Today marks the sixth time Arkansas has played North Carolina in the NCAA Tournament and the third time since 2008:
MARCH 22, 1990
ARKANSAS 96, UNC 73
Midwest Regional semifinals
Reunion Arena, Dallas
Lenzie Howell led Arkansas with 25 points, Lee Mayberry and Oliver Miller scored 19 each and Todd Day added 18 as the fourth-seeded Razorbacks routed the Tar Heels, who were making their 10th consecutive trip to the Sweet 16.
The Razorbacks handed North Carolina its worst NCAA Tournament defeat since a 92-65 loss to Purdue in the 1969 Final Four.
“A lot of teams could have been blown out by Arkansas tonight,” Tar Heels Coach Dean Smith said. “And this is at Barnhill South, too.”
Arkansas advanced to the Final Four, where the Razorbacks lost to Duke.
MARCH 26, 1993
UNC 80, ARKANSAS 74
East Regional semifinals
The Meadowlands,
East Rutherford, N.J.
The Tar Heels were clinging to a one-point lead when North Carolina guard Donald Williams broke open on a back-door cut, got a pass from Georgia Lynch and hit a layup with 42 seconds left that proved to be the decisive basket.
Lynch led North Carolina with 23 points and 10 rebounds, but Williams scored the Tar Heels’ last nine points.
Freshman forward Corliss Williamson led the Razorbacks with 16 points.
North Carolina went on to win Smith’s second national championship.
APRIL 1, 1995
ARKANSAS 75, UNC 68
National semifinals
The Kingdome, Seattle
The defending national champion Razorbacks earned a return trip to the title game as junior forward Corliss Williamson scored 19 of his gamehigh 21 points in the second half.
Arkansas senior guard Clint Mc-Daniel hit 4 of 4 free throws in the final 20.2 seconds to clinch the victory.
“I didn’t even look up at the scoreboard to see what the score was,” McDaniel, who scored 13 points, said of his first two free throws. “I didn’t know it was a one-point game.”
Donald Williams led North Carolina with 19 points and Jerry Stackhouse added 18.
UCLA beat Arkansas 89-78 to deny the Razorbacks back-to-back national championships.
MARCH 23, 2008
UNC 108, ARKANSAS 77
East Regional second round
PNC Arena, Raleigh, N.C.
The top-ranked Tar Heels were playing in North Carolina State’s arena, but felt right at home in pounding the Razorbacks.
Ty Lawson led North Carolina with 20 points and seven assists.
North Carolina opened with a 9-0 lead and never let Arkansas into the game. The Razorbacks didn’t get closer than 21 points in the second half.
Senior guard Sonny Weems led the Razorbacks with 19 points.
North Carolina’s 31-point winning margin represented the second-most-lopsided loss for the Razorbacks in NCAA Tournament play, surpassed only by a 97-62 setback to Cincinnati and Oscar Robertson in 1958.
The Tar Heels lost to Kansas — Tar Heels Coach Roy Williams’ old team — in the Final Four.
MARCH 21, 2015
UNC 87, ARKANSAS 78
West Regional second round
Veterans Memorial Coliseum,
Jacksonville, Fla.
North Carolina junior guard Marcus Paige scored 20 of his 22 points in the second half as the fourth-seeded Tar Heels used a 17-4 run to move ahead 75-63 and erase a 59-56 Arkansas lead.
Junior guard Michael Qualls led the fifth-seeded Razorbacks with 27 points and had 10 rebounds. Arkansas sophomore forward Bobby Portis had 18 points and 13 rebounds.
North Carolina lost its next game to Wisconsin in the West Regional semifinals.