Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I mutu a Wisconsin i te tono a Kentucky kia noho ko ia te kapa poitūkohu wānanga tuatahi kaore i hinga i roto i te tata ki te 40 tau, ka patu i nga Wildcats 71-64 i muri i nga tohu 20 me te 11 rebounds mai i a Frank Kaminsky. Ka tākaro a Wisconsin ki a Duke, he toa 81-61 i runga i Michigan State i te haurua whakamutunga o mua, i te Lucas Oil Stadium i Indianapolis i te po o te Mane. 'Ka nui ake te 40 meneti, e mohio ana ahau,' e ai ki te kaiako o Wisconsin a Bo Ryan, nana nei i arahi nga Badgers ki to raatau whakamutunga tuatahi mai i te 1941. E whakanui ana a Wisconsin i te wikitoria 71-64 ki a Kentucky i te whiringa toa o te whakataetae NCAA. I rere atu ngā kaitākaro o Wisconsin ki te marae hei whakanui i te mutunga o te wā kāore anō kia hinga o Kentucky. I tae atu a Wisconsin ki te whiringa toa me tana wikitoria i a Kentucky i te Lucas Oil Stadium. A he roa te haerenga a Kentucky ki te kāinga, ka mutu te wā ki te 38-1 - e rua ngā wikitōria i muri i te tīma tuatahi kāore i hinga i te poitūkohu kōlehi mai i te 1975-76 Indiana Hoosiers. Engari, ko tēnei rōpū o ngā Wildcats kua rite mō te NBA, ka hono atu ki te kapa whetū o 1991 o UNLV hei rōpū hou rawa ki te kawe i tētahi rekoata kāore i hinga ki te Final Four, engari ka hinga i te whiringa toa. I muri i te wha me te manawa i muri i te 6 meneti kaore he peere, ka whakautu nga Badgers (36-3) me te 8-0 ki te arahi i a Kentucky kaore i taea te wikitoria. I eke a Kaminsky rāua ko Bronson Koenig i te 7 ki te 8 mai i te raina i roto i ngā hēkona 24 whakamutunga hei hiri i te wikitōria. Ko te Lucas Oil Stadium e 70,000 te kaha i Indianapolis, te kāinga o nga Colts i te NFL, e manaaki ana i te Whā Whakamutunga. E whakamana ana ngā kaiwhaiwhai o Wisconsin Badgers i tō rātou kapa i te Lucas Oil Stadium i Indianapolis. Ko te whai wāhitanga whakamutunga a Kentucky, ko te whai wāhitanga pai rawa, i te wā e toru ngā whiwhinga i muri i a ia, 12 hēkona noa iho. Engari i riro i a Karl-Anthony Towns te pōro i roto i te pou, ā, i takahia. Kotahi noa iho tana whiwhinga koreutu, mai i reira, ka riro i a Wisconsin mai i te raina hara. I te ata o te Rahoroi, i eke a Justise Winslow ki te 19 nga tohu me Jahlil Okafor i taapiri 18 ki te arahi i te Duke o runga ki te wikitoria 81-61 i runga i te Michigan State i te Rahoroi me te pupuhi i tana tuarima o nga toa a motu. Ko Winslow, nāna i whakatangi...
I whiua e Wisconsin a Kentucky 71-64 ki Lucas Oil Stadium i te Whā Whakamutunga. I whai a Kentucky Wildcats ki te whakaoti i tētahi wā kāore i hinga. I hinga a Duke i a Michigan State 81-61 i mua ake nei kia eke ki te whiringa toa. Ka tākaro a Wisconsin ki a Duke i te whiringa toa o te NCAA i te Mane.