free throws to make it 64-63, followed by two free throws by Dan Cage with 19.6 seconds remaining to put the Commodores ahead 65-64. But Jeff Green spoiled Vanderbilt's upset bid when he took five steps and then banked in an off-balance shot with 2.5 seconds left to give Georgetown a 66-65 victory. A very obvious traveling call was missed. Hibbert had a double-double (12 points and 10 rebounds), while Summers scored 15 points and had seven rebounds in the game, and Green also contributed 15 points. The win over Vanderbilt put the Hoyas in the East Regional final – their first appearance in the "Elite Eight" since 1996 – where they met the region's top seed, North Carolina. It was the first postseason game between the teams since the 1981-82 Tar Heels win over the 1981-82 Hoyas 25 years earlier in the 1982 NCAA Championship Game. Georgetown jumped out to a 22-17 lead with 13:43 left in the first half, but the Tar Heels had reduced the deficit to 22-20 when a technical foul on John Thompson III for walking out of the coaching box allowed North Carolina to tie the game at 22-22 with two free throws. The momentum then shifted in North Carolina's favor, with the Tar Heels leading by as many as 10 points and having a 50-44 advantage at halftime. In the second half, North Carolina stretched its lead to 69-58 with 12:23 left to play. Georgetown had closed to six points behind when North Carolina's Deon Thompson tipped in a two-pointer to give the Tar Heels a 73-65 lead with 9:53 left in the second half. But then the Tar Heels′ offense collapsed, making only one more field goal – a two-point layup by Tyler Hansbrough with 1:41 left in the second half – during the next 15 minutes of play in the second half and overtime combined. The Hoyas meanwhile chipped away at the lead until Jonathan Wallace tied the game at 81-81 with a three-point jumper with 32 seconds left in the half. In overtime, the Hoyas scored 14 straight points to take a 95-81 lead while North Carolina's field goal drought continued until Ty Lawson scored North Carolina's only overtime points with a three-point jumper to make the score 95-84 with eight seconds left. The Tar Heels had missed 21 of their final 23 field goal attempts and Georgetown won 96-84,