<P> The 2017 NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball Championship Game was the final game of the 2017 NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball Tournament . It determined the national champion for the 2016 -- 17 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The game was played on April 3 , 2017 , at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale , Arizona between the Gonzaga Bulldogs and the North Carolina Tar Heels . North Carolina defeated Gonzaga , 71 -- 65 , to win its sixth men 's basketball national championship . </P>
who played in the 2017 ncaa championship game
the Gonzaga Bulldogs the North Carolina Tar Heels