More than 2.3 million votes were cast in the three-week, 68-team online tournament, but it was the North Carolina Tar Heels that came out victorious in the ‘Fox Sports Ultimate Fan Bracket’ championship on Twitter Monday morning.
Nearly 120,000 votes were submitted from Friday to Monday in the Tar Heels’ championship round against the BYU Cougars. It came down to the smallest of margins as North Carolina mounted a last-minute comeback after trailing by four percent with just a few hours remaining. The Tar Heels enlisted the help of a number of their famous alumni including Rick Fox, Kenny Smith, Vince Carter, Sean May, Harrison Barnes and Coby White.