That proves to be the difference as the Tide pulls away late and wins by a misleadingly solid final margin. In the history of the NCAA Tournament, we’ve never had a scenario where a team lost at home to another team by double-digits in the regular season,

The last at-large team in the NCAA field, UNC couldn’t replicate its wire-to-wire spirited play from its First-Four win. The 11th-seeded Tar Heels fell behind early to No. 6 Ole Miss and never fully recovered.