The 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game was played on April 7, 2014, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

It was the first championship game since 1966 in which neither finalist was in the previous year's tournament[2] (in 2013, Kentucky participated in the NIT, losing in the first round, while UConn was ineligible for 2013 postseason tournament play due to sanctions imposed on the program for previous years' APR violations).

[3] The referees for the game were Joe DeRosa, Verne Harris, and Doug Shows; the alternate was Mike Roberts.

[7] In the Sweet 16, they knocked off their in-state rival and defending (vacated) national champion, Louisville, 74–69 to advance to the Elite 8.

[8] In the Elite Eight, Aaron Harrison made a three-pointer with the score tied at 72–72 with 2.3 seconds left to beat Michigan and advance to the 2014 Final Four after Nik Stauskas missed a half-court shot which would have sent the game to overtime.

With the game tied 71–71 with 16 seconds left, Andrew Harrison fouled Traevon Jackson in the act of shooting.

[11] The Connecticut Huskies were ranked number 18 in the preseason AP poll and did not have any McDonald's All-American selections on their roster.

[3] UConn entered the 2014 NCAA Tournament as an at-large selection and was given the number 7 seed in the East Region.

[13] In the Sweet 16, DeAndre Daniels scored 27 points leading UConn to an 81–76 win over Iowa State to advance to the East Regional Finals.

[15] In the Final Four, Connecticut faced Florida, whom they had beaten 65–64 on December 2, 2013, at Gampel Pavilion on a Napier buzzer-beating shot.

[4] Their 33-point loss to Louisville at end of the regular season is the largest defeat ever suffered by an eventual National Champion.

[11] Source[17][18] UConn scored first, and got out to a quick start, in what USA Today described as "a physical, ugly game".

[20][21] Kentucky's James Young made a three pointer and then, Aaron Harrison followed up with the steal-and-dunk to cut the Connecticut lead to 30–20.

[20] After Aaron Harrison missed an open three with 8:13 left,[11] After a few possessions during which neither team scored, Napier hit a three-pointer at the 6:50 mark that appeared to end Kentucky's momentum.

"[11] The Huskies were only tied at 2–2 and 6–6 at the beginning of the game and never trailed en route to their fourth National Title.

"[11] Giffey, Napier, and Tyler Olander, who had been on UConn's 2011 championship team, became the first players in NCAA Division I men's basketball history to win national titles as freshmen and seniors.

[22] Napier was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four for both his offense and defense (he held Aaron Harrison to 7 points).

[22] UConn became the first team to make all their attempts in a title game, and finished the tournament with an 87.8% free throw rate.

Jim Nantz was the play-by-play man with Greg Anthony and Steve Kerr providing on-court commentary.

Charles Barkley, Seth Davis, Grant Hill, Clark Kellogg, and Kenny Smith provided studio commentary.