The ACC regular season champion North Carolina Tar Heels have been awarded a #1 seed in the 2017 NCAA Tournament. As the #1 seed in the south region, Carolina will be taking on 16th seeded Texas Southern in their first game on Friday in Greenville, South Carolina. Kentucky, UCLA, Butler, and Minnesota complete the top five seeds in the south region.
UNC’s opponent enters the tournament after going 16-2 in the SWAC conference on their way to a 23-11 overall record. They had a rough stretch in the middle of the season in which they dropped eight straight games.