After Sweet Sixteen When Do They Play Again

In their first e'er meeting, the No. 8 seed North Carolina men's basketball game team shell No. 1 Baylor in an overtime thriller, 93-86, to accelerate to the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA Tournament.

What happened?

The Tar Heels found themselves down early, struggling to go things going confronting the stout Baylor defence. Sophomore guard R.J. Davis broke the ice with shot clock buzzer three and knocked downwards another triple in the following possession to give UNC the lead.

Davis was hot — hitting a long two in the next possession to cap off a 8-0 run by himself before a Baylor timeout.

Others got involved, including sophomore guard Caleb Love hitting his first three and Armando Bacot getting his outset bucket from the floor with 13 minutes to become in the half.

Things got chippy between Bacot and Baylor'due south Jeremy Sochan after Bacot was called for an offensive foul. After an official review, Sochan was warranted a technical foul subsequently entangling with Bacot's legs while he was walking away from the paint.

Davis' hot hand kept it raining correct after with a transition 3 to put his scoring total over double digits too. Merely Baylor started to claw dorsum, getting consecutive buckets to cut the atomic number 82 back nether 10.

The Tar Heels remained on top through the next few minutes, though, equally both teams struggled to get annihilation to autumn. UNC looked to the foul line to extend the advantage — driving and cutting to the lane for fouls at the basket.

Downwardly the stretch to halftime, the lead steadily grew. Following another iii by Davis and a layup past starting time-year baby-sit Dontrez Styles, the Tar Heels went into the half upward 42-29.

With UNC trying to hold on and complete the upset and Baylor trying to come back in the game, the second half started off fast paced and highly competitive.

Although Baylor began to bring the lead down, UNC never stopped scoring — finding means in transition, from the line and through tough shots such as Davis' step-back fadeaway 3 to keep command of the game.

Manek put the dagger in them — knocking down a contested corner three and then forcing an offensive foul on the other side of the court with 12 minutes to go. At that point, the score was 61-38, and there seemed to exist no hope left for the Bears — until Manek was ejected with a flagrant two foul with over 10 minutes to play.

Following his divergence, Baylor went on a 9-0 run to cut the pb from 25 to 16. Bacot and Sochan got into it once again on a loose ball, resulting in a double foul — and two fouls for Bacot, including a technical.

The lead hovered sound 16 until Love fouled out with six minutes to go. Then, Baylor cutting the lead to ix after a twenty-4 run with just over v minutes to go.

After struggling to crush the Baylor total court printing, the Tar Heels held on to the atomic number 82 — getting a break with a foul chosen on a Davis three. He fabricated all 3 free throws to extend the lead to nine with two and a one-half minutes left.

But that was brusk lived. Baylor cutting information technology to three after a triple and a iii-point play. Bacot responded with a iii-point play of his own on the other end. A few possessions later, he hit a clutch gratis throw to put UNC up 80-74 with 38 seconds left.

And so, Sochan hit a three 10 seconds later to go far a one-possession game. The game was knotted up after a post-obit iii-signal play past James Akinjo.

On the final possession, Davis missed the game-winning jumper — sending the game into overtime.

UNC jumped out to a 84-80 lead after a Styles three and a Bacot free throw. It was quickly tied again, but a few big buckets and a Davis iii-point play congenital the lead again to half dozen with just over a minute left.

After holding on to the lead, the Tar Heels held on to win at the final buzzer.

Who stood out?

Davis flipped the script this game, being a scorer more than a distributor with 17 points and shooting 4-vi from three in the outset half alone. He kept existence unstoppable in the second half — finishing with a career high of 30 points and six assists.

Manek also brought the free energy in a second direct outstanding performance. He finished the game with 26 points while likewise contributing on the defensive finish with a couple of rebounds and forcing offensive fouls.

Bacot finished with some other double-double and fabricated clutch plays in the late stages of the game.

When was information technology decided?

This game was decided in the final minutes of overtime after a couple of clutch buckets kept UNC ahead of Baylor, despite losing Love and Manek.

Trailing by five with less than 20 seconds remaining, Baylor had a chance to trim the lead, simply an airball all but sealed the Tar Heels' win.

Why does it matter?

Despite blowing a 25-signal pb, UNC stayed poised under pressure and will now be dancing in the Sweet Sixteen. Since losing dorsum-to-dorsum road games in January, the Tar Heels have won fourteen out of their last 17.