UNC led Baylor by 25 points with 10:47 to go, but Brady Manek was ejected less than a minute later and the Bears stormed back, eventually tying it with 16.7 seconds to go to send the game to overtime. But UNC’s R.J. Davis had 30 points
and converted a 3-point play with 1:18 to go to put UNC up 6, and the Tar Heels hung on to knock off the defending national champs.
Posted March 19, 2022 1:02 p.m. EDT Updated March 19, 2022 3:06 p.m. EDT By Lauren Brownlow, WRALSportsFan columnist/reporter UNC (26-9) isn’t the prototypical Cinderella, but the 8th-seeded Tar Heels are happy to play the role as they hung up to upset top-seeded Baylor in Fort Worth in overtime,93-86. Head coach Hubert Davis might be in his first NCAA Tournament appearance, but he has now been a part of a team that knocked off the No.1 seed as an 8-seed as both a player (in 1990 when the Tar Heels beat Oklahoma) and a coach. UNC led Baylor (27-7) by 25 points with 10:47 to go and were rolling. They led by 13 at the half and it just kept growing, and Brady Manek fired off 13 points in less than 3 minutes to get the Tar Heels to their biggest lead of the game. But less than a minute later, Manek was ejected after being whistled for a Flagrant 2 foul for an elbow to Baylor’s Jeremy Sochan.
