Remember at the end of the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament, we all laughed at the ACC’s shortcomings. Hell, I joined in on the fun. Because the so-called best conference only had one team left with North Carolina while eight hoped the Heels would carry the water for their conference. They did just that with their first National Championship since 2009. ACC gets the glory at the end can now boast it’s home to the College Football and Basketball National Champion. That’s quite an honor.

We’re going to do a Hoopcap later on today for the morning/afternoon crowd, so we won’t spend much time recapping the game. But I will say this was not an enjoyable basketball. For as many good games as they were, this one sucked. Carolina’s run should be remembered fondly. They took out a Final Four team in Kentucky to get to Final Four while surviving a spunky Oregon and Arkansas teams at different points of the tournament. With tournament-winning teams, we always see multiple people set up for a game or two. There are very few Kemba’s in our lives. Justin Jackson, Luke Maye, Kennedy Meeks and tonight, Joel Berry III. That’s how you win championships.

Roy Williams adds his second title at North Carolina even under the cloud of suspicion with his program. No one cares about that tonight or this summer. Williams now ties Dean Smith, his mentor, for titles at Carolina, and he will go for number three next season. Carolina deserves a ton of credit for how they’ve built a program that doesn’t get involved with the one-and-done culture. Truly impressive stuff.