The North Carolina Tar Heels advanced to the Final Four Sunday night thanks to the unlikeliest of players.

 

 

The final seconds of #UNC vs. #Kentucky are why it's called #MarchMadness

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Luke Maye, a sophomore, scored a season-high 17 points, including the game-winning shot to send his team back to the Final Four for the second consecutive season.

The celebration after the game, as you can imagine, was pretty wild to say the least.

 

As wild as it was, though, North Carolina's hero somehow topped his game-winning shot Monday morning by showing up to his 8 am class to standing ovation.

 

 

The definition of a student–athlete. UNC's Luke Maye attended his 8 am class today 👏 (via JackSewell_/Twitter)

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The definition of a student athlete right there.  As important as athletics are, education is that much more important to players as a good majority of them won't make it to the pros.

Still, Maye admitted after the game that the shot was his 'number one' accomplishment of life thus far, and we imagine there aren't many moments that can top it.

(H/T: Bleacher Report)