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Carolina Insider: NCAA Tournament Preview
March 16, 2026 | General, Men's Basketball
Recap the men's basketball ACC Tournament and preview the upcoming NCAA Tournament on Monday's Carolina Insider podcast hosted by Jones Angell and Adam Lucas.
Episode highlights:
• Carolina is the No. 6 seed in the South Region of the NCAA Tournament with a challenging Round of 64 match-up with VCU (3:45)
• To advance, the Tar Heels will need to play much better than they did in the ACC Tournament (12:58)
• Plus: bracket thoughts (27:29), HCYJT for a broadcaster/replay official (41:00), a manager duel between Duke and FSU (47:37), a postcard bonanza (56:01) and Storytime (1:15:27)
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Episode highlights:
• Carolina is the No. 6 seed in the South Region of the NCAA Tournament with a challenging Round of 64 match-up with VCU (3:45)
• To advance, the Tar Heels will need to play much better than they did in the ACC Tournament (12:58)
• Plus: bracket thoughts (27:29), HCYJT for a broadcaster/replay official (41:00), a manager duel between Duke and FSU (47:37), a postcard bonanza (56:01) and Storytime (1:15:27)
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Carolina Insider is a production hosted by Angell and Lucas in partnership with Learfield Sports and DGital Media, a leader in on-demand audio entertainment.
Fans can listen to and subscribe to the Carolina Insider podcast series 24/7 on many platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more.
Fans also can listen below:
UNC Women's Lacrosse: Tar Heels Win 9th ACC Championship, Beat Stanford, 12-8
Sunday, April 26
UNC Baseball: Tar Heels Dominate Duke, 22-5, for Series Win
Saturday, April 25
UNC Women's Lacrosse: Tar Heels Breeze Past Syracuse into ACC Final, 19-9
Saturday, April 25
UNC Baseball: DeCaro, McDuffie Lead Tar Heels to Game 1 Win at Duke, 3-1
Friday, April 24



