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CBS Sports |
Monday's national championship averaged 18.1 million viewers on CBS, up 22% year-over-year and the most-watched title game since 2019, when Virginia beat Texas Tech in overtime.
AOL |
March Madness is awesome. So dang awesome.
The New York Times |
Houston stunned Duke in the Final Four, closing the game on a 25-8 run to advance to their first national title game since 1984.

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