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North Carolina gets another shot at Villanova after 2016 heartbreaker

North Carolina will get a chance to serve up a plate full of long-overdue revenge on Thanksgiving Day. For the first time since the Tar Heels' heartbreaking 77-74 loss in the 2016 NCAA championship game, UNC finally gets a chance to avenge the defeat. UNC faces Villanova (4-1) at 2:30 Thursday (ESPN) in the semifinals of the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament. (Tar Heel Tribune)

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In a back hallway of the ballroom-turned-basketball court that is home to the Battle 4 Atlantis, North Carolina assistant coach Pat Sullivan saw Jae'Lyn Withers.