Yes, you read that right. The North Carolina Tarheels are in the 2025 NCAA men's tournament. On Selection Sunday, the team snuck into the bracket, upending expectations that Hubert Davis's team would be out. How did they get in? That's the question so many people want to know.

RJ Davis made the case for North Carolina to make the NCAA Tournament, despite a loss to Duke in the ACC bracket. UNC was considered on the bubble, but now are one of the first four teams out per ESPN’s Joe Lunardi.