UNC men jump up to #12 in latest AP Top 25
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With the Thanksgiving week MTEs and stuff like the ACC/SEC Challenge now in the books, we’re entering a slightly quiet period on the college basketball calendar. Right around this time of year, a lot of school wrap up their semesters and don’t play as many high profile games. Also, there’s the matter of some holidays coming up over the next couple weeks.
However, the season doesn’t full stop, and there was games last week and there will be more this week. With seven more days now in the books, let’s check at where things stand in the AP Top 25 after last week.
Men’s Basketball
AP Top 25
- Arizona (42 first place votes)
- Michigan (15)
- Duke (3)
- Iowa State (1)
- UConn
- Purdue
- Gonzaga
- Houston
- Michigan State
- BYU
- Louisville
- North Carolina
- Vanderbilt
- Arkansas
- Nebraska
- Alabama
- Kansas
- Illinois
- Texas Tech
- Tennessee
- Auburn
- St. John’s
- Virginia (tied with Florida)
- Florida (tied with Virginia)
- Georgia
Where is UNC?
The Tar Heels have played just once since the last rankings release, and they won in a fairly straight-forward fashion over USC Upstate. That plus some other results allowed Carolina to climb once again, as they now sit at #12 in the country.
Biggest Winners
The biggest leap of anyone this week was the team that ended up three spots below the Tar Heels: Nebraska. The Cornhuskers are a perfect 11-0, and knocked off previously #13 Illinois with a buzzer-beater on Saturday. That saw them shoot up eight spots in the poll this week, coming in at #15.
Biggest Losers
Illinois fell five places on the flipside of that game, which tied with Florida for the largest drop of the week. The Gators did so after losing for the fourth time on the year, albeit three have come to current top ten teams.
Conference Breakdown
- SEC: 7
- Big 12: 6
- Big Ten: 5
- ACC: 4
- Big East: 2
- WCC: 1
Marquee Matchups This Week
- #11 Louisville (9-1) at #20 Tennessee (7-3) – Tonight at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN
- #8 Houston (10-1) vs. #14 Arkansas (8-2) in Newark, NJ – Saturday at 5:30 PM ET on CBS
- #3 Duke (10-0) vs. #19 Texas Tech (7-3) in NYC – Saturday at 8:00 PM ET on ESPN
Women’s Basketball
- UConn (24 first place votes)
- Texas (8)
- South Carolina
- UCLA
- LSU
- Michigan
- Maryland
- Oklahoma
- TCU
- Iowa State
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Vanderbilt
- Ole Miss
- Baylor
- Louisville
- Tennessee
- North Carolina
- USC
- Notre Dame
- Ohio State
- Washington
- Nebraska
- Michigan State
- Princeton
Where is UNC?
None of the losses have come to bad teams, but the fact of the matter is that the Tar Heels now have three losses on the season. The most recent one to Louisville has caused UNC to fall six places this week, down to #18.
Biggest Winners
Louisville did take advantage of that victory over the Heels, as it gave them the biggest boost of the week, moving them up six places to #16.
Biggest Losers
Unfortunately, six places was also the biggest drop of the week, meaning Carolina is the winner of this week’s dishonor.
Conference Breakdown
- Big Ten: 9
- SEC: 8
- ACC: 3
- Big 12: 3
- Big East: 1
- Ivy League: 1
Marquee Matchups This Week
- #16 Louisville (10-3) vs. #17 Tennessee (7-2) in Brooklyn – Saturday at 11:00 AM ET on FOX
- #11 Iowa (10-1) vs. #1 UConn (10-0) in Brooklyn – Saturday at 1:30 PM ET on FOX
- #19 USC (7-3) vs. Cal (8-4) in San Francisco – Sunday at 8:30 PM ET on ESPN
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