The NC State team that won it also had quite a few losses IIRC. That is probably "the wrong North Carolina team" to you, though <g>.

>Quite a spot in history :o) I think Villanova in 1985 was pretty surprising.
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>>I just saw something interesting....when KU won the national title in 1988, they finished 27-11. No team has even won the national title with that many losses!
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>>They limped into the tournament, but Danny Manning had an unbelievable run.