HUBERT DAVIS RISES from his desk, all 6-foot-5 of him, and greets me with a smile that reaches his eyes. I had been told before I arrived that he didn't like to be called Coach, because that title was reserved for somebody else. So I ask what he goes by.
He looks briefly puzzled before laughing, "Just call me Hubert."
He -- Hubert -- settles into a Carolina blue armchair in the sitting area of his spacious, sunny office in the Dean E. Smith Center. He's relaxed in a blue quarter-zip, and leans back as if he has all the time in the world to chat.