On this day in sports history, April 8th, 2019: Virginia defeated Texas Tech 85-77 in overtime to win the national championship
It was the first national title in program history for Virginia, completing one of the most remarkable turnarounds ever just one year after becoming the first 1-seed to lose to a 16-seed
De’Andre Hunter led the way with 27 points in the title game
It’s one of only 8 games in NCAA men’s basketball championship history to go to overtime
🎥: @NCAA
Rory McIlroy commissioned this pencil drawing after last year's Masters Tournament.
The artist (@KeeganHall) provided context on Reddit:
• Spent 6+ months working on it
• Estimates 600-800+ total hours
• Worked on it 6-7 days each week
• Uses a Pentel Graphgear mechanical pencil
Hall says this piece was incredibly challenging because so much detail went into such a small area. For context, the original is smaller than 30x22, so each face in the crowd is essentially a quarter of the size of a fingernail.
This is the second piece he has done for Rory.