On Sunday evening, it was revealed that the No. 9 seed Wisconsin Badgers would be taking on the No. 8 seed North Carolina Tar Heels in the first round of the NCAA Tournament this year. This has been a down year for both teams who have been used to being ranked at the end of the season and also earning a better seed, but here we are.
We will take a deep dive into the South Region and this game throughout the week, but here is a quick look at the Tar Heels and their season so far.
Going Dancing ➡️ the Heels will be the 8 seed in the South Region.#CarolinaFamily pic.twitter.com/D3Gwk7UahH
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) March 14, 2021
Basic Info
North Carolina Tar Heels
18-10 overall record
10-6 ACC record, finished fifth
50 all-time tournament appearances, 126-47 record
20 Final Fours
Six national titles
Relevant Rankings
NET: 32
KenPom: 28
T-Rank: 31
BPI: 25
Schedule Analysis
Quad 1 record: 3-9
Quad 2 record: 8-0
Quad 3 record: 4-1
Quad 4 record: 3-0
KenPom SOS: 28th
KenPom noncon SOS: 87th
ESPN SOS: 26th
ESPN SOR (strength of record): 27th
Best wins: vs. Florida State, at Duke, vs. Kentucky (neutral site)
Bad losses: vs. Marquette, at N.C. State (kind of, I guess)
Top Players
Armando Bacot, 6-foot-10, sophomore, forward; 12.2 ppg, 8 rpg, 0.9 bpg; 62.7 FG%, 65.6 FT%, 0.0 3P%
Caleb Love, 6-foot-4, freshman, guard; 10.5 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 3.6 apg. 1.2 spg; 31.6 FG%, 80.8 FT%, 26.0 3P%
Garrison Brooks, 6-foot-10, senior, forward; 10.2 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 1.4 apg; 47.6 FG%, 61.1 FT%, 50.0 3P% (4-of-8, though)
Day’ron Sharpe, 6-foot-11, freshman, forward; 9.7 ppg, 7.8 rpg, 1.5 apg, 0.9 bpg; 51.9 FG%, 50.5 FT%, 0.0 3P%
Shared Tournament History
2015: Sweet 16, Wisconsin 79 - UNC 72
2005: Elite 8, UNC 88 - Wisconsin 82