TV ratings for Monday's NCAA championship game between Connecticut and Butler were down significantly from a year ago.

Connecticut's defense-dominated 53-41 win Monday on CBS earned an 11.7 fast national rating and 18 share.

That's down 18 percent from last year's Duke-Butler final, when the underdog Bulldogs had a chance to win it at the buzzer.

The entire tournament, with every game televised nationally for the first time, averaged a 6.4/14, up seven percent from last season.