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A storybook ending for Coach K, Cinderella Saint Peter’s and more highlight this year’s Elite Eight.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Before all of the high school recruiting websites, before social media, before the biggest high school basketball stars had their college commitments live-streamed around the world, there was Bob Gibbons.

March Madness is proving lucrative for some of its Cinderella stories and standout stars, thanks to a 2021 Supreme Court ruling that led the NCAA to end its longstanding ban on student athletes earning money from endorsement deals.

In a 2007 Supreme Court decision involving a school district in Seattle, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote: “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”

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.

From top seeds to surprise Cinderellas, we assess how the remaining teams in the NCAA tournament stack up.

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…

The Duke-Michigan State game brought in the most viewers with 11.2 million on Sunday.

It's a little late in the season to be playing a makeup game, but North Carolina and UCLA will get a chance to finally make good on a game that was originally scheduled to take place on Dec. 18 in Las Vegas.