Baylor denies Gonzaga's bid for perfection, wins first men's basketball championship

Baylor University, just a generation removed from one of the most disturbing scandals in college basketball history, captured the sport's ultimate prize Monday night.

The Bears beat Gonzaga, 86-70, in the Division I title game at Lucas Oil Stadium in downtown Indianapolis, keeping the Bulldogs one agonizing victory short of a perfect season. Gonzaga ended the campaign 31-1, meaning that the last top-flight college basketball team to win it all, without a blemish remains the 1975-76 Indiana Hoosiers. Baylor’s trio of high-energy, sharp-shooting guards, Jared Butler, MaCio Teague and Davion Mitchell, scored 22, 19 and 15 points, respectively in leading the Bears to the school's first men's basketball title.

Gonzaga’s Jalen Suggs labored for all 22 of his team-high points, but he couldn’t re-create the magic of his buzzer-beating winner in the national semifinal game 48 hours earlier. The shot was this tournament's signature moment.

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