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UNC women's basketball a No. 6 seed in March Madness NCAA Tournament

monica holland, the fayetteville observer
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UNC women's basketball earned a No. 6 seed in the NCAA Tournament and will face the winner of a First Four game between Purdue and St. John's in the first round Saturday in Columbus, Ohio, in the Seattle Regional 3.

The Tar Heels (21-10) finished the regular season ranked 19th. They had been projected by many to host first- and second-round games at Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill for the first time since 2015 as a top-four seed, but when the selections were announced Sunday on ESPN, the Tar Heels were two spots shy of hosting.

UNC has six wins over NET Top 25 teams, and it made a Sweet 16 run last season by eliminating Arizona on the Wildcats' home court and then becoming the only team to lose to eventual champion South Carolina by single figures.

Junior guard Deja Kelly is the Tar Heels' leading scorer, averaging 16.2 points per game. Kennedy Todd-Williams is next at 13.3 points and then comes Alyssa Ustby at 13.1 points and a team-high 8.5 rebounds.

The Tar Heels are in the Seattle bracket, which means they'd play Sweet 16 and Elite Eight games there.

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ACC women's basketball teams in NCAA Tournament March Madness

  • ACC Tournament champion Virginia Tech is the No. 1 seed in the Seattle Regional 3 and will face No. 16 Chattanooga in the first round in Charlottesville, Virginia.

  • Duke earned a No. 3 seed in the Seattle Regional 4 and will host No. 14 Iona on Saturday in Durham.

  • Notre Dame is a No. 3 seed in the Greenville Regional 1 and will host No. 14 Southern Utah on Friday.

  • North Carolina is the No. 6 seed in the Seattle Regional 3 and will play the Purdue-St. John's First Four winner on Saturday in Columbus, Ohio.

  • Last year's Final Four squad, Louisville, is a No. 5 seed in the Seattle 4 Region and will play No. 12 Drake in Austin, Texas, on Saturday.

  • NC State received a No. 7 seed in the Greenville Regional 2 and will face No. 10 Princeton on Friday in Salt Lake City, Utah.

  • Florida State got the No. 7 seed in the Seattle Regional 4 and will play No. 10 Georgia on Friday in Iowa City, Iowa.

  • Miami is the No. 9 seed in the Greenville Regional 2 and will face No. 8 Oklahoma State on Saturday in Bloomington, Indiana.

ECU in the March Madness mix

  • No. 13-seeded East Carolina (23-9), which posted its highest wins total since the 2009-10 season, will play at No. 4 Texas in Austin on Saturday.

This article originally appeared on The Fayetteville Observer: UNC women's basketball a No. 6 seed in NCAA Tournament