The Tar Heels are joined by the UConn Huskies, Houston Cougars, and Purdue Boilermakers as No. 1 seeds in the 2024 NCAA Tournament bracket. North Carolina has what it takes to win the seventh national championship in program history or will another no. 1 seed cut down the nets as national champions? The same model has produced brackets that have nailed 20 first-round upsets by double-digit seeds since its inception in 2016.