Would Carolina Accept An NIT Bid?

Posted Mar 10, 2023
With North Carolina’s chances at receiving a bid to the NCAA Tournament highly doubtful, a question that needed asking in the Tar Heels’ locker room Thursday night was if they’d be interested in playing in the NIT. “I don’t have a comment,” wing Leaky Black said, who also later somewhat acknowledged that was his last game in a North Carolina uniform. (Tar Heel Illustrated)

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