[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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