The summary provides details of the upcoming NCAA Tournament championship game between UConn and Butler. Key facts include: - The game will take place tonight at 9:20pm on CBS at Reliant Stadium in Houston. - UConn is seeking its fourth national title while Butler is making its second consecutive appearance in the championship game. - Both teams have won their previous games to advance, with UConn defeating Kentucky and Butler defeating VCU.

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2. UConn vs. Butler9:20 p.m.Game on CBS

3. Facts & figuresWhat: NCAA Tournament championship gameWhen: Tonight (tip scheduled for 9:23 p.m.)Where: Reliant Stadium, HoustonTV, Radio: WFSB-3, WTIC-AM 1080Records: No. 3 seed UConn 31-9; No. 8 seed Butler 28-9Series: First meeting.How they arrived here: UConn beat No. 14 Bucknell and No. 6 Cincinnati in Washington, No. 2 San Diego State and No. 5 Arizona in Anaheim, Calif., and No. 4 Kentucky on Saturday night in Houston. Butler toppled No. 9 Old Dominion and No. 1 Pittsburgh in Washington, No. 4 Wisconsin and No. 2 Florida in New Orleans and No. 11 VCU on Saturday night in Houston.NCAA Tournament history: UConn is 49-27 in tournament games and owns two national titles (1999 and 2004). The Huskies are appearing in their fourth Final Four and third national title game. Butler is making its 11th NCAA Tournament appearance and is 18-10 in tournament games.Worth noting: Butler returns to the title game for the second consecutive year ... UConn coach Jim Calhoun has a chance to join Kentucky's Adolph Rupp, Duke's Mike Krzyzewski, UCLA's John Wooden and Indiana's Bobby Knight as the only coaches to win three or more national championships. He would also be the oldest coach to ever win a title ... The Bulldogs are 10-1 in their last 11 NCAA Tournament games. The lone loss was a 61-59 defeat against Duke in last year's championship game ... Butler enters the game with 14 straight victories while the Huskies have won 10 in a row ... Butler is the first runner-up to return to the title game since Duke did it in 1991 ... The Huskies play their 41st game of the year, setting a school record and a modern-era college basketball record. It is the most games played in a season since Oregon played 45 games in 1944-45 ... Butler's 70-62 victory against VCU was its largest margin in the tournament. It had won its previous four games by a combined 13 points ... UConn's 56 points against Kentucky matched a season low ... UConn is 13-0 in neutral-site games this year ... Butler is the first team to reach consecutive Final Fours without being seeded No. 1 or No. 2 ... The Bulldogs are 1-1 against Big East teams this year, beating Pittsburgh but getting drubbed at Louisville on Nov. 16.

4. Butler bulldogsThe skinnyShelvin Mack had 24 points and was 5 of 6 from 3-point range in the win over VCU. When he started connecting from the outside is when the Bulldogs started putting some space between themselves and the Rams. Matt Howard deserves co-star billing as he had 17 points and eight rebounds against VCU. Both have been instrumental in getting Butler back to the title game for a second straight year. Howard's tip-in at the buzzer to beat Old Dominion in the opening round was followed by him making the winning free throw with less than a second to play in the victory over Pittsburgh.COACHBrad Stevens, despite being just 34, is being lauded as one of the best in the coaching profession. His ability to motivate his team while keeping a cool demeanor has made him the talk of the NCAA tournament for a second straight year. His decision to remain at Butler after last year's run to the championship game has added to his persona as the ideal college coach. He is already 10 wins ahead of the previous record for best four-year start by a coach with a 117-24 mark.KEY POINTThe Bulldogs have been here before, and most of that team is back. Butler plays solid defense and doesn't make mistakes on offense, but it's the way the Bulldogs play so hard and don't let the disparity in talent affect them that has made them one of the country's favorite teams at this time of year. The Bulldogs showed they have some ability up front by outrebounding VCU 48-32, including 16-6 on the offensive end.

5. RosterPos Ht Wt Yr Hometown 1 Shelvin Mack G 6-3 215 Jr Lexington, Ky.2 Shawn Vanzant G 6-0 172 Sr Tampa, Fla.3 Zach Hahn G 6-1 176 Sr New Castle, Ind.4 Erik Fromm F 6-9 220 Fr Bloomington, Ind.5 Ronald Nored G 6-0 174 Jr Homewood, Ala.11 Alex Anglin G-F 6-5 177 Sr Kokomo, Ind.20 Chrishawn Hopkins G 6-1 165 Fr Indianapolis22 Grant Leiendecker G 6-5 182 Sr Fort Wayne, Ind.23 Khyle Marshall F 6-7 210 Fr Davie, Fla.30 Emerson Kampen C 6-9 189 So Yorktown, Ind.32 Garrett Butcher F 6-7 209 Jr Ellettsville, Ind.33 Chase Stigall G 6-4 195 So New Castle, Ind.44 Andrew Smith C 6-11 239 So Indianapolis54 Matt Howard F 6-8 230 Sr Connersville, Ind.Butler’s Ronald Nored and Matt Howard

