//-->. UNC Football: Four-star OL Diego Pounds selects Tar Heels. The miss came on the second free throw and in the ensuing tussle for the rebound, it went out off an Oklahoma player. The restrictive nature of those early NCAA Tournaments meant that the nearly every matchup was tricky. 2 seed: George Mason 86, UConn 84 (2006 elite eight). UNC's first title came in 1957, after three overtimes against Kansas under head coach Frank McGuire. All time the Tar Heels have outscored the Longhorns in their 11 meetings, yet trail by five games in the head-to-head. Beset by injuries throughout the season, Dereck Whittenburg, Thurl Bailey, Lorenzo Charles and Co. got healthy at the right time. Jenni Carlson, a sports columnist at The Oklahoman since 1999, came by her love of sports honestly. Log in or subscribe to read and leave comments. They eventually pulled away in the extra period, winning by eight. 4 seed: Weber State 76, North Carolina 74 (1999 first round). CollegeSports-fans.com is the home of the Dash Fans Network of independent college sports fan sites. Making its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament, Cleveland State upended an Indiana team that featured the nucleus of a Hoosiers team that would win the national title the following season. The Hoyas defeated Villanova twice during the season, but in the national title game, the eighth-seeded Wildcats shot an otherworldly 78.6 percent and became the lowest seed to win it all. No. No. 1 seed: Coppin State 78, South Carolina 65 (1997 first round). Her dad coached baseball and did color commentary on the radio for the high school football... Never before had a No. Complete NCAA Tournament history for the Auburn Tigers. Miller scored 22 points, while Clark had 18 and 18 rebounds. After a back and forth second half, Williams fouled out with 12 minutes to go. Ten years after that, UNC was again an … North Carolina Tar Heels School History. Those expectations only rose when the Heels started the season 9-0. Its most recent national championship came in 1995 against Arkansas. google_ad_client = "pub-3402217256309492"; Back in 1959, Navy beat Carolina in the first round of the 23-team NCAA Tournament. 1 in first US Coaches Poll. 3 seed: Cleveland State 83, Indiana 79 (1986 first round). UMBC, which lost to Albany by 44 points during the season, scorched Virginia's vaunted defense for 53 points in the second half. Still, Richmond had to overcome 22 points from Billy Owens. No. However, from January 12th on, they went 7-8, falling to the 8/9 matchup in the South Region. UNC’s best NCAA Tournament “Underdog” Moments, UNC Basketball: Predicting the 2020-21 starting lineup. Copyright 2005-2015, CollegeSports-fans.com and the Dash Fans Network of Independent Sports Fan Sites. The fourth loss in that series came on December 21, 1957 when the Tar Heels were the #1 ranked team in the country. Frank McGuire led the team to its first NCAA championship in 1957. From that point forward only four of Smith’s UNC teams didn’t play in the NCAA Tournament. UNC fell in the next round to Arkansas, but they created a memorable moment before the left the tournament in 1990. Unlike 1990, UNC would follow up this upset win. google_ad_width = 468; Now it’s basketball’s turn. Three of the meetings against the Terriers have come recently, so let’s take a look at the highlights: UNC Basketball: Weirdest H2H records in Tar Heel history, UNC Basketball: Predicting the 2020-21 starting lineup. 2 seed Georgetown featured future NBA player Otto Porter, but it was no match for a team that slammed and jammed its way to a win and the Dunk City moniker. There is a stat, mainly used in baseball analytics, called pythagorean record. The university had already won a NCAA Tournament championship when North Carolina began play for the 1966-67 basketball season, but the program was in an interesting place. With the unexpected departure of redshirt senior Myles Wolfolk, Ja’Qurious Conley is handed major responsibility early in the season. Navy’ coach that day was Ben Carnevale who had led UNC to a national championship game appearance back in 1946 before leaving for Annapolis after that season. They went into the new year with just an 8-5 record and unranked in the polls. UNC is 123-45 all time in NCAA Tournament games. Like they had in 1990, the Tar Heels won their first round comfortably thanks to a big second half. Read more ›. The Bulldogs were a good team at #11 and this was a 1969 NCAA Tournament game, but the Heels still lost by 20. This one wouldn’t produce quite as memorable a moment, but it still ended in a UNC win.