North Carolina looks for 6th NCAA title against Villanova

North Carolina's Nate Britt (0) and the rest of the team run to the locker room after the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game against Syracuse, Saturday, April 2, 2016, in Houston. North Carolina won 83-66. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) North Carolina's Nate Britt (0) and the rest of the team run to the locker room after the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game against Syracuse, Saturday, April 2, 2016, in Houston. North Carolina won 83-66. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

By Associated Press April 2, 2016 3 min read

HOUSTON (AP) – North Carolina will look for its sixth NCAA championship when the Tar Heels meet the Villanova Wildcats, trying for their second, on Monday night.

The Tar Heels (33-6) last won it all in 2009 and Villanova’s only title came in 1985.

Both teams advanced to the championship game with lopsided wins, but Villanova’s was far more of a blowout than North Carolina’s.

The top-seeded Tar Heels beat 10-seed Syracuse 83-66 on Saturday night in a national semifinal for their 10th straight win. That was after the Wildcats made easy work of Buddy Hield and Oklahoma, with a 95-51 trampling that was the biggest margin of victory in a national semifinal game.

Villanova (34-5) did it with 71.4 percent shooting led by Josh Hart, who scored 23 points on 10 of 12 shooting.