Selection Sunday Brings Unusual Mix To ACC, UNC, Wake Forest, Others

Posted Mar 14, 2022
Among the four lowest-seeded UNC basketball teams, two made the Sweet 16, and one advanced to the national semifinals. Legendary UNC coach Dean Smith led the lowest-seeded team of his career, a No. 8 seed in 1990, to the Sweet 16. Smith’s long-time assistant, Bill Guthridge, led the No. 8 seed Tar Heels all the way to the Final Four in 2000. (Chapelboro.com)

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