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A Franklin Street celebration

About 55,000 Carolina fans rushed onto Franklin Street to celebrate Carolina's basketball championship.

As the buzzer sounded and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill men’s basketball team won its sixth national championship, Carolina fans were already rushing onto Franklin Street to celebrate.

The Town of Chapel Hill estimated that 55,000 fans crowded into the street following Carolina’s 71-65 victory over Gonzaga on April 3. The town closed the street to vehicle traffic as fans spilled out from across campus and a watch party at the Dean Smith Center, from downtown restaurants and their homes to celebrate and cheer.

The streets were cleaned and reopened to regular traffic shortly after 2 a.m. Tuesday.