NEW ORLEANS—Carolina is officially in New Orleans, with the team arriving Wednesday night for a couple days of practices and media obligations in advance of Saturday's Final Four showdown with Duke.
Much of the storyline in the next 48 hours will revolve around the Tar Heels' midseason turnaround and a closing kick that has seen Carolina win 12 of the last 14 games and 16 of the past 19. To put that in perspective, the last Tar Heel squad to earn a spot in the Final Four, the 2017 national champions, went into the Final Four with three losses in the past 13 games and four defeats in the past 16 games.