<Tr> <Th> Announcers </Th> <Td> Jim Nantz, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill and Tracy Wolfson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Nielsen Ratings </Th> <Td> 7.5 (national) U.S. viewership: 13.334 million </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game was the final game of the single - elimination tournament to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2017--18 season . The game was played on April 2, 2018, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, between the Michigan Wolverines and the Villanova Wildcats . Michigan last won the NCAA championship in 1989, while Villanova won the championship in 2016 . </P> <P> Villanova defeated Michigan, 79--62 . Donte DiVincenzo, a reserve player, scored 31 points for Villanova, and was named the NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player . </P>

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