North Carolina has a needle to thread, Texas comes up big

Bracketology True or False: Can North Carolina earn NCAA Tournament bid without beating Duke?
The final sprint to claim NCAA Tournament bids is in full swing as the countdown to Selection Sunday grows shorter with teams around the country using conference tournaments as a final opportunity to strut their stuff.
NCAA Tournament bubble watch: Indiana and Xavier now feeling the heat with Texas and North Carolina closing strong
Xavier and Indiana had chances to give their NCAA Tournament resumes a significant boost. But the Musketeers lost 89-87 to Marquette, and Indiana fell 72-59 to Oregon.
NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch 2025: North Carolina has a needle to thread, Texas comes up big
Ohio State’s out, Xavier’s in, Texas is alive, Vanderbilt should be fine and North Carolina is going to need serious help if it can’t help itself with one of the upsets of the season. Those are the Wednesday men’s basketball happenings that helped shape Thursday’s bracket,
Bracketology Bubble Watch: North Carolina in action, Mountain West trio fight for NCAA Tournament lives
We are down to seven bubble teams following yesterday's action. Arkansas and Oklahoma moved up, for now, following wins in the SEC Tournament. Georgia and Vanderbilt lost, but I have kept them off the bubble for now.
North Carolina vs. Duke: Can Tar Heels lock up NCAA bid? Can Blue Devils shine without Flagg?
The North Carolina men’s basketball team believes it is an NCAA Tournament team. The Tar Heels (22-12) have won six of their last seven games and moved onto the right side of the bubble in most projections.
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Here's where UNC basketball stands in NCAA bracket predictions
Just days before selection Sunday and UNC basketball in the ACC semifinals, here is where they stand in the Top 10 NCAA ...
UNC basketball does what it can to polish NCAA Tournament resume ahead of Duke rematch
After holding off Wake Forest, 68-59 on Thursday, North Carolina will face Duke in the ACC tournament for the first time ...
Old-school win: UNC holds off Wake Forest to reach ACC semifinal, keep NCAA hopes alive
UNC outlasts Wake Forest after 40 minutes of elbows thrown, bodies falling, rushed shots, blocked shots, hard fouls and board ...
College basketball tournament predictions, picks, odds Friday: St. John’s vs. Marquette, Duke vs. North Carolina
The Badgers haven’t won back-to-back games in nearly a month — thanks to the inconsistent shooting of their only double-digit ...
With Cooper Flagg ailing, UNC seeks upset of No. 1 Duke
North Carolina will play in a game that might largely define its season Friday night in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament semifinals.
Resilient UNC Basketball Team Earns Rematch Versus Bruised Blue Devils
Duke's Maliq Brown returned from a dislocated left shoulder to give UNC headaches in Chapel Hill on Saturday night. But the 6-foot-9 junior forward re-dislocated the shoulder against Georgia Tech and, ...
Duke NCAA Tournament Odds Plummet Following Cooper Flagg Injury
However, the Blue Devils suffered a harsh blow in their first postseason match. On Thursday, their superstar freshman forward ...
2025 March Madness: Conference tournament scores, automatic bids, schedules, times, where to watch, brackets
The race to claim automatic NCAA Tournament bids ratcheted up in conferences across college basketball on Thursday, as ...