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| Date | April 6, 2009 | ||||||||||||
| Venue | Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Wayne Ellington, North Carolina | ||||||||||||
| Favorite | North Carolina by 7.5 | ||||||||||||
| Referees | Tom O'Neill, Curtis Shaw, Tony Greene | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 72,922 | ||||||||||||
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| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jim Nantz (play-by-play) Clark Kellogg (color) Tracy Wolfson (sideline) | ||||||||||||
| Nielsen Ratings | 10.8 | ||||||||||||
The 2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was the final game of the 2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and determined the National Champion for the 2008-09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The game was played on April 6, 2009, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan as the final game of the Final Four. The game was played between the South Regional Champions, No. 1-seeded North Carolina, and the Midwest Regional Champions, No. 2-seeded Michigan State. The Tar Heels defeated the Spartans 89–72.[2]
This game was a rematch of Basketbowl II of the 2008 ACC-Big Ten Challenge which was also played at Ford Field in which North Carolina also dominated Michigan State with a 98–63 victory.[3]
- ^ "2008-09 Men's College Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
- ^ "North Carolina vs. Michigan State Box Score, April 6, 2009". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
- ^ "Hansbrough's 23 help North Carolina embarrass Michigan State". ESPN. December 3, 2008. Archived from the original on January 6, 2009. Retrieved April 11, 2014.