For nearly 48 hours, the North Carolina men’s basketball team had to await its NCAA Tournament fate. After losing to Duke in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament semifinal round Friday night, UNC (22-13) still sat firmly on the proverbial bubble,

N.C. State and Duke earned regional No. 2 seeds, with UNC a No. 3. Here’s when the teams will play, and which teams they will host at their campus sites.

The Tar Heels got into the field as a 12 seed and will be in the First Four game and will face off against San Diego State on Wednesday night. It's a shocking result to some as the Tar Heels were firmly on the bubble going into Selection Sunday and a lot of mock brackets had the Tar Heels as one of the first four teams out.