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The sophomore guard had 12 points and an assist during a first-half run to help the Wildcats (36-4) pull ahead, then scored nine straight for Villanova midway through the second to snuff out the Wolverines. He capped the second shooting skein with a 3-pointer from a step behind the arc. Mikal Bridges, who likely made this his final audition for the NBA, finished the game with 19 points on 7-for-12 shooting.
In taking the program’s third overall title, Villanova won all six games by double digits over this tournament run, joining Michigan State (2000), Duke (2001) and North Carolina (2009) in that rare air.
The last team to win its two Final Four games by 16 or more: UCLA in 1968. German forward Moritz Wagner with 16 points and 7 rebounds tried his best for Michigan but it was not enough.