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The 2009 tournament was the first time the Final Four had a minimum seating capacity of 70,000, and by having most of the tournament in the February Sweeps of the Nielsen Ratings due to the digital television transition in the United States on June 12, 2009, this was the last NCAA basketball tournament, in all three divisions, to air on analog ...
The game was over before it began as North Carolina had a 17–7 lead with 15:35 remaining in the 1st half, and the game never got closer. North Carolina won the game 89–72, as Tyler Hansbrough's 18 points, Wayne Ellington's 19 points, and Ty Lawson's 21 points all led to the rout of Michigan State to win the national championship. [17]
The Villanova-Pitt game on January 28, 2009 was the last game to be held at the Wachovia Spectrum which drew a crowd of 17,449. [8] The Wildcats finished perfect the year at the Pavilion. Villanova's 25 regular-season wins tied a school record.
North Carolina and Villanova battled back and forth all game long in a semifinal at the Battle 4 Atlantis. The Wildcats had just enough in the tank to win in overtime.
The national championship game had never seen something quite like Kris Jenkins' buzzer-beater.
The 2008–09 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The head coach was Roy Williams . The team played its home games in the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina , and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference .
Marcus Paige’s off-balance shot to tie the score late against Villanova was wiped from history by Kris Jenkins’ buzzer-beater. But time, and UNC’s title a year later, helped ease the pain.
The North Carolina Tar Heels became the first team in history to be the unanimous #1 team in the AP preseason poll. [1] The ranking came based on UNC returning the majority of their Final Four squad from the year before, most notably Tyler Hansbrough, who became the first reigning National player of the year to return to school since Shaquille O'Neal in the 1991–92 season.
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