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Breaking down where the Triangle teams landed in the NCAA Tournament bracket
The dust has settled and the NCAA Tournament bracket is set. Louis Fernandez broke down how each team got where they are now in the tournament.
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The dust has settled and the NCAA Tournament bracket is set. Louis Fernandez broke down how each team got where they are now in the tournament.
SPORTS EXTRA IS NEXT. >> WELL, COME ON IN EVERY ONE. 11 SEED NC STATE DUKE OF 4 SEED, UNC, A ONE SEED SPORTS EXTRA WERE FEELING A LITTLE MAD TONIGHT. MAD IN THE MARCH VARIETY. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A BREAKDOWN OF WHERE THESE TEAMS ARE PLAYING, WHO THEY'RE PLAYING AND NC STATE'S CASE. WE REMIND YOU WHY THEY'RE PLAYING. LET'S GOING SEED ORDER STARTING WITH THE MEN'S BRACKET TAR HEELS TO COME ON DOWN. >> NORTH CAROLINA IS THE 4TH NUMBER ONE SEED. THEY WILL PLAY THE WINNER OF POWER AND WAGNER FROM THE FIRST FOR BOTH TEAMS ARE JUST A FEW GAMES OVER 500. THAT GAME WILL BE PLAYED ON THURSDAY IN CHARLOTTE AT 02:45PM. SHOULD YOU WANT TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS? THEY PLAY THE WINNER OF MISSISSIPPI STATE AND MICHIGAN STATE. ONE THING TO NOTE THE NUMBER 2 SEED IN THE WEST REGION, ARIZONA AND PAC 12 PLAYER OF THE YEAR. CALEB LOVE. >> TO THE SOUTH REGION WE GO. THE DUKE BLUE DEVILS ARE THE 4 SEED IN THE SOUTH REGION. THEY'LL PLAY FRIDAY IN BROOKLYN AT 07:10PM, AGAINST 13 SEED, VERMONT. THE BLUE DEVILS HAVE LOST BACK-TO-BACK GAMES THAT ARE LOOKING TO REBOUND. GO ON A RUN IN MARCH. >> ON ONE, THE AMERICAN EAST PLAYOFFS TO GET HERE AND WERE 28 IN 6 FOR THE SEASON. HALF PAST THE JARED BECAME JEREMY ROACH. TYRESE, PROCTOR. WHAT DO YOU MAKE A STATEMENT? DUKE LOST LAST SEASON IN THE ROUND OF 32 AGAINST TENNESSEE. >> STICKING IN THE SOUTH REGION AND THE STATE IS THE 11 SEE THE WOLFPACK AFTER PLAYING 5 GAMES IN 5 DAYS. GET A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK. THEY'LL PLAY IN PITTSBURGH ON THURSDAY AGAINST. TEXAS TECH. THE RED RAIDERS FINISHED THE SEASON. 23 INTEND. THEY LOST TO HOUSTON IN THE BIG 12 TOURNAMENT QUARTER-FINAL. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE WOLFPACK HAVE MADE IT TO BACK-TO-BACK NCAA TOURNAMENTS SINCE THE 2013, 2014 SEASON. >> THE LAST TIME NC STATE WON THE ACC TOURNAMENT. 1987. THEY LOST IN THE FIRST ROUND THAT YEAR, WOLF. PACK TRYING TO BUCK THAT TREND ON THURSDAY ONCE AGAIN TO PLAY IN PITTSBURGH AT 09:40PM. >> I WAS THE MOST CONNECTED I'VE EVER SEEN. A MOVIE RIGHT TO MY GUYS. THANK YOU GUYS FOR LETTING IT AND WE'RE NOT GOING >> WHY NOT US? INDEED. THE ONE SEEDS IN THE MEN'S TOURNAMENT PRETTY EXPECTED. UCONN HOUSTON PURDUE AND UNC, UNC ONCE AGAIN BE IN THE ONE SEED IN THE WEST REGION. THEY WERE THE LOWEST NUMBER ONE SEED. AND JUST TO RECAP TO GET IN SAYS THEY ARE BOTH IN THE SOUTH REGION, BLUE DEVILS FOR AND STATE 11. BY THE WAY, 5 ACC TEAMS ENDED UP MAKING IT TO THE FIELD OF 68 3 TRIANGLE TEAMS, CLEMSON