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NCAA Tournament: UNC locker room celebration after clinching Final Four spot

The North Carolina Tar Heels have punched their ticket to the Final Four for the second-straight season.

UNC and Kentucky played another classic game this season, one in which the Tar Heels came out ahead and earned their right to be in Phoenix next weekend.

After UNC fell behind by five with just over five minutes left, they went on a 12-0 run to grab control of the game. But Kentucky freshman Malik Monk drilled a big three-pointer to tie the game with just over 7 seconds left.

Then it happened.

Junior Theo Pinson received the inbounds pass and took it the length of the court, kicking it out to sophomore Luke Maye who burried a jump shot with just .