page_title: 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game
section_title: Virginia
hierarchical_section_title: 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game / Participants / Virginia
caption_attribution_description: English: University of Virginia basketball player Kyle Guy prepares to shoot a free throw.
context_page_description: The 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game was the final game of the single-elimination tournament to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college basketball national champion for the 2018–19 season. The game was played on April 8, 2019, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, between the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Virginia Cavaliers. It was the first time since 1979 that both teams in the national championship game were making their first such appearance. The Cavaliers defeated the Red Raiders, 85–77 in overtime, to win their first national title. Kyle Guy was named the NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player.
context_section_description: In the 2018 NCAA Tournament, Virginia became the first number 1 seed to lose to a number 16 seed when they lost to the UMBC Retrievers 74–54. Led by tenth-year head coach Tony Bennett, Virginia finished the regular season with a record of 28–2. They posted a 16–2 conference record, earning them the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament, where they defeated No. 8 seed NC State, before losing to No. 4 seed Florida State. In the NCAA Tournament, the Cavaliers earned a No. 1 seed in the South Regional. The Cavaliers defeated No. 16 seed and NCAA tournament debutants Gardner–Webb in the first round, and No. 9 seed Oklahoma in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, where they ended a potential Cinderella run from No. 12 seed Oregon. In the Elite Eight, the Cavs needed overtime to beat No. 3 Purdue; with the win, they advanced to their first Final Four since 1984. They then defeated No. 5 seed Auburn, champions of the Midwest Regional, by a single point.
  De'Andre Hunter, a redshirt sophomore, was named NABC Defensive Player of the Year.
caption: Kyle Guy
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