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Final Four blowouts set up North Carolina-Villanova NCAA Tournament title

Apr 2, 2016, 8:11 PM

North Carolina forward Kennedy Meeks (3) dunks the ball against Syracuse during the second half of ...

North Carolina forward Kennedy Meeks (3) dunks the ball against Syracuse during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 2, 2016, in Houston. (Chris Steppig/NCAA Photos via AP, Pool)

(Chris Steppig/NCAA Photos via AP, Pool)

North Carolina will play in the NCAA Tournament championship game for the 10th time, looking for its sixth championship on Monday night when the Tar Heels face Villanova.

Tip-off will be at 6:19 p.m. MST and the game will be televised on TBS.

North Carolina cruised to an 83-66 victory against Syracuse in the second game of a Final Four that was sort of a flop. Villanova won the first game by a record-setting 44 points against Oklahoma.

The Tar Heels have won each of their tournament games by at least 14 points.

Coach Roy Williams will be looking for his third national championship since taking over for the Tar Heels.

Villanova is going to the national championship game for the third time in school history and first time since winning it all in 1985. It will be the second time the Wildcats have played the final in Houston. The first was in 1971 when they lost to UCLA in the Astrodome next door to NRG Stadium.

The Wildcats tore up Oklahoma 95-51, the largest margin of victory in a national semifinal game in NCAA Tournament history.

The previous mark had been 34 points, with Magic Johnson and Michigan State beating Pennsylvania 101-67 in 1979, and Cincinnati beating Oregon State 8-46 in 1963.

Villanova is 11-4 all-time against North Carolina, but coach Jay Wright is 0-3. Their last meeting was in the 2013 NCAA Tournament, a 78-71 UNC win.

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