As soon as UNC was named into the tournament, hundreds flocked to social media to point out that UNC athletic director Bubba Cunningham is the Chairman of the NCAA Tournament Committee.

For answers about why UNC got the call, all eyes turned to the school's athletic director Bubba Cunningham, who also happens to be the chairperson for the NCAA Tournament selection committee.

North Carolina was the last team to make the field as a surprise to many who projected the Tar Heels would miss the cut.

The selection committee chairman is UNC athletic director Bubba Cunningham. And as the Selection ... FOLLOW THE MADNESS: NCAA men's tournament bracket, scores, schedules, teams and more.

You were just told Sunday night that your team was No. 69, missing the NCAA men's basketball tournament ... the North Carolina athletics director, Bubba Cunningham, is the chairman of the men's ...

Adding to the controversy, UNC athletic director Bubba Cunningham served ... "I was not in the room for any of that," Cunningham told CBS Sports. [MORE: 2025 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament ...

As soon as UNC was named into the tournament, hundreds flocked to social media to point out that UNC athletic director Bubba ...