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The Jayhawks rallied late to beat their former coach Roy Williams and reach their first Final Four since 2008, the year of their last tournament victory over Williams and ensuing championship.

North Carolina broke a tie with its fiercest rival and moved into one with one of college basketball's most storied programs.

Washington led for much of the game, but North Carolina went ahead with just over four minutes remaining and managed to hang on.

Kyle Singler scored 19 of his 25 points in the decisive first half and No. 4 Duke routed North Carolina 82-50 on Saturday night.

Jon Scheyer scored 24 points and eighth-ranked Duke pulled away in the final minutes to beat North Carolina 64-54 on Wednesday night.

North Carolina teammates Tyler Hansbrough and Ty Lawson, along with Connecticut's Hasheem Thabeet, are among 11 players named to the John R. Wooden Award All American team. Hansbrough and Lawson will lead the Tar Heels against Villanova in Saturday's national championship semifinals. Thabeet and the Huskies play Michigan State in the other semifinal in Detroit.

Ty Lawson scored 19 points and Danny Green added 18 to lead the Tar Heels to a win over Blake Griffin and Oklahoma on Sunday in the South Regional final.

Here's a hot tip: The University of North Carolina is going to win the NCAA men's basketball tournament.

President Barack Obama is picking Louisville, North Carolina, Memphis and Pittsburgh for the Final Four in the NCAA men's basketball tournament.

Here's another reason for coach Roy Williams to get all choked up: His North Carolina basketball team has returned to No. 1 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll.