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North Carolina, the top-seeded team in the 2024 NCAA Tournament’s West Regional, will take on the victor of Tuesday’s Howard vs. Wagner match on Thursday in Charlotte.
The victor of that match will play the winner of Thursday’s match between No. 8 seed Mississippi State and No. 9 seed Michigan State in the Round of 32 on Saturday.
Carolina was ranked No. 1 in the rankings, behind Purdue, UConn, and Houston.
The Tar Heels will go to the West Regional in Los Angeles starting on Thursday, March 28, if they win two games in Charlotte.
Hubert Davis Q&A with HD: “I’m really incredibly happy for the boys. Because of the work that our team has done, we are the top seed season. I’m proud of the way they’ve prepared, played, and worked hard the entire season. I really like how they’ve wanted to be a team from the beginning. It is a huge honor to be granted the chance to compete in the NCAA Tournament. Although it’s exciting to be heading into the competition, I understand how important it is to be able to play close to home. That’s why we may play in Charlotte for the first two rounds and enjoy being nearer to our supporters.”
Q: You informed the players two years ago that it doesn’t matter what seed UNC is in when they were picked as the eighth overall.
HD: “I reiterated that to them today. As the top seed, that’s fantastic, but This is the NCAA Tournament. We’ll be practicing and playing the same way we have for the past 34 games because there are 68 strong teams, so you have to show up to play, no matter your seed. We look forward to the task.”
NCAA Tournament Statistics for UNC
With a 63-12 record as the top seed, Carolina has been the No. 1 seed 18 times in NCAA history, including for the first time since 2019. • Carolina has been the No. 1 seed in 1979, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2024.
Ten times as the top seed, Carolina made it to the Final Four: in 1982, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2008, 2009, and 2016.In 1981, the Tar Heels made it out of the West Region and into the Final Four.
As a No. 1 seed, UNC won its last five NCAA titles (1982, 1993, 2005, 2009, and 2017).
North Carolina is participating in its 53rd NCAA Tournament, second only to Kentucky’s 61 appearances in history. UNC has won 131 NCAA Tournament games (most in history) and played in 180 (second-most behind Kentucky’s 184). The Tar Heels have an all-time record of 131-49 in the NCAA Tournament.
North Carolina’s.728 winning % in the NCAA Tournament is the second-best in team history.
In the history of the tournament, UNC has made the most Final Four appearances—21.
The six NCAA titles won by the Tar Heels (1957–82–93–2005–09–17) rank third in history, behind Kentucky’s eight and UCLA’s eleven.
Hubert Davis is the fourth head coach of the Tar Heels to oversee a (Dean Smith eight times, Roy Williams eight times, and Bill Guthridge once) to a No. 1 seed.
UNC will play in the West Region for the eighth time this season: Two seeds each in 1978, 1981, 1986, 1988, and 1999; four seeds each in 2015; two seeds each in 2018; and one seed each in 2024.
In the history of the NCAA Tournament, Carolina has won the most games (180), the most Final Four appearances (21), the second-highest winning percentage (.728), and the third-most NCAA Tournament titles (6).
After winning 1-0 in 1975, 1-0 in 1982, 1-0 in 1984, 2-0 in 1987, 2-0 in 2005, 2-0 in 2008, 2-0 in 2011, and 1-1 in 2018, the Tar Heels have a 12-1 record in the NCAA Tournament in Charlotte.
The Howard/Wagner winner will face Carolina.
participate in the game. The Tar Heels have never faced Wagner and are 5-0 all-time against Howard (last meeting at Chapel Hill was on 1/2/2000). Howard has never been faced by Carolina in the NCAA Tournament. In the Southern Conference Tournament in Atlanta in 1922, UNC faced Howard.
