The 2024 NCAA Tournament National Championship Game takes place in Phoenix on Monday and for the 11th time since seeing was introduced in 1978, No. 1 seeds will go head-to-head in the final. No. 1 overall seed UConn is the defending national champion and the Huskies have won their first five games during March Madness 2024 by double-digits. Meanwhile, Purdue was the No. 1 seed in the Midwest and has won four of its matchups by double-digits, with only Tennessee taking the Boilermakers to the wire (72-66) in the regional final.

Now the two teams will go head-to-head with a national title on the line and tipoff is scheduled for 9:20 p.m. ET on Monday night. Before entering any 2024 National Championship picks, be sure to see the 2024 NCAA Tournament betting advice and score projections from SportsLine's team of experts. 

SportsLine's college basketball experts teamed up to give members the exact score projections for the Final Four. Our team of experts includes Thomas Casale (23-5-1 CBB run), Bruce Marshall (50-35-1) and Larry Hartstein (82-63-3).

Casale's college basketball picks on SportsLine are 305-179-7 (63%) over the last three seasons. He also is on a 23-5-1 roll on his last 29 against-the-spread picks, for a profit of $1,733 for $100 bettors. Marshall has netted $1,240 for $100 bettors across his last 91 picks and Hartstein is up $1,202 on his last 148 CBB spread picks.

Now, our college basketball handicappers have analyzed the 2024 NCAA Tournament National Championship Game and locked in their final score projections. 

One 2024 National Championship score prediction we can reveal: Casale syas UConn wins 81-74.

"Purdue and UConn have been the two best college basketball teams all season, so it's fitting they will meet to decide the National Championship," he said. "The Huskies have won and covered 11 straight NCAA Tournament games. Meanwhile, Purdue is 5-0 against the spread in this year's tournament. This is a really tough game to handicap. UConn tends to foul a lot, which favors the Boilermakers. However, the Huskies are one of the few teams that can compete with Purdue on the boards. I make this line UConn -5. There is some value backing Purdue, but do you really want to pick against the Huskies? I don't."

Every expert has locked in their exact score projection for the national title matchup of the 2024 NCAA Tournament. They include a prediction that one team "has the coaching edge," while another one has found a scenario that could put the favorite in HUGE trouble. You ABSOLUTELY need to see the 2024 NCAA Tournament National Championship score projections before locking in any college basketball picks.

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