LIVE 17:12 1st Nov 13
TRUE 4 -0.0 o0.0
WCU 8 0.0 u0.0
LIVE 00:45 2nd Nov 13
HCU 41 35.5 o152.0
CREI 76 -35.5 u152.0
LIVE 06:45 2nd Nov 13
SEAPA 51 -0.0 o0.0
WASH 67 0.0 u0.0
LIVE 09:18 2nd Nov 13
FRES 58 12.5 o150.5
UCSB 72 -12.5 u150.5
-0.0 o0.0
CSN 0.0 u0.0
LIVE 09:27 2nd Nov 13
LBSU 38 15.5 o144.0
SF 61 -15.5 u144.0
LIVE 02:56 2nd Nov 13
NDSU 57 15.5 o153.0
SCU 66 -15.5 u153.0
LIVE 11:35 2nd Nov 13
WEB 38 17.0 o138.0
NEV 67 -17.0 u138.0
LIVE 06:54 1st Nov 13
UTA 28 16.0 o154.5
USC 36 -16.0 u154.5
Final Nov 13
ALBY 87 4.0 o150.5
DART 73 -4.0 u150.5
Final Nov 13
LT 76 -1.0 o143.5
MASS 66 1.0 u143.5
Final Nov 13
WAG 45 25.5 o142.5
SJU 66 -25.5 u142.5
Final Nov 13
USI 71 4.5 o139.5
BELL 69 -4.5 u139.5
Final Nov 13
CCU 70 17.0 o139.0
NCST 82 -17.0 u139.0
Final Nov 13
MW 42 15.0 o134.0
VCU 63 -15.0 u134.0
Final Nov 13
WRST 77 7.5 o161.5
TOL 86 -7.5 u161.5
Final Nov 13
SCUS 80 29.5 o153.0
WAKE 85 -29.5 u153.0
Final Nov 13
TB 43 -0.0 o0.0
MER 101 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 13
BRYAN 59 -0.0 o0.0
KENN 94 0.0 u0.0
Final 0OT Nov 13
MSM 93 7.0 o144.5
BUCK 89 -7.0 u144.5
Final Nov 13
TUSCM 54 -0.0 o0.0
ETSU 82 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 13
GSU 67 5.5 o141.5
JVST 72 -5.5 u141.5
Final Nov 13
CMU 70 14.0 o138.5
GMU 69 -14.0 u138.5
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LEM 49 36.5 o151.0
CONN 90 -36.5 u151.0
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HARV 56 2.0 o142.0
NE 78 -2.0 u142.0
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HOW 88 -3.0 o148.0
TNST 84 3.0 u148.0
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CAN 52 -2.0 o141.0
MEHST 62 2.0 u141.0
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BALL 69 16.0 o144.5
DAY 77 -16.0 u144.5
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RICH 48 1.5 o141.5
CHAR 65 -1.5 u141.5
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EMERS 46 -0.0 o0.0
YALE 100 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 13
MILW 62 3.5 o154.5
LONG 76 -3.5 u154.5
Final Nov 13
MONT 57 26.0 o141.0
TENN 92 -26.0 u141.0
Final Nov 13
WOF 68 -5.5 o146.0
PRE 71 5.5 u146.0
Final Nov 13
SBON 74 -3.0 o136.5
FGCU 65 3.0 u136.5
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NEWB 40 -0.0 o0.0
CAMP 83 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 13
Crow 38 -0.0 o0.0
SEMO 93 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 13
EVAN 63 10.5 o146.0
MTU 80 -10.5 u146.0
Final Nov 13
SOU 68 -3.5 o146.5
TAMCOM 70 3.5 u146.5
Final Nov 13
FISK 69 -0.0 o0.0
AAMU 103 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 13
ORU 76 10.5 o151.5
TLSA 85 -10.5 u151.5
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ULL 45 31.5 o139.5
HOU 91 -31.5 u139.5
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KENT 56 22.5 o148.0
AUB 79 -22.5 u148.0
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HOF 49 4.5 o137.5
HALL 48 -4.5 u137.5
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WIGB 87 2.0 o144.0
WIU 73 -2.0 u144.0
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TROY 49 13.0 o153.0
ARK 65 -13.0 u153.0
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CAL 69 7.5 o157.0
VAN 85 -7.5 u157.0
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WYO 49 18.5 o145.0
TTU 96 -18.5 u145.0
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UNT 54 2.5 o130.0
MINN 51 -2.5 u130.0
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FDU 60 28.0 o158.0
NEB 86 -28.0 u158.0
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QNC 55 31.0 o158.5
BYU 99 -31.0 u158.5
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BETHES 59
UTECH 90
Final Nov 13
CSF 53 15.0 o136.5
COLO 83 -15.0 u136.5
Final Nov 13
OAK 54 23.5 o151.0
ILL 66 -23.5 u151.0
Final Nov 13
WESTMI 53 -0.0 o0.0
USU 117 0.0 u0.0
Wagner 6th Northeast17-16
North Carolina 1st Atlantic Coast29-8

