Final Nov 21
JMU 99 -3.0 o146.0
UIC 81 3.0 u146.0
Final Nov 21
MIA 69 -9.0 o143.0
DRKE 80 9.0 u143.0
Final OT Nov 21
OHIO 81 -2.0 o146.5
MTU 83 2.0 u146.5
Final Nov 21
LAS 67 -1.5 o144.0
UCSD 72 1.5 u144.0
Final Nov 21
OKST 78 2.0 o163.0
FAU 86 -2.0 u163.0
Final Nov 21
USF 74 -6.5 o145.5
PORT 68 6.5 u145.5
Final Nov 21
ECU 78 -4.0 o135.0
JVST 86 4.0 u135.0
Final Nov 21
MONM 62 4.5 o146.5
YSU 72 -4.5 u146.5
Final OT Nov 21
HALL 69 7.0 o126.0
VCU 66 -7.0 u126.0
Final Nov 21
BRAD 82 -7.0 o135.5
TXST 68 7.0 u135.5
Final Nov 21
TOL 103 -13.0 o154.5
STET 78 13.0 u154.5
Final Nov 21
RMU 86 9.5 o151.5
COR 76 -9.5 u151.5
Final Nov 21
UNCG 58 17.5 o146.5
IND 69 -17.5 u146.5
Final Nov 21
RAD 51 22.0 o144.5
CLEM 79 -22.0 u144.5
Final Nov 21
SYR 66 11.0 o155.0
TEX 70 -11.0 u155.0
Final Nov 21
NIAG 73 14.0 o136.5
KENT 76 -14.0 u136.5
Final 0OT Nov 21
BAY 99 -2.5 o150.5
SJU 98 2.5 u150.5
Final Nov 21
EMU 68 7.0 o134.5
OAK 64 -7.0 u134.5
Final Nov 21
BRY 66 -12.5 o153.0
STONE 67 12.5 u153.0
Final Nov 21
NJIT 64 12.5 o135.0
BUCK 81 -12.5 u135.0
Final Nov 21
MER 72 18.5 o150.0
SCAR 84 -18.5 u150.0
Final Nov 21
EDW 59 -0.0 o0.0
UNF 108 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 21
JOHNSU 52 -0.0 o0.0
CHAT 72 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 21
TRN 78 -0.0 o0.0
SHSU 105 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 21
VAN 73 2.5 o150.5
NEV 71 -2.5 u150.5
Final OT Nov 21
SEMO 77 1.5 o149.5
CARK 73 -1.5 u149.5
Final OT Nov 21
PRE 58 8.5 o135.0
SFA 55 -8.5 u135.0
Final Nov 21
ORU 68 21.5 o149.5
MISS 100 -21.5 u149.5
Final Nov 21
LNDNWD 64 9.5 o145.0
VALP 77 -9.5 u145.0
Final Nov 21
CCSU 54 -2.0 o142.0
SH 67 2.0 u142.0
Final Nov 21
PRIN 62 -7.5 o152.5
WRST 80 7.5 u152.5
Final Nov 21
UTM 77 11.5 o155.5
AMCC 81 -11.5 u155.5
Final Nov 21
TAMCOM 56 24.5 o144.5
OKLA 84 -24.5 u144.5
Final Nov 21
MINCR 60 -0.0 o0.0
NDSU 67 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 21
46 -0.0 o0.0
WIU 73 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 21
TXWES 66 -0.0 o0.0
UNT 73 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 21
TST 49 31.0 o147.0
MICH 72 -31.0 u147.0
Final Nov 21
TTU 77 -10.5 o149.5
STJOE 78 10.5 u149.5
Final Nov 21
GRAM 58 23.5 o152.5
UNM 80 -23.5 u152.5
Final Nov 21
TENN 64 -12.5 o126.5
UVA 42 12.5 u126.5
Final Nov 21
EWU 81 14.0 o158.5
WSU 96 -14.0 u158.5
Final Nov 21
AFA 69 16.0 o136.0
CAL 78 -16.0 u136.0
Final Nov 21
ORE 78 -6.5 o139.5
ORST 75 6.5 u139.5
Final Nov 21
MEM 68 2.0 o154.5
SF 64 -2.0 u154.5
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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