>> grant: gap. >> jim: call for his second, williams-goss. so jackson just -- he's always been able to find it. mathews for melson. >> grant: if you wonder that fatigue is playing a role, guys normally efficient from the free throw line missing it down the stretch. >> jim: carolina 12 of 22 from the line. and that one ties it at 63. >> bill: the size of the point guard, let's see if perkins can elevate. >> grant: carolina has got to be solid. no gambling here on defense. >> bill: he loves to post up with the big basket. >> jim: backs away. pinson. >> bill: that's what they call crunch time. >> jim: banks at home. created the separation.

>> bill: nice cut by jackson. >> grant: this is unbelievable play. theo pinson, we know he can pass to jackson, the best moving without the basketball for that's where he takes advantage down low but not necessarily selling, but using his height to the finish. >> jim: the first-team all-american, the extra point on this end. the three-point play, and a north carolina leader. >> bill: keeping things on williams-goss. once again, they haven't been riding the big guys. a big time up here, williams-goss might have tripped up and hurt his ankle. >> grant: it looks like he and pinson might've got tangled up. >> bill: that is the one he heard, too >> bill: that is the one he

hurt, too. >> grant: ooh. rolled it right there. he's not going out. >> bill: that kid is not going out. there is no about that. they will tape it up, put ice on it, put a band-aid, he's not going out. >> jim: a little extra time. walk it off with a timeout. ♪ but right now it looks like bedtime is the mission. ♪ ♪ a side that owns your own store. ♪ ♪ looks like you need to expand some more. ♪ ♪ that's why there's nationwide. ♪ ♪ they help protect and grow your many sides. ♪ ♪ nationwide is on your side. >> jim: coming up next on cbs, get all of tonight's highlights

and analysis on "inside march madness" presented by buick. so williams-goss scored gonzaga's last eight points. the arrow belongs to the tar heels. the zags down to one timeout, 3 for north carolina. >> bill: looked at him running it off. he's hurting. >> grant: right now, he's going to use that adrenaline here, an opportunity to be a champion. >> bill: melson on the floor now, another guy who can make shots on triple drives. karnowski is active, trying to load up on the box area. see if they called his number particularly after that slight injury. >> grant: i think they go to williams-goss here regardless. he's on the floor, he's been money this all final four. let him go to work. >> jim: nice pump.

short. pinson comes back to get the rebound. >> bill: nice job by hicks screening out. >> jim: 1:00 to go. and a one-point game here for the title. north carolina looking for redemption. berry. underneath, meeks. again, the arrow belongs to pinson. >> bill: he's got an advantage. >> grant: i thought meeks had it. it slipped out of his hands right there. >> bill: karnowski took a little swipe, had it in his hands. >> grant: three guys on the floor. that ball has their name on it. they know what is at stake. >> jim: 0: 49 to go

>> bill: jackson always fishing. >> jim: berry in no hurry with 12 to shoot. hicks. wanted to drive on williams. >> bill: that's what you need from that guy! caught, hold, deliver. a great check out on one end, counters on the offensive end. >> grant: and he has struggled the last three games, but stepping up when it matters the most. the senior hicks. hang time and a little smooch! [laughter] jonny brownlee's in trouble. there are no words to describe what we have just seen.

ucla defeats gonzaga! it takes skill to win, but it takes care to be a winner. dove men plus care >> jim: mark few took the last time out for the bulldogs. what do you see building here in 22 seconds? >> bill: you need to go out to the rim, get your defense set up. >> grant: i agree. >> bill: just settle on the three, they rebound, you repeat trouble. so tribe, draw, kick maybe if they take it away. if it's not karnowski, why not ride the big guy? >> jim: comes in. blocked by meeks! running up ahead to jackson! he takes it down for the five-point lead!

no timeouts, gonzaga it's stolen! and north carolina is fouled with 0:07 to go! a game deciding sequence, it looks like. >> grant: and raft, let me tell you. kennedy meeks two possessions defensively. what great, fantastic block. jackson with the easy finish. and the catlike quickness getting this deal on the other end. you talk about stepping up, playing bigs, doing everything right, a continuing continuatie semifinal game. kennedy meeks doing it all. >> bill: i love guys who put the ball in their hands and do some constructive things. but you've got to use better judgment. goss opens up and negates it. >> jim: north carolina because that time out. gonzaga didn't have any, so it

does give few and the zags to come up with some sort of desperation plan. >> bill: absolutely. be good, quick push. >> jim: 's long odds with 7.3. berries at the line for 2 >> bill: how about the way he went after him earlier in the game? >> age 66. his hero who retired at age 66. he was at this .20 years ago from coach smith, retired. and dean implored roy. made him a promise. >> bill: a reason why dean was so sharp, had more to give. i think roy is heating that heeding that lesson. wow. what a quick turnaround.

so many early empty trips, never got their legs, their confidenc confidence. >> jim: mathews. off of the mark. [buzzer] the confetti is going to fall for north carolina! they are not going -- this time. >> jim: what was the difference in the end? >> bill: too many opportunities missed, i think.

