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.
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UNC women a No. 8 seed, would play at No. 1 South Carolina in second round
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).
Tar Heels going West as the NCAA’s fourth No. 1 seed
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.
UNC falls in NET, but will Heels still be a No. 1 seed?
WASHINGTON — Was No. 4 Carolina’s 84–76 loss to N.C. State in the ACC tournament championship game Saturday night enough to drop the Tar Heels from the No. 1 seed line where they were projected before the game?
State finishes historic run to ACC title against out-of-sync Heels
WASHINGTON — On the fifth day, N.C. State had plenty of magic left, and an out-of-sync Carolina team couldn’t do anything to stop it. The No. 10-seed Wolfpack became the first ACC champion in league history to win five tournament games and the lowest seed to win it, knocking off No. 4-ranked North Carolina 84–76 Saturday at Capital One Arena.
Frustrating league tourney finishes for Johnson, Love, McKoy and Walton
Conference tournaments ended frustratingly for several former Tar Heels, including Puff Johnson missing a potential game-winning 3-point attempt at the buzzer. In addition, Caleb Love’s No. 6 Arizona team, Justin McKoy’s Hawaii team and Kerwin Walton’s No. 25 Texas Tech team all lost Friday in the semifinals of their league tournaments.
Beating Pitt was personal for Trimble, Ingram
WASHINGTON — It was personal for Seth Trimble and Harrison Ingram. Both saw a Pittsburgh player take a spot they wanted when the ACC handed out postseason awards. That motivated both in Carolina’s 72–65 victory Friday in the ACC tournament semifinals at Capital One Arena.
Heels’ 9th Quad 1 win, help from Vols, Arizona makes No. 1 seed likely
WASHINGTON — No. 4 North Carolina’s eighth consecutive win and ninth Quad 1 victory Friday night all but assured that the Tar Heels will be a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. Losses by No. 5 Tennessee (73–56 to Mississippi State in the SEC tournament) and No. 6 Arizona (67–59 to Oregon in the Pac-12 tournament), UNC’s competition for the fourth No. 1 seed, pretty much cemented that outcome.
Second-half show from RJ Davis, Bacot sends UNC into ACC final
WASHINGTON — Few teams can beat No. 4 North Carolina when RJ Davis and Armando Bacot are at their best. They were in the second half, and Pittsburgh wasn’t up to the task.
Unsatisfied, Trimble says Heels staying intense because, ‘We’re desperate’
WASHINGTON — Desperation isn’t an emotion you would expect from a No. 4-ranked team that just won the ACC regular-season championship. But Seth Trimble, Carolina’s indispensable sixth man, says that is exactly the Tar Heels mindset for March.