UNC's Blowout Loss to Duke To Hurt NIT Seeding

With an embarrassing 82-50 loss to Duke last night, UNC's seeding in the NIT tournament took a big hit.

"There is no doubt that we want to get as high of a seed as possible in the NIT" said Coach Roy Williams. "We want to get as many home games as possible because our arena can fit more than most, so we want to get as much money from ticket sales from it."

North Carolina will try to win as many games as possible in the ACC tournament to improve their seeding in the NIT. Until then, they will sweat it out and hope that the top NIT teams end up getting a bid into the NCAA Tournament.

UNC Basketball Tanking to Get #1 Pick in NCAA Draft

The North Carolina Tar Heels are tanking in an effort to get the #1 pick in the NCAA Draft so they can get the top recruit for one season before they leave for the NBA. The Tar Heels lost to Wake Forest last night, losing their 3rd straight game. Without a realistic chance to win the championship, the Tar Heels are looking towards the future.

"We make our players look bad so NBA scouts aren't impressed with them" said Coach Roy Williams. "If we can convince our recruits that our current players suck, they will be under the impression that they'll get playing time when they arrive."

North Carolina's next basketball game is against NC State. The rest of their schedule is against the tough ACC, teams who they're not competing against for that #1 pick. If the Tar Heels had to do it all over again, they would have lost to non-conference foes Presbyterian, Marshall and Albany to give them an advantage to get that pick. However, they did help their cause by losing to the College of Charleston on January 4th.