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NCAA Championship: North Carolina vs Gonzaga game preview

The North Carolina Tar Heels and Gonzaga Bulldogs will meet in Phoenix, Arizona on Monday night for the 2017 NCAA Championship.

It’s the Bulldogs’ first trip to college basketball’s final night, having never made it past the Elite 8 until this season.

The Tar Heels, however, are making their second consecutive appearance in the national title game, something that the program most recently accomplished in 1981 and 1982.

Dean Smith’s Tar Heels lost to Indiana in the 1981 NCAA Championship, but returned the following season to beat Georgetown in the 1982 title game.