Tar Heels Tidbits: Diamond Heels win again, Roy on recruiting trail and more

The latest Tar Heels Tidbits has the latest information on North Carolina as they head into the NCAA Tournament

We are just a day away from Thursday’s opening session of the NCAA Tournament and you can just feel the excitement once again. The North Carolina Tar Heels don’t open up their tournament until Friday afternoon but there’s still a lot of storylines.

The basketball team is hoping to repeat as champions and reach the Final Four for the third-straight year.

But it won’t be easy.

Winning six-straight is never easy but the Tar Heels have done it before. There’s a few things to watch as we head into tournament time and we will touch all of those in a bit.

Basketball isn’t the only sport making headlines.

The baseball team won again on Tuesday, former Tar Heels have been involved in NBA free agency and more.

Here’s the latest Tar Heels Tidbits for Wednesday, March 14th:

Basketball

• UNC vs. Lipscomb takes place on Friday and we have everything you need to know about the game with our preview.
• Here are three ways Lipscomb can pull off an historic upset over UNC via The Tennessean.
• We not only broke down the upcoming first round game but we also broke down the West Region including top players, likely upsets and more.
• Will Cam Johnson play in Friday’s game? That’s something Roy Williams had to answer on Tuesday.
• We also broke down what the best and worst matchups in the West Region would be for the Tar Heels.
• The Tar Heels will enter the tournament as the No. 10 team in the nation according to the Associated Press’ final poll ahead of the NCAA Tournament.
• Luke Maye was named to an Academic All-American on Monday.
• We broke down the biggest UNC moments in NCAA Tournament history under Roy Williams.
• Here’s a fun stat, UNC is 11-1 in the last two NCAA Tournaments.
• The Daily Tar Heel dropped this awesome nugget:

• The Tar Heels are a 19.5 point favorite over Lipscomb according to Ross Martin of Inside Carolina.
• Recognize these faces?

Baseball

• The Diamond Heels won their second-straight game by beating North Carolina A&T 1-0 on Tuesday.
• Rodney Hutchinson threw a complete game shutout, becoming the first Tar Heels pitcher to do so since Zac Gallen in 2016.
• The Diamond Heels will host Gardner-Webb on Tuesday.
• Bark at the Bosh is back! Find out how to get tickets to Friday’s home game here.

Football

• Larry Fedora has filled out his coaching staff, adding a key recruiter to the mix. Read more about that via Inside Carolina.

Heels in the Pros

• Former UNC standout Kennedy Meeks had a big night for the Raptors 905.
• Hear what some former UNC players had to say about playing for head coach Roy Williams in this video made by UNC alum Taylor Sharp.
• Isaiah Hicks will likely see more playing time down the stretch for the New York Knicks according to this post form the New York Post.

Recruiting

• Roy Williams was in to see class of 2019 recruit Vernon Carey Jr. on Tuesday night. Carey Jr. is one of the top ranked players in the entire class.
• The Tar Heels are the current Crystal Ball leaders for five-star point guard Ashton Hagans who recently de-committed from Georgia.
• UNC target E.J. Montgomery has been named a Naismith All-American.
• Jarrod Hardy of Tar Heel Illustrated talked to Jalen Nixon about his decision to walk-on to the UNC football program.

Softball

• Congrats to Taylor Wike who was named the ACC Player of the Week, as announced on Tuesday.
• The Tar Heels are 11-13 on the season but have won five-straight including a series sweep over Duke.