Tag: March Madness

Hubert Davis overcome with emotions after his first team makes Final Four

PHILADELPHIA — Moments after Hubert Davis greeted the last Saint Peter’s player in the handshake line, all that had transpired since he took over as Carolina’s head coach last spring brought a flood of emotions.
He tearfully broke down, overwhelmed that he had navigated the program through a historic transition from a Hall of Fame coach and that his first team had earned the program’s NCAA-record 21st Final Four berth.

Saint Peter’s magic runs out as UNC rolls into Final Four

PHILADELPHIA — Through all of the struggles during an up-and-down season, Carolina’s players believed they could win a national title and now a college basketball world that was full of doubters has been proven wrong. The Tar Heels’ dreams live on after delivering a knockout blow in the first half to end the magical run of No. 15-seed St. Peter’s with a 69–49 victory Sunday night at Wells Fargo Center in the East Regional final.

Bacot talks about back issues, how Heels never wavered from Final Four goal

PHILADELPHIA — At the start of the season, a photo of the Superdome was put on the locker of each Carolina player to remind them of the end goal — a trip to the Final Four. After two difficult seasons and a lot of frustrations, most college basketball observers saw that as an unrealistic, lofty goal at the time. Throughout the ups and downs when many fans and the media gave up on the Tar Heels, junior center Armando Bacot said that the team stayed focused and believed it was possible.

UNC rides Love train into Elite Eight

PHILADELPHIA — Carolina rode the full Caleb Love Experience into the Elite Eight. Love scored 12 consecutive UNC points in one second-half stretch and his back-to-back 3-pointers in the last 1:40 propelled the No. 8-seed Tar Heels to a 73–66 victory over No. 4-seed and 11th-ranked UCLA on Friday night in an East Regionals semifinal at the Wells Fargo Center.