Heel Tough Blog: UNC Earns #6 Seed in South Region
- Joshua Marlow
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During Sunday’s Selection Show, the Tar Heels learned their 2026 NCAA Tournament fate, earning a #6 seed in the South Region. The Tar Heels will play VCU on Thursday, in Greenville, South, the same place Carolina started their run to the 2017 national championship. The VCU Rams made their way to the Big Dance after winning the A-10 Tournament. According to the NCAA Tournament selection committee, had the Rams not won the A-10, they would not have been in the NCAA Tournament.
This is Carolina’s fourth NCAA Tournament in five years under Hubert Davis, with varying seeds in their previous trips to the NCAA Tournament. Under Davis, Carolina has been an #8 seed, a #1 seed, a #11 seed, and now a #6 seed, the first time they’ve been a #6 seed since the 2013-14 season, where they lost to Iowa State in the Second Round.
The tip for Thursday’s game has not been determined at this time.
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