Florida won its first NCAA Mens’ Basketball championship, beating UCLA by sixteen, but the game was really never that close. I think the margin was the third-most since since 1990, when UNLV defeated Duke 103-73. It was one of the largest deficits in the history of the tournament’s final game. The Bruins made just 36% of their shots in the game, falling short of expectations for the most successful university in NCAA basketball’s history.

Joakim Noah had another great game, posting sixteen points — most of which were dunks. Florida came out strong early and never looked back, making it 1-1 in the championship game in an unusually uncompetitive tournament game.

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