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Tuesday May 30th

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Junior forward Anya Poole (31) tips off the UNC women's basketball game against Clemson University in the second round of the ACC Championship in Greensboro, NC.

Preview: UNC women's basketball to face No. 11 seed St. John's in NCAA Tournament

Despite it being Courtney Banghart’s 11th postseason appearance and UNC’s 29th NCAA Tournament appearance, the level of excitement for the Tar Heels this March is still the same. The first step in No. 6 seed North Carolina’s trek back to the Sweet 16 is its contest against No. 11 seed St. John’s at 4 p.m. on Saturday. “We’ve seen lots of really good players, lots of dynamic threats, lots of deep teams,” Banghart said. “You hope that what you’ve been prepared for all year, in terms of the talent that you’ve played against, prepares you well for an opportunity like this.”

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UNC senior face-off midfielder Andrew Tyeryar (3) carries the ball across the field during the men's lacrosse game against Brown at Dorrance Field on Saturday, March 11, 2023. UNC won 19-6.

Andrew Tyeryar's big day on offense helps carry UNC men's lacrosse to 19-6 win over Brown

Being a face-off specialist, Tyeryar’s primary responsibility is to win the faceoff, pass the ball to someone to start the offense, and then get off the field. In his 41 previous games with the Tar Heels, he had scored a goal in six of them but had never had a multi-game goal. Against the Bears, Tyeryar scored three times, getting his first hat trick since high school.

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UNC junior guard Caleb Love (2) jumps toward the basket during the game against Virginia in the ACC Tournament Quarterfinals at Greensboro Coliseum on March 9, 2023.

UNC men's basketball season likely comes to fitting end at ACC Tournament

Moments after UNC’s likely season-ending 68-59 loss to Virginia in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals, a somber mood swept through the visitors locker room at the Greensboro Coliseum.  Last year’s March magic seemed to provide an alibi for each puzzling underperformance, and the experienced group seemed to have a figuratively never-ending hourglass to figure it all out. Although UNC is still not entirely eliminated from the Big Dance, Bart Torvik’s metrics currently give the team a microscopic 1.3 percent chance of earning an at-large bid. And the aftermath of the loss suggested that Thursday was the Tar Heels’ final swan song.

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