The final step in completing your NCAA Tournament bracket is to predict the total final score of the national title game matchup for tiebreaking purposes. Although it may seem like a small detail, it can be the difference in earning bragging rights as the winner of your bracket pool.

If you’re in this predicament and stuck on what number to put for this year’s national title game happening on April 7 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, we are here to help. Instead of putting 10 or 10,000 as a random score, we are here to provide you with some past data that will hopefully get you on track to winning your bracket pool.

The average score of national title games since 2010 is 135.7. The highest-scoring title game since that time period happened in 2019, when Virginia defeated Texas Tech 85-77 (162 total) in overtime. The lowest-scoring championship game in the same stretch occurred when UConn outlasted Butler 53-41 (94) in a dismal game to win the national title in 2011.

Speaking of UConn, the Huskies have won the last two national titles over Purdue and San Diego State, respectively, and the total score of both games landed at 135.

Every national championship total score since 2010:

Year	Championship Result	Total Score
2024	UConn 75, Purdue 60	135
2023	UConn 76, San Diego State 59	135
2022	Kansas 72, North Carolina 69	141
2021	Baylor 86, Gonzaga 70	156
2020	Canceled due to Covid-19	N/A
2019	Virginia 85, Texas Tech 77 (OT)	162
2018	Villanova 79, Michigan 62	141
2017	North Carolina 71, Gonzaga 65	136
2016	Villanova 77, North Carolina 74	151
2015	Duke 68, Wisconsin 63	131
2014	Connecticut 60, Kentucky 54	114
2013	Louisville 82, Michigan 76	158
2012	Kentucky 67, Kansas 59	126
2011	Connecticut 53, Butler 41	94
2010	Duke 61, Butler 59	120