Wagner @ North Carolina preview

Spectrum Center

CHARLOTTE -- North Carolina will be anxious to respond to a disappointment when the NCAA Tournament begins.

After all, it's hardly a situation of despair for the Tar Heels, who hold the No. 1 seed in the West Region as they open tournament play against No. 16 seed Wagner on Thursday afternoon.

"Coach (Hubert) Davis always talks about our response and how we're going to respond when we get knocked down," Tar Heels senior guard RJ Davis said. "So going into March Madness, we're going to have to prepare, come together as a group and fix the mistakes that we made (last week)."

North Carolina's first NCAA tourney foe will be Wagner (17-15), which needed a 71-68 victory against Howard on Tuesday in a First Four game at Dayton, Ohio, to advance to the round of 64.

The Wagner-North Carolina winner takes on either ninth-seeded Michigan State and eighth-seeded Mississippi State in the second round on Saturday.

North Carolina (27-7) holds a No. 1 regional seed for an NCAA-record 18th time.

"It's great being a No. 1 seed, but it's an NCAA Tournament," Hubert Davis said. "It's 68 accomplished teams, so you have to come play, whatever seed you are, wherever you play. ... I know the importance of being able to play close to home, so playing in Charlotte for potentially the first two rounds and being closer to our fans is a big deal for us, but it's just fun coming into the tournament."

Wagner has been an underdog throughout recent games, defeating the top three teams on the road in the Northeast Conference tournament to get a chance to be in the NCAAs.

"We never stopped believing," coach Donald Copeland said. "We never stopped having an expectation of ourselves."

The Seahawks used only seven players on Tuesday, and that could be an issue facing a deep North Carolina team. Three Wagner players logged all 40 minutes in the First Four contest.

"Happens every day," Wagner guard Melvin Council Jr., who scored a team-high 21 points against Howard, said of the short bench. "We just go preach toughness every day."

The Tar Heels are 12-1 in NCAA Tournament games played in Charlotte. Yet the last time North Carolina got to play an in-state NCAA Tournament game, it lost in the 2018 second round to Texas A&M in Charlotte.

Playing another game is bound to be a tonic for the Tar Heels, who absorbed a stunning 84-76 loss to rival North Carolina State in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championship game on Saturday in Washington.

"We know what we need to do," Tar Heels forward Armando Bacot said. "And as long as we get back to the game plans and what the coaches have told us to do, we'll be fine."

North Carolina, despite holding the preseason No. 1 ranking last season, didn't get a bid to the 2023 NCAA Tournament. The Tar Heels last played in the event in 2022, when they lost to Kansas in the title game to end Hubert Davis' first season as head coach after he took over for the retired Roy Williams.

This will be the first meeting between Wagner and North Carolina.

--Bob Sutton, Field Level Media

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