UNC Men's Basketball draws 6 seed, trip to Greenville, S.C., for early-round games

Posted Mar 15, 2026
No. 19 UNC Men's Basketball is headed to Greenville, S.C., for the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament as a No. 6 seed in the South Regional. UNC faces VCU on Thursday in the first round. A win would advance the Tar Heels to a second-round game Saturday against the winner of Thursday’s game in Greenville between No. 3 Illinois and No. 14 Penn. (Tar Heel Tribune)

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