That's down from an average of 16.8 million viewers who watched the national semifinal games on the broadcast flagship CBS last year, when Gonzaga beat South Carolina and North Carolina beat Oregon. Of course, Beilein would love to have a championship - the Wolverines made to the 2013 title game and lost to Louisville. An inconsistent defensive team, they surrendered only five points to Kansas in the first eight minutes of the national semifinal, and Kansas averaged more than 81 points per game, among the top 10 percent in the country. They absolutely dominated the postseason, with a 17.7-point average margin of victory in the Big East and NCAA tournaments, and won all their NCAA tournament games by at least 12 points. 1 seeds between East champion Villanova and Midwest champion Kansas. But you just do everything you can to be the best coach, the best mentor, the best teacher, the best husband, the grandfather, father every day, and you go do it again. After Michigan wrapped up the first national semifinal game Saturday by finally putting away Loyola, the favorite underdogs with Sister Jean on their side, Beilein didn't get a chance to tune into the Villanova game until after halftime.
Villanova beats Michigan 79–62 to win the NCAA men's basketball championship.