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NCAA Tournament: What time is UNC/Oregon game?

By Blake Cockrum

Mar 25, 2017; Kansas City, MO, USA; Oregon Ducks guard Tyler Dorsey (5) reacts during the second half against the Kansas Jayhawks in the finals of the Midwest Regional of the 2017 NCAA Tournament at Sprint Center. Oregon defeated Kansas 74-60. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 25, 2017; Kansas City, MO, USA; Oregon Ducks guard Tyler Dorsey (5) reacts during the second half against the Kansas Jayhawks in the finals of the Midwest Regional of the 2017 NCAA Tournament at Sprint Center. Oregon defeated Kansas 74-60. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports /
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North Carolina will meet Oregon on Saturday, April 1st in the Final Four

On Sunday evening, the Tar Heels faced the Kentucky Wildcats in a rematch of what many considered to be college basketball’s best game of the season.

Other than bragging rights and months-worth of conjecture, the first meeting had little impact on anything and absolutely no consequence on the rest of the season.

Sunday’s Elite 8 matchup in Memphis, though, had all the implications in the world for each of the two blue blood programs involved.

On one side, legends were born and names were etched into history. And the other side experienced a heartbreaking, last-second loss that will be remembered for years to come.

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While Kentucky is relegated to waiting for next season to roll around, North Carolina is preparing for a national semifinal game against the Oregon Ducks to determine one-half of this year’s national championship matchup.

The Tar Heels haven’t had an easy path to the Final Four after highly competitive games against Arkansas and Kentucky that went down to the wire.

Mar 26, 2017; Memphis, TN, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels guard Joel Berry II (2) drives to the basket against Kentucky Wildcats guard Dominique Hawkins (25) in the first half during the finals of the South Regional of the 2017 NCAA Tournament at FedExForum. Mandatory Credit: Justin Ford-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 26, 2017; Memphis, TN, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels guard Joel Berry II (2) drives to the basket against Kentucky Wildcats guard Dominique Hawkins (25) in the first half during the finals of the South Regional of the 2017 NCAA Tournament at FedExForum. Mandatory Credit: Justin Ford-USA TODAY Sports /

The same can be said for Oregon who had tough contests against Rhode Island and Michigan before beating a struggling Kansas Jayhawks squad.

Despite each team’s path to the Final Four, the slates are clean and each team has an opportunity to play on college basketball’s biggest stage on Monday night.

And at 8:49 ET on Saturday, April 1st on CBS, we’ll watch the South Region’s top seed face off against the Midwest Region’s No. 3 seed for the right to play the winner of the Gonzaga and South Carolina game to be played just two hours earlier.

The Tar Heels opened up the week as Vegas’ odd-on favorite to win the title, but if this year’s tournament has shown us anything, it’s to take nothing for granted.

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