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Championship game: By the numbers

By ESPN Stats & Information

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

North Carolina easily cruised to its fifth national championship in school history and its first since 2005, defeating Michigan State 89-72 at Ford Field in Detroit. Largest point differential For an NCAA tournament champion since 1985. Year Team Point Diff. 1996 Kentucky +129 2009 UNC +121 1990 UNLV +112 2001 Duke +100 1993 UNC +94 The Tar Heels jumped out to a 34-11 lead and never looked back as they went into halftime leading 55-34, the largest halftime lead ever in ...

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