6. Player G-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA PctHoward 35-35 1080 30.9 184-376 .489 52-122 .426 164-210 .781Mack 36-35 1153 32.0 189-467 .405 78-229 .341 116-148 .784Smith 36-30 857 23.8 121-195 .621 0-1 .000 73-109 .670Vanzant 36-24 1018 28.3 104-226 .460 34-81 .420 49-68 .721Marshall 36-3 546 15.2 87-166 .524 0-2 .000 40-73 .548Nored 34-23 898 26.4 58-141 .411 10-34 .294 53-82 .646Hahn 35-14 598 17.1 53-167 .317 44-135 .326 24-28 .857Stigall 36-11 585 16.3 49-144 .340 37-113 .327 4-8 .500Hopkins 20-0 121 6.1 9-24 .375 6-12 .500 8-11 .727Butcher 29-2 215 7.4 19-45 .422 2-6 .333 5-5 1.000Leiendecker 15-1 35 2.3 4-11 .364 4-10 .400 6-6 1.000Fromm 26-0 88 3.4 5-29 .172 3-17 .176 8-8 1.000Anglin 18-2 77 4.3 4-8 .500 2-4 .500 2-3 .667Kampen 15-0 29 1.9 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 0-0 ---BUTLER 36 -- -- 886-1999 .443 272-766 .355 552-759 .727Opponents 36 -- -- 803-1881 .427 220-674 .326 496-742 .668Stats ReboundsPlayer Off Def Tot Avg PF DQ AT TO BS ST Pts AvgHoward 92 179 271 7.7 102 4 51 61 22 38 584 16.7Mack 23 132 155 4.3 63 0 129 88 2 30 572 15.9Smith 82 114 196 5.4 106 1 19 30 15 25 315 8.8Vanzant 14 102 116 3.2 73 3 60 37 2 26 291 8.1Marshall 59 76 135 3.8 74 2 11 23 8 13 214 5.9Nored 15 89 104 3.1 99 6 84 72 1 40 179 5.3Hahn 10 28 38 1.1 37 1 41 33 0 14 174 5.0Stigall 18 44 62 1.7 50 2 27 19 2 13 139 3.9Hopkins 2 8 10 0.5 11 0 8 13 1 2 32 1.6Butcher 22 17 39 1.3 33 0 5 7 0 4 45 1.6Leiendecker 0 4 4 0.3 7 0 0 4 1 2 18 1.2Fromm 3 11 14 0.5 14 1 1 1 0 4 21 0.8Anglin 4 8 12 0.7 8 0 2 3 2 0 12 0.7Kampen 1 1 2 0.1 5 0 1 1 1 2 0 0.0BUTLER 395 853 1248 34.7 685 20 439 401 57 213 2596 72.1Opponents 328 807 1135 31.5 708 18 386 453 98 194 232

7. Game by gameBU Opp.83 Marian, Ind. 5473 at Louisville 8888 Ball St. 5570 at Siena 5768 Evansville, OT 7165 at Loyola of Chicago 6370 at Duke 8249 at Xavier 5191 MVSU 7183 Stanford 5074 Utah-x 6267 Florida St.-x 6484 Washington St.-x 6876 Valparaiso 5952 at Wis.-Milwaukee 7679 Cleveland St. 5684 Youngstown St. 7987 at Detroit 6464 at Wright St. 6981 Wis.-Green Bay 7580 Wis.-Milwaukee, OT 8679 at Valparaiso, OT 8560 at Youngstown St. 6273 at Cleveland St. 6172 Ill.-Chicago 6571 Wright St. 6366 Detroit 5164 at Wis.-Green Bay 6279 at Ill.-Chicago 5263 Loyola of Chicago 5676 Cleveland St.-y 6859 Wis.-Milwaukee-y 4460 Old Dominion-z 5871 Pittsburgh-z 7061 Wisconsin-z 54Florida, OT-z 7170 VCU 62x-Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classicy-Horizon League Tournamentz-NCAA Tournament

11. Uconn huskiesThe skinnySTARKemba Walker showed again why he is having one of the best seasons in recent memory. He had 18 points, six rebounds and seven assists in the win over Kentucky. Despite being guarded by a much bigger player in DeAndreLiggins, Walker, who played all 40 minutes, was able to find his teammates to score and still made big shots himself. He accounted for 32 of the Huskies' 56 points. The All-America is averaging over 26 points a game in the postseason, a 10-game stretch in 25 days.COACHAt 68, Hall of Famer Jim Calhoun would become the oldest coach to win a national championship. It would be his third title and would put him in a group with John Wooden, Adolph Rupp, Mike Krzyzewski and Bob Knight to win at least that many. He has a career record of 854-607 placing him sixth on the all-time wins list and third among active coaches behind Krzyzewski and Jim Boeheim. The Huskies' Big East championship was Calhoun's record seventh.KEY POINTThe Huskies are on a roll over the last 10 games with seven of the opponents being ranked in the Top 25. It hasn't all been Walker. Freshman Jeremy Lamb had 12 points and four assists against Kentucky, and Alex Oriakhi had eight points and 10 rebounds. Freshman Shabazz Napier had quite a final 16 seconds against the Wildcats, turning the ball over then coming up with a rebound with 3 seconds left and then made both ends of a 1-and-1 with 1.7 seconds left for a four-point lead.

