The North Carolina Tar Heels are off to the Sweet 16 after a big 93-86 OT win over No. 1 Baylor to shake up the East Region even more on Saturday afternoon.
With the win, UNC is off to their 30th Sweet 16 and do so in impressive fashion for the most part. They jumped out to a 25-point lead in the second half but had to hold on in Overtime to survive and get the win. But atlas, UNC has gone from a bubble team to one of the 16 left standing in the big dance.
Following the win, thousands took to Twitter to celebrate the win and it felt like the entire country had criticism of the refs. But we are here to celebrate the positives and so did a few former players.
Let’s take a look at some of the former and even current players who celebrated with posts on Twitter following UNC’s big win on Saturday.