The Tar Heels might need to win the conference tournament this year to earn a spot in the NCAA tournament and keep playing in March. A look at how UNC could do that.

The 2024-25 ACC regular season didn't go as planned for the North Carolina Tar Heels, finishing in fifth place a year after winning the regular season title. Now, they are fighting for their NCAA Tournament lives as they head to Charlotte for the ACC Tournament.

North Carolina needs a miracle in the form of an ACC Tournament run to make the NCAA Tournament after dropping the season series to Duke.

As things stand, the UNC basketball staff has extended only one 2027 offer, as the Tar Heels recently targeted the only North Carolina sophomore ranking higher than Jordan Page in Northern Nash High School five-star power forward CJ Rosser, sitting at No. 3 overall in the cycle.

UNC basketball knows its seed in the ACC Tournament. Here's what to know about the bracket and schedule for the Tar Heels, plus a prediction.

The first step in North Carolina making a run to the NCAA Tournament is off to a good start. Facing a big week in Charlotte for the ACC Tournament, the Tar Heels need to essentially get to the title game on Saturday to have a chance,

UNC comes into this week likely on the wrong side of the NCAA Tournament bubble, and will need a run in the tournament to get back on the correct side of things. All of that can start today. The first step on any potential Tar Heel run will be against Notre Dame.