Social media erupted Sunday evening as UNC men's basketball was one of the first teams announced as part of the 2025 NCAA Tournament field.

The Tar Heels, who hold a 1-12 record against Quad 1 teams this season, earned a bid despite a poor showing against the country’s top teams.

North Carolina basketball became beloved around Chapel Hill, but blasted across the college basketball universe. The Tar Heels sneaked inside March Madness on Selection Sunday even despite a dismal quad one record.

Selection Sunday is here and several North Carolina schools are getting ready to lace their sneakers up and put their names among the legends of March Madness. These are all of the North Carolina colleges and universities that will be going dancing this year: Automatic Qualifiers High Point University — No.

The Tar Heels lost to No. 1 Duke in the ACC Tournament semifinals, but have won eight of their past 10 games and are playing their best basketball of the season.

The North Carolina Tar Heels are heading to the men's NCAA tournament as they were the last team to get into the field when the bracket was revealed on Sunday night. Hubert Davis's squad finished the year 22-13 but were 1-12 in Quad 1 games.