I'm pretty certain it was in 2000
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The University of North Carolina won the NCAA basketball championship in 1993 beating the Fab Five University of Michigan team. This was Coach Dean Smith's last NCAA championship before he retired in 1997. For more information see: http://www.answers.com/topic/1993-ncaa-men-s-division-i-basketball-tournament The score was UNC 77 - Michigan 71. Mostly the loss is attributed to Chris Webber calling a timeout when none were available causing a technical foul. 2 shots and possession from the technical put it away for UNC.
The final four in 2008 was the North Carolina Tarheels, Memphis Tigers, Kansas Jayhawks,and the UCLA Bruins. And the winners was the Kansas Jayhawks.
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The first national basketball tournament was the National Invitational Tournament, the NIT. It preceded the start of the NCAA tourney. The first year of the NCAA Basketball Tournament was 1939.
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