NCAA Tournament March Madness

#29 North Carolina

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Projected seed: 6

A résumé anchored by neutral-court wins over Kansas and Ohio State, true road victories at Kentucky and Virginia, and a signature home defeat of Duke demonstrates the Tar Heels can beat quality opponents away from home and on neutral floors, while clear losses to Michigan State on a neutral court and a string of harmful road setbacks at SMU, Stanford, California and NC State plus a late home upset to Clemson keep the ceiling capped; the committee will respect the high-end wins and the road showings but also punish inconsistency and damaging defeats, so North Carolina lands squarely in the middle of the bracket, with a run through the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament the clearest path to move up.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Cent Arkansas153W94-54
11/7Kansas21W87-74
11/11Radford257W89-74
11/14NC Central352W97-53
11/18Navy142W73-61
11/25(N)St Bonaventure139W85-70
11/27(N)Michigan St9L74-58
12/2@Kentucky28W67-64
12/7Georgetown79W81-61
12/13SC Upstate302W80-62
12/16ETSU167W77-58
12/20(N)Ohio St26W71-70
12/22East Carolina254W99-51
12/30Florida St56W79-66
1/3@SMU42L97-83
1/10Wake Forest74W87-84
1/14@Stanford58L95-90
1/17@California73L84-78
1/21Notre Dame89W91-69
1/24@Virginia13W85-80
1/31@Georgia Tech162W91-75
2/2Syracuse83W87-77
2/7Duke1W71-68
2/10@Miami FL31L75-66
2/14Pittsburgh94W79-65
2/17@NC State34L82-58
2/21@Syracuse83W77-64
2/23Louisville19W77-74
2/28Virginia Tech55W89-82
3/3Clemson36W67-63
3/7@Duke1L76-61
3/12(N)Clemson36L80-79