Tar Heels No. 1, UCLA No. 3 in latest coaches poll

Killswitch · 01-08-2007, 03:24 PM

Tar Heels No. 1, UCLA No. 3 in latest coaches poll

Eleven straight wins is usually a good sign for the Tar Heels. This week, it's good enough to put North Carolina (14-1) atop the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll.

And it may mean better things down the road -- five of the last six Tar Heel teams to reel off at least 11 straight wins at some point during the season have later advanced to the Final Four.

North Carolina is the new top team thanks to UCLA's 68-66 loss at Oregon on Saturday. The Bruins (14-1) dropped to No. 3 after their first loss of the season. Florida (14-2) moved into the No. 2 spot. Wisconsin (15-1) stayed put at No. 4, and Ohio State (13-2) moved up to No. 5.

North Carolina was also No. 1 in the Associated Press poll.

Kansas (13-2) jumped three spots to No. 6 following a 70-54 win at South Carolina on Sunday. Pittsburgh (14-2) also climbed three spots, checking in at No. 7. Arizona (12-2) fell one spot to No. 8 after losing at Washington State on Saturday.

Texas A&M (13-2) and Oklahoma State (15-1) rounded out the top 10.

Duke (13-2) dropped six spots to No. 11 after Virginia Tech upset the Blue Devils in Durham on Saturday. Butler (14-1) moved up to No. 12, and Alabama (13-2) fell from No. 8 to No. 13 after an 88-61 loss at Arkansas on Saturday.

Still-unbeaten Clemson (16-0) jumped four places to No. 14, and Air Force (15-1) and Nevada (13-1) tied for No. 15.

Oregon (14-1) remained at No. 17 despite the win over UCLA, followed by No. 18 LSU (11-3), No. 19 Memphis (11-3), and No. 20 Tennessee (13-2).

Three teams made their way into the rankings this week -- No. 21 West Virginia (13-1), No. 23 Washington State (14-2), and No. 25 Maryland (14-2). Connecticut (12-2) plummeted to No. 22 after a 66-49 loss at LSU on Saturday, and Washington dropped to No. 24.

Marquette (13-4), Notre Dame (13-2), and Michigan State (13-4) all dropped out of the top 25.

Source: ESPN.com

StylesÃ‚â„¢ · 01-09-2007, 08:54 PM

UNC deserved the Number one ranking after UCLA lost, Florida is the better team IMO, but with recent losses it's put them back, Duke's lose was terrible and showed their overratedness

joeytheking23 · 01-09-2007, 10:30 PM

Duke is still a top 5 team.... my top 5 teams

1. NC
2. Ohio State
3. LSU
4. Duke
5. UCLA

I know records go different, but these are the best TEAMS....

Nice to see NC atr the top again though, even being a Duke fan...they had to get there sometime before us =)

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