The North Carolina Tar Heels were the biggest surprise of Selection Sunday, earning a No. 11 seed and a spot in the First Four in Dayton when their name was called for the 2025 NCAA Tournament. As soon as UNC was named into the tournament,

The selection committee chairman is UNC athletic director Bubba Cunningham. And as the Selection Sunday broadcast was winding down, he joined CBS to discuss the process that led to the Tar Heels' inclusion. Cunningham told Seth Davis that he recused himself from the discussion about UNC and left the room when the Tar Heels were being voted on.

One of the biggest storylines about the Tar Heels making the tournament is that their athletic director, Bubba Cunningham, is the chairperson on the NCAA tournament selection committee. He explained after the bracket was released that he wasn't in the room when the decision was being made and that "all the polices and procedures were followed."