Chansky: Deja Carolina Blue Posted Mar 15, 2007 Carolina's placement in the NCAA Tournament is eerily familiar to 10 years ago, when the Tar Heels rolled to the Final Four in Dean Smith's last season on the bench. The 1997 Tar Heels were also ACC champs, seeded No. 1 in the East Regional and sent to Winston-Salem for first- and second-round games on Wake Forest's home floor. (Tar Heel Blue)