As we enter what's sure to be a wild weekend of college basketball action, here's a true/false breakdown of some pressing bracketology questions: North Carolina needs to beat Duke

Remove the name. Remove the North Carolina brand and its history. If any other mid-level program had that sort of resume going into selection weekend, what sort of chance would they have to get into the tournament?

Xavier and Indiana had chances to give their NCAA Tournament resumes a significant boost. But the Musketeers lost 89-87 to Marquette, and Indiana fell 72-59 to Oregon.

Closing arguments are over for Texas and North Carolina. Both bubble teams lost Friday and must now wait until Selection Sunday to find out if they made the 68-team NCAA Tournament field. Texas lost 83-72 to No.

Ohio State’s out, Xavier’s in, Texas is alive, Vanderbilt should be fine and North Carolina is going to need serious help if it can’t help itself with one of the upsets of the season. Those are the Wednesday men’s basketball happenings that helped shape Thursday’s bracket,

Will North Carolina squeeze into the 2025 NCAA men's basketball tournament? That is sure to be a talking point Friday. The Tar Heels are on the bubble heading into a ACC semifinal matchup against Duke at 7 p.