The North Carolina Tar Heels lack the quality wins needed to make the NCAA Tournament. Joe Lunardi moved UNC to his "First Four Out" in bracketology.

The annual handwringing over the work of the NCAA men's basketball selection committee has begun despite genuinely consistent selections in the NET era. This year, though: I am stumped. What coaches,

Despite North Carolina losing to a Cooper Flagg-less Duke in the ACC Tournament semifinals, ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi still has the Tar Heels in the Field of 68 in his latest Bracketology update. Just barely -- as the last of the “Last Four In” while Lunardi has Texas among the “First Four Out.”

Joe Lunardi's updated Saturday afternoon bracket projections are out, with a day to go before Selection Sunday.

North Carolina basketball once looked like a March Madness afterthought. Now the Tar Heels have scaled Ohio State.

North Carolina will have a very stressful 40 or so hours as they await their NCAA Tournament fate. With the chance to really put a stamp on their resume and leave little doubt, the Tar Heels fell short against Duke due to a late-game blunder.

It's going to be an extremely tense Selection Sunday for Hubert Davis and the North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball program. The Tar Heels are one of the biggest bubble teams heading into the Selection Show on Sunday night.