Final Four: UNC Edges Rival Duke 81-77, Advances to National Final to Meet Top-Seeded Kansas

North Carolina edged rival Duke 81-77 in a Final Four game Saturday in New Orleans to advance to Monday’s men’s basketball national final, in which they’ll meet top-seeded Kansas.

Sophomore guard Caleb Love scored a game-high 27 points, including a dagger 3-pointer with 28 seconds remaining, in the Tar Heels’ win at the Caesars Superdome.

“This has been a group of perseverance, toughness and resiliency,” Tar Heels coach Hubert Davis told TBS in a postgame interview.