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Tar Heels Defeated Michigan in '93 For Smith's Second NCAA Title

Official Site of the Tar Heels | March 31, 2020

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EDITOR'S NOTE — A panel of Associated Press sports writers voted in March 2020 on the top 10 men's basketball games in the history of the NCAA Tournament. They are being republished because the sport has been shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic. The following game story, from 1993, was voted No. 10 and was sent April 5, 1993.

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By JIM O'CONNELL
AP Basketball Writer

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Same building. Same result. Different blunder.

Dean Smith won his second national championship Monday night when North Carolina beat Michigan 77-71.





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