2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game
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The 2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was the finals of the 2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 2007-08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The game was played on April 7, 2008 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas and featured the South Regional Champion, #1-seeded Memphis, and the Midwest Regional Champion, #1-seeded Kansas.
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Date | April 7, 2008 | |||||||||||||||
Venue | Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas | |||||||||||||||
MVP | Mario Chalmers, Kansas | |||||||||||||||
Favorite | Memphis by 2 | |||||||||||||||
Referees | John Cahill, Ed Hightower, Ed Corbett | |||||||||||||||
Attendance | 43,257 | |||||||||||||||
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Network | CBS | |||||||||||||||
Announcers | Jim Nantz (play-by-play) Billy Packer (color) Sam Ryan (sideline) | |||||||||||||||
Nielsen Ratings | 12.1 | |||||||||||||||
All four #1 seeds were in the Final Four for the first (and as of 2024 only) time in NCAA Tournament history and, for the second consecutive year, the national title game was played between two #1 seeds.