Watch 'Road to Victory' March Madness special on ABC11
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- ABC11 breaks down everything you need to know about our local teams ahead of their NCAA tournament openers.
Be sure to watch our half-hour special of March Madness in the "Road to Victory."
It airs this Thursday at 12:30 p.m. on ABC11.
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The Wolfpack and Tar Heels spent Wednesday practicing on the courts they'll play on Thursday.
The Wolfpack hopes to continue its incredible run, which already resulted in the team's first ACC Championship since 1987.
The team's first-round game is in Pittsburg, right down the street from where the team ended the regular season with a loss. However, the team is back and now brimming with confidence.
"Everybody's got confidence now. Everybody," forward Mohamed Diarra said.
NCSU tips off against Texas Tech at 9:40 p.m. Thursday on CBS.
As for the Tar Heels, they'll tip off against Wagner College at 2:45 p.m. also on CBS.
UNC is coming off an excellent year that sees the team as one of the favorites to add to its record 21 Final Four appearances and maybe even look to add another national championship banner to the Dean E. Smith Center's rafters.
However, the players and coaches know it's important to stay focused and prepared. Anything can happen in the tournament.
"There's nothing like it. March Madness is unbelievable. To be able to do it with this group is exactly what we wanted to do in the beginning of the year; we sat out that we wanted to not only make the tournament but make a heck of a run. So we're all just chomping at the bit," guard Cormac Ryan said.
