Heels Claim Fifth NCAA Championship

Posted Apr 7, 2009
UNC spent all season long battling ridiculously high expectations, intense media scrutiny and a variety of injuries. On Monday night at Ford Field, the Tar Heels overcame all of that adversity in routing Michigan State, 89-72, for its fifth NCAA national championship. "I felt like it was fitting for us to do what this group just accomplished," Roy Williams told reporters in his postgame press conference. "So my hat's off to these three guys.” (Inside Carolina)

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