No defending champion has made it past the Sweet 16 for the last 14 tournaments, and this time was no different as No. 1 Baylor fell to No.8 in overtime in the second round of the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament.
– No defending champion has made it past the Sweet 16 for the last 14 tournaments, and this time was no different as No. 1 Baylor fell to No.8 in overtime in the second round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament.
A year after going out in the first round of the tourney in retiring coach Roy Williams’ final game, Davis, Armando Bacot and these Tar Heels are headed to Philadelphia and a Sweet 16 for first-year coach Hubert Davis. All-ACC power forward Armando Bacot had 15 points and 16 rebounds for North Carolina. After missing three of four free throws in the final 38 seconds of regulation, he made three of five in overtime.The Tar Heels won as No. 8 seed over a top seed for third time. They did so on the way to the Final Four in 2000, 10 years after after beating top-seeded Oklahoma when Davis was a player for Dean Smith.
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