The top ranked Tar Heels of the Univesity of North Carolina will face the third ranked Florida State Seminoles today in the ACC championship at 1:00 P.M. at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia coming off wins over N.C. State and Duke respectively.
You can watch all the action between the Tar Heels and the Seminoles here. Here is some footage of the last time these two teams squared off.
The NCAA tournament starts on Tuesday of next week with preliminary games in Dayton, Ohio. The real tournament starts on Thursday at lunchtime. The top seeds in the NCAA tournament are likely to be Syracuse, Kentucky, North Carolina and Kansas.
The Tar Heels escaped near-death with a two point win over N.C. State while Florida State derailed the higher ranked Duke by three ot secure their spot in their first ACC title match. Expect another close game between these two top 5 teams today at 1.
More on this game from ESPN:
The Seminoles downright embarrassed the UNC two months ago, beating the Tar Heels on the boards, holding them to 37 percent shooting. The 90-57 rout marked the most lopsided loss of the Roy Williams era, and it was so irritating/befuddling/maddening that Williams and most of the team left the court early – leaving three walk-ons and two reserves to finish the game.
Since then, the Tar Heels have lost only once, to Duke on a buzzer-beater.
One of the reasons UNC lost so badly – and looked so listless in doing so – in the last meeting, according to players, was that they bought into their own preseason No. 1 hype and didn't compete as hard as necessary. That shouldn't be a problem Sunday.
The last time UNC was looking for revenge was last weekend, when it went into Cameron Indoor Stadium and pasted the Blue Devils, building a 24-point lead by halftime en route to the ACC regular-season title.
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