The semifinal round in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament took place on Saturday with two games contested at NRG Stadium in Houston.
In the opener, Josh Hart scored 23 points (on ten-of-twelve shooting), grabbed eight rebounds, and dished out four assists as the Villanova Wildcasts (34-5), with six players scoring in double figures, shot 71.4% from the field as they destroyed the Oklahoma Sooners (29-8) 95-51 to gain their first appearance in the championship game since winning it all in 1985.
The 44-margin was the largest for a Final Four semifinal.
Sooners star Buddy Hield was held to nine points.
In the nightcap, Brice Johnson and Justin Jackson each scored 16 points as the North Carolina Tar Heels (33-6) overpowered the Syracuse Orangemen (23-14) 83-66, despite 23 points from 'Cuse's Trevor Cooney.
On Monday night in Houston, it will be North Carolina versus Villanova for the National Championship, with the scheduled tip-off for 6:19 PM Pacific Time and will be televised on TBS, marking the first time since 1981 that the title game will air on a television network other than CBS (and a first time for a cable network).
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