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NEW ORLEANS — Hubert Davis has a smile that comes easily, the kind that's contagious, and in moments here on Thursday it was difficult for him to hide it. Perhaps he didn't want to. North Carolina is in the Final Four in his first year as Roy Williams' successor, and…

The stakes have never been this high for these bitter rivals … but 31 years ago, they almost were even bigger.

The photo was taken in a back hallway of the Smith Center, out of public view, two generations of coaches standing together. Who could have imagined, when Mike Krzyzewski and Roy Williams and Hubert Davis and Jon Scheyer all posed before the first Duke-Carolina game in February, that it could…

With determination and an unwavering positivity, the first-year head coach has silenced his critics as North Carolina prepares to play rival Duke in the national semifinals.

“I haven’t looked at it as us against North Carolina,” the Duke coach said in his press conference on Tuesday.

On a possession where they had to score, in a game they had to win, North Carolina head coach Hubert Davis called a play for Caleb Love that the sophomore guard had never run before.

North Carolina coach Hubert Davis broke out the “Griddy Dance” on the makeshift stage the Tar Heels bombarded while waiting to be presented their NCAA tournament East Region championship trophy after beating Saint Peter’s 69-49 in the Elite Eight.

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski's final chapter will have a distinctly blue tint

Defensive improvements and an unwavering belief in coach Hubert Davis turned this season from a disaster into a special one.