Unfinished: Tar Heels, Oregon try to get it right this time

Posted Apr 1, 2017
Most of the key players from last year's Tar Heels — among them, Joel Berry II, Isaiah Hicks and Justin Jackson — are back. They have a group-texting channel named, simply, "Redemption." The North Carolina players have walked the fine line this season between the natural inclination to dwell on the painful loss, and the impossible task of forgetting it. (Associated Press)

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