The Tar Heels lost to No. 1 Duke in the ACC Tournament semifinals, but have won eight of their past 10 games and are playing their best basketball of the season.

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With many critics upset about UNC being included in the field, it's been a tough few days on social media. But for the Tar Heels, they shouldn't apologize to anyone. They are in Dayton for the First Four and are set to take on San Diego State for the right to battle Ole Miss in Milwaukee on Friday.

The bracket is set for the 2025 March Madness tournament, and one of the most controversial inclusions is the North Carolina Tar Heels. If you ask Jon Rothstein, two teams clearly deserved a bid for the tournament over North Carolina after they endured an underwhelming 2024-25 campaign.

North Carolina -- which slotted in as the No. 46 overall seed -- had a higher NET Ranking (36) than West Virginia (51) or Indiana (54), but that didn’t stop a lot of fans from crying foul on social media in regards to Cunningham’s claim that he wasn’t in the room when the decision was made.