Top 10 games in NCAA Tournament history: North Carolina Beats Michigan For '93 Title

Posted Mar 21, 2020
Same building. Same result. Different blunder. Dean Smith won his second national championship Monday night when North Carolina beat Michigan 77-71. And like the first title he won at the Superdome, this one wasn’t sealed until somebody made a costly, almost unbelieveable, error. The Tar Heels won in 1982 on a closing jumper by Michael Jordan and a botched pass. (Associated Press)

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