There’s no guarantees in this tournament,\u201d<\/strong> Self said. \u201cA lot of times the favorites don’t win, obviously. But in ’20, we had a team that was equipped to make a run.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nFueling this year\u2019s run has been Ochai Agbaji. The 6-5 senior guard leads the team, averaging nearly 19 points a game. In Saturday\u2019s win over the Wildcats, Agbaji scored 21 points, thanks to 6-of-7 shooting from beyond the 3-point arc.<\/p>\n
Tar Heels to Enjoy “Special Moment”<\/h2>\n
It seems odd to call a storied program like North Carolina a Cinderella story in this year\u2019s tournament. But few gave the six-time NCAA champions much of a chance to survive the opening weekend in this year\u2019s event.<\/p>\n
UNC entered the tournament as an eight seed in the 16-team East Regional. However, after walloping Marquette in the first round, coach Hubert Davis\u2019 squad held on to upset regional top-seed Baylor in the second round. They needed overtime to advance after squandering a 25-point lead with less than 11 minutes left in regulation.<\/p>\n
At FanDuel, the odds for UNC to win the tournament on March 13 were +20000. After they reached the Sweet 16, their odds were +2600.<\/p>\n
In Saturday\u2019s win over Duke, a victory that ended the career of Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski, UNC got 28 points from sophomore guard Caleb Love, and an 11-point, 21-rebound performance from junior post Armando Bacot. The Tar Heels are a strong offensive team, with Bacot, Love, graduate forward Brady Manek, and sophomore guard R.J. Davis all averaging at least 13.5 points a game.<\/p>\n
Hubert Davis said he wants his kids to enjoy the victory, He trusts they\u2019ll be ready in less than 48 hours for the biggest game of their careers.<\/p>\n
“This is a special moment for them,\u201d<\/strong> the UNC coach said. \u201cThis is a special moment for our program. So I want them to enjoy themselves, and so that’s important. But we have more than enough time to prepare for an unbelievable Kansas team, and playing for the national championship, if you’re not motivated for that, you shouldn’t be playing.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kansas and North Carolina, two of college basketball\u2019s most storied programs, will meet up at the Caesars Superdome for Monday\u2019s 2022 NCAA championship game. Oddsmakers believe the Kansas Jayhawks are a solid favorite to cut down the nets in New Orleans. Sportsbooks across the country installed the Jayhawks as a 4- or 4.5-point favorite. That […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":207781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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