Welcome to Inside Carolina Daily. I am Tommy Ashley. It is Friday, February 27th. That's Greg Barnes. We're Johnny T-shirt and Johnny T-shirt.com sponsors. You know to the drill. Go see them on Franklin Street. If you're in town for the game on Saturday, tell them you're inside Carolina premium subscriber. You get 10% off. Greg, that game is Virginia Tech. The Hokies come to the Smith Center at 830 on a Saturday night.

A little bit of weird time, but such as TV, ESPN2 there.

And Greg, we've talked about the more Carolina wins,

the more these games become important for the Tar Heels

in trying to move up seed lines, both in the ACC and the NCAA tournament.

Absolutely.

And you've got a two-game stretch here.

You're coming off a very important win against Louisville, where I think Carolina can really solidify their positioning for the CLA tournament.

And I think if you if you can hold serve at home and beat Virginia Tech and

Clemson next Tuesday, Carolina is really, I mean, I think in really good position for a

five seed in the CLA tournament, regardless of what happens at Cameron.

You know, if Carolina doesn't get a double-by in this ACC tournament, then maybe you need

one more win to kind of wrap up a five-seed.

But if you can win the next three, obviously, beat Duke, then you're in really good position,

I would think, for a four seed.

And it wasn't long ago that there was a wide range of options.

So to your point, the later we get, the more important these games are, but also it kind

of narrows the possibilities.

And, I mean, there's still, for North Carolina to earn a three-seed in the ACC

tournament, although that's not likely.

But they're in really good position to get a four-seed, certainly not guaranteed or even

probably likely at the moment, but it's still

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