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Men's Basketball Gets No. 8 Seed In South Region, Will Meet Wisconsin Friday
March 14, 2021 | Men's Basketball
CHAPEL HILL–North Carolina's men's basketball team is the No. 8 seed in the NCAA Tournament South Regional and will play No. 9 seed Wisconsin on Friday.
The Tar Heels and Badgers will play at 7:10 pm. on Friday on CBS in West Lafayette, Ind, at Purdue's Mackey Arena.
The winner will advance to play the winner of the game between No. 1 seed Baylor and No. 16 seed Hartford.
The Tar Heels (18-10) were the No. 6 seed in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament last week and advanced to the semifinals with wins over Notre Dame and Virginia Tech before losing to Florida State.
"We are ecstatic to be playing in the NCAA Tournament," said head coach Roy Williams. "There were a couple of times during the season when we were wondering whether or not we would make the field, but our team kept getting a little bit better and better. So I'm just ecstatic for these kids, who have endured so much due to Covid and have an opportunity to continue their season. This will be an unusual tournament to say the least, but particularly for our coaches, because we have so many young players who will be playing in the NCAA Tournament for the first time. Wisconsin will be a big-time challenge, but we played our way into our seed and we will have to play very well to advance. But we are looking forward to having that opportunity."
The Tar Heels and Badgers will play at 7:10 pm. on Friday on CBS in West Lafayette, Ind, at Purdue's Mackey Arena.
The winner will advance to play the winner of the game between No. 1 seed Baylor and No. 16 seed Hartford.
The Tar Heels (18-10) were the No. 6 seed in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament last week and advanced to the semifinals with wins over Notre Dame and Virginia Tech before losing to Florida State.
"We are ecstatic to be playing in the NCAA Tournament," said head coach Roy Williams. "There were a couple of times during the season when we were wondering whether or not we would make the field, but our team kept getting a little bit better and better. So I'm just ecstatic for these kids, who have endured so much due to Covid and have an opportunity to continue their season. This will be an unusual tournament to say the least, but particularly for our coaches, because we have so many young players who will be playing in the NCAA Tournament for the first time. Wisconsin will be a big-time challenge, but we played our way into our seed and we will have to play very well to advance. But we are looking forward to having that opportunity."
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