5 seconds left and in need of some magic, Virginia got the ball to Guy in the corner. He turned and fired and Samir Doughty, hands straight up in the air, bumped into Guy's hip. The shot bounced off the rim. Game over? Auburn started to celebrate and the PA announcer in U.S. Bank Stadium even announced the Tigers had won. Guy pulled his jersey over his face. But not in angst. He said he knew it wasn't over. "I heard (the official) him call it right away," Guy said. "That was me focusing." When the whistle blew, Pearl lost it on the sideline, pumping his fist and screaming. "We kind of thought we had it sealed," said Bryce Brown, who led the Auburn comeback with three 3s in the final 4:30. "It's not why we lost the game. I just didn't agree with the call." Pearl said he didn't want the final call to define a great game, but he did say the officials seemed to be letting physical play go throughout the game. So, he asked, why not then? Guy swished the first two free throws to tie it and Auburn called a timeout to ice him. Didn't work. He hit one more for the lead. "I just literally told myself that we dream of these moments, and to be able to make one happen was special," Guy said. Auburn threw a long inbound pass to Brown, but his desperation 3 was short. The Cavaliers mobbed Guy on one end. Brown sat on the court, head hanging on the other. Auburn, in the Final Four for the first time, had its season end in a most painful way. Jerome scored 21 points for Virginia and De'Andre Hunter had 10 of his 14 in a stellar second half. Doughty led Auburn with 13 and Brown had 12 for Auburn, which nearly beat Virginia at its own game — with tough defense and big shots in the halfcourt. But the team that made UMBC a household name — at least for a little while — in the first round of last year's tournament would not be denied. It has been Virginia's cross to bear all season. Even after beating Auburn. "I feel like I get asked this question every single round, every round we advance, and every round I say the same thing almost," Jerome said, "and it feels a little bit sweeter, a little bit sweeter." Then Guy said: “Not much to add. Just you guys can ask that question again on Monday.” --By Ralph D. Russo<doc-sep>
(CNN) Virginia's redemption tour isn't finished yet. And for Texas Tech, their greatness may just be beginning. A year after becoming the first No. 1 seed in men's college basketball history to lose to a No. 16 seed in the NCAA tournament, Virginia has reached the title game, defeating No. 5 seed Auburn at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. "To think this time last year we were starting our spring workouts, and to still be playing at this point in the season with, after tonight, one other team in the whole country on the stage that you dreamed about since you were a little kid, it's an unreal feeling," Virginia guard Ty Jerome said. "We're going to do everything we can to finish the job." The Cavaliers will face No. 3 seed Texas Tech, a bit of a surprise finalist. The Red Raiders, in their first Final Four, beat No. 2 seed Michigan State 61-51 in a tough battle in the second semifinal. "Why not us?" Texas Tech head coach Chris Beard said. "We've got good players. We've got a great university. We play in arguably the best league in the country. We won the Big 12 regular season title. We're a good team. We've got good players. I think we deserve to be here." The men's championship is Monday at 9 p.m. ET. It will be the first meeting between the two programs, and neither team has won a national title. Controversial ending Virginia's win was far from assured. Auburn had a 62-60 lead with 1.5 seconds left. But Virginia's Kyle Guy was fouled by Auburn's Samir Doughty while launching a buzzer-beater attempt with 0.6 seconds remaining. He hit all three free throws, giving the Cavaliers the 63-62 victory. "These are moments that every basketball player has dreamed of, hitting the game-winning shot or free throws or whatever," Guy said. "Kind of had that feeling in your stomach, like a good nervousness, like, all right, this is my chance. To be able to go to the national championship off of that for these guys and (head coach Tony) Bennett, I mean, I really don't have the words." J.D. Collins, the NCAA's national coordinator of officiating, gave a statement regarding the foul. "The call was made by official James Breeding, who ruled that Doughty moved into the airborne shooter, making contact with Guy while taking away his landing spot," Collins said. "The foul was a violation of Rule 4, Section 39.i, which states, 'Verticality applies to a legal position and also to both the offensive and defensive players. The basic components of the principle of verticality are: The defender may not "belly up" or use the lower part of the body or arms to cause contact outside his vertical plane or inside the opponent's vertical plane.'" In addition to the foul, there was a no-call that has fans talking. It appeared officials missed a double dribble by Jerome, which happened a few seconds before Guy was fouled. If that turnover had been called, Auburn, instead of Virginia, would have had the ball late. "I do feel for Auburn, but I feel better for us right now, and I'm just thankful these guys stepped up and played the way we needed to and got through," Bennett said. "Survive and advance, I guess that's taking on a new meaning." Jerome led all scorers with 21 points. Guy had 15, while De'Andre Hunter had 14 for Virginia. Doughty had 13 points for Auburn, while Bryce Brown and Jared Harper had 12 and 11 points, respectively. A football school playing for a basketball title Texas Tech has just one team sport with a national championship in school history. That came from the women's basketball team in 1993 led by the legendary Sheryl Swoopes. The men's basketball team now has the chance to make it two. A school these days better known for football -- NFL MVP and former Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes was in attendance on Saturday -- Texas Tech and its Red Raiders have made a swift ascension. You think Patrick Mahomes is having fun? pic.twitter.com/MrWAL4Y69V — CBS Sports (@CBSSports) April 7, 2019 Thanks to a stingy defense, Texas Tech (31-6) knocked off No. 2 seed Michigan and No. 1 seed Gonzaga to reach the Final Four, and now Michigan State (32-7). Led by Beard for the past three seasons, Texas Tech is now in the championship game a year after reaching the Elite Eight.