North Carolina came from a No. 8 seed all the way to The Final Four

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NEW ORLEANS – One of North Carolina first-year head coach Hubert Davis’ favorite things to say is "Bejeebies."

And considering where the Tar Heels were early in the season and as recently as mid-February, it is Bejeebies Crazy that they made it this far.

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If No. 8 seed North Carolina (28-9) beats No. 2 seed Duke (32-6) Saturday night (8:49 p.m. eastern, TBS) at the Final Four in the Superdome, it will make history. The Tar Heels would be playing for the national championship Monday as the worst seed in their history out of 12 championship game appearances, going back to 1946.

R.J. Davis (4) of the North Carolina Tar Heelsand Caleb Love (2) of the North Carolina Tar Heels celebrate against the UCLA Bruins during the Sweet 16 round of the 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament held at Wells Fargo Center on March 25, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Ben Solomon/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)

"Nobody really thought we’d get to this point," North Carolina senior 6-foot-8 forward Leaky Black of Concord, N.C. said Friday afternoon. "So just proving a lot of people wrong."

On February 16, North Carolina lost 76-67 at home to Pittsburgh to fall to 18-8 and 10-5, but the worst part was what the quality of opponent did to the Tar Heels’ NCAA Tournament chances. Pittsburgh’s win improved it to 11-16 and 6-10 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Pitt would lose its next five games to finish 11-21 and 6-14 with four double-digit losses: by 30, 24, 21 and 20.

Bejeebies Bubble, in other words. At least North Carolina stayed within double digits of Pitt. It couldn’t do that in six previous losses, as it fell