2043-44: Navy and North Carolina both make the Final Four undefeated, but get pitted against each other in a cruel twist of bad bracketing by the committee.
Maryland, also a top-seed and 6-seed Tennessee are the other two teams to make it to the Final Four.
Navy wins the National Title, running the table and UNC gets denied again despite back-to-back Final Four appearances. They're cursed.
Code:
Navy 77, North Carolina 66
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North Carolina (37-1, 15-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Kit Rivas C 31 2-4 0-0 1 5 0 0 4
Hayden Sharp PF 16 2-4 0-0 1 1 0 3 4
Kai Gray SF 27 5-15 0-0 2 5 1 1 11
Wyatt Walker SG 32 9-14 1-2 4 5 2 0 24
Eric Eason PG 32 4-10 2-2 0 3 14 5 12
Danny Christopher PF 23 3-6 0-0 3 3 0 1 6
Bobby Mendez SG 5 0-0 1-2 1 1 0 4 1
Avery Mills SF 19 0-1 0-0 4 8 1 0 0
Lyle Randall PG 7 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
Mohammed Olson C 4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Peter Ramirez SG 4 1-1 2-2 0 0 0 1 4
Turnovers: 23 (K.Rivas 2, H.Sharp 1, K.Gray 2, W.Walker
6, E.Eason 4, D.Christopher 2, B.Mendez 1, A.Mills 3,
L.Randall 1, M.Olson 1)
Blocked Shots: 9 (K.Rivas 6, H.Sharp 2, B.Mendez 1)
Steals: 6 (K.Rivas 1, K.Gray 1, W.Walker 1, E.Eason 2,
B.Mendez 1)
3P FGs: 8-20 (H.Sharp 0-1, K.Gray 1-3, W.Walker 5-7,
E.Eason 2-7, A.Mills 0-1, L.Randall 0-1)
Navy (38-0, 15-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Nick Rose C 20 2-5 0-0 5 8 0 4 4
Nick Hensley PF 34 4-8 0-0 4 9 1 0 10
Reese Shelton SF 31 13-22 0-0 5 8 0 4 26
Aaren Nieves SG 30 6-10 0-0 0 0 9 5 13
Killian Weeks PG 34 6-11 3-4 0 2 7 2 16
Toby Holden PG 13 0-3 2-3 0 0 1 0 2
Sean Hopkins SF 15 1-2 0-0 1 2 5 0 2
Morgan Rogers PF 10 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Rickey Delgado SF 5 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 2
Damon Demers PF 4 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0
Nathanel Stevens C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Gibson PG 3 1-1 0-0 0 0 1 1 2
Turnovers: 17 (N.Rose 3, N.Hensley 2, R.Shelton 4,
A.Nieves 2, K.Weeks 4, S.Hopkins 1, M.Rogers 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (N.Rose 2, N.Hensley 1)
Steals: 11 (R.Shelton 1, A.Nieves 3, K.Weeks 4,
T.Holden 1, R.Delgado 1, D.Demers 1)
3P FGs: 4-8 (N.Hensley 2-3, A.Nieves 1-2, K.Weeks 1-1,
T.Holden 0-1, S.Hopkins 0-1)
Player of Game: SF Reese Shelton (NAVY)