but berry played sensational. and you mentioned hicks' culture be doubting down the stretch. he was terrific. >> grant: and i thought williams-goss played big, but the ankle down in the last minute, unable to execute. gonzaga led by one, 63-62 with 2:20 left when north carolina went on a 9-2 run, which they have done alternate against arkansas, and then closing the game against kentucky in the regional final. and now they are champions for north carolina, once again. >> bill: redemption. >> jim: that was the theme. >> bill: this summer, correct? >> jim: really, since the day after houston. since the loss to villanova. >> bill: they hung tough, they committed the work, the industrious, got after it. >> grant: and raft, impressive impressive.

they went through ugly in this tournament, but they did what they had to do showing mental toughness down the stretch in these games. and getting the victory, bringing the championship back to chapel hill. >> jim: how about roy getting meeks out early in the game, and in the end of the game he comes up with a magnificent block? >> bill: the devastation of reality... this kid has got great talented. inhibited all day, couldn't really get going. >> grant: gonzaga a great team, fantastic season. really validation this year that they are a real deal, not a mid-major. >> bill: no, no. >> grant: but a fantastic program. mark few coming so close but not enough. >> jim: well, the north carolina tar heels -- you said it well. they close fast in all of these games. they were coming down to the

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>> it's "inside march madness" presented by buick on a night for north carolina won the national championship. 71-65 in dramatic fashion over the bulldogs of guns i could, making their first trip to the championship game. the expectations shattering performance. this from kennedy meeks. the block on nigel williams-goss, the finish by justin jackson. and the dreams of gonzaga shattered by the tar heels of north carolina. for the first time this year, gonzaga got outshot. for the first time this year, north carolina won again without rebounding. and now they get their trophy. here is jim nantz. >> jim: all right, ernie. we are here within national champions national champions for the north carolina tar heels.

-- -- president of the ncaa here for the trophy presentation. >> ladies and gentlemen, first of all, i love to have you congratulate four great teams for a fabulous final four. and now mark hollis will present the national champions with their trophy. >> congratulations, coach. >> nate, nate. come over here. >> stepped in. >> please do. >> yeah, baby! help him out! >> what is it you want to say? >> it's an amazing game. gonzaga, mark few are two great giants. mark few is one of the greatest

coaches in our game. gonzaga played fantastic. both teams played extremely hard but i don't think either team played really well. but i told my team with 3:00 left, the first day of practice telling me we were going to be the situation, i would've taken it and what we had to do is play the last 3:00. isaiah hicks made a big basket for us, and we did play the last 3 minutes. >> and this team has been closing since last year they called it the redemption tour. how did this team tonight the last 2:30 finish the game on a 9-2 run? how did that happen? >> again, you said it yourself. they wanted redemption. but i put it up on the locker room on the board. one of the things we had to be tonight is tough enough, and i think this group was tough enough tonight. >> congratulations on your third national championship. i know we spoke yesterday, your heroes were dean smith. won two. now you have three.

how much on a moment like this do you think, coach -- >> i think coach smith, no question, i don't think i should be in the same sentence as him. but i've got three. i've got these guys with me. that's all i care about right now. my guys. >> congratulations, roy. and, hey guys. joel berry is the most outstanding player of the final four. [cheers and applause] where did that performance come from tonight, because you've come in here obviously less than 100%? >> yes, sir. my teammates believe in me. i had a hard game the other night. my teammates just said to keep on pushing and keep on pushing. i couldn't do it without them. and my coaches helped me as well. and i wasn't at my watch%, but i give it my all. >> how sweet is that after what happened at the end last year against villanova to think about all of that, yesterday, you said you are feeling the pressure of

trying to come back and avenge that game. the weight of the whole year, coming down to the last minutes again, this time you're on the other side of it. >> yes, sir. that's what i said. i said i want to enjoy it and i want to see these confetti fall on us. and we are the winners. we came out here and competed. it came down to the last second, but we are national champs now! so... >> congratulations. congratulations to all of the tar heels. >> ernie johnson will take it when we come back to phoenix. the north carolina tar heels will be taking down the nets here. and they will have one shining moment in honor of their performance as they take the national championship. 2017.

