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Tar Heels, Jayhawks enter NCAA title tilt with common roots

FILE - North Carolina coach Dean Smith yells to his team during an NCAA college basketball game against Virginia at Smith Center in Chapel Hill, N.C., Feb. 8, 1997. North Carolina and Kansas are two of the most storied college basketball programs ever, yet they rarely play despite a share history that includes coaches Smith, Larry Brown and Roy Williams. (AP Photo/Bob Jordan, File) FILE - Kansas head coach Larry Brown screams instructions to his team during their first-round NCAA college tournament basketball game against Ohio University, March 14, 1985 in South Bend, Ind. North Carolina and Kansas are two of the most storied college basketball programs ever, yet they rarely play despite a share history that includes coaches Brown, Dean Smith and Roy Williams. (AP Photo/Mike Conroy, File) FILE - Kansas' Terry Brown, top, drives past North Carolina's Hubert Davis, bottom, during the second half of first semifinal NCAA college basketball game of the Final Four in Indianapolis, Saturday, March 30, 1991. North Carolina and Kansas are two of the most storied college basketball programs ever, yet they rarely play despite a share history that includes coaches Dean Smith, Larry Brown and Roy Williams. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File) FILE - North Carolina head coach Roy Williams yells during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Virginia Tech at the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament in Greensboro, N.C., March 10, 2020. North Carolina and Kansas are two of the most storied college basketball programs ever, yet they rarely play despite a share history that includes coaches Williams, Dean Smith and Larry Brown. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown, File) Kansas head coach Bill Self, left, and North Carolina head coach Hubert Davis talk during a CBS Sports interview ahead of the Men's Final Four NCAA basketball tournament, Sunday, April 3, 2022, in New Orleans. North Carolina will face Kansas in the final game on Monday. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Tar Heels, Jayhawks enter NCAA title tilt with common roots