This year’s National Championship featuring number one seeds Duke and Wisconsin was one for the ages. These two teams met once in the regular season with Duke coming out on top 80-70. Wisconsin was trying to win their first National Championship since 1941, along with getting revenge for their loss earlier this season. Duke, however, had different ideas in mind. Grayson Allen didn’t even play in Duke’s first game against Wisconsin but was the key deciding factor in the rematch. Allen responded for Duke when it looked like Wisconsin was going to run away with the game. With thirteen minutes remaining in the second half, Wisconsin stretched its lead to 48-39. That’s when the freshman guard, Allen, brought the Blue Devils back with eight straight points of his own. During his run, he hit a three, drew an and-one, and dove on the floor for numerous loose balls. His play during this span energized the rest of the team to pick up their play. Grayson Allen finished with 16 points. When Wisconsin and Naismith Player of the Year Frank Kaminsky tried to make a run, Tyus Jones answered. Jones had 19 of his game high 23 points in the second half. He hit a three-point field goal with under a minute thirty remaining in the game to stretch Duke’s lead to eight points. This shot turned out to be the dagger that shattered the hope of the Badgers. For his efforts, Jones was rewarded with the Final Four Most Outstanding Player Award. Duke freshmen big men Jahlil Okafor and Justice Winslow battled foul trouble most of the game, but both still finished with double figures. Wisconsin was led in scoring by Frank Kaminsky with 21 points. Sam Dekker, Nigel Hayes, and Bronson Koenig were all double-digit scorers for the Badgers as well. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski won his fifth National Title as a coach at Duke.