Title: A resolution congratulating the University of North Carolina Tar Heels basketball team for winning the 2016-2017 National Collegiate Athletic Association men's basketball national championship.
Policy area: Sports and Recreation

Summary:
Congratulates the University of North Carolina for winning the 2016-2017 National Collegiate Athletic Association men's basketball national championship.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 133 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 133

 Congratulating the University of North Carolina Tar Heels basketball 
team for winning the 2016-2017 National Collegiate Athletic Association 
                men's basketball national championship.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 7, 2017

     Mr. Burr (for himself and Mr. Tillis) submitted the following 
 resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
                           and Transportation

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Congratulating the University of North Carolina Tar Heels basketball 
team for winning the 2016-2017 National Collegiate Athletic Association 
                men's basketball national championship.

Whereas, on April 3, 2017, the University of North Carolina defeated Gonzaga 
        University by a score of 71 to 65 to win the 2016-2017 National 
        Collegiate Athletic Association (referred to in this preamble as the 
        ``NCAA'') men's basketball national championship;
Whereas the University of North Carolina Tar Heels returned to the NCAA national 
        championship just 1 year after a heartbreaking, last-second loss to 
        Villanova University;
Whereas the University of North Carolina Tar Heels were ranked sixth in the 
        2016-2017 preseason Associated Press and USA Today Coaches polls;
Whereas the University of North Carolina Tar Heels finished the 2016-2017 season 
        with--

    (1) a record of 33 wins and 7 losses; and

    (2) an Atlantic Coast Conference (referred to in this preamble as the 
``ACC'') record of 14 wins and 4 losses;

Whereas, for the 2016-2017 regular season, the University of North Carolina Tar 
        Heels were the ACC champions for the 31st time, an ACC record;
Whereas Justin Jackson was--

    (1) named 2016-2017 ACC Player of the Year; and

    (2) selected to the 2016-2017 ACC, Associated Press, National 
Association of Basketball Coaches, and the Sporting News All-America First 
Team;

Whereas Joel Berry II was selected to the 2016-2017 ACC second team;
Whereas Kennedy Meeks was selected to the 2016-2017 All-ACC honorable mention 
        team;
Whereas the University of North Carolina Tar Heels were ranked third in the 
        final NCAA rankings;
Whereas the University of North Carolina Tar Heels--

    (1) beat Texas Southern University, the University of Arkansas, Butler 
University, and the University of Kentucky to win the South Region of the 
2016-2017 NCAA men's basketball national championship; and

    (2) reached the Final Four for the 20th time, an NCAA record;

Whereas Luke Maye, a former walk-on player, was named the South Regional Most 
        Outstanding Player;
Whereas the University of North Carolina defeated the University of Oregon to 
        return to back-to-back national championships for the second time in the 
        history of the University of North Carolina;
Whereas seniors Nate Britt and Isaiah Hicks played in their 151st game for the 
        University of North Carolina;
Whereas 76,168 fans attended the national championship game at the University of 
        Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona;
Whereas there were 11 ties and 12 lead changes throughout the national 
        championship game;
Whereas the University of North Carolina trailed Gonzaga University by 3 points 
        at halftime;
Whereas the University of North Carolina trailed Gonzaga University by 2 points 
        with 1 minute and 53 seconds left to play in the game;
Whereas the University of North Carolina held Gonzaga University scoreless over 
        the final 1 minute and 53 seconds of the game, finishing on an 8 to 0 
        run;
Whereas Joel Berry II--

    (1) fighting through dual ankle injuries--

    G    (A) scored 22 points;

    G    (B) gathered 3 rebounds; and

    G    (C) tallied 6 assists; and

    (2) was named the 2016-2017 NCAA men's basketball championship Most 
Outstanding Player;

Whereas Roy Williams--

    (1) coached in his 100th NCAA tournament game;

    (2) became the sixth coach in NCAA history to win 3 national 
championships, surpassing Hall of Fame former University of North Carolina 
head coach Dean Smith; and

    (3) tied for fourth for the most national championship wins in NCAA 
history; and

Whereas the 2016-2017 national championship was the sixth NCAA national 
        championship in the history of the University of North Carolina, moving 
        the University of North Carolina out of a tie with Duke University for 
        sole possession of third most national championships in NCAA history: 
        Now therefore be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) congratulates the University of North Carolina for 
        winning the 2016-2017 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 that the Secretary of the Senate 
        transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to--
                    (A) the chancellor of the University of North 
                Carolina, Carol L. Folt;
                    (B) the athletic director of the University of 
                North Carolina, Lawrence R. ``Bubba'' Cunningham; and
                    (C) the head coach of the University of North 
                Carolina men's basketball team, Roy Williams.
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