The No. 8 seed North Carolina Tar Heels (24-9) and the No. 9 seed Marquette Golden Eagles (19-12) will meet in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday at 4:30 PM.
North Carolina lost at home to Virginia Tech 72-59 last time out, and was led by Armando Bacot (19 PTS, 14 REB, 90 FG%) and Caleb Love (10 PTS, 17.6 FG%, 2-10 from 3PT).
Marquette lost to Creighton 74-63 on the road in its last game. Its top scorers were Darryl Morsell (18 PTS, 43.8 FG%, 2-5 from 3PT) and Justin Lewis (17 PTS, 7 REB, 2 STL, 42.9 FG%).