Surry Wood dunked in this game. That’s pretty much all you need to know about UNC’s 113-74 victory. After the destruction of Mount St. Mary’s, the Tar Heels will face the Arkansas Razorbacks on Sunday. (Photo courtesy: Jim Hawkins/Inside Carolina)

Tyler Hansbrough and Ty Lawson each scored 21 points apiece and the North Carolina Tar Heels shot 60.6% (43-71) as they routed Mount St. Mary’s 113-74 Friday in their first round NCAA matchup. North Carolina barely looked like they were breaking a sweat while dominating this contest from start to finish. The Tar Heels led 60-41 as the two teams went to their lockers at the half. ...

#10 Mount Saint Mary’s managed somehow in the first half of Friday’s game against #7 Miami (FL), but a Herculean effort by the Hurricanes’ Jack McClinton in the second half - he scored 32 points in the second half - enabled Miami (FL) to pull away from Mount Saint Mary’s with a 78-64 win in the NCAA South regional at Alltel Arena at Little Rock, AR. Miami (FL) was ...

What: NCAA East Regional 1st Round Where: RBC Center, Raleigh, NC When: Friday, March 21st, 7:10 PM TV: CBS Records: UNC 32-2; MSM 19-14 NCAA Results: UNC-First game; MSM-def. #16 Coppin State. The quest for a title begins here. Mount St. Mary’s is not a good team despite winning the Opening Round game versus Coppin State which is evidenced by the #16 seed and the fact they ...

Despite the disappointment of being delivered to Dayton , there were some positives for Mount St. Mary’s being in the Play-In game Tuesday night. A second-straight Mountaineers game were once again broadcast by ESPN. And this time, Erin Andrews was in attendance. But best of all, the Mount can now add an official NCAA Tournament win to their books, as they beat Coppin State 69-60. ...

Mount St. Mary’s, champions of the NEC, defeated Coppin State 69-60 in the Opening Round(Don’t Call It a Play-In) Game. And as a reward for this fine effort MSM gets to travel to Raleigh and play the #1 overall seed in North Carolina. Incidentally UNC led off the 2005 NCAA Tournament playing the opening round winner Oakland despite the fact UNC was actually the #2 seed that ...

I’ll go ahead and cave in to the NCAA’s wishes that people refer to Tuesday’s game between Coppin State and Mount St. Mary’s as the “Opening Round Game” instead of calling it what it really is: a play-in game. Do they really think that the losing team will feel like they actually took part in the NCAA Tournament when they’re at a site with only one other team present? No but credit the ...

Now that Selection Sunday has come and gone, office poolers and online registers are filling out their brackets and turning in their fees in the hopes of making it big with March Madness. Everyone’s looking forward to Thursday, when it all begins. ( The Mount St. Mary’s squad looks thrilled to be heading to Dayton ) But the NCAA Tournament won’t begin on ...

Indiana and Arkansas will tip-off 30 mins following North Carolina vs. Coppin State/Mount St. Mary’s on Friday night, according to the NCAA. The Tar Heels are scheduled to play at 7:10 PM EST.