Heels Stomp Spartans, Win National Championship

Good things come to those who wait.
Ask North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough, or Ty Lawson. Talk to Wayne Ellington and Danny Green.
All four elected to return following a disappointing loss to Kansas in the 2008 Final Four, passing up a chance at millions of dollars in the NBA for a chance at something with which stacks of Benjamins cannot compete: a national championship.
Monday night, before a partisan Detroit crowd, the Tar Heels fulfilled that goal, winning 89-72 over Michigan State.
In what has become the custom in the NCAA Tournament, North Carolina outran, outhustled, outshot and ultimately knocked out the Spartans.
Lawson was the game's most valuable player, scoring 21 points and setting the NCAA Final Four record for steals with eight.
Ellington, the Final Four's MVP, added 19 points and several big 3-pointers in the first half to help North Carolina get off to a fast start.
By halftime, North Carolina set two more records: the most points scored in the first half of a NCAA Championship game (55) and the largest halftime lead (21).
Then again, the Tar Heels have made the competition look like a Steve Urckel punch; the team's tightest margin of victory was 12, coming in the Elite Eight against Oklahoma.
Green, who wore the Carolina blue for a team record 145 games and Hansbrough, who fought tooth and nail on every possession of every game for four years en route to becoming fifth on the NCAA's all-time scoring list, capped a perfect ending to their collegiate careers as national champions.
Perfect.