The UNC basketball program is likely facing a four-day, do-or-die situation beginning Wednesday night in Greensboro. After a disappointing loss to Duke, the Tar Heels are on the wrong side of the bubble.
Basically, North Carolina needs to win at least three games during the ACC Tournament to get considered. The easiest path to get into the NCAA Tournament is to win four games and capture the ACC title.
But where does Joe Lunardi have the Tar Heels going into the tournament?
He updated his bracketology on Monday. After the Tar Heels moved down to the next four out section over the weekend, they were back up a little.
Going into the ACC Tournament, the Tar Heels are in the first four out category as team No. 72. UNC is behind Oklahoma State, Wisconsin and Arizona State in that section.
In the last four in category are No. 65 Mississippi State, No. 66 Utah State, No. 67 Rutgers and No. 68 Nevada. All of these teams play this week in conference tournaments, so this is a big opportunity for the Tar Heels.
UNC can do that by winning Wednesday and then taking down Virginia on Thursday night. It’s certainly going to be an uphill battle.
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