12. RosterPos Ht Wt Yr Hometown 1 Enosch Wolf C 7-1 260 Fr Goettingen, Germany2 Donnell Beverly G 6-4 190 Sr Los Angeles3 Jeremy Lamb G-F 6-5 185 Fr Norcross, Ga.4 Jamal Coombs-McDaniel F 6-7 210 So Dorchester, Mass.5 NielsGiffey G-F 6-7 210 Fr Berlin, Germany10 Tyler Olander F 6-9 225 Fr Mansfield, Conn.13 Shabazz Napier G 6-0 170 Fr Randolph, Mass.15 Kemba Walker G 6-1 172 Jr Bronx, N.Y.21 Kyle Bailey G 6-3 170 Sr Lancaster, N.H.22 Roscoe Smith F 6-8 205 Fr Baltimore23 Benjamin Stewart F 6-5 205 Jr Denver34 Alex Oriakhi F-C 6-9 240 So Lowell, Mass.35 Charles Okwandu C 7-0 255 Sr Lagos, Nigeria

13. StatsPlayer G-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA PctWalker 39-39 1466 37.6 305-705 .433 74-218 .339 247-302 .818Lamb 39-38 1071 27.5 173-358 .483 45-121 .372 42-53 .792Oriakhi 39-37 1140 29.2 144-290 .497 0-0 --- 86-137 .628Napier 39-0 922 23.6 98-257 .381 46-135 .341 70-92 .761Smith 39-31 989 25.4 84-219 .384 25-82 .305 59-75 .787C.-McDaniel 39-2 664 17.0 80-191 .419 24-82 .293 44-54 .815Okwandu 39-19 602 15.4 51-109 .468 0-0 --- 11-21 .524Giffey 39-10 372 9.5 30-74 .405 11-33 .333 15-19 .789Beverly 37-0 324 8.8 19-52 .365 7-15 .467 21-28 .750Olander 37-19 364 9.8 23-63 .365 0-2 .000 8-12 .667Wolf 7-0 26 3.7 3-5 .600 0-0 --- 1-2 .500Stewart 4-0 4 1.0 1-2 .500 0-0 --- 0-0 ---Bailey 6-0 6 1.0 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 0-0 ---UCONN 39 1011-2325 .435 232-688 .337 604-795 .760Opponents 39 940-2352 .400 243-738 .329 440-639 .689 ReboundsPlayer Off Def Tot Avg PF DQ AT TO BS ST Pts AvgWalker 51 157 208 5.3 53 0 177 87 6 74 931 23.9Lamb 48 119 167 4.3 61 0 60 49 24 34 433 11.1Oriakhi 148 189 337 8.6 99 3 14 44 62 16 374 9.6Napier 26 67 93 2.4 68 0 118 69 5 64 312 8.0Smith 76 125 201 5.2 76 1 19 33 47 21 252 6.5C.-McDaniel 20 86 106 2.7 40 0 22 30 7 10 228 5.8Okwandu 40 67 107 2.7 96 4 22 34 49 9 113 2.9Giffey 21 28 49 1.3 33 0 18 28 4 8 86 2.2Beverly 15 34 49 1.3 31 0 46 28 4 10 66 1.8Olander 23 45 68 1.8 55 1 16 22 7 4 54 1.5Wolf 4 2 6 0.9 3 0 0 5 0 0 7 1.0Stewart 1 1 2 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.5Bailey 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0UCONN 547 988 1535 39.4 618 9 512 440 215 250 2858 73.3Opponents 511 858 1369 35.1 713 - 484 456 138 231 2563 65.7

14. Game by gameUCONN Opp.79 Stony Brook 5289 Vermont 7383 Wichita St.-x 7970 Michigan St.-x 6784 Kentucky-x 6762 New Hampshire 5594 UMBC 6178 Fairleigh Dickinson 5476 Coppin St. 6481 Harvard 5263 at Pittsburgh 7866 South Florida, OT 6170 at Notre Dame 7382 at Texas, OT 8167 Rutgers 5382 at DePaul 6261 Villanova 5972 Tennessee 6176 at Marquette 6878 Louisville, 2OT 7958 Syracuse 6661 at Seton Hall 5972 at St. John's 8975 Providence 5778 Georgetown 7058 at Louisville 7167 Marquette, OT 7467 at Cincinnati 5956 at West Virginia 6567 Notre Dame 7097 DePaul-y 7179 Georgetown-y 6276 Pittsburgh-y 7476 Syracuse, OT-y 7169 Louisville-y 6681 Bucknell-z 5269 Cincinnati-z 5874 San Diego St.-z 67Arizona-z6356 Kentucky 55x-EA Sports Maui Invitationaly-Big East Conference Tournamentz-NCAA TournamentUConn coach Jim Calhoun

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