When Carolina defeated Illinois in St. Louis in the 2005 national championship game, they did so in front of a mostly hostile crowd less than three hours from the Illini's campus.
But someone else in attendance that Monday night at the then-Edward Jones Dome came away impressed. At least, he thinks he was.
"I was at that game," freshman point guard Caleb Love says. "My dad took me."
Love, a St. Louis native who was just three and a half years old, doesn't remember any details of the game, when Raymond Felton put on display the quintessential way to play point guard for Roy Williams.