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Tar Heels Open NCAA Play Friday Vs. Tigers

Official Site of the Tar Heels | March 16, 2017

Related Topics: Southwestern Athletic Conference, North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Texas Southern Tigers basketball, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Tar Heel, Winning percentage, Atlantic Coast Conference, Roy Williams (coach)

• Carolina enters the 2017 NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 seed in the South Regional.

• The Tar Heels play No. 16 Texas Southern, the regular-season and Tournament champions of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.

• Carolina is 27-7 overall. The Tar Heels won the regular-season title in the Atlantic Coast Conference with a 14-4 record, two games ahead of Florida State, Louisville and Notre Dame.

• Carolina was the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament in Brooklyn. The Tar Heels beat No. 9 seed Miami, 78-53, in the quarterfinals, and lost to No. 5 seed Duke, 93-83, in the semifinals.

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