North Carolina Tar Heels, March Madness | featured news

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.

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

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.