SOME KEY REPUBLICAN RACES, INCLUDING TED BUDD, WHO IS RUNNING TO REPLACE SENATOR RICHARD BURR IN THE U.S. SENATE. >> UNC PLAYS IN THE SWEET 16 TONIGHT VERSUS UCL. A THE TAR HEELS ARE HERE. THANKS IN PART TO THE SHOOTING OF SOPHOMORE CALEB LOVE WRAL'S PAT WELTER JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM THE WELLS FARGO CENTER IN PHILADELPHIA WITH THE STORY BEHIND LOVES PAST. >> DENVER, WHEN THE PLAYERS WALK INTO THE ARENA, THERE'S A LOT OF ATTENTION PAID TO THEIR FASHION. WELL, THIS NCAA TOURNAMENT, CALEB LOVE IS MAKING A DIFFERENT KIND OF STATEMENT. HE'S HONORING SOMEBODY SPECIAL, SOMEBODY TALKING ABOUT LIFE, BASKETBALL AND HOW TO BE A MAN. >> SOME PLAYERS HIDE FROM BIG MOMENTS. CALEB LOVE EMBRACES THAT. >> HE'S CONFIDENT BECAUSE HE KNOWS HE'S NOT ALONE IN THE MOMENT. SO I'M NEVER SCARED OF ANYTHING HE WAS. HE WAS SCARED OF ANYTHING. SO I JUST TAKE A WIN. >> WELL, THEY WOULD COME UP TO >> WELL, HE'S DEDICATED THE SEASON TO HIS GRANDFATHER, BETTY SHELBY. >> WAS IT WAS MY BACKBONE. I IT WAS LIKE ANOTHER >> WAS POP AS HE CALLS AND WAS BY HIS SIDE GROWING UP IN ST. LOUIS. LOVE REMEMBERS GETTING A PHONE CALL FROM HIS MOTHER AND FINDING OUT THAT PAPA WOULDN'T BE THERE THIS YEAR. SHE WAS LIKE PABLO. >> GONE AND THE OTHER THIS KIND OF. BUT JUST PAUL, I SAY NOT. AND THE AFTER THAT, I JUST KIND >> SHELBY DIED OF HEART COMPLICATIONS. AUGUST 10TH. NOW EVERY TIME OF WALKS ON THE COURT, HE POINTS TO THE SKY. >> I WOULD SAY I LOVE YOU, PAPA. AND BEFORE WE DID AND I JUST TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, WE CAN JUST LET HIM KNOW, MAKE THEM PROUD. >> DURING THE NCAA TOURNAMENT WAS WORN A SWEATSHIRT WITH THE PAPAS PICTURE BEFORE EVERY GAME. WELL THAT DETERMINED TO WIN IT FOR HIM, FEEL LIKE HE DIDN'T WANT TO STOP. AND >> YOU KNOW, WHEN. >> ONE GAME WHERE CALEB SAID HE COULD REALLY FEEL HAS PAPAS PRESENCE THIS SEASON WAS SYRACUSE LOVE HIT THAT 3 IN THE FINAL SECONDS OF REGULATION. LOVE SAID HE STOPPED AND THANKED HIS PAPA. HE SAID THE SEASON WAS ON THE LINE AND HE WAS WITH YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND HE IS SO PROUD OF HIM LOOKING DOWN AND >> YOU KNOW, PAT, I'M HOW DOES THE TEAM HOW DOES LOVE FEEL OUT OF THE FANS FEEL? THEY'RE IN PHILADELPHIA TONIGHT AS DUKE WON LAST NIGHT. IS THERE A LITTLE EXTRA PRESSURE MAY BE ON UNC TO WIN TONIGHT? >> I DON'T THINK UNC FEELS ANY PRESSURE. THEY JUST REALLY WANT TO PLAY. I MEAN, I WAS KIND OF THE MESSAGE FROM HUBERT DAVIS YESTERDAY AND SPEAKING OF GUYS THAT WANT TO PLAY, I MEAN, CALEB LOVE HAD 6 THREES IN THE 1ST HALF VERSUS MARQUETTE. HE FOUND OUT VERSUS BAYLOR. SO HE'S REALLY ITCHING TO GET OUT THERE AS WELL. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY HERE IN PHILADELPHIA. THE FANS ARE JUST STARTING TO WRITE. >> PRETTY ALSO WE CAN'T WAIT