For the second time this year, both in championship matches, North Carolina easily sweeps past Michigan State by a score of 89-72 for the National Championship. North Carolina jumped ahead by 20 points in the first 10 minutes of play, and never looked back. Michigan tried hard to make the game more exciting by coming within 13 in the final 5 minutes, but it just wasn’t enough.

This marks North Carolina’s 5th national championship which ties Indiana for 3rd overall and trails behind Kentucky and UCLA for most championships (UCLA leads with 11, Kentucky 7). Despite having a record number of spectators, this years final match was nothing compared to last years, where Kansas mounted an unbelievable comeback to take down #1 seeded Memphis in overtime.

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