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UNC Basketball: Can Tar Heels be a threat in 2021 NCAA Tournament?

By Trevor Sinodhinos

MIAMI, FLORIDA - JANUARY 05: Armando Bacot #5 and Day'Ron Sharpe #11 of the North Carolina Tar Heels look on against the Miami Hurricanes during the first half at Watsco Center on January 05, 2021 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
MIAMI, FLORIDA - JANUARY 05: Armando Bacot #5 and Day'Ron Sharpe #11 of the North Carolina Tar Heels look on against the Miami Hurricanes during the first half at Watsco Center on January 05, 2021 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) /
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If there were not enough questions surrounding UNC Basketball already during the 2020-21 season, why the Tar Heels were videotaped partying without masks raises several more. Perhaps the biggest question is, why were they so happy to get a victory over Duke? It may be one of the most storied rivalries in NCAA history, but during these times it is best to act as you have beaten inferior competition before.

With their matchup with Miami postponed, the Tar Heels would have a week in between the maskless party and their game versus Virginia, if it were to be played. Head Coach Roy Wiliams and the Tar Heels are currently 7-4 in the ACC and are projected to earn no better than a No.10 seed in the tournament. With games versus ranked opponents coming up, they can ill afford to miss out on a chance for a resume-building win, even if it is simply a chance.

With the overall success of the ‘bluebloods’ wavering more than ever it becomes all the more necessary to realize that the Tar Heels are not underachieving to the same extent as Duke or Kentucky. The Tar Heels are not even struggling to the extent that they were last season when they would have missed out on the NCAA Division I Tournament.

Like every team, the Tar Heels have a ceiling on what they can accomplish by season’s end. Much to the chagrin of Tar Heels’ fans, realistically it is not a glass ceiling either. A claim to what that ceiling is will be made, then evidence will be presented and reasoning will provide a point of validity prior to refuting why the Tar Heels will not do better or worse. It is time to consider the North Carolina Tar Heels.

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