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Tyler Hansbrough and North Carolina are back in the Final Four. (AP Images)

Last season, North Carolina was 10 points up and 6:02 away from a spot in the Final Four.

Then, the floor caved in. The Tar Heels missed 22 of 23 shots through regulation and overtime to gift wrap Georgetown's East Region championship.

This season, North Carolina was 10 points up and 20 minutes away from a spot in the Final Four. By the 10:21 mark, Louisville had tied the game.

Then Tyler Hansbrough stepped in.

The junior forward from Poplar Bluff, Miss., put forth his biggest performance in the biggest game of his career. His 28-point, 13-rebound triumph had many pundits running out of adjectives to throw at him, to the point where new ones were created. His 11-point outburst to close out the Cardinals was a great display of… ummm… clutchability? His 20 second-half points in the biggest game of the year exemplified… err… ballsiness?

Break out the thesaurus and start brushing up on your basic Latin, because Psycho T isn't done yet. Sure, winning the East Regional and knocking off a talented Louisville team erased some demons. But Hansbrough isn't about erasing old memories; he's about making new ones.

The Tar Heels are four-point underdogs heading into the first national semifinal in San Antonio. Here are some betting trends to consider:

• Kansas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
• The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Kansas's last 5 games
• Kansas is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
• North Carolina is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
• The total has gone OVER in 4 of North Carolina's last 5 games
• North Carolina is 4-0-1 ATS in its last 5 games

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