Final: Western Illinois vs North Carolina on Fri Mar 20, 2026

ENDED Fri Mar 20, 9:30pm • ESPNEWS

From Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Final: Western Illinois vs North Carolina on Fri Mar 20, 2026

ENDED Fri Mar 20, 9:30pm • ESPNEWS

From Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Final: Western Illinois vs North Carolina on Fri Mar 20, 2026

ENDED Fri Mar 20, 9:30pm • ESPNEWS

From Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Schedule

Date	Away	Home	Time
Mon, Mar 23	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Ohio State Buckeyes	8:00 PM UTC
Mon, Mar 23	Kentucky Wildcats	West Virginia Mountaineers	9:00 PM UTC
Mon, Mar 23	Binghamton Bearcats	La Salle Explorers	10:00 PM UTC
Mon, Mar 23	UMBC Retrievers	Marshall Thundering Herd	10:00 PM UTC
Mon, Mar 23	Syracuse Orange	UConn Huskies	10:02 PM UTC
Mon, Mar 23	Loyola Chicago Ramblers	Florida Gulf Coast Eagles	11:00 PM UTC
Mon, Mar 23	George Washington Revolutionaries	Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles	11:00 PM UTC
Mon, Mar 23	Illinois Fighting Illini	Vanderbilt Commodores	11:00 PM UTC
Mon, Mar 23	Monmouth Hawks	Cleveland State Vikings	11:00 PM UTC
Mon, Mar 23	St. Bonaventure Bonnies	Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders	11:30 PM UTC
Tue, Mar 24	USC Trojans	South Carolina Gamecocks	12:00 AM UTC
Tue, Mar 24	Radford Highlanders	Arkansas State Red Wolves	12:00 AM UTC
Tue, Mar 24	Missouri Tigers	BYU Cougars	1:00 AM UTC
Tue, Mar 24	Oklahoma State Cowgirls	UCLA Bruins	2:00 AM UTC
Tue, Mar 24	Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks	Youngstown State Penguins	10:30 PM UTC
Tue, Mar 24	Florida International Panthers	Abilene Christian Wildcats	11:00 PM UTC
Tue, Mar 24	South Alabama Jaguars	Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons	11:00 PM UTC
Wed, Mar 25	South Dakota Coyotes	Pepperdine Waves	5:00 PM UTC
Wed, Mar 25	WNIT - Second Round - Game 12 (win)	WNIT - Second Round - Game 11 (win)	5:00 PM UTC
Wed, Mar 25	WNIT - Second Round - Game 14 (win)	WNIT - Second Round - Game 13 (win)	5:00 PM UTC
Wed, Mar 25	WNIT - Second Round - Game 16 (win)	WNIT - Second Round - Game 15 (win)	5:00 PM UTC
Wed, Mar 25	Montana State Bobcats	Portland Pilots	5:00 PM UTC
Wed, Mar 25	WNIT - Second Round - Game 6 (win)	WNIT - Second Round - Game 5 (win)	5:00 PM UTC
Wed, Mar 25	WNIT - Second Round - Game 10 (win)	Army Black Knights	5:00 PM UTC
Wed, Mar 25	Illinois State Redbirds	WNIT - Second Round - Game 7 (win)	5:00 PM UTC
Thu, Mar 26	Stanford Cardinal	BYU Bracket - Second Round - Game 1 (win)	5:00 PM UTC
Thu, Mar 26	San Diego State Aztecs	Kansas Jayhawks	11:30 PM UTC
Thu, Mar 26	Harvard Crimson	Wisconsin Badgers	11:30 PM UTC
Fri, Mar 27	Columbia Lions	California Golden Bears	2:00 AM UTC
Fri, Mar 27	Duke Blue Devils	LSU Tigers	5:00 PM UTC

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Western Illinois vs North Carolina

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North Carolina plays Western Illinois in the Fort Worth Regional first round at Carmichael Arena. UNC finished 14-4 in the ACC and is ranked 15th nationally. The Leathernecks are making their third overall NCAA Tournament appearance.