CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — It was so small — barely the size of a quarter. And subtle, too. So subtle that, were you not attuned to a certain suit’s left lapel, you easily could’ve missed it. But ...

Hubert Davis was introduced as the new UNC Tar ... “The foundation is set here at Carolina and it’s a foundation that I believe in,” said Davis, who wore a pin on his lapel with the initials ...

For Davis, less so, at least until he stepped to the dais Tuesday for the first time as North Carolina’s basketball coach, a D.E.S. pin from Dean Smith’s funeral on his lapel, and let his love ...