Virginia beat Texas Tech 85-77 in overtime late Monday to win its first national championship in program history. Matt Norlander and I both traveled home Tuesday morning, then got together Tuesday night to discuss this fun game and fun story on the CBS Sports Eye On College Basketball Podcast.
How awesome was De'Andre Hunter? How fortunate was Virginia? Should Texas Tech fans be upset with the officials? Is Tony Bennett the best coach in college basketball?
We spent lots of time on it.
After that, the conversation went like this:
- 42:30: UCLA finally did what it should've done two weeks ago -- hired Cincinnati's Mick Cronin. In my opinion, it's a dumb search that resulted in a good hire. But will Cronin do well enough in Westwood to satisfy UCLA fans? Can anybody?
- 58:30: Ashton Hagans and Tre Jones both announced Tuesday they're returning for their sophomore years of college. How big is that for Kentucky and Duke?
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