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Impact of UNC vs. Duke Game on NCAA Tournament Chances
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3/8/2025
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Mike, let me ask you about the bubble. You know, of course, if Duke North Carolina are
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going to go head-to-head, it's a huge game. But if you're North Carolina, you might need
00:11
this one to crack through. Obviously, that's not an easy one to get. Is that how you view
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things right now for the Tar Heels, considering how big a win like this would be, but a loss
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potentially knock them outside of reach?
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Well, the way I look at it now, I finally had to put Xavier into my field. I like their
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team, but I don't like their resume. But I like it a little better than Carolina's because
00:43
they've had slightly fewer opportunities against quad one opponents. But they put out about
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the same number of victories. I think they each have one quad one win. So I don't want
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to put somebody in the tournament that has one quad one win. But after Boise State lost
00:58
at home on Friday night to Colorado State, I didn't really have a choice. You look at
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the resumes for Nebraska and Texas, and they just aren't good enough at this point. Now,
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each of them still has opportunities to climb back. Texas against Oklahoma today is a huge
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game for them. But I ultimately had to put Xavier in with one quad one win. So if Carolina
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were to go ahead and win today against Duke, they would immediately supplant Xavier. That
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wouldn't mean they were safely in the field, but they would mean that they were in a field
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position with an opportunity to go to the conference tournament and add to their resumes,
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add to their accomplishments and perhaps climb up to where they're not vulnerable to say
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someone like Drake if they were to fall in the Valley Tournament final or VCU if they
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were to fall in the Atlantic 10 tournament final and have their bid basically stolen.
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