The North Carolina Tar Heels aren’t dancing this year, becoming the first preseason No. 1 team to miss the NCAA Tournament since the field expanded to 64 in 1985. After a disappointing year in which the Tar Heels were the third team out of the field, they turned down the NIT and ended their season on Sunday.
While UNC is not in the field this year, Tar Heels fans are looking for some rooting interests as March Madness tips off its slate of games on Thursday.
But outside of your bracket picks, which teams should you be rooting for this year? We decided to put together a list of teams that intrigue us the most to root for this tournament.
Take a look at our list of teams you should be rooting against and for below: