North Carolina Tar Heels, Ncaa Men's Basketball Tournament | featured news

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.

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.