How social media reacted to UNC's NCAA Tournament loss to Ole Miss
The North Carolina Tar Heels entered Friday's NCAA Tournament matchup against Ole Miss with plenty of momentum, thanks to a massive stomping of San Diego State in Tuesday's First Four matchup.
When the final buzzer sounded from inside the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wis., UNC's season came to a crashing halt with a 71-64 defeat.
North Carolina (23-14, 13-7 ACC) dug itself in too deep a hole it never climbed out of, trailing Ole Miss (23-11, 10-8 SEC) by 18 points at halftime and 22 in the second half. The Tar Heels staged another second-half comeback, just like they did plenty in the regular season, but failed to take advantage of the Rebels going scoreless for six minutes.
That late cold stretch didn't matter for Ole Miss, which started Friday's Round of 64 clash on an 11-2 run. Dre Davis scored the Rebels' first five points, later finishing with 15. Sean Pedulla shot 50 percent from the field, including a 2-of-4 mark on 3-pointers, later ending his night with a game-high 20 points. Malik Dia only played 18 minutes, but bullied UNC center Ven-Allen Lubin during the first half.
North Carolina shot just 38.1 percent from the field against the Rebels, highlighted by a 5-of-24 mark from the perimeter. RJ Davis (15 points) and Lubin (14) were the only two Tar Heels to finish in double-figures, while Drake Powell was the only Tar Heel to make multiple threes.
Let's take a look at social media and see reactions after Friday's game, which ended in utter disappointment for UNC after a tumultuous year.
RJ said it'll hurt taking off his jersey
Q: What's it going to be like to take that jersey off for the last time?
— Nick Carboni (@NickCarboniWCNC) March 21, 2025
RJ Davis: "It's going to hurt."@wcnc@WFMYpic.twitter.com/zg9wQ23wb5
Former Tar Heel is keeping the faith
Love to the Heels no matter what!!
— Kenny Williams III (@KWill_24) March 21, 2025
Is it time to re-evaluate the UNC program?
Can we have an honest discussion about Carolina Basketball now that the season is officially in the books? If not....that's cool too!
— My Name is Mario & I am a Tar Heel (@Briccyardlilyo) March 21, 2025
RJ, you will be missed
Can't thank you enough @ariidavis for pouring your heart out for @UNC_Basketball !! Much Love bro!! pic.twitter.com/vaw8mVUuWW
— David Gaymon (@DavidEGaymon) March 22, 2025
UNC was horrendous on layups
UNC was 11-of-24 on layups.
— Greg Barnes (@GSBarnes23) March 21, 2025
RJ was UNC's last connection to Roy Williams
Roy’s last player just finished his UNC career. 😓😥
— Great Day Tar Heel (@GreatDayTarHeel) March 22, 2025
Did one Tar Heel just confirm his return?
he’s coming back? pic.twitter.com/PZhvmauP4e
— TarHeelTyler (@TarHeelMBB) March 22, 2025
WVU Barstool roasts UNC...and deservingly so
UNC with another Quad 1 L
— WVU Barstool (@WVUBarstool) March 21, 2025
Atleast Bubba got his bonus!
Inconsistency was consistency for UNC in is 2024-2025 season
The best way to sum up this UNC team?
— Andrew Forrest (@Andrew_Forrest1) March 21, 2025
Consistently inconsistent.
Inconsistent from game to game, half to half, and even from TV timeout to TV timeout.
Inconsistent guard play. Inconsistent effort.
The biggest offseason of Hubert Davis’ tenure is here.
Slow starts all year long
That’s it. A season’s worth of games in 40 minutes.
— Tommy Ashley (@TAshleyIC) March 21, 2025
Players played their butts off to get back in games all year.
Just started games too far behind against every good team they played.
This article originally appeared on Tar Heels Wire: NCAA Tournament: Social media to UNC's loss against Ole Miss
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