Top-ranked North Carolina is back in the Final Four, and continues its bid for a second national championship in a four-year span.
The Tar Heels, who last won the title in 2005, moved on by beating Louisville 83-73 at Bobcats Arena, for the East Regional title.
It's the first Final Four bid for junior All-American Tyler Hansbrough, who led all scorers with 28 points.
UNC is assured of a compelling matchup next Saturday, either against Kansas or Davidson.
If it's the Jayhawks, it'll pit coach Roy Williams against his former team. If it's the Wildcats, it'll be a rematch of the Tar Heels' December win in Charlotte and will mark the second time that UNC and a Mecklenburg County team have made the Final Four.
The last time was in 1977, when the Heels and UNCC (that's what the 49ers were known as then, not just Charlotte) made the Final Four in Atlanta. The 49ers came oh-so-close to a semifinal upset over Marquette, which went on to beat UNC in the championship game.
-- Charles Chandler
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Heels back in Final Four
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The last time a tournament participant got to the Final 4 without having to leave their own state to play a game?
Is it true the Final Four has been moved from San Antonio to Greensboro?
Yep, they're packing up the Alamo right now...gonna load it on a truck and set it up in the Greensboro Coliseum parking lot...
Please.
BTW, if Texas makes it to the final 4, they'll only have a 1-hr drive from campus down to SA.
Carolina earned every bit of the right to play those games in North Carolina. They pick the sites ten years in advance so its not like any insider in the selection committee hand anything to do with where Carolina was placed. I'm sick and tired of people complaining about the fact that there first four games were in NC. You all will finally shut up when Carolina cuts down the nets in San Antonio.
BTW, UCLA has the exact same advantage. They were not the overall number one seed, and furthermore, they had the exact same four game advantage last year when they were a 2 seed.
Fact Check:
Carolina beat Davidson in November
"The last time was in 1977, when the Heels and UNCC (that's what the 49ers were known as then, not just Charlotte) made the Final Four in Atlanta."
when did UNCC become charlotte? i wasn't aware that the name had been changed to charlotte.
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