The North Carolina men’s basketball team is going to the Big Dance.
Yes, you read that right. The North Carolina Tarheels are in the 2025 NCAA men’s tournament. On Selection Sunday, the team snuck into the bracket, upending expectations that Hubert Davis’s team would be out. How did they get in? That’s the question so many people want to know.
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After the bracket reveal, it became clear that not many people expected the Tarheels to be there. Now, another question becomes: How much did their non-conference schedule strength help them get into the tournament? Unfortunately, people might not be happy with any answers provided.
At any rate, here’s how so many fans reacted to seeing North Carolina’s name in the bracket:
