With UNC's season hanging in the balance, emotion started to boil over with eight minutes left to play. Instead of unraveling the Tar Heels, the intensity reset them.

UNC outlasts Wake Forest after 40 minutes of elbows thrown, bodies falling, rushed shots, blocked shots, hard fouls and board crashing. The Tar Heels advance to meet No. 1 Duke on Friday night.

UNC basketball's Jae'Lyn Withers says the Tar Heels have to 'put it all on the line' vs. Wake Forest in a game between teams on the NCAA Tournament bubble.

Coach Steve Smiley’s Northern Colorado Bears fell to Montana, 91-83, late Wednesday night in the Big Sky men’s basketball tournament championship in Boise, Idaho. Thanks to senior wing guard Kai Johnson (23 points), the Grizzlies (25-9) notched the league’s automatic, and likely only, bid to the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.

No. 2 seed Montana took out top-seeded Northern Colorado in the Big Sky Championship title game on Wednesday night to earn its first NCAA tournament bid since 2019.

The Montana men's basketball team is back atop the Big Sky Conference. The No. 2-seeded Grizzlies (25-9) scored a 91-83 win over No. 1 Northern Colorado (25-9) in the tournament championship game late Wednesday night at Idaho Central Arena.