The Tar Heels triumphed over Gonzaga, and now we can all play a round of our real favorite pastime — criticizing the officials.
North Carolina beat Gonzaga ( where’s that school again?) on Monday night, 71-65, for the national men’s college basketball championship.
It was a redemption story for Tar Heels’ fans , since their team lost to Villanova in last year’s final, and who can blame them for wanting to roll around in the celebratory confetti?
And it was a heartbreaker for Gonzaga, the small Jesuit school from Spokane that, despite a proud basketball tradition, had never qualified for the championship game before this year.
