Theo Pinson and his North Carolina teammates walked through a large tunnel on Thursday and entered University of Phoenix Stadium, a behemoth of a building in the middle of the Arizona desert.
They climbed a short staircase and walked onto the court and looked up high and around. The building was ready for its close-up, all decorated with Final Four logos and NCAA branding, the phrase “the road ends here” seemingly ever present.
Those words -- “the road ends here” -- are written on the edge of the court, and the Tar Heels took a moment to put this journey of theirs into perspective.