CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Some players gathered in the Dean Smith Center, to watch as a group. “Everybody still has to be on the same page — and the bottom line is, everybody wasn’t.” Understanding how this season unraveled requires a cursory understanding of North Carolina’s recent basketball history. After Kris Jenkins’ buzzer-beater in the 2016 title game, UNC completed …
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski looks on Saturday night. For the 48th time over 47 years of unparalleled coaching, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski took the slow walk to midcourt and shook the hand of the North Carolina coach who beat him. Krzyzewski’s remarkable career came to sudden close after Caleb Love made a key three-pointer and three late free throws to lift …