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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.

NEW YORK — Given the breadth of basketball talent to come out of New York City, the most from anywhere since James Naismith repurposed his peach baskets, it is, in many ways, a travesty that universities within the five boroughs have just one NCAA title.

What could prove to be their downfall?The Final Four is just two days away! With four of the sport’s biggest brands convening in New Orleans and story lines galore around these outstanding matchups, it’s hard to wait until Saturday evening. Here are four big questions heading into those two games…

NEW ORLEANS — It was a mostly quiet and gray Wednesday afternoon along Bourbon Street, the calm before the storm. No crowds packing the street between the sidewalks, at least not yet. No lines to get into the music joints or the bars, and plenty of room in the places…

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

Before these two meet in the Final Four, we’re looking back at their unmatched history.

With the Tar Heels and Blue Devils set to face-off in the Final Four, governor Roy Cooper signed a proclamation, and a few states may want a word.

RALEIGH, N.C. — In the span of about an hour on Tuesday, in buildings about 10 miles apart, in rooms connected to the home courts where their basketball teams play, Hubert Davis and Mike Krzyzewski attempted to make the same point — that their players must somehow find a way…

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…

The Blue Devils great-turned-ESPN analyst turned some heads ahead of Saturday’s Final Four showdown between the hated rivals.