NCAA Final

In basketball, I've never seen such an awesome display of teamwork vs. talent. That was a great game. However, the match up of the two teams was just too uneven. Illinois was full of 3 point shooters, and UNC was based around a great center. The problem with Illinois was that they had no real answer for May. He shot for 11/12 or something really ridiculous because no one on Illinois was close to his size. He simply bullied everyone around and got easy lay-ups, or dished it out to the open shooter.
To Illinois' credit, they had an excellent team, with great passion, passing, and getting the ball to the open guy. They kept the game very close and very exciting. However, in the second half, UNC fed the ball more to May, and Illinois didn't have an answer, while letting Illinois shoot all the 3's they wanted. Simple lay-ups & dunks > 3 pointers, even when they're college 3's.
It always seems like the winning formula is get a dominant big guy, and get some shooters, and feed it to the mismatches created.
I'm not a super sports fanatic, nor an expert basketball tactician, but I've noticed this general pattern over and over again. Center outmuscles other team for the win. When will someone recognize this formula and find a good way to beat it?