[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 110 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. RES. 110
Congratulating the University of North Carolina Tar Heels basketball
team for winning the 2008-2009 NCAA men's basketball national
championship.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 22, 2009
Mr. Burr (for himself and Mrs. Hagan) submitted the following
resolution; which was considered and agreed to
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RESOLUTION
Congratulating the University of North Carolina Tar Heels basketball
team for winning the 2008-2009 NCAA men's basketball national
championship.
Whereas on April 6, 2009, the University of North Carolina defeated Michigan
State University 89-72 to win the 2008-2009 National Collegiate Athletic
Association (NCAA) men's basketball national championship;
Whereas the University of North Carolina was the consensus preseason number 1
basketball team in the Nation;
Whereas the University of North Carolina Tar Heels were saddled with a
tremendous amount of pressure to get to the NCAA Final Four and win the
national championship in 2009;
Whereas after the Tar Heels' 0-2 record to start the Atlantic Coast Conference
(ACC) regular season, the team finished with a record of 13-3 and won 13
out of their last 14 games in conference;
Whereas the Tar Heels were the 2008-2009 ACC regular season conference
champions;
Whereas the University of North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough became the ACC's
all-time leading scorer;
Whereas the University of North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough and Ty Lawson were
selected to the 2008-2009 All-Atlantic Coast Conference (All-ACC) first
team;
Whereas Tyler Hansbrough became the first player in league history to be
unanimously selected 4 times to the All-ACC first team;
Whereas the University of North Carolina's Danny Green was selected to the 2008-
2009 All-ACC third team and the All-ACC defensive team;
Whereas the University of North Carolina's Ed Davis was selected to the All-ACC
rookie team;
Whereas entering into the 2008-2009 NCAA College Basketball Championship,
President Barack Obama picked the Tar Heels to win the championship
title;
Whereas the University of North Carolina beat each of Radford University,
Louisiana State University, Gonzaga University, and the University of
Oklahoma by 12 points or more to win the South Division and reach the
Final Four for the second straight year;
Whereas Ty Lawson was named the South Division most valuable player;
Whereas with their victory over the University of Oklahoma, the Tar Heels became
the first team in NCAA Tournament history to reach 100 tournament wins;
Whereas several media outlets, including ESPN and CBS, reported that more than
60,000 fans in attendance at the final tournament game would be cheering
for Michigan State University;
Whereas the 55 points the University of North Carolina scored in the first half
of the championship game broke the all-time first half scoring record
for any team in the history of the NCAA tournament;
Whereas the University of North Carolina's Wayne Ellington and Deon Thompson
played exceptionally well in the first half of the championship game to
push the lead to 21 points;
Whereas the University of North Carolina withstood Michigan State University's
late surge and pushed the lead back to 19 points with less than 3
minutes remaining in the game;
Whereas the University of North Carolina's Wayne Ellington was named the Final
Four most valuable player;
Whereas Ty Lawson's 8 steals set the record for the most steals in a NCAA
championship game;
Whereas the 2008-2009 championship was the University of North Carolina's fifth
national championship in school history;
Whereas the 2008-2009 championship was Coach Roy Williams' second national
championship since taking over as head coach of the University of North
Carolina men's basketball team; and
Whereas with the victory over Michigan State University, the University of North
Carolina tied the University of Kentucky for the all-time winningest
program in NCAA Division 1 men's basketball history: Now, therefore, be
it
Resolved, That the Senate--
(1) congratulates the University of North Carolina for
winning the 2008-2009 National Collegiate Athletic Association
men's basketball national championship;
(2) recognizes the achievement of the players, coaches,
students, and staff of the University of North Carolina whose
perseverance and dedication to excellence helped propel the
men's basketball team to win the championship; and
(3) respectfully requests the Secretary of the Senate to
transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to--
(A) the chancellor of the University of North
Carolina, H. Holden Thorp;
(B) the athletic director of the University of
North Carolina, Dick Baddour; and
(C) the head coach of the University of North
Carolina men's basketball team, Roy Williams.
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