What Time is the NCAA March Madness Championship Game?

All of the basketball action and bracket successes and failures come down to this. Villanova will face the North Carolina Tar Heels in the NCAA March Madness Finals on Monday night.

The game begins at 9:19 p.m. EST at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.

Villanova beat the Oklahoma Sooners, 95-51. and UNC advanced by defeating Syracuse, 83-66, in Final Four action over the weekend.

Now, Villanova, seated 2nd in its tournament bracket, faces a No. 1 North Carolina.

You can stream the National Championship game live at March Madness Live

It will be a defining game for both teams, according to ESPN Senior Writer Dana O'Neil.

"Is Villanova a legitimate national program? Does North Carolina still wield the same sort of impact it once did?" he writes. "For one team, this game will answer that."

The OddsShark final score prediction is Villanova 73 and North Carolina 69.

The Capital One Championship Central pregame show begins at 7 p.m. on TBS.

According to NCAA.com, coverage will include guest appearances by Michigan State Head Coach Tom Izzo and Connecticut Head Coach Kevin Ollie. It will include taped performances from Sunday’s NCAA March Madness Music Festival featuring Maroon 5 and Pitbull.