The eighth seed UNC men’s basketball team (18-11, 10-6 ACC) fell, 85-62, to the ninth seed Wisconsin Badgers (18-12, 10-10 ACC) on Friday night in Indianapolis in the first round of the 2021 NCAA Tournament.
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On Friday, March 19, the Tar Heels will face the 9th-seeded Wisconsin in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
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For their efforts this year, the Atlantic Coast Conference awarded UNC sophomore center Armando Bacot third-team All-ACC honors and voted first-year guard Caleb Love and first-year center Day’Ron Sharpe onto the All-Freshman team.
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The North Carolina men's basketball team bruised and battered its way through three games in three nights and in the end, they ran out of juice.
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“I feel like we got better as a team this week, and we can take that on into the NCAA Tournament,” sophomore forward Armando Bacot said. “We can carry this momentum.”
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The North Carolina men's basketball team lost in the ACC Tournament semifinals to Florida State, 69-66, in a game that saw the Tar Heels overcome another slow start, only to ultimately fail in a close-fought comeback attempt in the second half.
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With all the hype centered around UNC's young frontcourt, it was its smallest first-year that made the biggest impact. R.J. Davis arose from the shadows and delivered his signature performance -- one that willed UNC to the semifinals of the ACC Tournament.
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After struggling in the first half against Virginia Tech on Thursday, North Carolina's post players wore away at the Hokies to lead the Tar Heels to a 81-73 victory.
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The sixth-seeded North Carolina basketball team (18-9, 10-6 ACC) wore off the third-seeded Virginia Tech (15-6, 9-4) en route to a 81-73 win. The Hokies came out with physicality in the first half, but the Tar Heels responded with a strong second half run to take the victory.
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In other words: for one night, at least, Notre Dame was to “boy” as North Carolina was to “man.” Even without senior forward Garrison Brooks, who sat out due to injury, the sixth-seeded Tar Heels’ 101-59 win on Wednesday over the eleventh-seeded Irish was its most dominant frontcourt showing of the season.
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Annihilation. There is no other word. Complete and utter annihilation. Annihilated. That is what the North Carolina men's basketball team did to Notre Dame on Wednesday, trouncing the Fighting Irish, 101-59, the likes of which will probably never be seen in the ACC Tournament again.
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After forming the “bubble” in Orlando to complete last year's season, the NBA's 2020-21 season has kicked off mostly without incident. As a degree of normalcy returns to professional basketball, many former Tar Heels continue to impress leading up to this season's All-Star break.
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The senior class of Garrison Brooks, Andrew Platek, K.J. Smith and Walker Miller arrived in Chapel Hill in 2017, just months after the Tar Heels won a national championship. A high standard existed the moment they stepped foot on campus, but the four of them earned the opportunity to be honored in their final home game on Saturday.
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From now on, there are no more chances to bounce back. It’s single-elimination. In order to have success in March, the Tar Heels will have to do something they haven’t been able to do all year: maintain consistency. Here’s what the path looks like for UNC in the ACC and NCAA tournaments.
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The North Carolina men's basketball team has defeated Duke, 91-73, and for the first time in a very, very long time, there is hope that the world is getting better.
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"I couldn't even look at Garrison today when he came to shake my hand pregame," coach Roy Williams said. "I had to just slap him on the butt and say, 'Play, big fella.'"
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Following UNC men's basketball defeat of Duke, fans rushed Franklin Street for the second time this year. Last month, officers took over 35 minutes to clear the intersection. This crowd, which was substantially smaller, dispersed from the intersection for the resumption of traffic within five minutes. The crowd later regrouped for another brief period.
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