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

PHILADELPHIA — North Carolina first-year coach Hubert Davis made good on getting his players a taste of what he experienced as a player. The Tar Heels are going to the Final Four.

He had never been a head coach at any level before last year. But it seems his unique path through Spokane and around the world prepared him just fine.

Numerous missed calls and poorly-officiated games have college basketball’s refereeing problem on full display.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — This is more what Hubert Davis imagined 50 weeks ago, a North Carolina team living up to the program’s traditional standards — “You’re not really remembered at UNC for a Sweet 16,” Armando Bacot pointed out Tuesday — and doing it with togetherness and unity.

Maybe the problem I have with the NCAA men’s tournament is that it has reached its ultimate goal. It has become the NFL — an (occasionally) entertaining game producing great moments and played with no discernible rules.

After a scorching first round, what bets does the Scumbag have next?

UCLA was good. Arizona was good and lucky.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Brady Manek's ejection for a flagrant-2 foul was nearly a season-ending call in North Carolina's 93-86 overtime win over Baylor on Saturday. And all he could do was watch a delayed broadcast feed that brought anxiety for every cheer at Dickies Arena because he didn't know…