Heels top Pack, get #1 NCAA seed

Posted Mar 12, 2007

As he snipped his portion of the ACC Championship net, North Carolina freshman Brandan Wright couldn't help but imagine what it might be like to do the same thing three weeks from now. In Atlanta. After the NCAA title game. By surviving a late-game onslaught by the inspired, sharpshooting, desperate, exhausted, 10th-seeded Wolfpack, 89-80, Wright and the rest of his teammates may have a better chance to find out. (Raleigh News & Observer)

Related: Basketball, Basketball Recruiting

Box Score: North Carolina 99, East Carolina 51
View the complete box score from the No. 12 North Carolina Tar Heels' 99-51 victory over the East Carolina Pirates on Monday night at the...
Mon Dec 22, 2025

Video: UNC Players Post-ECU Locker Room Interviews
North Carolina forward Caleb Wilson, center Henri Veesaar, and guard Seth Trimble speak with reporters following the No. 12 Tar Heels' 99-51 win over ECU...
Mon Dec 22, 2025

Video: UNC Men's Basketball Breezes Past ECU, 99-51 - Highlights
North Carolina had four starters in double figures, led by Caleb Wilson's 21 points and 12 rebounds. Henri Veesaar went 4-for-5 from 3-point range to...
Mon Dec 22, 2025

Lucas: UNC vs. ECU Rapid Reactions
The 12-1 start puts this team in some lofty company. The last Tar Heel squads to get off to a better start were the 2007-08...
Mon Dec 22, 2025