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North Carolina Advanced To Second Round Of NCAA Tournament Thursday With 90-62 Win Over Wagner

North Carolina advanced to second round of NCAA Tournament Thursday with 90-62 win over Wagner

As North Carolina who is the top seed in the West Region advanced to second round of NCAA Tournament with 90-62 win over Wagner four players scored in double figures. Those players included Armando Bacot who was 7-13 on field goals to go along with 15 rebounds , 1 assists, 1 steal , 1 block, 20 points. RJ Davis who was 8-13 on field goals, 4-7 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 assists , 1 steal, , 22 points. Cormac Ryan was 5-11 on field goals, 2-6 on 3 pointers to go along with 13 points.

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Following advancing to second of NCAA Tournament Thursday with 90-62 win over Wagner North Carolina forward Armando Bacot who was 7-13 on field goals to go along with 15 rebounds , 1 assists, 1 steal , 1 block, 20 points had this to say about he performed!

“I thought for me personally today, I didn’t do a great job defensively,”I would probably give myself an F for today,” on defense.

Following advancing to second of NCAA Tournament Thursday with 90-62 win over Wagner North Carolina guard Elliott Cadeau who was 0-2 on field goals to go along with 3 rebounds, 3 assists , 0 points had this to say!

Me personally, I think I played terribly,”

Following advancing to second of NCAA Tournament Thursday with 90-62 win over Wagner North Carolina guard RJ Davis who who was 8-13 on field goals, 4-7 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 assists , 1 steal, , 22 points had this to say!

We’ve got to clean up on the little things that we did wrong today,”

the senior guard, before he listed those things — from reacting to screens the correct way to communicating on defense to committing sloppy turnovers to doing a better job of sticking to the scouting report and game plan to the need to be in a better position to wrangle loose balls.

Wagner was out there battling,and, indeed, the Seahawks during the first 30 minutes played above their meager means. UNC, though, also helped them. There were the six first-half turnovers, which Wagner turned into nine points. There were the nine missed layups; a missed dunk. There was the general and pervading sloppiness, which inhibited UNC’s ability to pull away earlier, and there were also the Tar Heels’ struggles against Wagner’s zone defense.

Following advancing to second of NCAA Tournament Thursday with 90-62 win over Wagner North Carolina Head Coach Hubert Davis had this to say!

I felt like at times we were out of character in the first half,”and he was talking about his team’s failure, in moments, to live up to its identity. Davis over the past several months has made no secret of what he has emphasized and tried to instill within his team.I felt like in the first half we had moments where we weren’t checking any of those boxes,”and that’s something, as you continue to move forward and specifically against Michigan State, you just can’t do that. You’ve got to be sound in all three of those areas.”

According to Andrew Carter News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/unc/article286960065.html

North Carolina who is the West Region for the NCAA Tournament is now going to prepare for Michigan State who is a 9 seed in the NCAA Tournament who they are going to play Saturday!

Michigan State advanced to second of NCAA Tournament with 69-51 win over Mississippi State who was the 8 seed in the West Region.

As Michigan State advanced to second of NCAA Tournament three players scored in double figures as Malik Hall was 4-8 on field goals to go along with 5 rebounds , 10 points. Jaden Akins was 6-14 on field goals, 3-8 on 3 pointers to go along with 7 rebounds , 15 points. Tyson Walker was 7-12 on field goals, 3-6 on 3 pointers to go along with 3 rebounds , 2 assists , 19 points.

Following Michigan 69-51 win over Mississippi State Thursday following advancing to second round with 69-51 win over Michigan State Michigan State guard Jaden Akins who was 6-14 on field goals, 3-8 on 3 pointers to go along with 7 rebounds , 15 points had this to say!

“Coach has been in this situation,“He always talks about experience is the best thing to have, and he has a lot of that in this tournament. So we’ve got all the faith in him to put us in a position, and we just got to go out and do what we do.”

According to article https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap/_/gameId/401638585 by Associated Press

Tip off is set for 5:30pm from Spectrum Center home of NBA’s Charlotte Hornets!

The game is going to be televised on CBS!