UNC Women's Sweet 16 Triumph Keeps Elite Eight Dreams a Reality!
The UNC women's basketball team is going dancing...for a seventh-straight year! The Tar Heels will host in the Round of 64.
Just like that, Selection Sunday is over. The UNC women's basketball team , which lost its ACC quarterfinal matchup, gets a fresh start in the NCAA Tournament. North Carolina (26-7, 14-4 ACC), which earned a 4-seed in the Fort Worth Region, will host 13-seed Western Illinois on Friday, March 20 at a time TBA.
The Tar Heels, making their seventh-straight appearance in the Big Dance, are hoping to make their second-consecutive Sweet 16 trip. The Roughnecks (26-5, 16-4) won both the Ohio Valley Conference regular season and tournament championships, dispatching Lindenwood in the OVC tournament final on March 7. Western Illinois sports a dangerous offense, led by Mia Nicastro, who is fourth in Division I at 24.
2 points per game. Defense is UNC's calling card, as it limits opponents to 59 points per game. The Tar Heels held five of their last six opponents under 70 points, with the lone exception Virginia, a game in which the Tar Heels won 82-70.
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