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Date | April 6, 2015 | ||||||||||||
Venue | Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana | ||||||||||||
MVP | Tyus Jones, Duke | ||||||||||||
Favorite | Wisconsin by 1 | ||||||||||||
Referees | Joe DeRosa, Michael Stephens, and Pat Driscoll | ||||||||||||
Attendance | 71,149 | ||||||||||||
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Network | CBS | ||||||||||||
Announcers | Jim Nantz (play-by-play) Bill Raftery and Grant Hill (color) Tracy Wolfson (sideline) | ||||||||||||
Nielsen Ratings | 17.1 (28.3 million) | ||||||||||||
The 2015 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was the final game of the 2015 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, determining the national champion for the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The game was played on April 6, 2015, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana between the South regional champion, first-seeded Duke and the West regional champion, first-seeded Wisconsin.
Duke narrowly prevailed against the Badgers to win their second national title in six years and their fifth overall. As of 2024, this is the last time Duke has appeared in the national championship game.