the championship game of the ncaa tournament is on april 2.
when is the championship game of the ncaa tournament?
april 2
on december 2, michigan defeated indiana 69–55 in its big ten conference opener as abdur rahkman posted a career-high 11 rebounds. abdur-rahkman's first career double-double (17 points and 10 rebounds), helped michigan defeat texas 59–52 on december 12. 2017. on december 30 michigan defeated jacksonville 76–51 as abdur-rahkman posted his first 20-point performance of the season on 7-for-7 shooting (including two three-point shots) from the field. on january 15, 2018, abdur-rahkman scored his 1,000th point on a pair of game-winning free throws with 1.2 seconds remaining in a 68–67 win against maryland. on january 25, abdur-rahkman posted a then career-high 26 points in an 88–92 loss to (#3 ap poll/#3 coaches poll) purdue. on february 3 against minnesota, abdur-rahkman posted 17 points, including a three-point play with 3.8 seconds remaining, to give michigan a 76–73 overtime victory. on his senior day on february 18, abdur-rahkman led michigan (with 17 points) to a 74–62 victory over (#8 ap poll/#9 coaches poll) ohio state. prior to the game michigan honored seniors abdur-rahkman, and duncan robinson, graduate student jaaron simmons and undergraduate student assistant austin hatch. on february 24, abdur-rahkman posted a career-high 28 points in an 85–61 victory over maryland in the regular season finale. following the 2017–18 big ten conference men's basketball regular season, abdur-rahkman ranked second nationally with a 5.0 assists/turnover ratio and was named an honorable mention all-big ten selection by both the coaches and the media. on march 2, michigan defeated nebraska 77–58 in the quarterfinals of the 2018 big ten conference men's basketball tournament. michigan was led by abdur-rahkman with 21 points (5–5 three point shots), who became the second player in the history of the big ten conference men's basketball tournament to be perfect on at least 5 three-point shots in a single game. in the march 4, 2018 big ten tournament championship game against purdue, abdur-rahkman scored 15 points to help lead michigan to their second consecutive big ten tournament championship. he was named the all-tournament team. rahkman averaged 15.0 points per game, shot 64.7% (11–17) on three-point shots and had a 5.5:1 assist-to-turnover ration during the tournament. abdur-rahkman, who posted a game-high 12 points (along with moritz wagner), was the main ballhandler on a set play from the defensive baseline with 3.6 seconds left in the 2018 ncaa division i men's basketball tournament second-round game against (#21 ap poll/#19 coaches poll) houston on march 17, 2018 and got the assist by setting up jordan poole for a buzzer beater three point shot resulting in a 64–63 win and a trip to the sweet sixteen. abdur-rahkman, who averaged 14.0 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists in the first four games of the ncaa tournament, was joined by matthews and wagner on the west region all-tournament team. on april 2, michigan lost to (#2 coaches poll/#2 ap poll) villanova 62–79 in the national championship game. michigan was led by abdur-rahkman with 23 points, who finished his collegiate career as michigan's all-time leader in games played with 144 games.
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the 2013–14 season was certainly the best in team history and arguably the best season for any team in any sport in the history of clarkson university. in a season that saw two players, rattray and defenseman erin ambrose, a sophomore, be named all-americans, clarkson, backed by a strong group of seniors that had begun to play together in the 2010–11 season, clarkson set team records in overall number of games played wins, and wins percentage win percentage with an overall record of 31–5–5, as well as winning their first ever ecac regular season title, with a conference record of 16–2–4. the title, which was clinched on the last day of the regular season with a 2–1 overtime win over heavy underdogs union, gave clarkson the top-seed in the ecac playoffs which gave clarkson, after sweeping dartmouth in the tournament quarterfinals, the right to host both the semifinals and the finals of the ecac tournament. in a result that was not surprising but a score that was, clarkson defeated nationally ranked and ncaa tournament hopeful quinnipiac 6–0 in the semifinal game, giving clarkson a chance to play in its second ever ecac championship game. the victory, however, came at a cost as ambrose was lost late in the game for the remainder of the season. clarkson's hopes for its first ecac tournament championship were ended by cornell in the championship game by a score of 0–1. despite the loss, clarkson's season was strong enough not only to ensure that would the team make the ncaa tournament, but also to ensure that the team would be seeded in the tournament for the first time. entering the tournament as the three-seed, clarkson hosted its first ncaa tournament game against boston college, which they won 3–1, earning their first trip to the frozen four which was held in hamden, ct. in the semifinal game, they faced mercyhurst, where, despite falling behind 0–1 early, clarkson was able to win 5–1 and advance to face two-time defending national champion and top-seeded minnesota. on the day before the national championship game, rattray made team history by winning the patty kazmaier award, women's collegiate ice hockey's top award. in a closely fought national championship game, clarkson was able to prevail 5–4 to win the program's as well as the university's first national championship. in the process, the team also became the first team from outside the wcha to win the women's national collegiate national championship.
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