Where UNC basketball program ranks in ESPN’s re-seeding of Sweet 16
The next two rounds of the 2024 NCAA Tournament will take place from Thursday to Sunday as we will be one step closer to crowning a national champion.
For the North Carolina Tar Heels, they are getting set to face off against No. 4 seed Alabama in the Sweet 16 in Los Angeles. The winner of that game will move on to the Elite 8 to face off against Clemson or Arizona. But as we get set for the next few days of games, ESPN has decided to re-seed the Sweet 16. And for North Carolina, they are still a No. 1 seed in the re-rank.
Here is what Myron Medcalf had to say about the Tar Heels:
UConn, Purdue and Houston all made cases at different stages of the regular season that they deserved a top seed in the NCAA tournament. UNC’s position seemed more fluid, especially as Iowa State and Tennessee charged toward that fourth top-seed spot late in the season. The Tar Heels have more than proved themselves as one of the elite teams in the field, however. After falling to a double-digit deficit in the first half against Michigan State on Saturday, they went on a 23-3 run and turned the game in their favor.
The game showed they have so many ways to attack. RJ Davis is an All-American point guard. Armando Bacot is one of the top big men in America. And now, Harrison Ingram has found a rhythm again (50% from beyond the arc in the NCAA tournament) after a lengthy slump. After Saturday’s win, North Carolina was ranked 18th in adjusted offensive efficiency on KenPom.com and the team had made 35.8% of its 3-point attempts — identical numbers to the 2021-22 team that reached the national title game.
North Carolina’s path to the Final Four is a tough one. Alabama is a high-scoring team that can give others problems. From there, they would have to face off against a good Arizona team that won the Pac-12 or a Clemson team that they split with this season.
But for the Tar Heels, they need to take it one game at a time and focus on the task ahead.
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