GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) – Their pedigrees are different, but both teams are loaded with veterans. Both have some heft in the middle.
When Gonzaga meets North Carolina for the NCAA national championship on Monday night, it could be quite a brawl.
“They’re big just like us and they match up with us pretty well,” North Carolina’s Theo Pinson said. “Their guards are really good. We just got to play the game and execute.”
The centers are beastly.
Gonzaga (37-1) brings 7-foot-1, 300-pound Przemek Karnowski. He will have 3 inches and 40 pounds on the Tar Heels’ 6-10, 260-pound Kennedy Meeks, who may have had the best game of his career in Saturday night’s 77-76 win over Oregon.