NEW ORLEANS — Of course North Carolina faces yet another team against which they’re favored to lose in the NCAA tournament. This time, it’s the final.
The Tar Heels have toppled one higher-seeded team after another during their rise from a February malaise to the brink of the program’s seventh NCAA title.
Kansas entered the tournament ranked No. 3 in the final Associated Press top 25 poll on March 14. UNC was unranked, losing to Virginia Tech in the ACC tournament semifinals.