April 6, 2009: An NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament record crowd of 72,922 attends the championship game of the Men’s Final Four at Ford Field in Detroit. North Carolina defeats Michigan State 89-72 to win the national championship. The attendance for the national semifinals two days earlier was 72,456. April 6, 2009 21
Nov. 21, 1982: North Carolina wins the first of 21 Division I Women’s Soccer Championship titles between 1982 and 2012 under coach Anson Dorrance, including nine straight championships from 1986 to 1994. November 21, 1982 19
March 23, 1957: North Carolina defeats Kansas in a triple-overtime final at the NCAA Basketball Championship. March 23, 1957 18