The North Carolina Tar Heels' NCAA Tournament chances hang by a thread after their ACC Tournament semifinals loss to the Duke Blue Devils.

The players on North Carolina's men's basketball team think they've done enough to secure a spot in the NCAA Tournament. The Tar Heels' coach seems to think so as well. And the school's athletics director is the chairman of the committee that will decide.

By Sunday evening, a full 68-team Big Dance bracket will be available, but there's much to be sorted out before then. Among the most-pressing topics of conversation over the coming days will be the fates of former national-title winning programs such as Baylor,

Kon Knueppel scored 17 points and No. 1 Duke held off a furious second half rally by North Carolina to beat its rival for the third time this season, 74-71 on Friday night to reach the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championship game.

North Carolina's furious comeback against Duke in the ACC Tournament semifinals came up short after Jae'lyn Withers committed a lane violation on teammate Ven-Allen Lubin's successful second free throw attempt — which had it counted,