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Hubert Davis and the ultimate call-up, from UNC's JV coach to leading Heels to Final Four

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…

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The Duke–North Carolina Semifinal Is a Hoops Dream (And One Team’s Nightmare)

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

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Scott Fowler: Jay Bilas has thoughts on how much Duke-UNC in the Final Four really matters

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jay Bilas is a former Duke player, a current Charlotte resident and ESPN’s leading college basketball voice.

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Luke DeCock: Amid coaching transitions, Duke-UNC Final Four meeting could change rivalry forever

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…

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Where Are the Doubters Now? Coach Hubert Davis at the Heart of Tar Heels’ Tourney Run

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.

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Hubert Davis' tweaks have UNC's offense shining ahead of Final Four game with Duke

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.

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Leading Tar Heels to Final Four, Hubert Davis restores respect for Carolina basketball

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.

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Luke DeCock: Apocalypse now: UNC crashes Duke’s Final Four party, and Tar Heels earned their invite

PHILADELPHIA — It would have to be now. It would have to be this year.

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Move Over, Cinderella: A Blueblood Final Four Is Here, and the Story Lines Are Endless

A chaotic men’s tournament has given way to a final weekend rich in college hoops pedigree.

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Former UNC Coach Roy Williams Gives Emotional Quote After Tar Heels’ Final Four Run

“It’s perhaps, for me, the greatest moment in my basketball career.”

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Bill Self ties Roy Williams by reaching his fourth Final Four coaching Kansas Jayhawks

CHICAGO — With its victory Sunday over Miami, the Kansas men’s basketball team reached its 16th Final Four in program history, which ranks fifth on the NCAA appearances list behind North Carolina, Kentucky, UCLA and Duke.

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Duke basketball was reportedly ‘bristled’ by UNC’s lack of flowers for Coach K

Duke staffers may not have been happy about Coach K's Chapel Hill sendoff.

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Dean Smith got the best of Coach K, then he got the best from him

DURHAM, N.C. — There are moments, still, when Mike Krzyzewski walks into his top-floor office that overlooks part of Duke's campus and wonders, as he put it one day last summer, "How the hell did this happen?"

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Roy Williams’s Wife Stopped Him From Working With Bob Knight

Wanda Williams was not thrilled about her husband working with Knight.

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Varsity Letters: Inside a Basketball Bromance

On the surface, they couldn’t have been more different. Yet Dean Smith and Bob Knight forged one of the most enduring—and most unlikely—friendships in college sports.

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Luke DeCock: After 10 months, Roy Williams and North Carolina finally say their real goodbyes

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Ten months after his sudden and somber spring departure in an empty building, Roy Williams stood at center court at the Smith Center, bathed not only in a spotlight, but the applause of an arena filled with happy fans.

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Preserving family money beyond a few generations isn't an easy task.

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