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UNC is 29-7 and No. 1 seed in the West Region.
• The Tar Heels play fourth-seeded Alabama (23-11) in the second regional semifinal at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Thursday, March 28 on CBS. The UNC-Alabama game is expected to tip at approximately 9:40 p.m. Eastern Time, 30 minutes after the conclusion of the Arizona-Clemson game.
The Tar Heels defeated Wagner and Michigan State in Charlotte to advance to the Sweet 16. The Tide beat College of Charleston and Grand Canyon in Spokane, Wash.
• Carolina is one of four Atlantic Coast Conference teams to win both of its games in the field of 64 to advance to the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament. Six of the ACC’s wins were by double digits and the league compiled an average winning margin of 18.4 points per game.
The Tar Heels won their first two games by 28 points over Wagner (90-62) and 16 over Michigan State (85-69).
• Hubert Davis has led the Tar Heels to a 7-1 NCAA Tournament record in his first three seasons as head coach (5-1 and an appearance in the title game in 2022 and 2-0 this season)
Davis has led UNC to NCAA Tournament wins over three coaches who have won NCAA titles (Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski, Baylor’s Scott Drew and Michigan State’s Tom Izzo) and two others against coaches who have taken teams to the Final Four (Marquette’s Shaka Smart and UCLA’s Mick Cronin)
This is Carolina’s 53rd NCAA Tournament appearance, second most all-time. The Tar Heels are 133-49 all-time in the NCAA Tournament.
• Carolina has the most wins in NCAA Tournament history (133), most Final Fours (21), second-highest winning percentage (.731), second-most games (182) and third-most NCAA titles (6).