UNC ONLY BASKETBALL 2024-25 SEASON

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Carolina Fever said:
So, are the Heels in the big dance or not? It doesn't look good.
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From Lunardi today….”Here's the latest on Selection Sunday morning: Realistically, we are down to three teams (Indiana, Xavier, Boise State) for two spots. After them, Texas has too many losses and North Carolina doesn't have enough good wins for inclusion.”

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I don't know if we'll make it or not, but I'm going to have a hard time getting upset if we don't get in. Don't get me wrong, if we are in I'll cheer like crazy for us to win as many games as possible, but despite all the metrics about the tough schedule we played and that we are not ranked that low in some measurements like KenPom and NET, the fact remains that we are an awful 1-12 in Quad 1 games, finished fifth in a historically weak ACC, and went 0-5 against the Top 3 teams in the ACC this year (0-3 against dook and 0-2 against Louisville and Clemson, including a blowout loss at Clemson). It's not a good look, no matter how one tries to mitigate it using other measurements. If we get in today it will be less because we've earned it than because of our name brand and the viewers we bring to games, imo. At the same time if we do sneak in I'll certainly take it, as I said earlier.
 
The funny thing is the name might actually keep UNC out and other teams get in that are no as good from the mid-majors. People expect UNC to win. They played a much tougher schedule than the mid-majors that will get in. But people expect UNC to win those quad one games, at least some of them. It's tougher for the bigger schools to get in like UNC because the mid-majors don't have to win quad 1 games to get in. They get in because they were the best in their conference, even though there are other teams that are probably better than them that won't get in because they are in the major conferences.
 
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