1993 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game
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The 1993 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game took place on April 5, 1993 between the North Carolina Tar Heels and Michigan Wolverines at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The match-up was the final one of the fifty-fifth consecutive NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship single-elimination tournament — commonly referred to as the NCAA Tournament — organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and is used to crown a national champion for men's basketball at the Division I level.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
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Date | April 5, 1993 | ||||||||||||
Venue | Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||||||||
MVP | Donald Williams, North Carolina | ||||||||||||
Favorite | North Carolina by 2 ½[1] | ||||||||||||
Referees | Tom Harrington, Ed Hightower, & Jim Stupin[2][3] | ||||||||||||
Attendance | 64,151[3] | ||||||||||||
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Network | CBS | ||||||||||||
Announcers | Jim Nantz and Billy Packer | ||||||||||||
The Tar Heels won their third NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship, after having been victorious in 1957 and 1982 beforehand. Donald Williams was named the NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player for his efforts throughout the tournament. This was the third consecutive national championship won by the ACC.