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♪ >> inside march madness continues. it's presented by buick. the championship belongs to north carolina. the tar heels cut down the nets as we welcome you back. ernie johnson, clark ellen, charles barkley, and a guy who a year ago was not wearing this same expression. north carolina tar heels -- >> expression changed slightly. i'm happy for the kids of both teams, honestly. >> power through. look at this from joel berry, most outstanding player of the final four and isaiah hicks. >> i would say it again, joel berry didn't play his best, but a timely position. he kept the pace with north carolina needed, and they were able to get the baskets down the stretch. but that was a a great game for gonzaga as well through the played extremely well until the last minute and ten seconds. >> joel berry right away. >> he made four of those.

that was his first one. made 4 of 8 despite struggling from two-point land. and that is jordan mathews playing the three. he didn't get many clean looks with that one up and down. >> berry again playing on thoe bad wheels, but blocks that one down. but josh perkins was the guy in the first half. he had 13. >> he was terrific on the first half as you indicated, ernie, but didn't score it all in the second half as he got balls down and became a bit of a foulfest. >> north carolina claims comes. >> i thought mark few called a tremendous timeout at the 17:15 mark to get his team off of his heels and get back in the ball game. >> and responsible for an 8-01 of their own. >> they stepped up. they made a great run. i've got something to say. >> i'm sure you do. >> i can't see it now, because i need to vent. >> i have a feeling you want to

say the same thing i want to say, but we will see. [laughter] look at the house on right ther there, and tillie to karnowski. >> that was part of the search after the timeout. they got the the zags off of the heel. it actually seemed like it because they took a haymaker from carolina for the first few minutes. and then isaiah hicks as joel berry was, kenny, he was timely in a big way. this is luck. >> we can all agree on that one. >> he got a call. >> it makes it a one-point game. and the nigel williams-goss. >> he was great. >> he made a couple of nice post ups, that victory there. but right on the heels of that, he reminds me of the old school rocket allen level. >> joel berry -- >> that was right after nigel williams-goss had made history.

>> and just could get a little bit more of this. >> sliding inside instead of staying on the perimeter. >> north carolina of one. watch this. >> this was the shock of the game here. >> he was a little bit too overzealous. but this is the block of the tar heels' season. >> kennedy meeks with the blocks. justin jackson with the finish. and a steal on the other end for good measure. and it's time to celebrate for the heels of north carolina. and look at this! >> looking good, kenny. >> my goodness. >> i hope you're feeling good, too. >> our blood rushes blue, but i give all the credit well to those gonzaga point guards. they played caliber championship teams. >> all year. not just tonight. >> that's right. >> all year. no reason you can't be happy for your team, but you've got to recognize greatness on the other

team as well. >> as i said earlier, the first time all season that gonzaga has been outshot, and the got them in this 1:30 6% to 34%. and the first time this year when the heels were outrebounded and won the game, the double-double presented by capital one mastercard venture. he didn't have a huge double-double against oregon, but he has 13 double-doubles this season, that is kennedy meeks. warner is the official ladder of ncaa basketball championship. i'm telling you, one of the great marketing initiatives of all time when you cut down the nets on championship monday. >> i've been up on those ladders were not on this level, though! [laughs]

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>> north carolina 71, gonzaga 65 for the national championship. for gonzaga, a 37-2 season with that second loss really stings moments ago. tracy wolfson with gonzaga head coach mark few. >> coach, you guys overcame foul trouble, nigel williams-goss had a huge game. it ultimately came down to that final minute, what happened down the stretch their? >> do you know what? we got good shots. we had the ball where we wanted. and he is such a warrior, man. he blew his ankle. and was still being able to get the shot. the kid is a flat out winter. he's crushed in there. we never would've got to this point without him, he's the only guy who could call that was delivering down the stretch there. and, god damned, we needed that offensive rebound there and it ended up in a jump

ball. they scored, they took it to three. and that was a back breaker. >> he had so much joy that whole tournament, just getting this far. we saw it on your face throughout. i know you fell short of your ultimate goal, but to take this program, to take gonzaga this far. what does that mean? >> i think it will settle in here, i'm hoping it will settle in and feel better tomorrow. and the days to come. it doesn't feel that great right now for, you know, a couple of reasons. you're right there on the brink of a national championship. you want to give that to your team and your program. you know, at the same time, another thing that just crushes you, tracy, you don't get to coach these guys ever again. that was going to happen whether we won her loss. that is the one that really hurts. i couldn't be prouder, man. they absolutely ignited a lot of

stale people that were kind of bored with the zags, and saying that we haven't been capable of achieving something like this. i think they got the whole world behind them leaving them an i will tell you this. they did it the right way. these are high character dudes, they are good students, and they are hoopers. that's what college basketball is all about. >> congratulations on a great season. >> the tar heels of north carolina over gonzaga by six for a national championship number six. when we come back, greg gumbel, one shining moment as we put the wraps on march madness 2017.

timefor a rally beard. probably going to take a - ha. yea. - yeah. miracle to get back in this game. is it doing it? yeah. roberts on the steal. yes! [crowd cheers] - [laugh] wow. - we have done our work. [laughs] you can... you can stop, now. yea, i wish i could. a rally out of nowhere and they are back in it.

>> welcome back to "inside march madness" everyone presented by buick. north carolina wins its sixth national championship. congratulations to head coach roy williams and the torn heels as we also salute mark few and the gonzaga bulldogs on their outstanding season. we thank you for being with us throughout these three weeks of march madness. for all of us at turner and cbs, i'm greg gumbel. as we say good night from glendale, arizona, it's that time that we celebrate the culmination of another great