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Article: NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP NCAA Final Four: St. Louis 2005 -- Illinois has Carolina Blues; After erasing halftime deficit, Illini slip in final minutes against Tar Heels -- North Carolina 75, Illinois 70

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April 5, 2005
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North Carolina's Rashad McCants shows off his jersey while Illinois' Deron Williams reaches out to congratulate him after the Tar Heels' 75-70 victory in Monday's NCAA championship game in St. Louis.

ST. LOUIS -- It all added up to a national championship for Illinois. The 100th season of Illini basketball. Snapping Wisconsin's nation-best 38-game home winning streak. The one-loss regular season and the Big Ten regular-season and tournament titles. Rallying around the death of coach Bruce Weber's mother one week before beginning play in the NCAA tournament and coming back from 15 points down against Arizona in the final four minutes of an Elite Eight matchup. It all added up for the ...

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