PHILADELPHIA -- North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball coach Hubert Davis exited the collective embrace of his coaching staff, walked down the sideline for the postgame handshake after UNC clinched a Final Four bid on Sunday and began feeling the emotion bubbling up inside of him.
As he approached Saint Peter's coach Shaheen Holloway, Davis reached up with both hands to wipe tears from his eyes. By the time he reached the postgame interview with CBS sideline reporter Jamie Erdahl, the emotion had bubbled to a genuine crescendo, prompting tears of joy on national television.
"I just desperately wanted this for them," Davis said.