The game was at Notre Dame, under the Golden Dome – but the Tar Heels had the luck of the Irish. The last time I used a version of that line was on St. Patrick’s Day, 1977, when Carolina played Notre Dame in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA tournament in College Park, Maryland. The Fighting Irish of bombastic coach Digger Phelps took at 10-point lead at halftime with torrid shooting that wound up 67 percent for the game and by out-rebounding UNC 30-22.