NCAA Tournament March Madness

#24 North Carolina

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Projected seed: 4

North Carolina’s resume is built around a pair of signature nonconference victories, including a neutral win over Kansas and a resume-making road triumph at Kentucky, but a heavy neutral-site loss at Michigan State serves as a clear blemish that keeps the profile from being airtight. The Tar Heels have piled up authoritative home wins against lesser opponents that won’t move the needle much, while their ability to win away from Chapel Hill is still being defined by that Kentucky road result and by a string of upcoming tests. A neutral meeting with Ohio State and road dates at Virginia, Duke, and NC State are the obvious opportunities to erase the damage from the Michigan State setback, and high-visibility home games against Louisville and Clemson offer safer chances to reinforce the résumé; how they fare in those spots will determine whether the big nonconference wins hold up or the bad loss proves costly.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Cent Arkansas261W94-54
11/7Kansas17W87-74
11/11Radford252W89-74
11/14NC Central350W97-53
11/18Navy196W73-61
11/25(N)St Bonaventure107W85-70
11/27(N)Michigan St12L74-58
12/2@Kentucky20W67-64
12/7Georgetown92W81-61
12/13SC Upstate25898%
12/16ETSU11190%
12/20(N)Ohio St3657%
12/22East Carolina29399%
12/30Florida St9687%
1/3@SMU4047%
1/10Wake Forest4573%
1/14@Stanford9069%
1/17@California7161%
1/21Notre Dame6078%
1/24@Virginia2339%
1/31@Georgia Tech13681%
2/2Syracuse6779%
2/7Duke434%
2/10@Miami FL3445%
2/14Pittsburgh10889%
2/17@NC State2842%
2/21@Syracuse6760%
2/23Louisville1448%
2/28Virginia Tech6279%
3/3Clemson2662%
3/7@Duke417%