UNC first unanimous preseason No. 1 (AP)

[ASFN Admin]

As if there weren't enough expectations for North Carolina this season, they just got bigger. Not only are the Tar Heels No. 1 in The Associated Press' preseason Top 25, they are the first unanimous No. 1 since the preseason poll began in 1981-82. North Carolina has the top six scorers -- including national player of the year Tyler Hansbrough -- back from a team that had a school-record 36 wins and...

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[Dback Jon]

ASU is ranked #15

 

[Dback Jon]

1. North Carolina (72) 0-0 1,800
2. Connecticut 0-0 1,661
3. Louisville 0-0 1,638
4. UCLA 0-0 1,487
5. Pittsburgh 0-0 1,319
6. Michigan State 0-0 1,311
7. Texas 0-0 1,259
8. Duke 0-0 1,250
9. Notre Dame 0-0 1,243
10. Gonzaga 0-0 1,162
11. Purdue 0-0 1,099
12. Oklahoma 0-0 987
13. Memphis 0-0 977
14. Tennessee 0-0 920
15. Arizona State 0-0 645
16. Marquette 0-0 592
17. Miami (FL) 0-0 570
18. USC 0-0 414
19. Florida 0-0 403
20. Davidson 0-0 347
21. Wake Forest 0-0 312
22. Georgetown 0-0 311
23. Villanova 0-0 256
24. Kansas 0-0 233
25. Wisconsin 0-0 196
Others Receiving Votes
Xavier 154, UNLV 143, Baylor 128, Saint Mary's 112, Syracuse 83, Kentucky 75, Ohio State 64, LSU 31, Texas A&M 30, Washington 19, West Virginia 17, Virginia Tech 16, Brigham Young 16, Alabama 16, Siena 13, Washington State 11, Vanderbilt 11, Clemson 11, Arizona 11, Temple 10, Virginia Commonwealth 8, Creighton 7, Butler 7, New Mexico 3, Cleveland State 2, UAB 2, Stanford 2, San Diego 1, American University 1, Cal State Northridge 1, Saint Joseph's 1, Drake 1, Miami (OH) 1.

 

[Russ Smith]

The amazing thing with UNC is that they were going to lose Ty Lawson to the NBA until he got busted for drinking (apparently he was charged with drinking in public not dui). Lawson had a first round guarantee and shut down his workouts but after getting arrested his stock fell and he had to come back to UNC. That one thing makes UNC the team to beat, without him they'd still be good but not consensus #1.

Weird how things work out sometimes.

UNC is loaded, Hansbrough apparently has a stress reaction on one leg but they expect him to be able to play.

 

[Southpaw]

Rubber stamp.

 

[Skkorpion]

Weird for me to see this. My two schools, ASU and Notre Dame are football schools and they both suck in football right now.

So they are both ranked in basketball. This is evidence of massive climate change. ASU has a huge upside. Not so the Irish.

Go Devils.