DETROIT -- ESPN.com provides instant analysis from Monday night's NCAA championship game between Michigan State and North Carolina at Ford Field.
The Tar Heels won their fifth national championship by blasting the Spartans 89-72 in front of a crowd of 72,922, the largest to ever watch an NCAA tournament game.
HOW THE GAME WAS WON: The Tar Heels were a unanimous selection for No. 1 in the preseason ESPN/USA Today coaches poll and were a popular favorite to win the national championship. The Tar Heels looked truly unbeatable twice this season, first when they routed Michigan State 98-63 at Ford Field on Dec. 3 and against the Spartans again on Monday night.
North Carolina simply had too much balance and firepower for the Spartans. Guard Wayne Ellington and forward Danny Green knocked down 3-pointers early in the game, and UNC kept going to forwards Tyler Hansbrough, Deon Thompson and Ed Davis in the paint. UNC led by 21 points at halftime -- the largest lead at the half of a national championship game -- and the Spartans never got closer than 13 points the rest of the way.
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