College Basketball

Collegiate Clash

Updated Jul. 17, 2020 8:49 p.m. ET

No one in the sports world is having a tougher Monday morning than the Cameron Crazies.

The FOX College Basketball Ultimate Fan Bracket saved the best matchup for last, and in a hotly-contested vote, the North Carolina Tar Heels outlasted the BYU Cougars by a matter of votes.

Seriously – this thing couldn't have been closer.

And with the win, the Tar Heels earned a billboard to place in the town of their greatest rivals.

Now you get why we said the Cameron Crazies over in Durham, North Carolina – the home of Duke University – are having a rough morning?

Despite their massive triumph in the Fan Bracket championship, nothing came easy for the East Region's No. 1 seed UNC. They were forced to hold off the tournament's Cinderella bulldozer, the BYU Cougars, who entered the tournament as the No. 10 seed in the West Region.

En route to the final, BYU pulled off upset after upset. The Cougars defeated 7-seed Missouri in the first round, 2-seed Michigan State in the second round, 11-seed Dayton in the Sweet 16, 4-seed Tennessee in the Elite 8, and Midwest 1-seed Indiana in the Final Four.

Along their journey to the championship, the Tar Heels defeated 16-seed Robert Morris in the first round, 8-seed NC State in the second round, 13-seed Murray State in the Sweet 16, 6-seed Purdue in the Elite 8 and South Region 3-seed Michigan in the Final Four.

The final was a matchup for the ages, and per usual, the Tar Heels brought out the big guns from the beginning.

Last round, it was Vince Carter and Rick Fox. This time, it's another NBA star.

And after Day 1, it was UNC with the lead.

On the second day of voting, Fox was back in the fray.

Alongside Fox came former Tar Heels star Sean May, who is now the director of basketball operations under Roy Williams in Chapel Hill.

Apparently, UNC alumni never really leave the campus.

They're just as invested in UNC's as when they were college students.

But with less than 48 hours left, the big guns didn't seem to be firing up the UNC fanbase too much, considering the Cougars and Tar Heels were dead even.

At this point, things got serious.

Like, government-level serious.

BYU brings out the governor of its home state and now it's ON.

Forget tweets – the Cougars are making Twitter videos.

Told you it was getting serious.

As it should be – this is the Fan Bracket's last dance.

*cue Mike Jordan*

Monday represented the final day that fans could vote, and with less than two hours to go, BYU was in the lead.

And wouldn't you know it, BYU was enlisting the help of its opponent's greatest rivals!

Wow. Big time move from the Cougars.

It was probably that move that inspired BYU legend Jimmer Fredette to pop up out of nowhere.

The last hour was madness.