Tar Heels Anxious To Get Going In Sweet 16

Posted Mar 24, 2022
CBS and the NCAA say North Carolina and UCLA are slated to face each other in the Sweet 16 Friday night, but the Tar Heels would have been perfectly fine lacing it up and taking on the Bruins Thursday morning. "Oh, we would play today," UNC coach Hubert Davis said Thursday in a press conference (Video) at Wells Fargo Center ahead of the game. (Tar Heel Illustrated)

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