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Why didn’t the ACC get those bids? National media bias could be part of the issue. I also don’t see much clear evidence that the NCAA Selection Committee has a nuanced, consistent and defensible method of picking its final at-large teams. But there are things the ACC could do better, too.
Caleb Love is the last former Carolina player still playing in the postseason after Kennedy Todd-Williams and Ole Miss lost on Monday. Love is one win away from possibly facing the Tar Heels in the West Regional final.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Tough defense drove success for North Carolina this season, but the Tar Heels had no answers for No. 1 South Carolina’s relentless attack. After the Gamecocks only beat UNC by seven in the first meeting in Chapel Hill, they dominated a Tar Heels team with a much more depleted backcourt.
CHARLOTTE — Assistant Coach Pat Sullivan has always been the one to stay on Harrison Ingram and demand maximum effort from the Stanford transfer. The first few minutes of No. 5 North Carolina’s 85–69 win Saturday at the Spectrum Center over Michigan State had not gone well. While Coach Hubert Davis later lit into the Tar Heels during the time out with eight minutes left in the first half, Sullivan was all over Ingram as he walked to the huddle before the first timeout with UNC trailing 8–5.
CHARLOTTE — The return of Harrison Ingram’s sweet jumper has No. 5 North Carolina returning to the Sweet 16. Ingram scored 17 points and five 3-pointers as the No. 1 seed Tar Heels pulled away to win 85–69 in the second round of the NCAA tournament against No. 9 seed Michigan State in the Spectrum Center.
Never mind trying to make a 3-point attempt with a defender’s hand in your face. RJ Davis and girlfriend Deja Kelly, both senior North Carolina guards who have led their teams to the NCAA tournament, had a bigger challenge a couple of weeks ago in the kitchen of Davis’ apartment.
Cormac Ryan, Harrison Ingram and Coach Hubert Davis met with the media ahead of UNC’s second-round game Saturday against Michigan State.
The aftermath of North Carolina’s loss to Miami in the ACC tournament led to plenty of reflection for the Tar Heels as they refocused for the two-week break before the start of the NCAA tournament.
CHARLOTTE — UNC freshman Elliot Cadeau and the Carolina band spent hours in production for seven seconds at the end of a 30-second Marriott Bonvoy commercial that debuted this week.
CHARLOTTE — No. 4 North Carolina watched Wagner’s First Four victory Tuesday night together, first on the team bus and then at the team hotel.
One day after AP awarded Carolina’s RJ Davis with one first-team All-American honor, he got two more from the United States Basketball Writers Association and the National Association of Basketball Coaches, announcing their teams on Wednesday.
RJ Davis on Tuesday became the 15th player in Carolina men’s basketball history to earn first-team AP All-America honors.
North Carolina fell one spot to No. 5 in the AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll as the Tar Heels enter the NCAA tournament as the No. 1 seed in the West Regional.
North Carolina, the No. 8 seed in the Albany 1 region, heads south for the first two rounds of the NCAA women’s tournament. In the first round, it will face Michigan State in Columbia, S.C., on Friday at 11:30 a.m. (ESPN2).
The path to North Carolina’s seventh NCAA men’s basketball title would take the Tar Heels from the Queen City to the City of Angels and, they hope, culminate in the Valley of the Sun. The No. 4-ranked Tar Heels (27–7) are the No. 1 seed in the West Regional, to be played at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles (home of the NBA’s Lakers and Clippers and the NHL’s Kings). It’s the NCAA-high 18th time that UNC has been a No. 1 seed since seeding began in 1979, one season after missing the tournament.
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