2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game

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2009 NCAA Tournament Championship Game
National Championship Game
12Total
Michigan State343872
North Carolina553489
DateApril 6, 2009
Arena Ford Field
Location Detroit, Michigan
MVP Wayne Ellington, North Carolina
Favorite North Carolina by 7.5
Referee(s)Tom O'Neill, Curtis Shaw, Tony Greene
Attendance72,922
United States TV coverage
Network CBS
Announcers Jim Nantz (play-by-play)
Clark Kellogg (color)
Tracy Wolfson (sideline)
Nielsen Ratings10.8
  2008
2010  

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. [1]

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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. [2]

Participants

Michigan State

In their first game of the Tournament, Raymar Morgan scored 16 points to help the Spartans defeat Robert Morris 77–62. [3] In the Second round of the Tournament, Travis Walton scored a career-high 18 points to help beat USC 74–69 and advance to the Sweet Sixteen. [4] In the Sweet Sixteen, Michigan State came back from a 36–29 deficit at halftime and Kalin Lucas scored seven points during the final 49 seconds including making five straight free throws to beat Kansas 67–62 and advance to the Elite Eight. [5] In the Elite Eight, the Spartans dominated No. 1-seeded Louisville, [6] holding them to their second lowest point total of the season (52), only one shot in the final 5:18, and just 38.3 percent shooting in a 64–52 win. In the Final Four, Kalin Lucas scored 21 points and Raymar Morgan scored 18 points as Michigan State controlled the tempo of play with solid all-around play holding Connecticut to only 18 mid-range shots or 3-pointers only making three of those as Michigan State beat Connecticut 82–73. [7]

Michigan State was the first team since Duke in 1994 to play the national championship game in their home state.

North Carolina

North Carolina got off to a hot start in the Tournament as Tyler Hansbrough scored 22 points to become the leading scorer in ACC history and Wayne Ellington scored 25 points to lead North Carolina to a 101–58 dominating win over Radford. [8] In the Second round, Ty Lawson scored 23 points (21 of them coming in the second half) and once the game was tied at 63–63, North Carolina finished off with a 21–7 run to beat LSU 84–70. [9] In the Sweet Sixteen, North Carolina went 11–19 on three-pointers while Tyler Hansbrough had a double-double with 24 points and 10 rebounds and Ty Lawson scored 19 points (17 in the first half) and had nine assists and one turnover as North Carolina defeated Gonzaga 98–77. [10] In the Elite Eight, Ty Lawson led North Carolina with 19 points to beat Oklahoma 72–60 and advance to the Final Four. [11] In the Final Four, Tyler Hansbrough had a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds which made him the sixth leading scorer in NCAA Tournament history and in addition, Ty Lawson scored 22 points and Wayne Ellington scored 20 points to beat Villanova 83–69 to advance to the National Championship Game. [12]

North Carolina was the third team since 1985 to advance to the National Championship game having won their previous five tournament games by 10 points or more. The other two teams were Duke in 2001 as they beat Arizona by 10 in the 2001 National Championship Game and Michigan State in 2000 as they beat Florida by 13 in the 2000 National Championship Game.

Team rosters

2008-09 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball roster
No.NamePositionHeightWeightClass
00 Idong Ibok C6-11260Redshirt Sr.
1 Kalin Lucas G6-0180So.
2 Raymar Morgan F6-8225Jr.
3Chris AllenG6-3205So.
5 Travis Walton G6-2190Sr.
10 Delvon Roe F6-8225Fr.
13Austin ThorntonF6-5210Redshirt Fr.
14 Goran Suton F6-10245Redshirt Sr.
15 Durrell Summers G6-4195So.
20Mike KeblerG6-4200So.
22Isaiah DahlmanG6-6200Jr.
23 Draymond Green F6-6235Fr.
25Jon CrandellF6-8225Jr.
34 Korie Lucious G5-11170Fr.
40 Shaun Pruitt C7-0240Redshirt So.
41 Shaun Pruitt F6-8235Redshirt Sr.
Reference: [13]
2008-09 North Carolina Tar Heels roster
No.NamePositionHeightWeightClass
1 Marcus Ginyard G/F6-5220Sr.
2Marc CampbellG5-11175Jr.
4 Bobby Frasor G6-3210Sr.
5 Ty Lawson G5-11195Jr.
11 Larry Drew II G6-1180Fr.
13 Will Graves G/F6-6245So.
14 Danny Green G/F6-6210Sr.
15J.B. TannerG6-0185Sr.
21 Deon Thompson F6-8245Jr.
22 Wayne Ellington G6-4200Jr.
24 Justin Watts G6-4205Fr.
30Jack WootenG6-2190Sr.
32 Ed Davis F6-10215Fr.
35Patrick MoodyF6-4195Sr.
40Mike CopelandF6-7235Sr.
44 Tyler Zeller F7-0220Fr.
50 Tyler Hansbrough F6-9250Sr.
Reference: [14]

Starting lineups

[15]

Selected in an NBA Draft (number corresponds to draft round)

† = 2009 All-American

Michigan StatePositionNorth Carolina
Kalin Lucas G Ty Lawson 1
Travis Walton G Wayne Ellington 1
Delvon Roe F Danny Green 2
Raymar Morgan F Deon Thompson
Goran Suton 2 C F Tyler Hansbrough 1

Game summary

CBS
April 6
9:21 EDT
#1 North Carolina 89, #2 Michigan State 72
Pts: T. Lawson 21
Rebs: E. Davis – 8
Asts: T. Lawson – 6
Pts: G. Suton – 17
Rebs: G. Suton – 11
Asts: K. Lucas – 7
Halftime Score: North Carolina, 55–34
Ford Field, Detroit
Attendance: 72,922
Referees: Tom O'Neill, Curtis Shaw, Tony Greene

North Carolina got hot early during the 2009 National Championship Game, as they got off to a 34–11 lead with 9:46 remaining in the 1st half. North Carolina kept their dominance going as they had a 55–34 lead at halftime, which marks the largest halftime lead in NCAA Tournament History and the most points scored in the 1st half in NCAA Tournament History. The game was over before it began as North Carolina had a 17–7 lead with 15:35 remaining in the 1st half, and the game never got closer. North Carolina won the game 89–72, as Tyler Hansbrough's 18 points, Wayne Ellington's 19 points, and Ty Lawson's 21 points all led to the rout of Michigan State to win the national championship. [16]

By beating Michigan State by 17, North Carolina became the 1st team since Duke in 2001 to win all their NCAA Tournament games by double digits. Also, their +121 point differential during the 2009 NCAA Tournament was the 2nd highest in Tournament History since 1985 trailing Kentucky who had a +129 point differential during the 1996 NCAA tournament.

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