THE MATCHUP
♦ North Carolina (25-6, 14-4 ACC) will try to win its 18th Atlantic Coast Conference championship on March 10-12 at the 2016 New York Life ACC Tournament in Washington D.C.
♦ Carolina is the top seed and will play on Thursday against the winner of Wednesday's game between No. 8 seed Pitt and No. 9 seed Syracuse.
♦ The Tar Heels and their opponent will tip off at 12:08 p.m. on Thursday in the Verizon Center.
♦ Sean McDonough (play-by-play), Doris Burke (analyst) and Allison Williams (reporter) will call the game for an ESPN national TV audience (also online with WatchESPN).