North Carolina is from Tobacco Road, Gonzaga from the foothills of the Rockies, 2,567 miles apart. The last championship pairing of such distance was Villanova and UCLA in 1971. UNC has seven losses. The last national champion with seven defeats was Michigan State in 2000. Gonzaga has one defeat. The last one-loss national champion was N.C. State in 1974. (NCAA.com)
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