
Love scored 30 (21 in the first half) and Manek had 28 in the 32-point win over Marquette, which was the largest margin in NCAA Tournament history in a game between 8 and 9 seeds. It is the fourth time an unranked Carolina team beat a pair of top-5 ranked opponents in the same season (also over No. Those are the 11th and 12th times an unranked Tar Heel team beat a top-five ranked opponent.
4 in the final Associated Press poll, was UNC's second win over the fourth-ranked team in two weeks.
The win over Baylor, which was ranked No. The win over Baylor was also the first time UNC eliminated the defending champion in the NCAA Tournament. 1 seed, tying Duke for the most in NCAA Tournament history. The win over Baylor was Carolina's ninth all-time over a No. Davis's three-point play in overtime proved to be the key play in Carolina's victory. The Tar Heels had a 67-42 lead midway through the second period, but the Bears forced overtime with a 38-13 run. RJ Davis scored 30 and Brady Manek had 26 in the second-round win over Baylor. It's the most wins by an unranked UNC team over ranked opponents since winning four times in 2002-03. Carolina's win over 11th-ranked UCLA was the Tar Heels' fourth as an unranked team over a ranked opponent this season (also beat No. The win was Carolina's fourth in 13 games this season when trailing at the half. Caleb Love scored 20 of UNC's final 29 points, and 27 of his career-high 30 in the second half, to lead the Tar Heels over UCLA. Carolina has the highest scoring margin (16.5 points), second-largest rebound margin (+12.2), third-most assists per game (19.2) and third-most three-pointers (10.0 per game) in the 2022 NCAA Tournament. Saint Peter's and averaged 16.5 points and 15.8 boards in UNC's four NCAA wins. He scored 20 points and tied his career high with 22 rebounds in the Elite 8 vs. Junior forward/center Armando Bacot (Richmond, Va.) was the Most Outstanding Player of the East Regional. Saint Peter's had beaten second-seed Kentucky and No. 15 Saint Peter's, 69-49, in the regional in Philadelphia. 1 Baylor, 93-86, in overtime in Fort Worth, Texas and beat No. Carolina (six), Duke (five), Kansas (three) and Villanova (three) have combined to win 17 NCAA Tournament championships. The Carolina-Duke semifinal winner advances to Monday's national championship game against Kansas (Midwest champion) and Villanova (South champion). Duke beat Carolina, 87-67, in the Smith Center on February 5, while the Tar Heels defeated Duke, 94-81, a month later in Cameron Indoor Stadium. The teams split the regular-season games this season with each winning on the other team's home court. The only other postseason game the teams played other than conference tournaments was in 1971, when the Tar Heels defeated the Blue Devils in the NIT semifinals in Madison Square Garden in New York City. The teams have combined for 11 NCAA Tournament titles and are the top two teams by winning percentage in NCAA Tournament history. Carolina and Duke are playing for the 258th time but the first time in the NCAA Tournament. Only four schools have played in more NCAA Tournament games than Carolina has won (Kentucky, Kansas, Duke and UCLA). The Tar Heels' win over Saint Peter's in the East final was UNC's 130th in NCAA Tournament history, the most all-time. The 2022 Final Four is Carolina's 21st, most in NCAA history.
Carolina, East Regional champions, plays West Regional champion Duke in the second national semifinal, Saturday, April 2, in New Orleans in the Caesars Superdome.