2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game
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The 2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was the finals of the 2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The game was played on April 8, 2013, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, and featured the Midwest Regional Champion, #1-seeded Louisville, and the South Regional Champion, #4-seeded Michigan.
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Date | April 8, 2013 | ||||||||||||
Venue | Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||||||||
MVP | Luke Hancock, Louisville | ||||||||||||
Favorite | Louisville by 5 | ||||||||||||
Referees | John Cahill, John Higgins, Tony Greene | ||||||||||||
Attendance | 74,326 | ||||||||||||
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Network | CBS | ||||||||||||
Announcers | Jim Nantz (play-by-play) Clark Kellogg and Steve Kerr (color) Tracy Wolfson (sideline) | ||||||||||||
Nielsen Ratings | 14.0 (23.4 million) | ||||||||||||
Louisville's title was subsequently vacated by the NCAA on June 15, 2017, as the result of a sex scandal involving players on the team, as well as potential recruits. This decision was upheld on February 20, 2018.[1][2][3]