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ACC champ North Carolina is a sure No. 1, but give Virginia one, too

WASHINGTON — The winner of the North Carolina-Virginia ACC tournament championship was all but guaranteed to be one of the No. 1 seeds when the NCAA tournament field comes out Sunday night. The loser … was not.

But someone had better be thinking hard about it. The Tar Heels, winners Saturday in one of the most heart-racing, soul-satisfying 61-57 games you’ll ever see, are as good as advertised. And they had to play like maniacs in the second half to get past Virginia.

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Roy Williams thinks the Cavaliers should join them on the No.