NBC Sports' Rob Dauster has Texas Tech vs Virginia at No. 4.
https://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2020/04/06/best-national-title-games-college-basketball/
4. 2019: VIRGINIA 85, TEXAS TECH 77 OT
A game between the two best defenses in college basketball turned into one of the best-executed second halves of basketball I can ever remember seeing.
This is what happens when you have elite coaches and high-level, veteran players on the court at the same time. They figured out how to exploit each other’s weaknesses, both teams went full small-ball — De’Andre Hunter was the biggest guy on the floor by the end of the game — and it turned into a thrilling, compelling finish. Texas Tech erased a 10-point deficit in the final 10 minutes and took the lead in the final minute only to see Hunter bang home a game-tying three with 12 seconds left.
The Wahoos pulled away in the extra frame, completing maybe the greatest story in the history of college basketball: Becoming the first No. 1-seed to ever lose to a No. 16-seed to winning a national title.
https://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2020/04/06/best-national-title-games-college-basketball/
4. 2019: VIRGINIA 85, TEXAS TECH 77 OT
A game between the two best defenses in college basketball turned into one of the best-executed second halves of basketball I can ever remember seeing.
This is what happens when you have elite coaches and high-level, veteran players on the court at the same time. They figured out how to exploit each other’s weaknesses, both teams went full small-ball — De’Andre Hunter was the biggest guy on the floor by the end of the game — and it turned into a thrilling, compelling finish. Texas Tech erased a 10-point deficit in the final 10 minutes and took the lead in the final minute only to see Hunter bang home a game-tying three with 12 seconds left.
The Wahoos pulled away in the extra frame, completing maybe the greatest story in the history of college basketball: Becoming the first No. 1-seed to ever lose to a No. 16-seed to winning a national title.
