GLENDALE, Ariz. -- It's the blue blood vs. the new blood.
The contrast in the NCAA Tournament championship game is clear: North Carolina, winners of five titles and appearing in its record 20th Final Four, is in one corner. Gonzaga, in its first Final Four after spending almost two decades chugging up the mountaintop, is in the other.
"To be playing in the last game of the year is just crazy cool," said Bulldogs coach Mark Few.
But make no mistake. The programs might hang different kinds of banners in their arenas, but this is a heavyweight matchup all the way.