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Gonzaga head coach Mark Few, left, talks to North Carolina head coach Roy Williams during the CBS Sports Network interview for the Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament.(Photo: David J. Phillip, AP)

GLENDALE, Ariz. The NCAA basketball championship Monday night will not be the most amusing encounter between North Carolina coach Roy Williams and Gonzaga coach Mark Few. Thatone took place in 2009, and on Sunday the coaches provided details.

Before North Carolina played Gonzaga in the Sweet 16 in Memphis that year, Williams called Few and asked if hed like to get their coaching staffs together two nights before the game and play craps at the nearby casino in Tunica, Miss.

The next day,Williams called Few to follow up.

Gamblers Anonymous, Few answered.

Were in, Few then confirmed, about a dozen coaches piled into two small NCAA cars and until 3 the next morning played craps. Recalled Few, We all got our butts kicked and handed to us and lost some money but we had fun.

But after craps, things got dicey.

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On the drive back to Memphis, Williams got pulled over.

And the guy comes up and he said, Coach, I wondered if somebody had stolen a car or something like that. Williams recalled. So we talked a couple of seconds.

Then Williams turned prankster.

He said he offered the cop $100 if the cop would stop Few, who was about 15 minutes behind Williams. And the next day, Williams said, he went running into Gonzagas shootaround and got the equipment manager.

I said, Did you guys get stopped last night? Williams said. He said no. And it just ruined my day. But that's the story.

Heres how that story ended: North Carolina 98, Gonzaga 77.

How will the story end Monday night? A roll of the dice, perhaps.

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