When North Carolina's Hubert Davis talked Final Four last fall, not everyone believed

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North Carolina coach Hubert Davis put up a picture of the Caesars Superdome in his team’s locker room last October.

The dome and New Orleans has special significance in Tar Heels history, and their immediate future. North Carolina is 15-1 all-time in the Big Easy with a 9-1 mark in the Superdome, including 6-1 in Final Fours.

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North Carolina head coach Hubert Davis reacts to a play during the first half of a college basketball game against Duke in the semifinal round of the Men's Final Four NCAA tournament, Saturday, April 2, 2022, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

No. 8 seed North Carolina (29-9) will play for its third national championship in the dome against No. 1 seed Kansas (33-6) on Monday (8:20 p.m., TBS). Kansas is a four-point favorite by FanDuel.

The Tar Heels defeated Georgetown, 63-62, for coach Dean Smith’s first title in 1982, and beat Michigan, 77-71, for his second in 1993.

UNC beat No. 2 seed Duke, 81-77, on Saturday night in the dome to reach this title game.

"The first day of practice I had put a picture of the Superdome in their locker," said Davis, who played for Smith. "I didn’t want them to dwell on that, but I wanted them to see where we’re going and what we’re fighting for and why we’re practicing so hard."

Davis, 51, was just beginning his first season as a head coach at the time, having been promoted from assistant coach to replace retiring coach Roy Williams last April. The win over Duke made him the first coach in NCAA Tournament history to take a team to the national championship game in his first full season. Steve Fisher won the 1989 national