Who would've thought that a team that lost their first game to Santa Clara would be the National Champs. That's right, the North Carolina Tar Heels are the only team standing at the end of this long college basketball season. UNC beat Illinois 75-70 on Monday night. This is the first National Championship victory for Tar Heels' head coach Roy Williams. UNC's Sean May was named Most Outstanding Player.
  This game marks the end of a fantastic season for North Carolina, Illinois and all of the other teams. Every team has at least one shining moment, this tournament featured many
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upsets. Numbedr 14 Bucknell upset Number 3 Kansas and Number 13 Vermont beat Number 4 Syracuse. Three of the four Elite Eight games went to overtime and in two of them, a team came back from more than 15 down.
  This season was great and will be remembered for many years. Although Illinois had only one loss this season, they couldn't stop Sean May inside and North Carolina cruised to a victory. West Virginia was another surprise team this year, the Mountaineers made it to the Big East Championship and to the Elitle Eight.
  As is the case every year, many seniors are leaving and a lot of underclassmen are going to try the NBA. Who knows what next year will hold? Every year, the powerhouse schools dominate and every year there are many surprise teams. This is a great sport and this past year is one to remember.
-Written by Jesse
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